<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">Okay so this isn't going to be quite your typical Cleveland swing dance. It is going to be extra super dooper fun!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">We start off the evening of Friday, August 12th with an awesome (yet pretty easy) JITTERBUG LESSON with Andy Lammers and Valerie Salstrom from 8pm-9pm. No need for a partner for the dance lesson (or dance). We rotate partners during the lesson so you will get to dance with both new and experienced dancers....and meet lots of fun people</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="text_exposed_show">on the way. :)<br><br>IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE JITTERBUG LESSONS AT 9pm, there will be a few performances by the Cleveland Junior Jitterbugs. The Junior Jitterbugs started as a FREE after school swing dance program for elementary school children in the Brooklyn Centre neighborhood that is partially funded by a grant from Neighborhood Connections. When the school year ended the students begged me (Valerie) to continue teaching them in the Summer, so a few of the team members were selected to continue and now we have four local partnerships that will be competing in the Junior division at the International Lindy Hop Championships (ILHC) in Washington, DC in just a few weeks. Please come and see their progress and wish them good luck. *All of the dance instruction the students have received this Summer to prepare them for ILHC has been for FREE. Swing dance teachers from around the United States have donated choreography to each couple in the Junior Jitterbugs and that choreography has been taught to the students for free by Valerie Salstrom and Matt Mitchell. <br><br>THE DAVE KASPER QUINTET WILL BEGIN THEIR FIRST SET AT 9:15ish. As Dave and the gang plays do not be afraid to go up and ask someone to dance. Ask someone you met during the pre-dance lesson, ask someone who is standing near you on the dance floor, ask someone who is tapping their toes or swaying to the music....I bet they all would love to dance with you. Did you know that almost no one says no when you ask them to dance? Girls! Guys! Get out there and ask someone to dance!<br><br>AT THE FIRST BAND BREAK AROUND 10pm, we will have Matt Mitchell and Sasha Gross performing the routine they will be competing with in the Pro-Am division at the International Lindy Hop Championships. In the Pro-Am division an amateur dancer (Sasha) works on a routine with a professional dancer (Matt) but only the amateur is judged. This will be pretty exciting for Sasha as she is only 15 and this will be her first time competing in this division. <br><br>BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE! after Matt and Sasha perform we will all take a step outside to enjoy some FREE FREEZER POPS!!! Ahhhhhh...what a nice cool treat! --ps. I need some volunteers to show up with scissors and help cut off the tops of the freezer pops for people. <br><br>DON'T GO BACK INSIDE YET! We have MORE fun! We have a frozen t shirt contest! A wha? Huh? What the heck is that you say? Welllll, we have some frozen t shirts, frozen solid t shirts, and you have to try to wrangle those suckers and put them on. First person to get a frozen t shirt on wins FOUR FREE GET HEP SWING DANCE PASSES!!! At $12 a pop that is a pretty darn good prize. Be sure to arrive early to sign up for this awesome and possibly frost bite inducing contest! <br><br>AT AROUND 10:30ish THE DAVE KASPER QUINTET will begin to play again for your dancing pleasure. <br><br>****Please be sure to stop by the front desk and make a donation to the Cleveland Junior Jitterbugs' International Lindy Hop Championships' fund. They need money to help pay for such things as costumes and shoes and the practice spaces they have been using to help them prepare for the event. Thank you for all of your generosity and support! We are all very excited to represent Cleveland and the Cleveland swing dance scene!<br><br>The dance goes until midnight and we hope you last that long. <br><br>Remember that you do not need any previous dance experience or a dance partner to attend the pre-dance lesson or the dance. <br><br>The dance is located at the Lakewood Masonic Temple at 15300 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, Ohio. (very near 150th/Warren and Detroit) Park in the back and enter through the front. Cold beverages and light snacks are always for sale at this dance. <br><br>The cost is only $12 per person or $10 for students and seniors with a valid ID. <br><br>For more information please see <a href="http://www.GetHepSwing.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.GetHepSwing.com</a> or call Valerie at 216-374-1927.<br></span></span><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><br>Valerie Salstrom</div><div>Owner of Get Hep Swing, Ltd.</div><div>216-374-1927</div><div><a href="mailto:info@GetHepSwing.com">info@GetHepSwing.com</a></div><div><br></div></div><br><br></div></span> </div><br></body></html>