Lindy Hopcats

We have an update to our June schedule. We will have practice as usual next week Sunday 3 to 5 PM at The Allston Abbey, but we will be closed the following weekend on 6/28. We look forward to seeing you in July at the new time!

‼️We are planning to change our regular time slot for our Sunday practices starting next month! The new time will be 1 to 3 PM. We’ll be at the same location as usual.

We have a new batch of cards to give to people who are curious about Lindy Hop in Boston. We give these out most often at outdoor dances like the Lindy bomb we co-hosted last month or the monthly dances organized by . The QR code leads to the resources page on our website, which includes links to many local events and organizations. If you need a card, find Cheryl or another organizer.

We are planning to have practice every Sunday in May! Some special practice dates: Practice on May 17 directly follows a workshop organized by fearing Sean Vitale and Jennifer Murmylo. And we are expecting our collegiate s**g friends to be at practice on May 31.

Recently, acquired a sweet projector, which means we can now play old clips on a big screen during practice! Stop by this month for some inspiration from The Spirit Moves or other classic dance resources. As always, feel free to bring your own practice ideas. Also, we are working out availability for May 17 and will post an update when we can.

Earlier this month, we invited to help us run a practice focused on competitions. She gave a quick overview and answered questions, then we ran a few practice rounds with feedback from Andrea in between. We’re looking forward to seeing Hopcats at this weekend both competing and also cheering, taking classes, social dancing, and welcoming our out-of-town friends.

In a previous iteration of our practice format, practices used to revolve around moves. Lately, we’ve had less of a focus on moves, but we see how working on moves can highlight the skills that are needed to execute it well. Also, it’s fun! Join us this month for this throwback to Lindy Hopcats days of yore. As always, you are welcome to bring your own ideas of what to practice.

We’ll have a limited amount of merch at the social dance tonight, new HopHats!

With and Kind of a Big Deal weekend coming up, we are bringing you a day of competition practice featuring tips from ! If competitions are not for you, we’ll still be having open practice as usual and the option to play a game or two.

March starts tomorrow, and that means our month of SW!NG OUT-themed practices starts tomorrow! We’ll have normal practice for the first three Sundays, then our SW!NG OUT workshop happens on the fourth weekend. See the links in our bio for tickets and more info! We’ll be closed while Boston Tea Party is running on the fifth weekend of March. Check it out at .