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What’s up in 2014?

Well, DLDancers fans, we are hoping to make 2014 a BIG year that will see us back into competition after a hiatus that has gone on for too long!  Along the way, we will be

  • teaching the waltz January 5 and January 19 4:00-5:30 at Madison Studio, 1575 Forest Hill Road in Macon. The cost is $45 per person. Beginners are welcome and partners are not required.
  • continuing to teach the rumba each month at Shadows Dinner Theatre in downtown Macon starting in February. We are anticipating further collaborations with Shadows in 2014 as well and will keep you posted.
  • performing in an exhibition on February 13 at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame, presented by Paula East.
  • continuing to host our monthly dances at Howard Community Club. Here are the dates; mark your calendars!
Jan. 17
Feb. 28
March 7
April 25
May 23
June 27
July 25
Aug. 22
Sept. 26
Oct. 24
Nov. 28
Dec. 19

These dates are all Fridays but not all fourth Fridays. The time (8:00-10:30) and admission price ($5) will stay the same. We plan to keep up our friendly dance competition as well, so if you’ve ever wanted to take home a sparkly trophy, 2014 could be your year.

See you on the dancefloor!

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Friday Night Dance Parties

Post-Christmas/Pre-2014 Dance December 27

Just a quick note that we will host our monthly dance on Dec. 27 as usual. Time to burn off a few holiday calories and/or get an early start on your 2014 resolution to DANCE MORE.  8:00-10:30 p.m. at Howard Community Club, $5 admission, casual dress. Plus you can dance in our friendly competition and take home the sparkly trophy!  Hope to see you there.

Stay tuned for info about our plans for the new year!

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Bring your date to Shadows this weekend

Daniel and I will be returning to Shadows Dinner Theatre on Saturday, November 16 to teach a beginning rumba lesson and enjoy the great romantic atmosphere and delicious meal at Shadows’s “Date Night” event. It’s not too late to reserve a table for yourself and your sweetie! Call 478-321-7526, or you can reserve and pay directly from Shadows’s online calendar. Just click on “Date Night” and we’ll see you Saturday!

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MSDC teaching

Foxtrot in November

If you’ve been waiting for your chance to join our ballroom class at Madison Studio, November is your chance. We’ll be doing a short session of 2 classes (90 minutes each) in November focusing on the foxtrot. The dates are Sunday, November 3 and Sunday, November 10, 4:00-5:30 p.m. Learn a new dance and show it off at your Thanksgiving dinner! The cost is $45 per person for the session. You are welcome with or without a partner and with or without previous dance experience.  Please contact us by Friday, November 1 to confirm your participation and reserve your spot in the class.

More dance event announcements coming soon, so stay tuned!

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social dancing teaching

Dancing in the Shadows

Daniel and I were very excited to début at Shadows Dinner Theatre tonight as part of their monthly Date Night event. This gorgeous downtown venue (on 2nd Street between Poplar and Cherry) hosts interactive murder mystery dinners, private events for corporations, parties, and birthdays, and a special couples’ evening once a month–that’s Date Night. Couples share an intimate, elegant dinner in a romantic atmosphere,  have a professional photo taken to commemorate their evening, and enjoy a “date night” activity.  The couples present tonight got to learn the rumba from Daniel and me.  Everybody including us had a great time and we are already looking forward to teaching again next month.  Date Night is every third Saturday and the owner of Shadows has assured me that the website will be updated by Monday with November’s events. As soon as the calendar is set, you can book online via their Events page.  Be quick quick, not slow to check it out because seatings are limited.

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lessons teaching USA Dance

Ballroom workshops & lessons coming up

As members of USA Dance Greater Macon chapter 6059, we are very excited that the chapter is bringing professional instructor Josh Jones to Macon for two hours of workshops on Saturday, October 12 at the Howard Community Club. Josh is a National Dance Council of America (NDCA) certified instructor who holds Highly Commended Licentiate and Associate qualifications in International (Standard) Ballroom, as well as a Highly Commended Associate qualification in American Smooth Ballroom from the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD). He will teach American Smooth Tango at 10:00 a.m. and American Rhythm Cha-cha at 11:00 a.m.  Each workshop is $20 or you can attend both for $35. Plus if you attend both workshops you can also attend the chapter’s monthly dance that evening for free! It doesn’t get much better than that.  I will be there for sure!

Meanwhile we’ve been working with our group class at Madison Studio on the rumba and it’s going great. It turns out that martial artists make excellent dancers (did you know?). This winter we’ll be scheduling our group classes around the studio’s rehearsals for Alice, a version of the Alice in Wonderland story. So if you are interested in joining a group class please let us know so we can verify dates and times. Private lessons are also available and remember: no partner needed.

Stay tuned for more dance, music, and fun coming up soon!

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playlists

Swing Playlist time

Everybody check out my latest playlist, East Coast Swing. The overlap between ECS and classic 80s videos is oddly significant!

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dance events teaching USA Dance

Back to School, 2013 edition

Je dois commencer par dire un bonjour à nos amis français qui ont reçu une carte de visite de moi ou de Daniel pendant notre séjour à Paris. Merci de visiter notre site web!

After a big summer–lots of work, a little dancing, and a big trip to Paris–we are looking forward to getting back to dance in the next few weeks. We will be continuing our group classes at Madison Studio of Dance Education in Macon on Sunday afternoons starting September 8. Please contact us ASAP if you’d like to join the class! Meanwhile we are working with some new wedding couples and have been asked to perform at a wedding reception for one of Daniel’s co-workers. Bible Belt Burlesque celebrated their first birthday the day we came back from Paris so we missed dancing in that show, but hopefully we’ll be invited for the next one.

Next weekend we’ll be attending the Summer’s Night Picnic and Dance benefiting Pine Pointe Hospice. USA Dance Greater Macon has been a long-time supporter of Pine Pointe via the Stars Over Macon Ball. It’s not too late to get a ticket and join the party.

More updates coming soon as this school year/dance year gets rolling. Thanks for all your support!

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Linktastic short takes

This is priceless!

Via the comprehensively excellent “Questionable Advice” Tumblr, questionableadvice.tumblr.com

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playlists

Here comes a foxtrot playlist!

For those who have asked, first of all, thanks for asking!  Here’s a playlist of some foxtrot music.  Foxtrot tunes can be easy to pick out based on instrumentation and even certain singers even more than by rhythm.  Michael Bublé has lots of foxtrots, as does Frank Sinatra.  A lot of big band-type music is foxtrottable* but there are also some recent ballad singers like Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat who have made songs that work for the foxtrot.  Take a listen and take a turn around the dance floor!

*Real word.