We’ve only opened registration for about 10 days and we’ve sold over half our follower passes!!

To keep our numbers nice and even we’ll be closing booking for single follows very soon, so do book quickly and if possible as a couple (just mention who your partner is in the comments box).

Tickets are selling quickly, so if you’d like to join us for a weekend of dancing, socialising and cake in Cambridge – book now!!

For more information see our lindy exchange website: www.cambridgelindyexchange.co.uk

We’re very much looking forward to our lindy exchange in October and have started recruiting our volunteers. At the open meeting there was a request that the volunteer opportunities were put on the website, so now they have been! You can find the information here. Thank you!

Thanks to everyone who came along to the open meeting! It was great to hear your input for the summer classes and get an idea of what/when you’d like our next workshop to be. The minutes are up on the forum, so do check them out and get back to us with any more thoughts.

Many thanks to everyone who came along to Strawberry Fair and joined us in the parade! It was brilliant to take along such a huge contingent, and I think we owe ourselves much kudos for managing to dance our way round the long parade route!

We’re very happy to let you know that the Speakeasy’s air-conditioning is fixed!! Thanks to the Man on the Moon for sorting it before the summer really got going.   Remember that the bands will be taking some time off over the summer, so come along in June to be sure of getting your Monday fix of live music and social dancing.

CLH are taking part in the parade for Strawberry Fair this Saturday.  Wear your vintage clothes, or show off your CLH stash, and dance your way through town with us, starting at around 10:30am.  Anyone who would like to come along, please email info[at]cambridgelindy.com so we can book your free lunch and send you the details.

This Sunday (7th) is the start of the council’s Jazz in the Park events.  A group of us will be headed down to Jesus Green enjoy the free music and have a picnic.  Do come and join us.  The live music is between 3 and 5pm, and we’ll bring our own music too.

Thank you to everybody who came to our workshops and dance on Sunday. It was a fabulous day and it was good to see so many of you there. Special thanks are also due to Dan and Gem for giving the wonderful workshops, and to our army of bakers and volunteers without whom the day wouldn’t have been half as good.

In order to keep the numbers fairly even we’re closing booking for follows for the workshops. If you’d like to come but haven’t booked yet, please email me at info at cambridgelindy.com and I’ll add you to the waiting list. Leads, please book so we can give some lovely follows a place!

We’ve still got lots of places for the dance though, so email me to book or register at one of our classes.

Many thanks to everybody who came along and supported us and danced with us at the Buskers’ Festival yesterday! It wouldn’t have been half as good without you. We had a fabulous time.

On 6th of June the Cambridge Lindy Hoppers have been asked to take part in the Strawberry Fair parade, starting at 11:30. Not just the troupe: all of us. And they will be feeding us afterwards. How can you resist that offer? I have to let them know how many are coming, presumably so they can give out tickets for free food, so if you want to take part, drop me a line at info at cambridgelindy.com, or grab me (Caroline) at class. Hope lots of you can come!

The Cambridge Lindy Hoppers performance troupe will be performing at the Cambridge Buskers Festival on Saturday 9th May. We’ll be outside Great St Mary’s from 1200-1300, at St Giles from 1400-1500, and at Lion Yard from 1600-1700. Come along to support us, and don’t forget to check out all the other great acts!

We’re pleased to announce a balboa workshop with Dan Guest and Gemma Barson on Saturday 23rd May. This is a great chance to learn some Balboa or brush up/develop your skills, with workshops centred around a Bal swing fundamental move, the Throw Out.

We’ll of course have an evening dance (which will be lindy-friendly) with refreshments, cake and a CLH after-party!! See the booking page for more details.

We have the band schedule for the Speakeasy over the next three months!

April
06/04/2009 Rob James Trio

13/04/2009 Rob James Trio

20/04/2009 Colin Hazel

27/04/2009 Better Than TV

May
04/05/2009 Rob James Trio

11/05/2009 Colin Hazel

18/05/2009 Better Than TV

25/05/2009 Rob James Trio

June
01/06/2009 Rob James Trio

08/06/2009 Colin Hazel

15/06/2009 Better Than TV

22/06/2009 Rob James Trio

29/06/2009 Rob James Trio

Thanks to our fabulous bands for agreeing to keep playing for us!