Current Dance Week

Week of: May 5th, 2008

Listen up, ladies. You know I love and respect each and every one of you. And I’ve listened patiently to your complaints about men and how they never want to do anything but sit at home and watch TV. But the truth is, we men want to dance, gosh darn it! At least real men do! Men want to Hustle. Men want to Rumba. Men want to Nightclub. Men want to Swing. And Linda’s classes are loaded with them.

So no more complaining about how there are never enough men in the dance classes–I challenge you to come down to our classes and prove me wrong! It’s raining men…and real men at that! ;-)

Don’t forget: Luis Crespo is coming to the area in TWO WEEKS (or so). Check out the info down in the HAPPENINGS section of the email.

The Schedule

Beginning East Coast Swing makes its return to the line-up THIS WEEK…so all you swingers out there who responded to previous emails with your desires to take this class (and anybody else for that matter): get ready to dance!!

Wednesday

  • 5:30 Argentine Tango III with Rich
  • 6:30 Argentine Tango I with Rich (week 6 of 6)
  • 6:30 Couple’s Social Dance Series (week 6 of 6) w/ Linda
  • 7:30 West Coast Swing II w/ Dustin
  • 7:30 Beg. Hustle w/ Chris E.
  • 8:30 Intermediate Rumba w/ Linda
  • 8:30 Intermediate Country Western 2-Step w/ Dustin

Thursday

  • 6pm West Coast Swing I 1/2 w/ Linda
  • 6pm West Coast Swing I with Laura
  • 7pm Beginning East Coast Swing
  • 7pm West Coast Swing II w/ Linda
  • 8pm Salsa I 1/2 with Javier
  • 8pm Intermediate Nightclub 2-step w/ Linda

Class Info

Happenings

Featured Dance Videos of the Week

Jordan and Tatiana – Lead Follow WCS on YouTube

A little Country-Western 2-Step cabaret with Ronnie and Brandi – lots of country 2 step with some Balboa and swing mixed in – man, can she spin!

Here’s a West Coast Swing ROUTINE (not lead-and-follow) from Michael and Jen

A little bit of Salsa for you (my shoulder hurts just watching the arm movements)

Sam & Denise Miller Showcase Country Two-Step

Dance Invasion

Stay tuned for info on our next hot spot!

Upcoming WCS and Dance Events

Weekend of May 17, Luis Crespo will conduct a day-long seminar (3 workshops + dance with music by DJ michael) in West Coast Swing at the Dance Pavilion in AG. More details at www.krisoconnor.net

Great American Jack & Jill O’Rama. June 12-15 at the Hyatt Regency Orange County. www.centralcoastswingdance.com

Summer Swing Dance Classic & Summer Swing Dance Camp, Palm Springs, July 31st to Aug. 3rd. For more info, visit www.peoplewhodance.net

Places to Dance

Pelican Point on weekend nights; smallish floor that needs a little resurfacing work, but still can be fun–I recommend wearing leather-bottomed shoes rather than suede. Fellow dancer Les Beck and the Night Run Duo will be performing Feb. 1, 8, & 9.

Jazz at the Inn at Morro Bay every Friday night; variety of jazz styles. I recommend that ladies wear flats or wide-heeled shoes (dancing on tiles can get tricky in stilettos). The first Saturday of every month, the jazz is of the Latin variety…lots of Salsa, ChaCha, Rumba, and Cumbia. Come check it out.

For you North County residents, check out Level 4 Speakeasy in Paso Robles…but you gotta know somebody who knows somebody who knows somebodyto find it (actually, it’s not that difficult, but I like to maintain the illusion). Concrete floor with random couches thrown in the mix, but the music is generally good: Blues and Jazz.

Of course, Sunday nights at the Madonna Inn with the lovely Nancy Lara DJ’ing.

Questions? Call Linda at 541-5678.