[Just dance swing]

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SUBJECT: Atlanta Lindy Exchange (ATLX) 4 - April 19 � 22, 2007

WEBSITE: www.atlx.org

FROM: Alan A. Annicella, ATLX Chairperson

TO: ATLX 4 Board of Trustees Committee

Alright trustees, can someone tell me how this happened? ATLX 3 was THE exchange to attend. And then the other exchange came out with their part three. Were we scared? Ha, not on your life. Because we had a theme. Third times the charm. Bam. Throw in belly dancers, a kick butt Lindy performance with some funny hats, and you�ve got yourself the vanguard of Southeast Lindy Exchanges.

So, can someone tell me why we haven�t topped that yet? Let�s look at what we�ve done.

In 2004, at the first ever ATLX, we danced with the devil,
In 2005, at ATLX 2, if you weren�t there, the joke was on you, and it happened on April Fools weekend, so there you go,
In 2006, at ATLX 3, we sold out of weekend passes one month before the event!

So, why are we sitting around with nothing but a bad drawing of a swing couple? Forget it. We�re going to four.

Do I stutter? ATLX 4. Forever. Scratch that, sounds like a perfume advertisement. Four days. Four nights. Four waters per person per dance. Four performances by incredible dancers. Four freakin� unbelievably incredible bands. Four to the bar. Yes, there will be a bar there.

I can hear you now. You�re clamoring. It�s not possible! We can�t add another night! Think of the venues! Our ticket prices will skyrocket! Not on your life. We�re adding a fourth night, and we will do our best to ensure pricing does not change a penny.

Four. For now. Forever. Sweet Lord almighty, for swing. Someone strike the music cause we�re walking the edge here people, and I feel like dancing!

ATLX 4 Four days. Four nights. April 19 � 22, 2007.

www.atlx.org

[wheato]

[DancinNixie]

ATLX 4 is going to rock socks off left and right! I'm so stoked, can't wait!
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R�ete de la noche, del d�a, de la luna, r�ete de las calles torcidas de la isla...

*Life is funny, laugh a lot*

[sirrobert]

Are we there yet?

[Just dance swing]

Atlanta Lindy Exchange 4 � April 19 � 22, 2007

We have some great stuff lined up for you� Mixing some of the old with some new�

Bands, venues, schedule� Stayed tuned as we update the website over the next few weeks�

Put it on your calendar.

ATLX 4 Four days. Four nights. April 19 � 22, 2007.

www.atlx.org
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Westie Alan
All I ever really needed to know I learned while dancing!

[marktab]

Hi All

The ATLX4 planning team is working hard to produce a quality event. We are collectively continuing to work on venue and band contracts. If you are interested in helping as a key volunteer for this event, either post a response to this thread or contact Alan ("Westie Alan").

We plan to have a website launched by January 19 (three months in advance of the event), and also open registration on January 19. The launch date is important because there will be a special registration price for the first group to register. So mark your calendars for January 19 (and tell your friends too ).
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Mark Tabladillo
Atlanta, GA

[funkdahop]

What do you need help with?

oatmeal
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It don't mean a thang without fried chicken and swing, doowa doowa doowa!

[lovin' lindy]

I'm all about volenteering and helping you guys out. I love "events planning" and stuff like that... and I hear I am pretty good at it overall.
Let me know...
[email protected]
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-Aimee

[GemZombie]

I too will help if I can.

[email protected]

- Jesse

[DancinNixie]

Totally can't wait to see the finished website, it's gonna be awesome! Let me know if there is anything I can help with on my end.

~Janixia
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R�ete de la noche, del d�a, de la luna, r�ete de las calles torcidas de la isla...

*Life is funny, laugh a lot*

[marktab]

Thanks all who are offering to help -- I will email you individually and see where you would like to help.
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Mark Tabladillo
Atlanta, GA

[marktab]

Message to Jenna:

You have not replied to my private message -- so please email me at [email protected]

thank you
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Mark Tabladillo
Atlanta, GA

[lovin' lindy]

Could you give me an idea as to the schedule?
Particularly I am trying to figure out time off from work and which days to get off for. (I have to do it really far in advance... and I am very limited as to the amount of time away.)
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-Aimee

[marktab]

On Schedule -- So Aimee and I talked about this on the phone, but we will be having most all the schedule posted for the Jan 19 website launch.
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Mark Tabladillo
Atlanta, GA

[Jenna]

I sent you a couple of messages back... i am hoping you have got them now... but I will send it by email too. thanks!

[marktab]

ATLX Early Registration is OPEN

We have 30 spots to be sold -- get them and tell your friends, spots available while they last.
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Mark Tabladillo
Atlanta, GA

[marktab]

[littlebluesgirl]

Id be willing to help out also

[email protected]

just let me know ^.^
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-Dee

[marktab]

Hi Everyone

Early registration is over, and we are now into "preregistration". This event will be a big one for our Atlanta lindy scene.

Thanks too to everyone who mentioned wanting to help on this thread. Andrea Burns is our volunteer coordinator, and she just gave me a database of specific ATLX jobs which I will be making functional this weekend-ish. I will need to test it before it becomes active. All these timed jobs will be online, and will involve things like registration desk, set up, clean up, and other duties for specific venues. People who volunteer ten or more hours on these jobs will qualify for full registration (and that fact especially helps the "poor college students").

Alan Annicella leads a smaller group of core ATLX organizers, who are the overall area leaders for the event. The people in these jobs either have previous ATLX leadership experience, or have come to be known through their active role in managing and running other Atlanta events, especially ones run by ASEDA (since ASEDA owns and operates ATLX). Some of this team is listed on the "Contact Us" tab on the ATLX website. I call this core set of jobs "untimed" because they are jobs which require as much time as it takes to get the job done (work until completion).

For all these areas, we have lots of talent among Atlanta-area swing dancers to do all these types of jobs. It has been our ATLX operating philosophy to try -- inasmuch as is possible -- to distribute the work among many people so that none of this becomes too burdensome for any individual or small group of people. Thus, our volunteer challenge has been less about finding people to do undone tasks, and rather to relationally connect groups of people who would like to work together to complete a task. That situation is a strong position, and speaks well to how many Atlanta swing dancers have historically invested their own time and resources to make these types of events happen. Relational connection remains the primary way that important and key jobs get accomplished. (I have more to say about how relational connection relates to the future growth of the swing community in Atlanta, but that discussion is off this topic).

Getting more involved means developing your own personal connections and relationships with people leading specific functional areas. ATLX is not in "urgent crisis" mode of needing heroic volunteer rescue, but instead has come to rely on many people who believe in the cause. These volunteers willingly invest their time to not only get this year's event done but also establish working relationships for other events (including and beyond ATLX). Friendships and more can come from working together, and as an example, I knew Jim Wheatley before ATLX1, but through working together we have come to develop a personal friendship over the years (as Alan and FG saw when we recently went to soflex together).

I will be posting another message here when the volunteer form becomes active on the website. It has been my observation that many jobs go quickly because there are a pool of people wanting to earn full credit with 10 hours of time. For those under the earning model, we are going to require payment up front, and when the volunteer time is done, then ATLX will offer payment back after the event. Andrea Burns will be the one to talk with if you have questions about how this process will work.

What we can all do is tell friends about this event. It's of course behind two other major Atlanta events -- Down South Camp Meetin' (Feb) and Enter the Blues (Mar) -- but don't forget about ATLX in April.
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Mark Tabladillo
Atlanta, GA

[rockingdj]

Hey Mark and/or Westie Alan -

I don't have a major credit credit card, I only have a VISA check card, and I'd rather not enter the account number on the internet. Will an online registration form that can be printed out and mailed with a check be placed on the ATLX.org website, and if so what's the time frame of that happening? Thanks in advance!
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David Rothenberg

[marktab]

[Patioswings]

Atlanta is so amazing at running events. I only wish ATLX was not on this particular weekend Maybe I'll get to catch something on Sunday.....
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Terrace Ellis
WWw.Terraceellis.com
http://www.myspace.com/terraceellis


"buddy..if that did it for me, I'd be the luckiest man alive." Melvin Udall

[Belanaomi]

I can't wait 'til ATLX4...
I'm already ready to fill the house with dancers, and dance till the morning!!

tell your friends. And make sure to have your friends tell their friends.

ATLX4 will rock your socks off!

[Shoebaly]

Dude-- Are we there yet?

Thanks to everyone who has been so patient with the housing registration. We're still working on the website which I'm sure will be simply cracking once it's completed. Please remember to fill out that form once we get the housing page up. I love all your emails and I try to get as much info as I need from you in them, but I like the form as a back up Dottin' my "i"s and all that.

I simply cannot wait. I'm saving up all my money so I can eat out with everyone since I somehow manage to miss that every year. IHOP in pyjamas, anyone?

Tah!
Shoe, ATLX4 Housing Director
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"Gee, Shoe. You're more hopeful than a CS major at a frat party."

[Just dance swing]

ATLX 4 is right around the corner and registration is open!
http://www.atlx.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home2007.registration

Venue information for evening and late-night dancing is posted.
http://www.atlx.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home2007.scheduleEvents

All three of our late nights will have two separate dance spaces for your dancing pleasure!

Last year, at ATLX 3, we sold out of event tickets one month prior to the event. Don�t miss your chance to dance at ATLX 4.

www.atlx.org
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Westie Alan
All I ever really needed to know I learned while dancing!