Savoy Jazz Jam 2024!
Solo Jazz Weekend
Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Rd, WD17 1JJ
1st-3rd November 2024
Welcome to our 7th Savoy Jazz Jam, the ultimate Solo Jazz Weekend, right here in Hertfordshire, UK.
ABOUT:
Held on the 1st weekend in November, this cosy weekend will explore the history of African American Jazz dance from African dance, plantation dances to today’s Solo Jazz, with an array of incredible, inspirational and innovative concepts to expand and improve your vocabulary of jazz movement and help your partnered dance. There will be two days of workshops and two evenings of social dancing on Friday & Saturday with live music to practice your solo jazz and incorporate it into your Lindy Hop. There’ll also be a solo jazz competition, judged by our Lindy Hop Legends! Numbers are limited to allow space and keep the event small enough to get to know to the teachers and everyone else. Not everyone had the chance to learn from Frankie Manning or Norma Miller, so this is a great opportunity for every swing dancer.
LEVELS:
1) Improver – Intermediate
2) Intermediate/Advanced – Advanced.
Improver – Intermediate:
You have the basic routines under your belt such as the JiveSwing Stroll, Shim Sham & Charleston Stroll – you have knowledge of the classic basic Jazz steps & are ready to push further.
Intermediate/Advanced -Advanced:
You have taken previous Jazz workshops and know lots of the key historic routines such as The Big Apple, Tranky Doo, Trickeration and more. You are ready to work hard, sweat and take your Jazz movement to the next level!
DRAFT SCHEDULE:
Friday 1st November
7pm-8pm – Taster Class
8pm-Midnight – Evening Welcome Party
Saturday 2nd November
11.30am – Registration
12:00pm – Welcome & Pre Workshop Activities
12.30pm- 4.00pm – Workshops
4:00pm – 4:45pm – Swingopedia Discussion
8pm – Midnight – Harlem Nights Band Night & Competition.
Sunday 3rd November
12.00pm – 4.00pm – Workshops
4.00pm – 6.00pm – Swingopedia Discussion & Farewell
NB: Times subject to change
COSTS:
£179.99pp before 1st September 2024, then £200.00pp
TRAINS:
Watford Junction – 5mins Walk
Other Tubes/Trains to Watford.
PARKING:
FREE Parking onsite
Town Centre NCP Carparks – 1min walk
HOTELS NEARBY:
Leonardo Hotels – Opposite the venue
Holiday Inn – Down the road
Plenty of others within walking distance.
Please see our SAFE SPACES policy