Fred and Sylwia 2002

The Queen's Swing Club is proud to present Fred Ngo and Sylwia Bielec from Montréal, Québec for a weekend of non-stop dancing.

Here's your chance to give your Lindy Hop skills a huge boost by learning from the guy who brought Lindy Hop to Kingston many years ago!

You'l learn more about connecting with your partner and using the music to make your dancing come alive.

You'll also be learning tons of leadable (and followable!) moves to spice up your dancing, as well as Blues dancing, and some of the most challenging Lindy Hop taught in Kingston to date!

And did we mention that you'll learn Swing Rueda?

From Out of Town? Billeting Information

Here at Queen's, just about everybody's from out of town. If you need a place to stay in Kingston we'll set you up. Please contact Laura Stewart as soon as possible if you want to stay with us.

Swing Club members, here's your chance to get to know all sorts of dancers from out of town! If you have some spare room and wouldn't mind shacking up a fellow dancer or two, please contact Laura immediately.

Photos can be found in the Fred and Sylwia photo album.

If you would like to submit your notes to the club, please send them by email.

Workshop on DVD

If you would like to obtain our workshop videos in either Quicktime or on DVD, please contact Tim Brown.

Fred Ngo Fred has been teaching Lindy Hop since 1998. He is the head instructor and founder of Cat's Corner and is widely credited with bringing Lindy Hop into the mainstream in Montréal. The vast majority of active Lindy Hop dancers in Montréal have been direct students of Fred. Fred is also the producer of the Montréal International Swing Dance Festival, Canada's first swing dance camp and largest swing event. A certified Lindy Hop nut, Fred has traveled near and far in order to study with the best swing dance masters in the U.S. and abroad. As a result, Fred's continually evolving style is a synthesis of the best characteristics he has encountered; a blend of modern Savoy and left coast styling. [Editor's note] Fred spent a year and a half here in Kingston to help spread the good word of Lindy Hop out east from Toronto. Our best dancers learned, practiced, taught and performed with Fred before he moved on to Montréal (full-time) in 2000. Those were some grueling dance classes! :) Sylwia Bielec Sylwia comes to Lindy Hop from a rather different background. Having spent 15 years dancing in a folkdance performing troupe, she brings to Lindy Hop her love of movement and partner dance. Her folkdance roots have taught her that, above all else, dance belongs to the people and each of us has natural internal rhythms and a biological impetus to move. Never doing things by halves, Sylwia jumped into lindy hop with both feet (but centered ;-)) and attended workshops and camps with the world's leading teachers. She continues to travel as often as possible to workshops and exchanges throughout North America.

Fred Ngo and Norma Miller Sylwia Bielec and "Swing Bear"

Source: Cat's Corner Dance Productions, http://www.catscorner.ca/content/about/

Please note that all classes will be held at Bodyworks, on Princess street.

Lindy Hop from the Top, Parts 1-3:

We will examine the fundamental Lindy Hop steps from the very top. After these classes your dancing will never be the same. Previous exposure to Lindy Hop is an asset but not absolutely essential if you are a fast learner. The three classes are progressive, and therefore must be taken in sequence.

Swing Rueda

Swing Rueda is a group dance that was created by Jeff Miller and Elaine Hewlett (www.therhythmroom.net) of Dallas, TX. Swing Rueda is danced in a circle with multiple couples, similar to Salsa Rueda. There is a caller who orchestrates the moves done by the circle of dancers. It has been sweeping North America by storm and now it is here in Kingston!

You will already need to know the Lindy Hop basics (e.g. swingout, inside turn, outside turn, texas tommy, tuck turn) to take this class! People who have no dance experience will be allowed to take the first Swing Rueda class if they have participated in all three Lindy Hop from the Top classes.

Ton-O-Moves

A ton of socially leadable moves to spice up your dancing. This class is open to intermediate dancers who have been dancing for at least 3 months, and are solid on their basics (i.e., you can do swingouts, lindy circles, and most of the "basic" lindy hop moves – texas tommy, inside and outside turns – without counting in your head)

Blues

Back by popular demand after the Solomon and Rebecca workshop (yes, we will get Kingston blues dancing eventually). Feel lost when a slow, groovy tune comes on?In this class we will be working on the fundamentals of blues dancing.Blues dancing is all about connection and listening to the music, two things we all love to work on, and Fred and Sylwia will bring us all to new heights of understanding and appreciation!This class is open to our better intermediate dancers, who have taken formal classes before or have been social dancing for quite a while.

The Butt Kicker!

This class is for the most advanced dancers in Kingston. Be prepared to be challenged; be prepared to sweat!

Pat Murray returns to Monté's Friday 15 Mar only!

Just in:

Hi Dave,
Nancy Greig here, Pat Murray's manager.
Pat is playing at Monte's on the 15 Mar, hope you can come out and bring some friends. She has really missed everyone here and would be glad to see you.
Cheers,
Nancy

Pat Murray will be playing with the Rich Bannard Quartet at Monté's from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.Warnings: Monté's is a cigar lounge. It might smell a bit.The music is still worth it, though, and there is a bit of room for a couple or maybe two to dance. The regulars all know us there and the band loves to see us dance.

Pre-workshop Party

Get warmed up for the workshop and hang out with your fellow swingers at the Queen's Swing Club Official Pre-workshop Party at the New Ultra-Lounge!

Resident dj Dave Tran will be spinning house, garage, downtempo, jazz and r&b from 9:30pm to 2:00am.Free admission of course, but please BYOB and don't drink and drive.

Saturday Night

The Return of Andy Poole!
Swingin' Live with the Andy Poole Quintet

Enjoy the swinging sounds of Kingston favourite Andy Poole and his jazz quintet playing for you on the hardwood floors of the Parish Hall at St. James Anglican Church.

Dance from 9:30pm to 1:00am; $6/registrants, $8/non-registrants.

News: Just in from Andy himself

Hey Dave,
I've confirmed:
Dave Barton - guitar
Zak Colbert - bass
Bill Bosworth - drums
and I'm waiting for
Bobby Hsu - alto sax (to confirm).
See ya there!
Andy

Monday Night

Swing Night at Wallace Hall

To ease your dance withdrawl, we will be holding our Monday Night dance as usual.Be prepared for a Swing Rueda!

Just in! We're going to attempt to teach the Big Apple Monday Night!

Bodyworks Health And Fitness

840 Princess (east of the Kingston Centre, on the south side)
Kingston, ON
K7L 1G3
(613) 549-4546

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The New Ultra-Lounge

At the Lord Sydenham
32 Ontario Street
Kingston, ON
K7L 2Y1
Buzz 019 and smile for the camera!

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St. James Church

At the SW corner of Barrie and Union (on campus)
10 Union Street West
Kingston, ON
K7L 2N7
(613)548-7254

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Queen's University

Wallace Hall, 1^st floor
John Deutsch University Centre (JDUC), Queen's University

At the NE corner of Union Street and University Avenue
Kingston, ON
K7L 2V9
(613) 533-2794

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Boycott Stoney's

We would like to take the time to boycott Stoney's on Ontario Street. They decided to cancel our band night because they wanted to get more bar revenue for "Amateur's Night", or the Saturday before St. Patrick's Day. Prove them wrong by never going to Stoney's for the rest of your life!

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The workshop is now over. Registration has closed.

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