Lights (and Swing!) in the Heights 2009! Saturday, 12/12

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 will be enjoying the festivities 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).

Swing Has Returned To Prince's Hamburgers! Tuesday, December 8th

After a long absence, Swing has returned to Prince's Hamburgers! Take a trip back in time to when burgers were huge and juicy, onion rings counted as a full helping of vegetables and could make you stand up and shout, people drank creamy delicious milkshakes, not Aquafina-- and cholesterol did not exist!

Swing the evening away with tunes from Prince's fabulous jukebox, and get re-acquainted with your inner Jitterbug!

Pull out your dancing shoes from 7 to 9 pm on the second Tuesday (unless otherwise posted) of each month, and head out to Prince's Hamburgers on the Southwest Freeway at Wesleyan (map)! Be sure to thank the manager, and enjoy a 5% discount during the event by mentioning you're a Swing Dancer! The music will be best-suited for 6-count/East Coast Swing.]

Second Cup Swing @ Taft Coffee, Saturday December 18th

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

Mark your calendar for the next Second Cup Swing dance -- come out and enjoy the coffee, the great music... and the dancing!