Exciting News! Boston Lindy Hop and New School Swing are joining forces!
Nov. 10, 2015, 10:13 p.m.
Dear students and friends,It’s been a time of transition here in the Boston Lindy Hop scene. We’ve weathered the loss of the Whistle Stop and celebrated new endeavors, like Elm Street Jump. We’ve seen long-time dancers move on to new cities and welcomed new folks who've helped sustain the dance scene as the vibrant, dynamic place it continues to be today.
It is in the spirit of transition, then, that we announce that swing dance instruction in Boston is entering a new chapter. Effective in December, New School Swing and Boston Lindy Hop will be joining forces. The new, combined organization, which will be called Boston Lindy Hop, will be led by a board consisting of Hannah Catzen, Edgar B Herwick III, Cari Meisel, Andrew Selzer, and Lee Tucker.
The new Boston Lindy Hop will build on the existing strengths of both organizations, including NSS’s strong beginner curriculum and Boston Lindy Hop’s advanced course offerings (and socializing afterwards!). We’re excited to be working together as a unified force. Our aims moving forward are to continue to nurture and sustain Boston’s dance scene as a great place to learn and grow, and to keep building enthusiasm for Lindy Hop (and the music that propels it) both on and off the dance floor.
For the immediate future, the course offerings will continue largely as they have: NSS’s regular level 1 and 2 classes remain in place, as do Boston Lindy Hop’s Fundamentals and Beyond Fundamentals classes. Monday night classes will continue to be held in Harvard Square, all other classes will continue to be held at the Jeanette Neill Dance Studio in downtown Boston. Registration will soon be up for our December classes on both studios’ websites, so keep your eyes peeled!
We’re excited for this new beginning and can’t imagine a better place to be – or a better bunch of dancers to have along for the ride. We hope you’ll join us.
If you have any thoughts, questions, or just want to say hi, let us know. We’ll be around.
Vive le Lindy Hop!
The BLH Board (and everyone at New School Swing!)
