SLO Dance – Linda Drake

Week of: May 4-May 20, 2012

THE SCHEDULE

Wednesday

This is the last week of several of our series classes on Thursday nights…but not to worry: new series classes begin next week, including Beginning Nightclub, Beginning Country 2-Step, West Coast Swing 1A, and West Coast Swing Transitions–and don’t forget: if you sign up for the Transitions series, you can take Level 1A taught in the previous hour FOR FREE!

5:30 ARGENTINE TANGO, LEVEL 3 with Rich Howe (drop-in)

5:30 ADVANCED BEGINNING SALSA (drop-in) with Linda Drake

6:30 ARGENTINE TANGO, LEVEL 2  (week 5 of 6) with Rich Howe

6:30 INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED FOXTROT (drop-in) with Linda Drake ~ Finally Linda is ready to teach Foxtrot; basically she’ll be training dancers on how to use what was learned in Waltz classes in Foxtrot timing;

7:30 WEST COAST SWING II (drop-in) with Linda Drake

7:30 ARGENTINE TANGO, LEVEL 1(week 5 of 6) with Rich Howe ~

Thursday

6:00 BEGINNING NIGHTCLUB SERIES (week 6 of 6) with Laura Slania ~ often called Romantic 2-Step because it’s danced to the slower rhythms heard in many love songs, Nightclub is one of the easiest dances to pick up, allowing dancers to quickly move on to the more advanced level (also taught at this hour–see below).

6:00 INTERMEDIATE NIGHTCLUB (drop-in) with Linda Drake ~ take your Nightclub to a new level with some great new steps and patterns that will focus on the social side of this dance; in these first few weeks, we’ll be working on variations of a theme with never-before-taught patterns that are cool but not too challenging—if you have the basics of Nightclub down already, come join this class

7:00 WEST COAST SWING LEVEL 2 (drop-in) with Linda Drake ~ come develop your skills of musicality, while learning the most current patterns and styling in this ever-changing fun-filled dance

7:00 WEST COAST SWING LEVEL 1 SERIES PART 1C  (Week 6 of 6) with Laura Slania ~ Some of you might be thinking to yourselves, “Why are there so many
West Coast Swing classes in Linda’s schedule?” I’ll tell you why: ‘Cuz people love it! It’s one of the most fun dances to use to accentuate the intricacies of songs. It is playful yet soulful, spunky yet funky. KEEP IN MIND: you don’t have to take Level 1A or Level 1B in order to take Level 1C.

8:00 WEST COAST SWING ”TRANSITION” SERIES (week 6 of 6) with Kristy Parker; $50 (cash or check) for the entire series, or you can drop in at regular class prices;

8:00 BEGINNING COUNTRY 2-STEP SERIES (week 5 of 6) with Linda Drake; a series class so we can start with basics but move on as fast as we can to more variations. $50 (cash or check) for the entire series, or you can drop in at regular class prices

WEST COAST SWING CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

LEVEL 1: (Formerly “Beginning”) This course will be divided up into 3 month-long segments, lettered A, B, and C. In this course, students will learn three basics (Push Break, Underarm Pass and Left Side Pass); three releases (Tuck turn, Inside roll & Throwout); How to combine the basics with the releases and add various catches; students will also be introduced to the basic whip. It is recommended that students take all three segments (A, B, and C) before advancing to level 2…but it is NOT necessary that they be taken in order.

LEVEL 2: (Formerly “Intermediate”) Students are required to know all the basics taught in Level 1. In Level 2 you will learn more catches, closed dance position variations, split-weight tucks, lady’s double turns and the standard variations of the whip including reverse, underarm, locked, closed, inside, outside and continuous, all with different hand combinations.

LEVEL 3: Students are strongly requested to know all the moves taught in Level 2. Students in Level 3 will learn more advanced patterns, syncopations, styling along with musicality, hitting the breaks and accents.

Class Info

• Directions to Classes
• Class Prices
  • Drop-in class: $15; 7-class card: $70 ($10 per class); 20-class card: $180 ($9 per class)

Featured Dance Videos of the Week

• Our own Kara Frenzel and Will Shaver in an Advanced Jack n’ Jill preliminary
  round
• A sample of Blues Dancing
• West Coast Swing Routine with Champion Dancers Parker Dearborn and Jessica Cox
• Swing & Hustle Dance America 2008 Strictly Open Hustle
• Gerrard Gosen doing the Rumba on Dancing With The Stars Australia 2009 (he
  wears the sunglasses for a reason)
• Ben Morris & Torri Smith – Improv West Coast Swing
• Sabrina & Ruben Veliz dance a VALS
• He may not be picture-perfect, but Chuck Liddell shows us how “manly” the Tango can be on Dancing with the Stars
• Arjay Centeno and Jennifer DeLuca doing a West Coast Swing (keep an eye on the Fedora)
• Jordan Frisbee and Jennifer DeLuca doing a West Coast Swing
• 12- and 13-year-olds dancing a Vals Lent
• Jordan and Tatiana doing what they do best
• Miguel de Sousa & Lauren Davis doin’ a Jack ‘n Jill West Coast Swing to some
  sexy blues and funky contemporary tune last May
• Tango Vals by Julio Balmaceda and Corina de la Rosa
• A ballroom montage from Blackpool 2007
• Miguel DeSousa and Tessa Cunningham doing West Coast Swing at Phoenix
• A fun little West Coast Swing from Phoenix 2008 with John Lindo and Stephanie Batista
• A little more Patty Vo with some help from Nick King
• UCWDC Masters Classic Country 2-Step Compilation
• Mixing football and the Hustle, Warren Sapp and Kym Johnson on Dancing with the Stars
• The highlight reel from this years Halloween Swingthing
• From MAADjam 2007, Tybalt and Hazel Ulrich show us the Hustle
• A little Nightclub 2-Step routine for those who want to know what the dance is all about
• Michael Kielbasa and Alyssa Alden styling and synchopating and winning Champions Jack & Jill at the Dessert Swing Classic
• A little more West Coast Swing with Arjay Centeno and Tori Smith
• A tandem West Coast Swing from some of our favorite champion dancers
• Ben Morris with Jessica Cox doing a Jack-and-Jill West Coast Swing
• For those who have to see what Salsa dancing can be

Places to Dance

• The Madonna Inn has live music Wednesday thru Saturday and the lovely Nancy Lara DJ’ing on Sunday nights.
• For you Tango dancers out there, the Madonna Inn is the place to be on Tuesdays from 7-9pm.
  
• 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 Country Western dancing, check out The Ranch in San Miguel, located at 1285 Mission–”just down from the mission”, so says the song on their webpage: www.liveattheranch.com.
• Also, check out D’Anbino at 710 Pine St., PR (next to the railway station); it’s a wine bar with a stage for live music and room to dance IF they don’t put chairs on the dance floor (ugh!); Visit their website at www.danbino.com
• Of course, Sunday nights at the Madonna Inn with the lovely Nancy Lara DJ’ing WCS and a variety of ballroom music.

Questions? Call Linda at 541-5678.