A three day celebration of street dance; with performances, jams, masterclasses from tap to locking & popping to lindy hop to improv jazz and the infamous NO-RULES-WINNER-TAKES-ALL Honey Pot Dance Battle.

Featuring:
The Harlem Hot Shots (renowned Swedish Dance Troupe which specialises in Authentic Jazz Dance), Johnny Lloyd (US/Germany).

What's on offer?

Friday 16th June 2006
Vintage Videos:
Historical film clips presented by Europe’s pioneering lindy-hop troupe The Harlem Hot Shots from Sweden.

Time: 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Venue: The Studio, Market Coffee House, Brushfield Street, E1 6AA
Price: £8 - includes nibbles and soft drinks.
www.harlemhotshots.com
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=533594&Y=181783&A=Y&Z=1

Also join us after as we decant to the Exit Bar on Brick Lane (home of East Side Stomp) to dance the night away...

Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th June 2006
Workshops:
Classes include Lindy Hop, Krumping, Tap, Aerials, Traditional Jazz, Hip Hop, Capoeira, Improv Jazz. Teacher line-up - Harlem Hot Shots (SWE), Johnny Lloyd (GER), Israel Carlos (Brazil), Francois Bechu, Vivian Davidhazy, Tom Kerwin & Mithi Shafiq (UK)

Time: 12.00pm - 4.30pm both days.
Venue: Hoxton Hall, 130 Hoxton Street, London N1 6SH
Price: £40 weekend pass for as many classes as you can manage!*
(£25 for one day only pass)
NB Special Concessionary price for Full-time students under 26. Please call 07941 190 208 for details
www.hoxtonhall.co.uk
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=533273&Y=183185&A=Y&Z=1

*Please note that you will have to sign-up for classes beforehand.

The workshop schedule is now up at http://cottonclubbers.com/en/events/stylingcourses/

Saturday 17th June
Dance and Show at Hellzapoppin’:
Special collaboration with Tim's Jumpin' Jive and Hellzapoppin' including performances by the Harlem Hot Shots and others.

Time: 8pm - late
Venue: Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regents Park Road, London, NW1 7AY
Price: £10/£8 (concessions/Workshop Pass holders).
www.hellzapoppin.co.uk
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=528446&Y=183756&A=Y&Z=1

Sunday 18th June 2006
The 3rd Honey Pot Dance Battle:

Time: 7pm-11pm
Venue: Hoxton Hall, 130 Hoxton Street, London N1 6SH
Price: £10
www.hoxtonhall.co.uk
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=533273&Y=183185&A=Y&Z=1

Battle details at the end of the page.

Summary:
Fri 16th - Vintage Videos: £8
Sat 17th & Sun 18th - Workshops: £40 (NB Special Concessionary price for Full-time students under 26. Please call 07941 190 208 for details)
Sat 17th - Dance & Show @ Hellzapoppin: £10/8 (pay on the door)
Sun 18th - Honey Pot Dance Battle: £10

Getting Tickets:
All the venues have limited capacity. You are advised to confirm your place for any of the weekend's events (except for Hellzapoppin’).
Please send a cheque for the required amount, made payable to “The Cotton Clubbers” to

The Cotton Clubbers
164 Wilmot Street
London E2 0BU

NB *Tickets are non-refundable. There WILL be tickets at the door for each event, but they will be sold on first-come-first-serve basis only.

Photos from previous Battles
http://cottonclubbers.com/en/photos/pgeastsidestomp

"What can I say? Righteous! The Honey Pot was bangin'. My crew agreed
it was as big a buzz for the experienced dancers as it was for the
newbies.

The Battle and the dancing afterwards, with the jams and the Big
Apple - it just had all the attitude that makes Lindy Hop the dance
that I wanted when I first saw it danced this way in the Boom Boom in
January last year."
Trim about 2nd Battle

For more info email battle@cottonclubbers.com or call +44 (0)7941 190 208

BATTLE DETAILS

Sunday 18th June 2006, 7:30pm – 11:00pm

The 3rd Honey Pot Dance Battle 2006
The return of the ‘infamous’ lindy hop competition: where the only rules are that there are NO RULES – a reminder of how the dance was done back in the day! This competition is open to all…who can bring it and take it!

The first year had the Harlem Hot Shots competing as the Moose Maniacs who were told what the coo was by the East Side Crew. The dancing was taken to fever pitch – something London, nay the country has never seen before. The second year some devious tactics were used to undermine the opposition (the men did not know where to look!).

This year the Moose Maniacs are back to defend their name. Scores have to be settled and new blood wanna prove themselves…oh my days!!!

Your MC for the evening will be Marcel Andrew, local young Hackey-ite, an up-and-coming performer and musician.

Registration and other information
1. Teams must be a minimum of 4 people and a maximum of 8 people.
2. £10 registration per team member (£4 for the Pot and £6 administration)
3. Teams MUST register their names and team members by Wed 14th June 2006. Team registration should be sent in (with full payment for all members) to The Cotton Clubbers, 164 Wilmot Street, London E2 0BU.
4. £4 per team member will go into the “Honey Pot” and the winning team takes all.
5. Depending on the numbers of teams entered, the battle will be in tournament format. If the numbers of teams means this will take too long, then there will be knockouts until the final 4 teams
6. Each bout will be no more than 4 minutes long
7. Each bout will have two speeds of music, the final round will have three – all between 40(160bpm) and 62(248bpm).
8. There will be 3 judges; a dancer, a non-dancer and the audience

Tips:
*work with the music – this should go without saying…but you never know.
*don’t forget this is a lindy-hop competition
*don’t hog

“It’s about respect. It’s about getting pushed by the other team. It’s not about forcing them out. It’s about doing better” Mike Faltasek May 2004