Dear dancer, Apollo Swing is delighted to welcome you to the Crazy Swing Camp. A whole weekend filled with Lindy Hop and Balboa classes, parties and a unique music & musicality track. Chers danseurs, Apollo Swing est ravi de vous accueillir au Crazy Swing Camp ! Un week-end entier rempli de cours de Lindy Hop et Balboa, des soirées dansantes, l’atelier musique et musicalité à un jet de pierre de Bruxelles. Beste danser, Apollo Swing heet je welkom op het Crazy Swing Camp: een weekend boordevol Lindy Hop en Balboa workshops, feestjes en een uniek muziek & muzikaliteitsatelier. Alles op een boogscheut van Brussel. With this brochure you have all the key info. During the camp we will inform you about any updates through the message boards & live updates @ www.facebook.com/crazyswingcamp. Watch this space!
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Some History Check-in Check-out Camp facilities Classes & Tasters Auditions Timetable classes Timetable tasters Evening Parties Meals & Drinks Accommodation Camp Rules Special thanks Crazy Swing Team
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Some History…
In 2001, 2002 and 2003 Didier Loiseau and Geneviève Vermylen (Apollo Swing) and 2 other organizers shared their passion for swing dancing by organizing the first editions of Crazy Swing. Back then it was significantly smaller. They invited top international teachers like ‘Frankie Manning’. During these first editions, almost 95% of the dancers came from abroad. After having contributed a significant share to the growth of the Belgian lindy hop scene, Apollo Swing is very proud to be back with a 6th edition of Crazy Swing with an attendance of mainly Belgian dancers! Crazy Swing Camp is organised by Apollo Swing Danceschool info@apolloswing.be, www.apolloswing.be
Check-in
You will receive an envelope and a free bottle of water. If you booked accommodation, your water bottle will be waiting for you in your room. What’s in your envelope? • Your class schedule • Wristband. Please wear this the entire weekend. (Friday night included) • Audition number. Please wear this during your first class Saturday at 9:00. (For some groups) • Sticker with your name to personalize your water bottle. Re-use your bottle the entire weekend. • Food tickets (if you asked for a special diet) 4
Check-out
If you’re leaving on Sunday, please vacate your room before 20:00. If you’re leaving on Monday, please vacate your room before 9:00 on Monday morning. Upon leaving your room, please take off all bed linen and pillowcases and put them on a pile in the middle of the room.
Camp facilities
Internet There are 3 computers equipped with internet connection, free to use in the main hall. There’s free Wifi in the main hall. Storage There is a luggage room available near the main hall. Money There is no ATM on site (Bancontact or Credit Card machine) Smoking No smoking inside the buildings! Please smoke outside at the designated smoking areas. Food & drinks You are not allowed to bring your own food or drinks on the domain. If you are looking for a snack, there will be some for sale in the bar or the café. You can also buy candy bars from the vending machines. 5
Massage You can get a massage on Saturday between 12:30 and 22 :00. Please book your massage by contacting Jean-Marie (+32 478 471 600 or by email before the camp on jmwerion@hotmail.com) You can choose between different kinds of massages: • Traditional Japanese seated Amma (Price : €15 for 15 minutes) • Feet reflexology (Price : €15 for 15 minutes , or 50€ for 1 hour) • Indian head massage (Price : €15 for 15 minutes) Photo Corner A special photo corner will be installed during the camp. Our camp photograper Julien will take your picture at the photo corner during the Saturday night party from 20 :30 to 21:30. During the rest of the camp the Photo Corner is available so you can take your own photos there. All photo corner pictures will be posted on our Facebook page where you can download & share them or tag yourself and your friends! Questions? If you have questions or need help, please contact a member of the Crazy Swing team. You can find member of the team in the bar. In case of problems or even an emergency, please contact Geneviève on +32 496 26 48 78.
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Shuttle If you need a shuttle from/to Halle train station, please register BEFORE December 3rd, 2013. Shuttle service is FREE. Book your shuttle on the following links, based on what day you’d need a shuttle. Friday from Halle train station to the Camp: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Am2PxTcMNYDBLEGr8isWWpc-ay2BOdXpTLOtjDiSQH4/viewform Sunday & Monday to Halle train station: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Bwq9bi7ALwJIvHfq2JX3qHQF5AhOqDiLcpPkx-vdxt4/viewform If you’d like to book a Taxi to Brussels airport, call Taxi Vert on +32 2 349 49 49. For info on trains in Belgium: www.belgianrail.be Parking You’re only allowed to park your vehicle in the designated parking area (capacity of 50 cars) and in the street in front of the camp.
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Please do not park your car inside the domain or near the dormitories.
Classes & Tasters
Each group has a colour which is the same as the wristband you received upon registration. Discovery : Orange Ella: Red Count 1: Black Count A: Grey Duke: Light blue Django: Navy blue Musicality Track: Green Tasters The Tasters are themed classes. This is where you can try somthing different. A taster can be a dance class or a lecture, you can find the different topics on the Taster schedule,
Audition
Count & Duke levels only. We believe that everybody tries his best to register for the right level. This is why we have a special audition system that takes place during the first class of the camp. The evaluation happens after this class. This is why you need to wear the audition number during the first class (Saturday at 9Â :00) Firstly, an actual class is the best way the teachers can evaluate you. This allows you to also feel how dancing goes with 8
your peers. Should you feel that the level of the class is too high or too low, address the teachers about this after the class. Secondly, the teachers can decide during class whether you belong in the level you registered for, or not. At the end of this first class they will advise you to change groups. So, if you or the teacher thinks you have to change level, stay in the classroom after the first class. Evaluation happens after the first class. Only in the two mentioned cases you should talk to the teachers about changing levels. Ideally, you and the teachers share the same opinion. But don’t forget: the teachers make the final decision, they are the experts A final note: don’t forget each class & group will give you interesting stuff to work on, and will let you have a lot of dancing fun! It could be that some level changes are impossible because of the amount of couples (Lead/Follow ratio) in the other groups. If you missed the audition system you can still be put in another group. For Ella group: there are no auditions but in case the teacher thinks your level is too high, he has the right to move you up to the Count group. For Django the audition already happened through the video audition ahead of the camp.
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TIMETABLE CLASSES
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TIMETABLE TASTERS
Evening Parties
Party and show time! Teachers intro, DJ’s, The Hop-Sh-Bam Connection Band, Jack & Jill competition. Friday (ROOM 3) 19:30 - late: Social dancing, DJ, Hop-Sh-Bam Connection Band, Jack & Jill Prelims Saturday (ROOM 3) 20 :00 - late : Social dancing, DJ, Hop-Sh-Bam Connection Band, Jack & Jill Finals Sunday Party: (ROOM 3) 18 :30 - late : Social dancing, DJ NEW! Sunday night’s party features the Lindy Hop Top 30 Hitlist! Submit your favorite songs during the weekend. We’ll compose the top playlist with your favorite songs and will play these during the party :-) Expect to hear the final Top 5 around 20:00! Cloakroom There are hangers in the main hall for your jackets. Crazy Swing does not take any responsibility for your belongings.
Meals & Drinks
MEALS All meals are served in the restaurant. The kitchen is strict on the time schedule, so make sure to be there on time! 14
The restaurant is only opened during meal time. If you ordered a special diet (not vegetarian) or want a refill, go to the «extra food counter». For regular or vegetarian food queue at the main counter. Breakfast: Saturday: 7:30 - 8:45 Sunday: 8:00 - 9:30 Monday: 7:30 - 9:00 Lunch (in shifts) First shift: 12:00 Second shift: 12:30 Coffee break: you can have a free coffee or tea at the basement bar (restaurant building) from 13:00 to 14:00 and from 15:00 to 15:30 Dinner (in shifts) First shift: 18:00 Second shift: 18:30 DRINKS Main Hall Bar: Friday & Saturday: 19:00 till late Sunday: 16:30 till late Basement Bar (restaurant building): Saturday & Sunday: 09:00 – 18 :30 Sunday: 09:00 - 16:00 During the parties we’ll work with drink-cards of €5 or €10 which are for sale at the bar. 15
You can also buy your drinks separately. During the entire camp you can drink tap water from your plastic bottle. You can refill your bottle at the water taps in the restaurant (only open during meal time), the Bar or the toilets. It’s not allowed to bring drinks (glasses, bottles) into the dance rooms. This includes also ROOM 3 during the parties. Please have your drinks in the hall or at the bar. You can bring your plastic water bottles inside at all times. Snacks You can buy snacks and drinks (coffee, tea, hot chocolate) at all times at the vending machines that are situated in the Restaurant building and in the basement (next to the entrance of the bar) with coins. If you don’t have coins there’s a money exchange machine to change bank notes to 1 euro coins Late night snack There will be some small snacks (chips, nuts etc) at the bar.
Accommodation
If you registered for accommodation, you’ll be staying in shared dorm rooms for 6 people. You need to bring your own towel and soap. Bed linen is provided. Important note: there won’t be any keys on the dorms to lock the room. There is 1 key per room available at the check-in desk. In order to get the key, you’ll need to leave your identity card as a deposit with Geneviève. In this case the room members need to agree upon sharing the key amongst eachother. Please return the key to Geneviève in order to get your depo16
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Camp Rules
*As flights can get cancelled, or even be delayed, teachers can miss their flight. Also a teacher might get ill. This means we can’t guarantee that all announced teachers will be present. Your class schedule can get changed and you will have different teachers than announced. Crazy Swing is not responsible for weather related damage or for transportation strikes. *For cancellations there are administration fees, depending on when you cancel. By now however (after 20/11) we will charge 100% of the payment we have received. *We can’t make any refunds (even with a doctor’s note) or won’t accept your application because you have already bought the flight ticket. *The Crazy Swing team does not take any responsibility for the participants’ valuables or physical injuries. There is always some risk of physical injury during dancing. It is the participants’ responsibility and decision to dance and to do, or not do certain dance moves during the event. Please be careful at all times, for yourself and also for others. After all it’s social dancing! *All participants will get a wristband. You have to wear this wristband at all times. The wristband is your way in for everything. You can’t share or change it with anyone. In case you don’t wear it or you are unable to present it, you will be asked to leave the event. *It is NOT allowed to bring food or drinks on the Destelheide 17
domain (not in the classes, the dormitories, the buildings,‌ ). You can however bring the water bottle you receive at the check-in and refill it during all the weekend. *Drinking IN the ballroom with glasses is NOT allowed. Only plastic water bottles are allowed inside the ballroom. *Please wear appropriate indoor shoes! High-heels or shoes that could mark the floor are NOT allowed. Crazy Swing does not cover the costs of damage caused by wearing inappropriate shoes during classes, or any other damage to the facilities of the camp caused by any reason whatsoever. *Participants are not allowed to record videos during lessons unless with the teachers permission. You can record and take pictures of performances, concerts and competitions. *Lost & Found items will be kept for one month after the camp has finished.
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Special thanks to Our teachers
THOMAS Blacharz & ALICE Mei (FR)
MAX Pitruzzella & PAMELA Gaizutyte (FR & LT)
WILLIAM Mauvais & MAEVA Trunzer (FR)
ANDREAS Olsson & METTE Herlitz (SE)
RIKARD Ekstrand (SE)
JANNE Bรถrjesson (SE)
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MARIE-ANNE Standaert (B)
SEP Vermeersch (B)
Joris Focquaert & Bara Hřebačková
Erik Lenaers & Karen Van Gysel (B) Special thanks to: The Hop-Sh-Bam Connection
MC: Tom Mannaerts
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Main-dj’s and dj-coördinators : Sep Vermeersch and Janne Börjesson All of the DJ’s
The Crazy Swing Team
Geneviève, Guillaume, Sven, Anja, Didier, Nicolas, Elise, Céline, Ingeborg, Ruth, Colette & Erik wish you a great camp!
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