SSDS News Archives -- 2005 and older

Swingin' New England results
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 12:03:54 -0500
From: "Maria Cirino" mariacirino@HOTMAIL.COM

Hi everyone,

Our WCS community was well represented this past weekend at Swingin' New
England!  Here's the report . . .

Paul Nuzzo placed 4th in the Novice WCS Jack n' Jill with Stephanie Brown
from Boston

Alyisa Bonvino placed 3rd in the Intermediate WCS Jack n' Jill with Kumar
Ningashetty from NYC

Maria Cirino placed 6th in the Advanced WCS Jack n' Jill with Dallas Brooks
from Washington, DC

Northern Lights WCS Team placed 2nd out of three teams in the Team Division

And plenty of really cool late night dancing was attended by all that came
out to play at SNE!  I saw a lot of Syracuse people there until 4am & 5am
BOTH NIGHTS!

Congratulations to all!!!

Maria

Thank you for your donation to Red Cross/Katrina victims
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 01:13:44 -0700
From: "Mary Ellen Dunlap" happyfeet5678@YAHOO.COM

On behalf of the Syracuse Swing Dance Society, a sincere thank you to all of our members.
Because of your generous donations at the Thursday, September 8th dance, we were able
to donate over a thousand dollars to the Red Cross to help the Victims of Hurricane Katrina.

See you Thursday,

Mary Ellen

Thursday's SSDS dance (9/8) will be fundraiser for hurricane victims
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 00:19:37 -0400
From: "Mary Ellen Dunlap" happyfeet5678@YAHOO.COM

Hello Dancers,

Come to our dance this Thursday and help support the victims of Hurricane
Katrina!

Your admission money plus any extra donation you would like to make will be
matched with SSDS savings and forwarded to the Red Cross for the hurricane
victims.

The FUN starts at 8pm at Ballybay.   Maria will be our deejay, playing all your
favorite dance tunes for WCS, ECS, Hustle, Latin, 2-step & NC2.

Please come dance and show your support.

SSDS is not for profit, staffed entirely by volunteers.

Thank you and see you Thursday,

Mary Ellen Dunlap
President, SSDS


Swing Niagara Update
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 16:31:08 -0700
From: "Maria Cirino" mariacirino@HOTMAIL.COM

Swing Niagara Dance Championships is 7 days away!  Please pass this
information on to those who plan to go:

Swing Niagara Video Pass:
- Purchase your Swing Niagara Video Pass for $20, and follow a few simple
rules, and you can create your own memories of the weekend!  Video passes
may be purchased at the registration desk upon arrival.

Overflow Hotel:
- The Adam's Mark has been sold out since July 9th.  Through friends of
Swing Niagara - we have contacted two hotels for you to make your
reservations at.  Please visit our webpage at www.swingniagara.com for up to
date information (we are sealing the deal with the second overflow hotel at
the moment)

Tickets May Be Purchased at the Door:
- Our Main Ballroom is large enough so that we do not have to limit tickets.
  We can accept cash and checks at the door for payment.  Payment by credit
card through PayPal will close on Monday, August 8th.

If you have any questions about Swing Niagara - please email Maria at
mcirino@twcny.rr.com

See you next weekend!
Maria

A new compilation CD for Lindy hoppers
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 16:58:30
From: "Can Isik" webslave@SYRSWINGDANCE.ORG

Hi everyone,

The independent jazz label Chiaroscuro and a number of Lindy DJs connected
through Yehoodi.com and produced a great collection of 13 tunes, entitled "For
Dancers Only."  You can buy your copy online for under $15, including tax and p&h
(I just ordered 2 copies, one for me and one for SSDS). You can buy it in bulk
(in increments of 15 copies) for $10 a pop for your group, fundraising, etc. Go
to yehoodi to hear samples.

http://www.yehoodi.com/cd/


Canceled hop on Jan. 06, 2005
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 15:15:29 EST
From: "Steve Ryan" 

Hi Folks,

I was just informed this Thursday that Johnston's Bally Bay has booked
another event for Thursday, January 6, 2005. This happens once in a while,
but at least we had some lead time in this instance. Dances and lessons
will resume on January 13, 2005.

Happy Holidays and be safe,

Steve

Northern Lights Raffle Items On-Line!
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 23:50:40 -0500
From: "Maria Cirino" 

The Northern Light West Coast Swing Dance Team will be raffling off some of
our bigger ticket items at our upcoming New Year's Eve Party.  The
descriptions are on a page of the Swing Niagara website
www.swingniagara.com.
They are trying to raise money to offset travel &
costume costs for upcoming competitions.  Please support them if you can -
tickets are $5 each and you get to chose which item you are buying a raffle
ticket for.  Please feel free to pass on this information.  Thank you!

The Northern Lights

No SSDS dance this Thursday (5/20), come to Calmix dance on Saturday (5/22)
Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 14:48:59 -0000

Hi everyone,

First the bad news: we don't have the Ballybay this Thursday (5/20) due to an
Irish dance event the owner is hosting. Thursday dances resume next week on the
27th.

The good news is, you can enjoy our regular Calmix DJ dance on Saturday (5/22)
at Ballybay. The swing dance goes from 9pm to midnight. The music is mostly
west coast oriented (with blues, R&B, funk, contemporary, etc.) We also play some
lindy, hustle, latin, and country. As always, bring your favorite CDs, we do
take requests. Country dance fans can show up at 8pm for the bonus country hour,
DJ'ed by Chris Egan. If you've never been to SSDS Calmix Dances, you don't know
what you are missing. Some of the best swing dancers in central New York show
up regularly and everyone has a great time. The cost is only $5.

Please pass this message to your e-challenged friends. Thank you.

Can Isik.

Mario 04: Another successful event -
thank you to all!! and Jack and Jill winners
Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 22:15:44 -0400

Over 190 people came to this year's SSDS Mario Robau Jr. West Coast Swing
Weekend and had a great time!  Mario shared his wisdom and experience with
us for a third year in a row and the people keep coming back year after year
for more (I've been taking classes from him for 10 years!).

I can't tell you how many emails I've received about what a great weekend
this is and how SSDS does a great job of putting on an event!
There's a lot of hard work behind the scenes and at the event itself.  I'd
like to thank the people who worked this weekend -
Registration:  Rosalie, Eileen, Marilynn, Laya, Khwan, Joe, Rob, Mike,
Michael, Leigh, Jason, Annie, Ann, Chris, John, Tina & Kim
DJ's:  Antoinette, Steve, Lon, Can, Tania & Mario (who filled in at the end
of the night)
Snacks & delicious cookies:  Mary Ellen, Connie & Kim - all baked & donated
by these wonderful ladies
Judges:  Cindy, Julie, Antoinette, & of course - our head judge - Mario
"Pin Ladies":  Alysia, Connie & Mary Ellen
Master of Ceremonies:  Kim Colasanti (McLaughlin)
Weekend Captains:  Mary Ellen, Dave & Alice
SSDS Board:  Tania, Greg, Deborah & Mary Ellen (and former Board member -
Can)

We had an open Jack and Jill contest with 42 people participating!  It was a
tough contest to judge with all of the good dancers on the floor!  It was
really hard picking those to go into the finals.  The winners of our Jack
and Jill contest are:
1st Place - Tim Craft (Rochester, NY USA) and Veronica Stewart (Port
Colborne, ON Canada)
2nd Place - Chris Akil (Branchburg, NJ USA) and Shelley Saxena (Toronto, ON
Canada)
3rd Place - Dave Hutcheson (Barrie, ON Canada) and Annmarie Rainford
(Portland, OR USA)

Thanks to everyone that came to the weekend and we look forward to an even
bigger weekend next year!!

See you on the dance floor!
~Maria


"MYDOOM" Worm
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 02:41:20 -0800

This is an extremely severe case of virus, spreading faster than
anything else, first sighted yesterday afternoon, and is already
spread everywhere on earth by now.

Here are some links for it:

http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=mydoom&cid=8954&affid=163-01
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,114460,00.asp
http://www.techtv.com/news/securityalert/story/0,24195,3602245,00.html

And the link that keeps giving:
  http://news.google.com/news?q=mydoom

According to Tech TV, the subject header appears as "Test", "test" or
"status".  McAfee says the "from" is random, "subject" is random, and
the body of the message changes as well.

Acoording to a CBS reporter, the email message body says:
   This is a test of Unicode characters.
and if you don't open the (often a zip file) attachment on a Windows
platform, you'll be fine.  Web based email (those not downloaded to
Outlook etc but viewed online) should be fine.

All that said, better be safe than sorry: Don't open email you don't
expect (like this email), from someone you don't know (like... me...
yeah, what are you doing reading this email anyway?).

.Kanat Bolazar.

Erie Canal Museum Dance
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 11:52:24 -0500

Friends,
This is one of my favorite dance events!  Lots of dancing to lots of
different kinds of music with lots of dancers from lots of different
communities!  Could it get any better?  Oh, yeah....a BEAUTIFUL dance floor.

Hope to see you there!
Cassandra George

Come to the Erie Canal Museum's third annual
WINTER DANCE

Saturday, January 10, 2004
8pm - 12 midnight

Enjoy dancing on a beautiful wood floor and tour the Erie Canal Museum as
well. Dance to a wide variety of music - including East Coast swing and Lindy,
West Coast swing, Argentine tango, cha-cha, salsa, ballroom.
Can Isik from Syracuse Swing Dance Society will be the DJ.
Refreshments provided. $8 per person helps support the museum.

Located in downtown Syracuse, between Erie Boulevard and Water Street,
behind from City Hall.
Plenty of free parking.
Any questions call Lisa at 315/471-0593
lisa@eriecanalmuseum.org
Erie Canal Museum Web Site

SSDS Nardone Hustle Weekend video notebooks
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 21:54:09 EST

It's been one week since the SSDS Hustle/Latin Weekend with Diane Nardone.
If you took any of the workshops, you can still buy a video notebook for $20.

Here's what you'll get:

 * Walkthroughs of all seven workshops with Diane Nardone
 * The dance demonstration by The Rhythm and Blues Swing Dancers of
   Upstate New York
 * The "Just Hustle" competition
 * Shots from the workshops and the Saturday night dance

If you're interested, you can mail me a check, or pay with Paypal.  E-mail me
for more information (jibberuski@aol.com).

Thanks again to everyone who has already ordered the video.  It's coming
along nicely.

Jerry Pasnikowski

SSDS dances during the holiday season
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 14:56:54 -0000
Dear dancers,

We have planned some exciting holiday events, and had to cancel few thursday
dances that overlap with holidays. Please see the list below. Also, don't forget
the Diane Nardone hustle weekend coming up on Nov 21-23 -- a few volunteer
opportunities still remain, please contact Kim kmclaugh@TWCNY.RR.COM.

* No Thursday dance on thanksgiving day 11/27. We do have a DJ dance
  two days later, on Saturday, 11/29, again at Ballybay.
      8-9pm Bonus country hour
      9-12 California mix (WCS + some hustle, latin, lindy, country, etc.)

* Holiday dance on Thursday 12/18 at at Knights of Columbus - East Taft Road,
  North Syracuse, 6pm dinner, followed by dancing until 10:30, SSDS provides
  turkey & ham, bring a dish or pay $5. (Dance at Ballybay canceled.)

* No Thursday dance on Christmas day 12/25. We do have a DJ dance
  two days later, on Saturday, 12/27, again at Ballybay.
      8-9pm Bonus country hour
      9-12 California mix (WCS + some hustle, latin, lindy, country, etc.)

* Annual SSDS/USABDA New Year's Eve Party on 12/31 at the Polish Home,
  details TBA.

Peace,
--
Can Isik

SSDS lists unavailable 11/9/03

Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 16:38:37 -0500
Subject: Fwd: Downtime Notification: installation of new mailbox server

[SSDS webslave's note: during the following period, SSDS and SSDS-ANN will not be available.]

>>> "[SU CWIS WebMaster] quiet"  11/06/03 02:59PM >>>
Automated Downtime Notification Message
CMS will install the new mailbox.syr.edu server from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday,
Nov. 9. During the installation, incoming and outgoing e-mail service will be
unavailable. Mail that is sent through the system will be held for processing
after the server is installed.


SSDS lists and virus attachments

Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 22:37:04 -0000

Hi everyone,

We all found out that the current version of the listserv software does not
scan postings for viruses. So, I changed the settings of the lists SSDS and
SSDS-ANN. Postings with attachments other than text files (such as forwarded email,
or html formatted email) will be returned to their senders with a short message.
This will stop any executable virus laden email. Since usually we don't send to
the list pictures, etc, I'm sure it will not restrict our regular postings.

Thank you.

Can Isik


UNESCO International Dance Day - 29th April 2003

Subject: UNESCO International Dance Day - 29th April 2003
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 09:25:51 +0200
From: Lucio PERES 

In 1982 the International Dance Committee of the International Theatre
Institute, UNESCO, created International Dance Day to be celebrated
every year on the 29th April.

The date commemorates the birthday  of Jean-Georges Noverre (1727 -
1810), the creator of modern ballet.

Every year a message from a well-known dance personality is circulated
throughout the world. The intention of International Dance Day and the
Message is to bring all Dance together on this occasion, to celebrate
this art form and revel in its universality, to cross all political,
cultural and ethnic barriers and bring people together in peace and
friendship with a common language - DANCE.
The International  Dance Committee of  ITI is collaborating  with
World Dance Alliance for the celebration of International Dance Day.
_____________________________________________________
Year 2003 - International Dance Day International Message
By Mats EK

What is dance? If you answer that, you are not trustworthy. But let me
try, anyway: dance is thinking with your body.
Is it necessary to think with your body? Not for survival, perhaps,
but for living. There are so many thoughts that only the body can
think. Other things, like peace, might be more important than dance.
But then we will need dance to celebrate peace. And to exorcise the
demons of war, like Nijinsky did. Emma Goldman, the anarchist, maybe
said it best: a revolution that does not allow me to dance, is not
worth fighting for.

The god Shiva created the universe with his dance. But dance is the
opposite of all divine pretentions. Dance is an everlasting attempt,
like writing in water. Dance is not life, but it keeps alive all the
little things that the big thing is made of.


New list SSDS-ANN open for business :)

Thu, 3 Apr 2003 22:03:01 -0000
From: "Can Isik" 
Subject: New list SSDS-ANN open for business :)

Hi everyone,

for a long time we have been trying to keep the subscribers of
SSDS@listser.syr.edu informed of swing dance news, within a reasonable email
traffic volume. In the process we managed to irritate several regular posters
with our guidelines, and lost a few subscribers with the traffic volume that was
too much for them.

We established a new email list for SSDS, just for those folks who don't want
more than one or two messages per week. Subscribers of this list will receive my
weekly email schedules, and not much more (nobody else can post messages there).
So, if for some reason you would like to limit your email traffic from us to an
absolute minimum, subscribe to SSDS-ANN, and unsubscribe from SSDS, using the
following procedure. Also, if you know of any dance friends who quit our list,
please inform them of this new service. I will put this info on the web sometime
during the weekend. Please note that there is no reason why you should subscribe
to both lists. The regular SSDS list includes the minimal info on SSDS-ANN.

To subscribe to the new announce only list, send the following command after
you replace the generic blurb with your name in the body of an email message to
listserv@listserv.syr.edu.

 SUB ssds-ann Your Name Here

Example:
 SUB ssds-ann Jane Q. Terpsichorean

If you would like to unsubscribe from the original SSDS list, send the
following command to listserv@listserv.syr.edu in the body of an email
message. You need to use the email account which you want to unsubscribe.

  UNSUB ssds

Your request will be processed automatically, so do not include any other info
in the email, such as your signature, otherwise it may be misinterpreted as a
command. You will receive by email a simple confirmation request. After you
confirm, your request will be implemented and you will get an acknowledgement
message.

Peace,

Can Isik



SSDS Hops $1 for Dance Students

Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 17:13:19 -0000
From:  "Can Isik" 
Subject:   SSDS Tax Cut for Dance Students

Hi everyone,

It's very simple: anyone who takes a dance lesson in or around Syracuse gets in
that week's SSDS Thursday dance for just $1! You don't need any coupon or
letter from your instructor. All you need to do is sign in your name and your
instructors name at the door.

Everyone who has been attending our dances know that they have been very
popular, and a lot of fun. That's why we think we can afford this "tax cut" to
support those who are investing in their dancing.

In three months, we will review this initiative, and make it our regular
practice if its outcome is positive. If you have any questions, feel free to
reply to this email, or talk to me, Tania or Greg on Thursday.

Peace,

Can Isik (Pronounced "Jon Ishik")


.ORG Registry Transition Scheduled for January 25 - 26
This transition is not supposed to cause any interruption of our web services, but
you never know. If you want to know more, read on. -- Webslave.

Subject: .ORG Domain Name Update
   Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 05:39:27 -0500 (EST)
   From: "Network Solutions, Inc." 

Notice: .ORG Registry Transition Scheduled for January 25 - 26

On January 1, 2003, the Public Interest Registry (PIR) became the new registry for the
.org domain name extension.  PIR will now maintain the authoritative directory of all
.org domain names.

Beginning January 25, 2003 at 9:00 a.m. EST, VGRS Registry will disable its connection
to all registrars for .org to begin the transition process.  On January 26, 2003 at
6:00 p.m. EST, PIR will re-establish its connection with all registrars. However, to
ensure all functionality is appropriately in place, account modifications to current
.org domain names cannot be made for approximately 48 hours following the transition.

During the initial transition period, January 25, 2003 from 9:00 a.m. EST until
January 26, 2003 6:00 p.m. EST, you will not be able to purchase new .org domain name
registrations, transfer .org domain names or make DNS changes.

Be assured that this maintenance period will not affect the ability for customers to
view your Web site, and it will not impact the delivery of any of your e-mail.

Please note that Network Solutions(R), Inc. has no control over this registry
transition and all registrars will be affected. We appreciate your patience as this
transition occurs.


Web Site Interruption

Subject:   PowWeb Hosting Network Upgrade Complete
   Date:   Wed, 16 Oct 2002 19:13:10 -0700 (PDT)
   From:   PowWeb Hosting 

We would like to inform you that PowWeb will perform the final step of our
network upgrade on Monday, Oct. 21 starting at 8 pm PDT. You will experience
service interruption for approximately 1-2 hours during this upgrade. This
network upgrade puts all of our servers on a GigE Intranet network to
enhance the speed and performance of your website.  Service will be restored
immediately once the upgrade is complete.

We will post upgrade updates on our community forum:
http://forum.powweb.com.

Thank you for choosing PowWeb. We will continue to find ways to bring you
the perfect hosting solution!

Sincerely,
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Summer Hummer 2002 News

Date:     Wed, 28 Aug 2002 11:54:15 -0400
From:     "Kim McLaughlin" 
Subject:  SSDS news flash
To:       SSDS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to pass on a report of Summer Hummer this year.

Unfortunately, it appeared that SSDS and CNY did not have as many attendees as
in the past.  Those that were there, however, made sure they were noticed.  The
weekend went on without a hitch as usual.  Bill keeps his events on a tight
schedule, which is great (although sometimes things get changed around, which is
annoying.)

Many of you were able to catch the demo that Maria and Eric gave a couple weeks
ago at the SSDS Thursday dance.  Those of you who didn't, missed out on a real
treat.  Eric and Maria took their routine and competed in the Rising Star
Classic competition at Summer Hummer and placed second!  Their routine was
definitely the best as far as choreography and execution and they brought the
crowd to a standing ovation!  So congratulations to Maria and Eric!  Perhaps we
can persuade them to perform their prize-winning routine again.  :o)

Most of you know Otis as Syracuse's own "Hustle King," but he has been secretly
practicing his west coast swing.  He competed for the first time in the
Newcomer jack and jill for WCS and walked away with second place.

Connie Edgerton also competed for the first time in newcomer WCS jack and jill
and did a great job.  We were all very proud of her!  Jack and jills are very
difficult competitions because not only do you not know what music is coming,
but you may have never danced with the partner you're with.  In this particular
competition, there were about 40 couples, only about 15 of which made finals.
Congratulations to Connie.

Steve and Kim both made alternate finalists in the Intermediate WCS jack and
jill.

All in all, it was a fun weekend.  Workshops every morning, competition and
parties every afternoon and evening.  Steve and Alysia win the prize for staying
up the latest.  They were on the dance floor until 5:30am Sunday morning.  I was
a close second--I left at 4:30 am because I had to get up at 9am to take a
private lesson.

Everyone should go to a weekend like this at least once.

SSDS Reporter-at-large,

Kim



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