Lori Brizzi

December News Letter - 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Lori Brizzi) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:56:00 +0000

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COMPETITION DEADLINE IS THIS SUNDAY, AUGUST 22ND,

noreply@blogger.com (Lori Brizzi) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:37:00 +0000

Avoid that pesky $35 late registration fee and get your competition registrations in by this Sunday, August 22nd.

We have added a Pro/Am Jack and Jill on Saturday, September 4th at 3pm.

Don't miss out on a chance to dance with some of the top hustle dancers in the country!
Click on our staff page and check out our line up! http://www.nyhustlecongress.com/staff.htm

Check out my new website!

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August is here!!!

noreply@blogger.com (IsaacD) — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:52:00 +0000

I will be on staff at a fun dance weekend on Friday. Please see the website and join
me for dancing, workshops and have lots of fun.
http://barrydurand.com/swingfling/Default.html

Check out our dance parties in August...
Millennium Fridays
@ MANHATTAN BALLROOM DANCE

FRIDAY, AUGUST 13 with DJ NELSON 'Paradise ROMAN
and
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20 with DJ JOHNNY O

**COME CELEBRATE DJ JOHNNY O's BIRTHDAY ON AUGUST 20TH**

29 West 36th Street, 2nd Fl. (between 5th and 6th Avenue)
Easy street parking after 7pm...big space and great sound system.

8:30-9pm - free beginner hustle class from Lori
9pm-1am -Dancing Hustle, Salsa and West Coast Swing,

Low weekend priced admission of ONLY $8 between 8:30-10pm
$10 between 9pm-1am

and of course...

CLUB 412 every 2nd and 3rd Saturday of the month
3 separate rooms for Dancing, 3 fantastic DJs!

SATURDAY, AUGUST 14
DJ JOHNNY O in the Hustle Room
DJ LUIS in the Salsa Room
DJ PETER in the Mixed Ballroom

SATURDAY, AUGUST 21
It's time to celebrate August Birthdays...
come and join in our birthday line dance!

DJ NELSON 'Paradise' ROMAN in the Hustle Room
DJ LUIS in the Salsa Room
DJ PETER in the Ballroom

CLUB 412
412 8th Ave bet W30/31, 4th fl
$15 Admission includes
choice of free lesson 8-9pm
Dancing 9pm-1am/2am in the Hustle Room
1/2 block from the subways and trains
For more info: call Lori @ 516 728-6101
or email loribrizzi@aol.com

noreply@blogger.com (Lori Brizzi) — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:34:00 +0000

MILLENNIUM DANCE PARTIES @ CLUB 412

every 2nd and 3rd Saturday of the month

3 separate rooms for Dancing, 3 fantastic DJs!
THIS SATURDAY, JULY 17
DJ NELSON 'Paradise' ROMAN in the Hustle Room
DJ JEFF STENNETT in the Salsa Room
DJ MARK in the Ballroom
CLUB 412412 8th Ave bet W30/31, 4th fl
$15 Admission includes
choice of free lesson 8-9pm
Dancing 9pm-1am/2am in the Hustle Room1/2 block from the subways and trains.
See you there!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thanks to all who attended the Hustle 2.0 party Nikki Beach.

(Picture by Jun Han)
Hustle 2.0 is in search of a new home. Thanks for your enthusiasm in keeping it going.
Will keep you posted with updates on the next party!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SEPT 2-5, 2010 - The 6th ANNUAL NEW YORK HUSTLE CONGRESS at THE NEW YORKER HOTEL *The best year yet!
Workshops, competitions, shows and lots of social dancing and fun!

Early Bird prices are available now through July 25th. Can be purchased at any Millennium parties to take advantage of the discounted prices.

ONLINE REGISTRATION is now open

Don't hesitate and call now to reserve you rooms at our fabulous group rate of $159 plus tax per night
Call 1 800 764-4680 between the hours of
Mon-Frid 8am-6pm and Sat/Sun 8am-4pm
www.nyhustlecongress.com

A big THANKS and wasup this Fri, May 28th at Manhattan Ballroom

noreply@blogger.com (Lori Brizzi) — Sat, 08 May 2010 06:58:00 +0000

We will be celebrating the 'legendary'
Tony Valentin's Birthday tonight, MAY 28 at MBD.

You loved the last party, so back by popular demand...

Millennium Fridays
at MANHATTAN BALLROOM DANCE STUDIO
29 West 36th Street, 2nd Fl. (between 5th and 6th Avenue)
Easy street parking after 7pm...big space and great sound system.
7:30-8:15 - free beginner salsa class
8:15-9pm - free beginner hustle class
9pm-2am dancing Hustle, Salsa and West Coast Swing
Can purchase packages at this party for the 'early bird' prices for this year's
6th Annual New York Hustle Congress
www.nyhustlecongress.com
call Lori at 516 728-6101 for more info
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SEPT 2-5, 2010 - Labor Day weekend
Don't miss this year's
6th ANNUAL NEW YORK HUSTLE CONGRESS
at THE NEW YORKER HOTEL
*The best year yet!
ONLINE REGISTRATION WILL BE OPEN SOON
Call now to reserve you rooms at our fabulous group rate of $159 at 1 800 764-4680 Don't hesitate
Mon-Frid 8am-6pm and Sat/Sun 8am-4pm
www.nyhustlecongress.com
A big thanks to all who came to celebrate 9 great years of Millennium Dance Parties last Saturday night @ the 92Y.
Of course, many thanks to my fab DJs JOHNNY O &
NELSON ROMAN for keeping everyone dancing for 6 hours.
It was also the kickoff party for the 6th Annual New York Hustle Congress and 6 passes were given away as raffle prizes.
Thanks also to Lori Ann Greenhouse & Kelvin Roche and their Hustle Performance class and Jose Solano and Carmen Sanchez for a terrific show!
Thanks for 9 fun years everyone!

noreply@blogger.com (Lori Brizzi) — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:13:00 +0000

***Location change*** this dance party is no longer at The Parlour. Instead, we have a great new space with a large dance floor, great sound system and free street parking after 7pm

Lori Brizzi presents...
MILLENNIUM FRIDAYS @
MANHATTAN BALLROOM DANCE

This FRIDAY, APRIL 23rd
with DJ NELSON 'Paradise' ROMAN
playing hustle and a latin/swing mix
from 9pm-2am

11pm- Special Dance Performance with
Roberto Pagan and Rosa Paredes
Roberto and Rosa

ADMISSION: $15

***Bring some new friends because admission includes***
a free beginner salsa class from 7:30-8:15pm
and
a free beginner hustle class from 8:15-9pm***

29 West 36th Street between 5th & 6th Avenues
for more info
email loribrizzi@aol.com
or call 516 728-6101
www.loribrizzi.com

THIS SATUDAY, APRIL 17th at CLUB 412

noreply@blogger.com (Lori Brizzi) — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:45:00 +0000

MILLENNIUM DANCE PARTIES @ CLUB 412

every 2nd and 3rd Saturday of the month

3 separate rooms for Dancing, 3 fantastic DJs!

THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 17

DJ NELSON 'Paradise' ROMAN in the Hustle Room
DJ LUIS in the Salsa Room
DJ MARK in the Ballroom

CLUB 412
412 8th Ave bet W30/31, 4th fl
$15 Admission includes
choice of free lesson 8-9pm
Dancing 9pm-1am/2am in the Hustle Room
1/2 block from the subways and trains
See you there!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*mark your calendars for

April 23, FRIDAY - Rescheduled party at 'The Parlour'
on West 86th and Broadway with DJ Nelson Roman from 9pm-2am.
$15 Admission includes free salsa class from 7:30-8:15 and free hustle class from 8:15-9pm or only pay $10 with receipt from dinner at The PARLOUR
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
9th Annual Millennium Dance Anniversary Party, May 22nd @ the 92nd Y
8pm-9pm - free hustle class with Lori or
8pm-10pm - Mixed Ballroom set with DJ JOHNNY O 10pm-2am - Hustle and salsa/swing mix with DJs NELSON 'Paradise' ROMAN and JOHNNY O
$15 in advance/$20 at door
Special Dance Performance at 11pm
Cash Bar and Light Snacks
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SEPT 2-5, 2010 - Labor Day weekend
Don't miss this year's
6th ANNUAL NEW YORK HUSTLE CONGRESS
at THE NEW YORKER HOTEL
$159 per night, the greatest staff and
*The best year yet!

This Saturday, help us welcome Spring at CLUB 412

noreply@blogger.com (Lori Brizzi) — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:53:00 +0000

Join us for MILLENNIUM DANCE PARTIES @ CLUB 412
every 2nd & 3rd Saturday of the month

on the first day of Spring...yay

This SATURDAY, MARCH 20

3 separate rooms for Dancing, 3 fantastic DJs!

DJ NELSON in the Hustle Room
DJ JEFF in the Salsa Room
*and special guest DJs
BOB and MICHELE FRIEDMAN in the Ballroom

CLUB 412
412 8th Ave bet W30/31, 4th fl
$15 Admission includes
choice of free lesson 8-9pm
Dancing 9pm-1am/2am in the Hustle Room

Also, mark your calendars for...

* MAY 22nd , SATURDAY - The 9th Annual Millennium Dance Anniversary Party @ the 92nd Street Y
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* LABOR DAY WEEKEND, SEPT 2-5, 2010, The 6th Annual New York Hustle Congress...*The best year yet!

Millennium Dance Party this Saturday @ CLUB 412

noreply@blogger.com (Lori Brizzi) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:01:00 +0000

MILLENNIUM DANCE PARTIES @ CLUB 412
every 2nd & 3rd Saturday of the month

3 separate rooms for Dancing, 3 fantastic DJs!

THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 13

DJ JOHNNY OOO in the Hustle Room
DJ FRANKLIN AYALA in the Salsa Room
DJ PETER in the Ballroom

CLUB 412
412 8th Ave bet W30/31, 4th fl
$15 Admission includes
choice of free lesson 8-9pm
Dancing 9pm-1am/2am in the Hustle Room
1/2 block from subways and trains
See you there!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*mark your calendars for our
9th Annual Millennium Dance Anniversary Party, Saturday,
May 22nd @ the 92nd Street Y
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Don't miss this year's 6th Annual New York Hustle Congress
Labor Day weekend, Sept 2-6, 2010
*The best year yet!

new party

noreply@blogger.com (Lori Brizzi) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:58:00 +0000

Millennium Fridays @
'THE PARLOUR'
Irish Pub and Restaurant

THIS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26th

with DJ NELSON ROMAN
playing hustle with a latin/swing mix
9pm-2am
Special Dance Performance
Admission; $15 or only $10 with receipt of dinner check

*Bring some friends because admission includes two free classes*
7:30-8:15p - Beginner Salsa
8:15pm-9pm - Beginner Hustle

THE PARLOUR
250 West 86th Street at Broadway 212 580- 8923
Serving the best Irish Cuisine in NY
'A light heart lives longest'
www.theparlour.com
for more info email me or call 516 728-6101

noreply@blogger.com (Lori Brizzi) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:13:00 +0000

Tonight, Saturday, FEBRUARY 20th we'll be back @ Club 412
3 Separate Rooms for Dancing
3 Great DJS

DJ NELSON 'Paradise' ROMAN in the HUSTLE ROOM
DJ JEFF STENNETT in the SALSA ROOM
DJ JOHNNY O playing MIXED BALLROOM

$15 Admission includes choice of free class from 8-9pm
Dancing from 9pm-1a/2am in the hustle room
412 Eighth Ave bet. W30/31st, 4th floor

1/2 block from subways and trains
Looking forward to seeing you all there!

~lori

$10 Special Admission for our 1st Party of 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Lori Brizzi) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:02:00 +0000

This Saturday, Jan 9th will be our very 1st party of 2010 @ Club 412.

$10 Admission for this Saturday ONLY in gratitude to our devoted patrons from our normal price of $15. We just want to say thank you from MILLENNIUM DANCE PARTIES, in association with You Should Be Dancing Dance Studios.

3 Separate Rooms for Dancing
3 Great DJS

DJ JOHNNY O in the HUSTLE ROOM
DJ FRANKLIN AYALA in the SALSA ROOM
DJ PETER playing MIXED BALLROOM

*Our DJs would also to thank you for coming and dancing to their music all through the year.

Choice of free class from 8-9pm
Dancing from 9pm-1a/2am in the hustle room
412 Eighth Ave bet. W30/31st, 4th floor
$10 Admission this week
Cash Bar
1/2 block from subways and trains

Wishing much happiness and many blessings to all and look forward to seeing you all there and throughout the new year!

noreply@blogger.com (Lori Brizzi) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:33:00 +0000

Happy New Year! I want to thank everyone who helped us bring in 2010 at the 92nd St Y. It was a great New Year's Eve party and celebration! Special thanks to DJ Peter & DJ Nelson Roman for the fabulous music & Roberto & Rosa for a fantastic show. A big smooch to Bill Curtis, Bobbi Petri, Doug Hagwood, Franklin Ayala, Ivy Barbosa, Paz and my buddy Silvia Piccininni for all their help. I was running around and did not get too take any pictures so ...if anyone has some fun pictures, please send them to me or post so we can share.

NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCE BASH

noreply@blogger.com (Lori Brizzi) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:39:00 +0000

COME PARTY WITH US THIS NEW YEAR'S EVE and BRING IN THE NEW YEAR with DANCING and MUSIC!

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31 at the 92nd Street Y

BEST DEAL FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE!

TWO FANTASTIC DJs!!!!

DJ PETER playing sets of mixed Ballroom from 8pm-10pm and small sets throughout the night
DJ NELSON 'Paradise' ROMAN- HUSTLE DANCING MIX MASTER
playing the very best hustle dance music from 10pm-2am
CASH BAR with the friendliest bartenders
$35 if purchased online at the 92Y website (copy link below)
Includes fabulous dance performance by ROBERTO PAGAN & ROSA PAREDES
Champagne toast and countdown at midnight, Hats & Noisemakers, Hors d'oeuvres,
Soda, Coffee, Tea and Cake

***Special parking rate of only $12 at GGMC parking garage located at 230 E. 92nd St bet. 2nd/3rd aves. closest to 3rd Ave. Get your parking ticket stamped from security on street level of the 92Y

1395 Lexington Ave @ 92nd Street
To reserve a table under your name call 516 728-6101
or email loribrizzi@aol.com

noreply@blogger.com (Lori Brizzi) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:55:00 +0000

Greetings Dancing Friends,

A few weeks ago, the hit dance television show 'Dancing With The Stars' performed a group hustle. They chose to to do it in a retro style from the 70's and portrayed it more like a line dance and some bad spin off from the Saturday Night Fever movie. Many people were upset and asked me to write a letter. I have been reading Ron Bess's newsletter 'DANCETALK' and there were many letters to the editor concerning the disapproval of their interpretation. If you did not see the show and would like to see it, please copy and paste the YOU TUBE link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvIxrtSDco4

I decided to write a letter and asked Ron to post it on last week's newsletter. I asked people to go to my blog and post their comments. It seems that many of the dancers felt the same way but had difficulty posting their comments on my blog. The blog also posts to my Facebook notes and so far 11 people 'liked it' and 22 commented on it plus 2 more comments on the wall. I realize that not everyone is on Facebook but I ask that anyone that is and wants to add a comment, I can link my Facebook page on the DWTS forum on their website so they can read the letter and all of your comments. As they say, 'there is strength in numbers' so please join me in letting them know that our dance community desires them to have hustle dancing on their show but demonstrated with the same respect and realistic and positive way that they portray most of the other partner dances. Please copy and paste this link to post your comments.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?v=app_2347471856&ref=profile&id=704418095

Thanks much.

Lori Brizzi
Event Director
Millennium Dances
New York Hustle Congress

Letter to Dancing With the Stars

noreply@blogger.com (Lori Brizzi) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:17:00 +0000

To the Producers's of ABC's Dancing with the Stars:

I am a host of hustle parties in New York for over the last 8 1/2 years and the event director a national hustle dance event in NYC for the last 5 years called 'THE NEW YORK HUSTLE CONGRESS'.
This event involves competition dancing, workshops and performances in hustle and other forms of dancing. There are many other hustle event directors, teachers, competitors, performers and social dancers such as myself throughout the United States (including Puerto Rico) and in Europe. I am writing on our behalf because we are very proud of the dance Hustle and request that you do a better and more realistic interpretation than has been displayed on your show over the last few years.

FACT 1: Hustle dancing is one of the few pure authentic American dances, other than swing, Foxtrot and Peabody. It should be danced with the same respect the other dances are given on your show and not be made to look ridiculous

FACT 2: Hustle is not a dance that people stopped doing in the 80's. We actually have a combination of a young community and baby boomers that dance to current music as well as the classic music it was originally inspired by.

FACT 3: Hustle dancing is challenging, lyrical, rhythmical, beautiful, funky, dynamic and a sexy way for two partners to express themselves to music.

The people who dance hustle want you to know that. It was evident to us that you have no knowledge of what hustle really looks like. Your past demonstrations with the Professional dancers teaching the celebrities these hopping patterns were not even flattering to Pros and an embarrassment to the hustle community.

Recently you gave this big hype about airing a group hustle. Our community was ready for it. We keep waiting for you to represent our dance in the manner in which it deserves. Instead you gave the public a gross display of campy cheesy costumes and the dancers bouncing around in a manner that even a rabbit would be offended by. I used to work with Corky Ballas back in my days as a competitive ballroom dancer and was surprised in his choices to interpret the hustle in the group dance. It was without class and not an honest example of what hustle dancing has evolved to in 2009. The cliches your show used are so overdone and old that I am shocked that you could not come up with anything a little more fresh than what was presented.
Please check out YouTube to see what people who dance hustle are currently doing.

Our dance community wants to be heard. Thank you for listening and read the comments listed on this Facebook link
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?v=app_2347471856&ref=profile&id=704418095

noreply@blogger.com (Lori Brizzi) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:58:00 +0000

November Newsletter #1

PAST NEWS!
I would like to start with a congratulations and thanks to all that helped our team Eisai reach our goal of 40K for this year's Alzheimer's Memory Walk. This is the company Susan Lazar works for and they matched the money raised to make a total of $42,720.00,
yah team!
Our first Haunted Hustle Halloween party was a fiendishly wicked success.
Big thanks to all that attended & made it a fun night!

Don't Miss Tomorrow Night, SATURDAY NIGHT, NOV 21

when MILLENNIUM DANCE PARTY
is @ CLUB 412

3 Rooms for Dancing, 3 Great DJs

DJ NELSON ROMAN in HUSTLE ROOM
DJ FRANKLIN AYALA in SALSA ROOM
DJ MARK in the BALLROOM

Admission $15 includes choice of free class from 8-9pm, Dancing 9-1/2am in the Hustle Room
412 8th Ave between W30/31st, 4th floor

*get your tickets to this year's New Year's Eve party from Lori to save $$$

**there is a $100 REWARD to anyone who may have found the lost ring at last Saturday night's party. Contact by emailing Lori or calling 516 728-6101. Will be anonymous.

MILLENNIUM HUSTLE
2nd ANNUAL NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY
@ THE 92nd St Y, located 92nd St on Lexington Ave

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31

2 DJ'S for dancing
DJ NELSON ROMAN playing hustle 10pm-2am
DJ PETER playing a Ballroom mix from 8pm-10pm and short sets throughout the night

Admission $35 at the door includes soda, coffee, cake and tea, snacks, and a special Toast at midnight, hats and noisemakers! Door Price is $50.

***Special parking rate of only $12 at GGMC parking garage located at 230 E. 92nd St bet. 2nd/3rd aves. closest to 3rd Ave. Get your parking ticket stamped from security on street level of the 92Y.

'Growth of Hustle' & Hustle on 'Dancing with the Stars'

noreply@blogger.com (Lori Brizzi) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:34:00 +0000

Dear Dancing Friends,

Thank you for all of your wonderful comments and sugeestions so far. Here is the second take to have your voices heard.
I am still learning how to work my blog so your comments can go directly there so here is the second take on some very important topics.
I was invited in October by moderator Ron Bess to be on the panel of a forum titled "The Growth of Hustle" at the World Hustle Championships. Many interesting topics were brought up. The main concern was that not enough young people are interested in learning the dance. Many solutions were offered by a nationally diverse panel and attendees of the forum. The first of the reasons offered for this lack of interest was that not enough current music is being played by enough of the DJs at hustle dances and events. The second concern is how the national media on the two most popular dance television shows does not depict hustle dancing in an authentic way but rather in a campy cheesy way with dated costumes and theatrical lifts with bad transitions. There were other things brought up but I would like to address these first two issues at this time.Here are some things I can do:

MEET UP GROUP- It is not a new theory that every generation wants to express themselves to the music of their own times. Tybaldt Ulrich and I will be starting a meet up group in NY to go to clubs to dance hustle where current popular music is being played and therefore younger people will be in attendance. Our hope is to to get them turned on to hustle dancing to music that they are familiar with. Please let us know if you want to join us and we will be posting more info on this in the near future.

DISCOUNTS - I am not trying to encourage ageism but trying to encourage young people who will do not usually attend the parties. Therefore I would like to offer them a discounted admission price.

DISC JOCKEYS - I will encourage my DJs to play more current music that people can hustle to.

FORUM TO TELEVISION STUDIOS - I have been reading Ron Bess's newsletter 'DANCETALK' and have read your letters to the editor concerning your disgust of the portrayal of hustle dancing in the group hustle recently performed on ABC's 'Dancing with the Stars'. I have asked Ron to help me get those letters to the producers of the show. They should know how our community feels. I have written a letter and post it on my blogspot and I encourage you to click on the link for 'Comment' under my letter and post your thoughts and feelings so our voices can be expressed.
I will then post the link to the blog on ABC 'Dancing with the Star' forum page.

Thanks to all who attended this year's Haunted Hustle Party!

noreply@blogger.com (Lori Brizzi) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:25:00 +0000

Your feedback is great and I am so glad you had a fun night. Next 2 dance parties will is at Club 412 for our 2nd & 3rd Sat dance with 3 rooms for dancing and 3 terrific DJs. Nov 14 & 21st. See you there!

MILLENNIUM HAUNTED HUSTLE HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY

noreply@blogger.com (Lori Brizzi) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:15:00 +0000

Only 2 days away...

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 at the 92nd Street Y,
located on Lexington bet. 91/92nd Streets

DJ NELSON ROMAN will be playing hustle and a mix of Latin & Swing.

$20 Admission includes:
~Beg Hustle class with Lori from 8-9pm
~Fabulous theatrical hustle dance performance by
'Rainer and Veronica'
~a costume contest with prizes so creativity welcome
~an amateur dance contest
~wine, soda, coffee, cake and tea, snacks, halloween candy and a special 'Witch's Brew' Halloween punch!

*Special parking rate of $12 at GGMC parking garage located at 230 92nd St garage bet. 2nd/3rd Aves. 2nd/3rd (lot closest to 3rd Ave) Get parking ticket stamped by security guard street level at 92Y. For info 516 728-6101

*Costumes not required but it would be oh so wickedly nice.

The winners of the dance contest will move on to the finals, on stage, November 7, at "Saturday Night Disco Fever" held at The Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts. The performances will include: Karen Lynn Gorney, The Trammps, Harold Melvin's Blue Notes, France Joli, etc.
For all the details visit www.MickeyB.com

Thank You & what's next!

noreply@blogger.com (Lori Brizzi) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:27:00 +0000

This Saturday, SEPT 19, will be MILLENNIUM DANCE PARTIES @ CLUB 412.
3 different rooms for dancing, 3 great DJ's.
DJ NELSON ROMAN in the Hustle room
DJ JEFF STENNETT in the Salsa room
DJ MARK in the Ballroom.
Dancing from 9pm-1am/2am in the hustle room
Choice of free class from 8-9pm. Only $15 Admission
412 8th Ave bet. W30/31st, 4th Floor

Come see me at Club 412 and register for a fabulous Puerto Rico Salsa & Hustle vacation this Oct 15-18th or email me for me info at loribrizzi@aol.com or call me at 516 728-6101

Thank you to all who participated and supported this year's 5th Annual New York Hustle Congress on Labor Day weekend!
Congratulations to all of the competitors! What a fantastic show all of the Professionals competitors gave us on Saturday night!
Thanks to my terrific staff, DJs and to all of the Broadway and TV celebrities who participated in this years Circle of Love 'Hustle for the Hounds' to raise money for animal rescue. I am hoping to get to $1,000 so if anyone missed out the charity and still wishes to contribute, we will continue to collect Saturday night at my party at Club 412.
Check out Monkey's Corner on the left of this blog for the link of the Animal Rescue group that we are supporting.

Thank you for all of your terrific feedback and I'm looking forward to making next year's event even better. Stay tuned for upcoming details for the 6th Annual New York Hustle Congress in 2010! check out this year's competition results on our website at http://www.nyhustlecongress.com/results.htm

Coming up next, I will be on staff and competing at the 9th Annual World Hustle Dance Championships is at the beautiful Hilton in East Brunswick, NJ on Oct. 8-11. Come for an evening, a day or for the whole, fabulous weekend! There are workshops and competitions every day, a fabulous dinner and show... on Saturday night with world class performers and of course the 9th Annual World Open Hustle Dance Championship and the new Professional Open Swing Championship! Great music in two rooms all weekend long. Visit www.hustledanceworld.com for event schedule, workshop schedule, hotel info. and registration forms. On-line package registration is also available. Event director: Diane K. Nardone.
Hope to see you there!

Lori Brizzi
Event Director
NY Hustle Congress

AFTER MUCH ANTICIPATION!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Lori Brizzi) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:32:00 +0000

The 5th Annual NY Hustle Congress has arrived!

Come experience the excitement that only being in The Big Apple can give you. Starting today, right in the heart of midtown Manhattan, steps away from Radio City Music Hall, Broadway, Central Park, fabulous dining and convenient transportation... come dance with us in New York... The Hustle Capital of the World...where the Hustle Rules!!!

Hilton NY is located at 1335 Ave of the Americas bet. W53/54th Streets
Detailed schedule now available online.www.nyhustlecongress.com

The 5th Annual NY Hustle Congress
Workshops, amateur and Professional Competitions, a charity for animal rescue, larger than life personalities, a chance to dance with TV and Broadway celebrities and non stop dancing...don't miss the fun or you will have to wait another year for this to happen again! See you there!

noreply@blogger.com (Lori Brizzi) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:49:00 +0000

Congratulations to the Jack and Jill winners of last week's contests sponsored by the 5th Annual New York Hustle Congress

Jack and Jill winners at the DancXchange were Avan Mehta & Michael Casamassima

Jack and Jill winners at Stepping Out were Mihoko Ninomaya & Nader Mobargha

Luis Salgado at the New York Hustle Congress.

noreply@blogger.com (IsaacD) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:56:00 +0000

Introducing Special Guest

Luis Salgado

If you read our previous email you already know that Pasha and Anya from the hit show So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing with the Stars and currently starring in Broadway's Burn the Floor will be among the special guests appearing at the Congress.

We are now announcing that Luis Salgado will be attending the New York Hustle Congress and dancing in our 'Circle of Love', "Hustle for the Hounds". Come to the event and get your chance to dance with Luis.

Luis Salgado at the New York Hustle Congress

Luis didn't know that his passion for the arts would lead him on to a path of adventure and to experience his dreams.

Some of his work includes, "Traps"(PBS), created the role of Frankie Suarez in the Broadway show "The Mambo Kings." Other Theater work includes the Broadway musical "In The Heights", "Fame on 42St", "Aida", "A Chorus Line" and more. You can catch him in the films "Dirty Dancing 2 Havana nights"; "Across the universe", "American Gangster"; "Enchanted" and "Step Up 2 the streets" as Alejandro.

On February 13, 2004 Luis's hometown of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico honored him by dedicating the 18th Carnival Celebration in his name. In April 2007 he was selected "Gypsy of the Month" by Adrienne Onofri from BroadwayWorld.com and he achieved his first Drama Desk Award for "Outstanding Ensemble" with the hit musical "In The Heights". In May of 2007, "Latino Leaders" selected him as one of the hottest names in the world of professional theater on the NY stages.

With an intense vision in the optimistic possibilities of art, Luis has developed Revolucion Latina, a movement that celebrates human success and growth, in particular of the Latino artists and performers, who with their choices and actions are great role models for others.

Check out his website.
Luis Salgado

We are so excited to add Luis to our list of distinguished guests at the New York Hustle Congress.

See you all at the Hilton.

Lori Brizzi

NY Hustle Congress