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    Re: Who's coming to the Jive Invasion London weekender 15-17 June?

    Quote Originally Posted by Rocky View Post
    Try untucking your T shirt....
    AFAIK he does now.

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    Re: Who's coming to the Jive Invasion London weekender 15-17 June?

    Don't make me regret clearing my ignore list, guys

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    Re: Who's coming to the Jive Invasion London weekender 15-17 June?

    Quote Originally Posted by Twirly View Post
    Does anyone have anymore details on this apart from what's on the website - particularly the open air dancing on the Sunday, such as where it'll be?
    Just got an email from JN with some more details for this - apparently it's part of the Marylebone Village Summer Fayre 2007.

    Dunno if there will be a dance floor however - and I don't fancy dancing on concrete.

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    Re: Who's coming to the Jive Invasion London weekender 15-17 June?

    Ooooh, with the weather expected to be reasonably dry in London on Sunday, this Marylebone jig looks a little tempting now

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    Re: Who's coming to the Jive Invasion London weekender 15-17 June?

    Right, that's it! The rail fare's cheap enough, there's no engineering works, and a nice day it' looking (so long as the forecast doesn't change)...So I'm gonna go to the outdoor event in Marylebone

    Will anyone else be there on Sunday?

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    Re: Who's coming to the Jive Invasion London weekender 15-17 June?

    Quote Originally Posted by Gojive View Post
    Right, that's it! The rail fare's cheap enough, there's no engineering works, and a nice day it' looking (so long as the forecast doesn't change)...So I'm gonna go to the outdoor event in Marylebone

    Will anyone else be there on Sunday?
    I plan on going. I missed the past 2 years when it has been on.

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    Re: Who's coming to the Jive Invasion London weekender 15-17 June?

    Quote Originally Posted by Astro View Post
    I plan on going. I missed the past 2 years when it has been on.

    How will I know you? Will you be the one standing on the grassy area? "Astroturf"

    I look forward to meeting you, one way or another

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    Re: Who's coming to the Jive Invasion London weekender 15-17 June?

    Quote Originally Posted by Gojive View Post

    How will I know you? Will you be the one standing on the grassy area? "Astroturf"
    very funny
    I look forward to meeting you, one way or another
    First off I'm a female. There's a man in my moon.
    Look out for red trainers, not many have them.
    Hope it doesn't rain as its outdoors.

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    Re: Who's coming to the Jive Invasion London weekender 15-17 June?

    Quote Originally Posted by Astro View Post
    very funny First off I'm a female. There's a man in my moon.
    Look out for red trainers, not many have them.
    Hope it doesn't rain as its outdoors.
    Even better! I get to dance with you as well as meet you

    OK, red is the word....

    Weather's looking good so far

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    Re: Who's coming to the Jive Invasion London weekender 15-17 June?

    Quote Originally Posted by Gojive View Post
    Weather's looking good so far
    Simon said at today's bash that there'll be 1000sq. ft. of vinyl to dance on and 2000sq. ft. of available space. Hopefully not arranged in a chess board configuration.

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    Re: Who's coming to the Jive Invasion London weekender 15-17 June?

    Quote Originally Posted by FirstMove View Post
    Simon said at today's bash that there'll be 1000sq. ft. of vinyl to dance on and 2000sq. ft. of available space. Hopefully not arranged in a chess board configuration.
    Ummm, that's not actually a vast amount of space really. 20' X 50', for example.

    Still, much better than nothing - and FREE

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    Re: Who's coming to the Jive Invasion London weekender 15-17 June?

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidJames View Post
    Ummm, that's not actually a vast amount of space really. 20' X 50', for example.

    Still, much better than nothing - and FREE
    I really enjoyed it. The weather was great, sunny, but with a cooling breeze.
    And I got to dance with Gojive. The boy can move!

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    Re: Who's coming to the Jive Invasion London weekender 15-17 June?

    Did anyone do the workshops or parties? Any reviews? Am just curious... Beo and I went to Putney which was quiet... assumed it was because of this.

    I said to someone about the "Jive Invasion London Weekender" - he misheard me and thought I'd said "Jive Infection!"

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    Re: Who's coming to the Jive Invasion London weekender 15-17 June?

    Quote Originally Posted by Twirly View Post
    Did anyone do the workshops or parties?
    Well, I snuck in under the waistcoat yesterday afternoon...

    The floor was lino - along the road, curved slightly. Simon kept on making jokes about it being "Australian imported handcrafted oak" or something, strange man that he is.

    The weather held up, fortunately - it was quite busy. There were a few regular classes, and generally it went pretty well. The invasion of the Greek Dancing troupe around lunchtime was kind of strange, verging on surreal, but they left after a while.

    Saturday, apparently the venue was changed from the Hippodrome to "salsa!" just down the road. Friday, I heard good things about the cabaret, but not-so-good things about the class.

    That's it for me

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    Re: Who's coming to the Jive Invasion London weekender 15-17 June?

    Quote Originally Posted by Twirly View Post
    Beo and I went to Putney which was quiet... assumed it was because of this.
    It was quite at Ashtons too on Friday night. I enjoyed myself though.

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    Re: Who's coming to the Jive Invasion London weekender 15-17 June?

    Quote Originally Posted by Astro View Post
    It was quite at Ashtons too on Friday night. I enjoyed myself though.
    Heh - I bet at Ashtons they were saying "Oh, it's quiet because everyone's at Jive Nation", and everyone at Jive Nation was saying "Oh, it's quiet because everyone's at Ashtons"

    Let's face it, it was a quiet weekend in London, OK?

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    Re: Who's coming to the Jive Invasion London weekender 15-17 June?

    I only went for Sat daytime.

    There were appox 15 men and 10 ladies, varying a little as the DJ and the teachers/demos jumped in to try to help the gender imbalance. At one point there were enough men to have men standing between each couple and still have a man too many.

    Most of the routines were recorded, so if JiveNation decide to put them on youtube as usual, you can see what you missed. Typically the last move in each routine got dropped due to time limitations. The whole thing started about 20mins late. I've now seen a "Tornado", even if I haven't been taught it.

    Several Aussie moves had signals, but I think they're not actually necessary. I haven't had a chance to try them properly yet.

    Teachers seemed to be a problem. Cat couldn't make it, so Paul taught WCS with Ed as his demo. Seamus Waldron did make it, but was injured so couldn't teach the drops class.

    I did learn some new moves and concepts, which is all I could hope for. No qualms about my £25.

    I can only speculate, but I bet that the number of tickets sold was too low, so Simon couldn't afford to hire the Hippodrome on the Sat night.

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    Re: Who's coming to the Jive Invasion London weekender 15-17 June?

    Quote Originally Posted by FirstMove View Post
    I can only speculate, but I bet that the number of tickets sold was too low, so Simon couldn't afford to hire the Hippodrome on the Sat night.
    I think that it was more like a double-booking thing, from the email?

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    Re: Who's coming to the Jive Invasion London weekender 15-17 June?

    Can anyone report on the Battersea Arts Centre Tea Dance yesterday afternoon?

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    Re: Who's coming to the Jive Invasion London weekender 15-17 June?

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidJames View Post
    Heh - I bet at Ashtons they were saying "Oh, it's quiet because everyone's at Jive Nation", and everyone at Jive Nation was saying "Oh, it's quiet because everyone's at Ashtons"

    Let's face it, it was a quiet weekend in London, OK?
    Putney on Saturday night was pretty quiet as well.

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