Lindy Fix
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Announcing the first SwingBuffalo.com sponsored Shim Sham event!...

Shim Sham Jam

@ Lindy Fix
Monday May 26th, 2008
8-10
1 hour Shim Sham Class 8-9

$3 Admission (to help cover rental)

Shakti Yoga
220 Lexington Ave.
Buffalo, NY

Beginners More Than Welcome!
No partner necessary.
Please bring clean sneakers or shoes.
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This is a special Lindy Fix event dedicated to Frankie Manning's original Shim Sham routine. The Shim Sham is a vintage jazz routine (aka "swing line dance"). Frankie put it together from various jazz dance moves and it's been popular ever since. There are many versions of the shim sham out there such as, most notably, the "Dean Collin's Shim Sham". There are other jazz routines danced at swing dances all over the country as well such as the Big Apple and Tranky Do. Frankie started it all though with the Shim Sham: the grandfather of all swing line dances. There are a number of songs out there that the Shim Sham is typically danced to and we'll be playing a few of them. So come out on Memorial Day, May 26th, to learn to Shim Sham! We'll be Shorty Georgin' and Tacky Annie-in' in no time.

The dance will start a little later in the evening at 9 so that we have time to learn the whole routine. DJ'd swing music will feature Big Band, classic swing like the Rat Pack & Ella, Blues, & other popular contemporary swing music. Check out the Playlists page to sample the kinds of music you'll find at Lindy Fix via free clips from the iTunes Music Store. Just click on the iMix links. Go to the calendar if you want to find out who will be DJ'ing on which Mondays.

Lesson taught by Rob & Arlette. Rob is a lindy hop & balboa instructor & performer from Santa Fe, NM, where he performed with Moving People Dance Theatre and New Mexico Swing Fix. Rob travels to many national level workshops and has been honing his skills since 1998. Arlette is a broadly skilled & experienced lindy & balboa instructor. She performs a variety of dance styles and travels to many national level workshops.