Monthly Archives: January 2014

• Mercer Ballroom Club Winter Formal

  Posted on January 26, 2014 by lauraet in Mercer Ballroom, social dancing.

  Tweet Daniel and I had the dubious but real pleasure of being the oldest people at Mercer University Ballroom Club’s Winter Formal last night. To clarify: being an Old is a dubious pleasure but the dance was genuine fun! The club has really grown in just a few months and the students are already demonstrating […]

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• Opportunity for Dance & Stardom

  Posted on January 18, 2014 by lauraet in dance events, dancing in the media, faaaaaaaame!.

  Tweet Looking for a chance to show off your swing moves, help promote Macon tourism, and become a video star? The Georgia Sports Hall of Fame brings us this news: On Friday, January 24 the Macon-Bibb Convention and Visitors Bureau is shooting a new video for use in their Visitors’ Center and looking for dancers […]

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• USA Dance last weekend, our dance this weekend!

  Posted on January 13, 2014 by lauraet in Friday Night Dance Parties, social dancing, USA Dance.

  Tweet In case you missed it (did you know that’s become an abbreviation? ICYMI.), here’s a great video clip of Minwoo & Anna dancing the cha-cha step that Jim Riley taught us at USA Dance #6059’s monthly chapter dance this past Saturday. Gotta admit, that step was challenging. But it’s very cool once you put […]

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• Bishops have shuddered!

  Posted on January 5, 2014 by lauraet in dancing in the media, in other news, social dancing.

  Tweet Stumbled across this great piece from 100 years ago in the International Herald Tribune (until recently the international version of the New York Times). Seeing the scandalous reputation of the tango in its early days of popularity is always fun, especially since the tango dancers I know are some of the most morally upright people you’ll […]

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• 2014 Scheduling Update

  Posted on January 4, 2014 by lauraet in Friday Night Dance Parties, lessons, social dancing, teaching.

  Tweet For those who are still drafting their New Year’s resolutions, we are delaying our waltz lessons until February. The dates will be Feb. 16 and Feb. 23–two Sundays–4:00 to 5:30. Total cost for this “mini session” of classes is $45 per person.  Meanwhile, we will be hosting our monthly dance at the Howard Community […]

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