DURHAM, NC–In response to recent 2012 disaster porn coming out in theaters, the Hot Club of Durham announced plans today for world domination of lindy hop by the year 2012.
“The Mayans had it slightly wrong. It’s not going to be the end of the world,” said marketing coordinator Joseph Jackson, “Merely the beginning of a new era in which lindy hop is the primary social outlet for all people of all nations.”
In a 215 page document released online, Hot Club describes plans for eventual world takeover. According to this document, the process is divided into three phases. Phase I, Underground Lindy Hop Assimilation by Key Technophiles, has been underway for the past decade and is nearing completion. “We have 90% assimilation by IT professionals in the United States alone, and almost 70% in other key countries around the world,” said Jackson. Phase II, Guerrilla Assault on Internet Media, has been building steadily for the past several years and will reach the tipping point in mid-2011. According to the document, Phase III, The Spread of Lindy Hop Reality Television, will be all but inevitable after this point, and will ensure the dominance of lindy hop over all other forms of socialization.
“We expect people to be lindy hopping uncontrollably in the streets. At first it will be mass hysteria, but we believe the people will eventually become accustomed to their new need to gyrate to swing-era jazz music,” said Nicole Deinert, lead organizer. “Bars and music venues will be converted to dance havens, and “swingout” will finally be added to the dictionary.”
It is unclear exactly how each of the phases will be accomplished. Much of the 215 page online document was comprised of seemingly unrelated Youtube videos. “Yeah, we started writing about all these big plans, but then it just devolved into the three of us drooling over videos of Skye and Frida for hours on end,” said Rebecca Brightly, Hot Club’s head lackey. “We also came up with some pretty cool names for reality TV shows. Lindy Hop Boss, Dancing Without the Stars, and Jam Survivor are some of my favorites.” The document includes 23 pages of potential names for lindy hop reality shows.
The White House appeared to have a positive reaction to the news Friday morning. In a public statement, President Obama cryptically said that “2012 could be a very good year.”
“We are most encouraged by his statement of support,” said Deinert.
More plans will be announced later in the month, when Hot Club pulls itself away from Youtube.com long enough to talk about them.
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It’s about time for our second weekly Hot Club swing dance! Last week we named our own Chris Wells and Laura Windley the “Fastest Feet in the Triangle.” Who will challenge the champs? You’d better get to Hot Club and start practicing.
This week we will be giving away two $50 gift certificates to Lindy Focus! Come before 9 to get your name in the drawing! Entry into the drawing is free, and the pool will be small, so you have a really good chance to win.
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http://lindyfocus.com
What: Hot Club of Durham Swing Dance
When: Tuesday, November 3
7pm- 11pm
Where: Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (ERUUF)
4709 Garrett Rd
Durham, NC
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Believe or not, we blues dance too! Hot Club of Durham instructors Rebecca Brightly and Joe Jackson will be showing their stuff at this Saturday’s, October 24th, Night of the Living Djs. Our demo will be at 11:15. Register now, this thing gets packed.
Joe and Rebecca are often found wondering why their friends talk about blues as though it’s a different dance than Lindy Hop. To them good Blues is, or should be, based on the solid connection and body movement of swing dance. To paraphrase Dawn Hampton, I don’t know why people call this blues dance, it’s just slow dance!
So come out and see our interpretation of this popular dance style. We think you will see and hear something new.
What does blues dance mean to you?
Would you like to see a blues themed night at Hot Club while Dance Blues Friday is on hiatus?
Please comment below, we want to hear from you.
Because we’re stronger together than we are apart, Must Dance Swing will be under the wing of the Hot Club of Durham starting in November. You may have seen our new oversized postcards with numerous pictures of Hot Club & MDS events in the community. With this merger, we endeavor to create and support a stronger, more vibrant community of swing dancers in Durham and surrounding areas. The values of each organization are mirrored in the other, namely:
- A commitment to the social well-being of the individual and extended group of dancers (this means fun),
- Support for continuing study of dancing and opportunities for performance (this means passion),
- Encouraging dancers to travel outside their comfort zone–literally–by attending regional and national swing dance events (this means challenge and connection to the larger community).
Hot Club of Durham, now with classes AND dances!
What will change? Information on the Must Dance Swing website will be moved to the Hot Club website. Soon you’ll be able to register and pay online for your classes. If you pay by check, you’ll make it out to “Durham Swing Dance LLC” instead of Rebecca Brightly.
What will stay the same? Same awesome teachers, same sweet classes, same studio location.
What’s next? A LOT of changes are in store for Hot Club. You’ll want to stay tuned in very closely to see what we do next
Who is MDS? Rebecca Brightly has been the sole owner of Must Dance Swing for nearly two years, and has enlisted the help of both Cliff Dyer and Joe Jackson as co-teachers during that time.
Who is Hot Club? Rebecca, Joe, and Nicole Deinert are the owners of Durham Swing Dance, LLC, which runs Hot Club events. Cliff also participates strongly, especially in web affairs.
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Hot Club of Durham bravely enters the realm of 2002 era technology with it’s new blog!
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