<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-037fe0e3-7fff-0fc4-15c7-82f456ee46db"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear dancers,</span></font></p><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are glad to share the Swing news of this week :</span></font></p><font size="2"><br></font><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:11pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt" role="presentation"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(230,145,56);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">First Social dance of 2023 at Altrimenti</span></font></p></li></ul><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(230,145,56);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This Monday January 9th</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(246,178,107);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">we have our first social dance of 2023, in Altrimenti. All info under this</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2372210792934877" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> link</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></font></p><font size="2"><br></font><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt" role="presentation"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(230,145,56);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">January short tracks : last chance to register</span></font></p></li></ul><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration will close tonight for the short track January classes, which start on Tuesday. </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Program, registration and dates :</span><a href="https://www.swingdance.lu/special-courses-january-2023/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.swingdance.lu/special-courses-january-2023/</span></a></font></p><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt" role="presentation"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(230,145,56);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Spring classes : reminder that registrations are open</span></font></p></li></ul><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registrations have opened last Tuesday. <span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-5f6b9a0c-7fff-8212-0349-99c4a45bf91e">Thank you to all of you who have registered already</span>. For those who are considering registering, you can find all details at </span><a href="https://www.swingdance.lu/special-courses-january-2023/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.swingdance.lu/special-courses-january-2023/</span></a></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><br></font></p><div><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt" role="presentation"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(230,145,56);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">10th anniversary of the association and some surprises</span></font></p></li></ul><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the association and we already have some more news in stock for you. We are launching some new initiatives coming up for the next months :</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div style="margin-left:40px"><ul><li><font size="2"><b>Cultural talks</b> to discuss the history and roots of Lindy Hop, and to create a space for discussion on both historical and current related topics. More info to follow.</font></li></ul><div><font size="2"><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-left:40px"><ul><li><font size="2"><b>Practice sessions : </b><br></font><p style="font-weight:400"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight:400">As we all know, <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><strong>practice makes perfect</strong>!</span> Therefore we’d like to launch <strong>special practice sessions</strong> to offer you a <strong>safe space</strong> where you can practice class material or any other move and technique you’d like to work on and explore! These sessions will take place on one or 2 Fridays a month, from 8 to 9.45 pm, with a participation fee of 5 EUR per person. Location is a new one for us : <span style="font-weight:400"><a href="https://www.google.de/maps/place/Ecole+Primaire+Bonnevoie/@49.596331,6.123199,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x479548c6e14b4f29:0xd8b9f6cd47f1dac!8m2!3d49.596315!4d6.1400993">Gym Hall Bonnevoie</a> (6, rue Jean-Baptiste Gellé, Luxembourg city). You can find the dates, housekeeping rules, and how the sessions are organised / what a practice session means on our website : </span></span><a href="https://www.swingdance.lu/practice-sessions/">Practice sessions</a></font></p></li></ul></div><div style="margin-left:40px"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div style="margin-left:40px"><ul><li><font size="2"><b>Special series of classes : advanced solo jazz in February and March</b><br></font></li></ul></div><div style="margin-left:80px">
<p style="font-weight:400"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight:400">On top of our regular courses, we plan to organize some <strong>special series</strong>. Keep your eyes out because this is only the first one !<br></span></font></p><p style="font-weight:400"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight:400">And this first one is <span style="color:rgb(230,145,56)">a solo jazz class for our <strong>most advanced dancers</strong></span>: 3 classes of 90 minutes each between February and March. </span></font></p>
<p style="font-weight:400"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight:400">This series
 is for dancers who have a long dancing experience: you are at ease with
 various solo jazz moves and have discovered their variations. You have 
learned the classical solo jazz routines, such as Shim Sham, Tranky Doo,
 Mama Stew, Big Apple. You are comfortable when it comes to 
improvisation. You enjoy solo dancing your way through a song or more at
 a party. In order to guarantee a high level for this course, we will run <strong>admission checks</strong> for this series. Please give us some info on your dancing background when registering.</span></font></p></div><div style="margin-left:80px"><p style="font-weight:400"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight:400">Dates for this series are also on some Friday evenings from 8.15 to 9.45 pm : Feb 3rd, and March 3rd and 17th. In the same new location mentioned for Practice sessions :<span style="font-weight:400"> <span style="font-weight:400"><a href="https://www.google.de/maps/place/Ecole+Primaire+Bonnevoie/@49.596331,6.123199,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x479548c6e14b4f29:0xd8b9f6cd47f1dac!8m2!3d49.596315!4d6.1400993">Gym Hall Bonnevoie</a> (6, rue Jean-Baptiste Gellé, Luxembourg city).</span></span></span></font></p></div><div style="margin-left:80px"><p style="font-weight:400"><font size="2"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-weight:400">Last but not least, registrations are open already : all info, registration and price are available at <a href="https://www.swingdance.lu/series-spring-2023/">https://www.swingdance.lu/series-spring-2023/</a>.</span></span></span></font></p></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div></div><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt" role="presentation"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(230,145,56);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Next dates' recap:</span></font></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- 03/01 at 6 pm : opening of registrations for Spring semester</span><a href="https://www.swingdance.lu/spring-2023-courses/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.swingdance.lu/spring-2023-courses/</span></a></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2">- 08/01 : registration opening for Advanced solo jazz special series</font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- 31/01 at 8 pm : opening of registration for Duke's Blues</span></b></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- Jan 10, 17 and 24th : January short tracks</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- from Jan 31st to May 7th : Spring classes and Practice sessions</span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- from Feb to March : advanced solo jazz series<br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">- 10 to 12/03 : Duke's Blues</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p></div>