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dancers,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">We
hope you enjoyed the extremely sunny weekend. Here is the news for this week:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(112,173,71)">THIS WEEK IN LUXEMBOURG:</span></u></b></p>
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</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">9<sup>th</sup> July <b>SOCIAL DANCING</b>
– Come dance with us tonight behind the Philarmonie! We’ll be there starting
from 20.00. Follow updated <a href="Apart%20from%20courses%20and%20social%20dancing,%20we%20have%20started%20to%20organize%20swing%20practice%20sessions%20on%20thursday%20evenings%20in%20Altrimenti,%20called%20%E2%80%98swing%20floor%E2%80%99%21%20Practice%20is%20a%20crucial%20part%20in%20terms%20of%20advancing%20in%20your%20dance%20experience%20and%20will%20help%20you%20feel%20more%20confident%20to%20dance%20with%20anyone%20at%20social%20dance.%20Please%20note%20that%20these%20practice%20sessions%20are%20intended%20for%20dancers%20of%20all%20experience%20levels%20because%20%E2%80%9Cpractice%20makes%20perfect%E2%80%9D%20%F0%9F%98%89">here</a>.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">12<sup>th</sup> July <b>SWING FLOOR</b>
– Come and practice! We will be at Altrimenti starting from 20.00. Follow
updates <a href="https://www.swingdance.lu/swing-floor-practice-sessions/">here</a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(112,173,71)">COMING UP:</span></u></b></p>
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</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">SHAG WORKSHOP & PARTY WITH LIVE
BAND</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">
– The Morning Call Jazz Band from Brussels is on tour, and their first stop is
in Luxembourg! Get inspired with their New Orleans style jazz. There will be a
special Shag workshop and party with live music! Follow the facebook event <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/182152605940384/">here</a> and register
on <a href="http://www.swingdance.lu/shag-workshop/">our website</a>. </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">If
you have never seen shag before, check out <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G98kJkdAHGw">this video</a> from Warsaw
Shag Festival 2016.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Our
club is kept running by a <a href="http://www.swingdance.lu/about-us/">board of
organizers</a> who work hard all year to create a wonderful swiningin’ scene
for you all. Such a dynamic scene can only run smoothly with the help of some
enthusiastic volunteers. <b>That’s why we need you guys</b>! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Right
now we are putting together a team to help prepare the <b>big festival of 27<sup>th</sup>
– 30<sup>Th</sup> September</b>: if you feel like contributing to making this
festival unforgettable, please send an email to Roumany (<a href="mailto:roumany@swingdance.lu">roumany@swingdance.lu</a>). </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(112,173,71)">DID YOU KNOW?</span></u></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Back then,
the dance was not only a social dance, but also an entertainment form and a
competitive dance! Starting in 1935, <b>New York’s</b> biggest dance contest
started a Lindy Hop division. The <b>Harvest Moon Ball</b> took place in
Madison Square Garden and was a night full of waltz, rumba, tango, and other
dances.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><span> </span>In the first Lindy Hop division, Whitey’s
Lindy Hopper Leon James and Edith Mathews broke every rule in the contest and
took first place. Other Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers took the other placements. For
every year after the Lindy Hop division was the crowd favorite, and the contest
quickly became an all-out throw-down of air-steps, wild moves, and
choreographed shenanigans. Seeing the opportunity of such great press, and
feeling a great deal of pride for his ballroom and his team, Whitey made it a
goal to have his couples win the Harvest Moon Ball Lindy Hop competition — all
placements — as much as possible, which they always fought hard for.</span></p>
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out this video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwc3rEFitkg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwc3rEFitkg</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Swinging
Regards,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Your
Swing Dance Luxembourg Team</span></p>
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