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Schedule and Class Descriptions
**FRIDAY JAN-16** (San Francisco)
8:00-9:00 The Three Dimensions of Blues We'll show how you can change levels and use the floor space to make your dance multi-dimensional just using the basics of Blues. 9:00-10:00 Musicality - how many flavors do your moves have? We will show you how you can dynamically alter your favorite blues movement to fit the feel and emotion of the music. 10:00-2:00 Friday Night Blues Social dancing
**SATURDAY JAN-17** (Oakland)
1:00-2:00 Fine Tuning Your Connection There's no greater satisfaction in partner dancing than feeling connected to your partner. We will give you tips and insights into helping you achieve the highest level of connection. 2:00-3:00 The Yin & Yang of Blues While there's a lead and a follow, the line can be crossed in creative musical ways. We will show you how to share the lead & follow on both sides. 4:00-5:00 Class with Guest Instructors TBD 5:00-6:00 Musicality - Hitting the accents We will show you some of their favorite ways to hit the breaks and accents in the music. 6:00-7:00 The Blues Conversation We will show you how the dance becomes a dynamic musical conversation between lead and follow.
**SUNDAY JAN-18** (Oakland)
12:00-1:00 The Melting Factor Having a high "melting factor" is one of the goals of a great follower. We'll show you how to achieve that from one of the most "melty" followers on the Blues dance floor. And what role the lead plays in helping that happen. 1:00-2:00 Less is More Just what it says. We will show you how to do (a lot) less, but get more out of your blues movement. Think "Dawn Hampton".... 2:30-3:30 Class from Guest Instructors TBD 3:30-4:30 Stretching & Gushing We will show you how to answer those moments in the music when it calls for sustained movement (think horns, or long notes). 4:30-5:30 Putting It All Together This will be the pay-off class. We'll put all of our new skills to use with one of our favorite blues tunes. |
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Solo Cutting Competition Results
It was a great comp, entertaining and engaging. Congrats to the winners:
Roy as a Video DJ
It's been a long time since he's showed them off, but Roy has quite a collection of vintage videos. This Friday he's going to DJ from his video collection. Ben will be trading songs with him to provide balance.
Live gypsy jazz on a Saturday!
Beso Negro is playing a special evening of gypsy jazz on Saturday, Feb 25th. The first 20 tickets are half price, so grab 'em now. This will be a departure from what you normally hear at Blues Dances, but phenominal music nonetheless. Listen to Beso Negro. Get tickets now! See details on Facebook.
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