Nia Moves "East vs. West" Dance, Saturday January 3rd

Come see 2009 in with a bang! To end our trial run at Nia Moves, you are invited to a special dance! We've invited our Westie friends as well for a special "East Meets West" evening of genre-blurring dancing, music from West Coast to Lindy and everything in between, and fun!

$3 Cover, dancing from 8pm till 12. Water and sodas will be available for $1 each. Nia Moves is located just north of downtown off of 45, at 3221 Houston Ave, Houston, TX 77009 (map). Please help protect the floors by observing Nia Moves' "no street shoes" rule and bringing your dancing shoes (or socks).

Note that there will be no dances at Taft or Té on 1/3, so this will be the place for dancing!

New Year's Eve at Troy's -- Goodbye 2008!

Ring in the New Year with a night of dancing! Troy is generously opening his home once again, and this will be the place to dance the night away for New Years 2008!

We'll have your favorite tunes, favorite friends, and favorite leads and follows! Please bring snacks, drinks, and sodas to share.

Festivities are from 8:30pm until 2am. Troy's house (map) is at 1502 Baggett Ln, Houston, TX 77055. Additional details on the HSO Forum!

Holiday Festivities at Sauté, Té, Blue Room this weekend!

Friday nights, Sweet and Sauté Swing brought to us by our friends over at Sauté is building momentum in its second month! This Friday December 19th, "Sweet & Low" are back with more classic swing tunes, including holiday favorites! $5 gets the show rolling at 9pm, with the band playing 9-11pm, and DJ'ed music afterwards till 1 (or later). (and next week 12/26, don't miss the Old School Swing Band, and DJ Eric!).

Saturday, start the night out with the Demitasse Dance at Té House of Tea with DJ's Katie and Julie Wood, and then keep the party rolling late into the night afterwards at the Late Nite Latte Christmas Blues Dance.

Visit the Forum for discussion and details, and..... Ho! Ho! Ho!

Monday Night Bingo and Dancing with the El Orbits... Last Chance!

If you've been sitting on the fence and haven't made it out lately for Monday Night dancing and bingo at the Continental Club (map) with the El Orbits, now's the time! Our spies inform us that, sadly, this venerable (and quirky) Monday night institution will be coming to an end with 2008.

Don't miss the authentic light-up bingo board, "bingo and a song", lucky bingo cards, the bingo girls, Bongo Jane, and of course, "the bingo girl is always right"!

There are three Monday shows left (December 15th, 22nd, and 29th), and a big send-off is being planned for Monday the 29th. Dancers will be out all month, and remember you must yell Bingo!

Lights (and Swing!) in the Heights 2008! Saturday, 12/13/2008

Swing Dancing at Lights In The Heights? Now's your chance to both experience this uniquely Houston event, as well as show off your favorite moves with your fellow swing dancers! The Houston Swing Dance Society once again has a sponsor and will be set up at 803 Woodland (map), at the corner of Watson and Woodland with music and dancing! The Hepcats will perform in the street about every 30 minutes from 6-9pm, with social dancing going on the rest of the time!

This event is huge, free publicity for our Houston swing dancing scene -- hundreds of people will walk by the dancing. Come on out and join in ... lets see the whole city dancing!

The entire neighborhood is filled with foot traffic on 4 streets, with Christmas decorations, live bands, kids riding red wagons, and holiday cheer.

For more information, drop in on our HSO Forum discussion, and ask someone who's attended in years past! (Also: There's a group getting together for dinner beforehand at King Biscuit. And some photos from 2007's Lights In The Heights).

Second Cup Swing @ Taft Coffee, December 13th

Feed your caffeine and dancing addictions simultaneously with the Second Cup Swing Dance Night at Taft Street Coffee (map).

The next dance will be Saturday, December 13th. The dance is usually every 3rd Saturday of the month and runs from 8:30 pm until Midnight. The cover is just $4 and that includes an introductory/warm-up swing dance lesson from 7:15 - 8:30 pm.

Come on out ... it's the perfect place to end up for some coffee, cocoa, or dancing, after Lights in the Heights winds down!)