SLO Dance - Linda Drake

Website Redesign

jamesvl — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:01:21 +0000

I know – the website hasn’t been working well recently! Recent server upgrades caused me to temporarily lose a lot of my work, but it should be fully restored now.

For now, the old [lindadrake.com](http://www.lindadrake.com/) will redirect here until I get mailing list issues sorted out. Eventually, both lindadrake.com and [slodance.com](/) will point to the same website.

I’m also having it redesign so I can feature my photography as well. You’ll see an update here when my photos section gets added!

Hopefully this new design is easier to navigate as well. Let me know if you have any comments or suggestions.

Notes and Rantings

jamesvl — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 21:52:48 +0000

By not kowtowing to the cable company, I have been unable to keep up with
the pop culture of my peers. Apparently there are these things called “TV
shows” that transmit images through the air into these machines called “TVs”
and that people sit on things called “couches” so that they can watch these
things called “TV shows” on the things called “TVs”. I am simply shocked! I
had no idea! A couple of days ago a friend of mine invites me over to her
house to watch one of these “TV shows” on her “couch”: it was a “TV show”
about people dancing….doubly shocked! They were good! They ARE good!
Dang…that Emmitt Smith kid can dance! And that goofball Jerry
Springer…!?! But then I thought, “Heck, anybody can do that…if they took
classes from Linda!” I guess my point is this: watch the show on Tuesday
night, but get your bee-hinds down to Linda’s classes on Wednesday and
Thursday nights or else you’ll miss all the real fun! Vivica A. Fox ain’t
got nothin’ on you!

### INVITE YOUR FRIENDS

For those of you who attended classes last week, don’t forget to invite your
friends using the Free Dance Class cards given out. Remember, if two of your
friends redeem their Free Dance Class cards with your name on them, you get
a free class yourself. What a deal! Need more cards? More are available at
the hall.

### DANCE EVENT OF THE WEEK

Did you, like me, have a great time at Linda’s dance the other night? Do you
want some more? Here’s your chance: The Cal Poly Ballroom Dance Club will be
hosting a dance this coming Saturday (10/7) at Cal Poly’s Chumash
Auditorium. There will be a Beginning Cha Cha lesson at 7:30 followed by
open dancing at 8:30. The floor space is huge and the cost is only $5. Come
support the Cal Poly Ballroom Club! For a map and more information, see

http://cpdst.org/content/view/54/59/

West Coasters: I know Boogie-by-the-Bay is coming up this weekend, but New
Years is not that far off. See “Happenings” below to get info on the Palm
Springs New Year’s Dance Camp!

### THE SCHEDULE

The new 8-week TANGO series starts this week…if you pay in full up front,
classes only cost $8.75 each ($70 total), or $10 each if you use a dance
card, or $15 each if you pay each time you show up and not use a dance card.
Hmmmm….I wonder which one is the better deal?!?

There’s a new Waltz I class in the line-up!

Wednesday
5:30 Argentine Tango III with Rich
5:30 West Coast Swing I1/2 with Linda~ some great easy sequences
6:30 Argentine Tango I (start of 8-week series) with Rich
6:30 West Coast Swing II with Linda
7:30 Hustle II with Linda
7:30 Waltz I with Chris
8:30 Rumba II with Linda
8:30 Cha Cha I with Chris

Thursday
7pm Salsa I with Linda
7pm Waltz II with Henry
8pm Salsa II with guest instructor Patrick
8pm Intermediate East Coast Swing with Linda~she’ll be reviewing some
previously taught sequences

Other Dance Instruction

jamesvl — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 20:12:30 +0000

* [Cal Poly Salsa Club](http://www.cpsalsa.com/)
* [People Who Dance](http://www.peoplewhodance.net/)
* [Cal Poly Ballroom Club](http://www.ballroom.calpoly.edu/)
* [Cal Poly DanceSport Team](http://cpdancesport.org/) – starting classes at Cal Poly

YouTube Videos for SLODance:

Two Guitar Dudes West Coast Swing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfJgiJ1n3xg&feature

Tango Christmas Dance Demo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwBSXVddCnc&feature

Wedding Dance Night Club 2-Step

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROdVu_PWPuI&feature

Christmas Dance WCS Demos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIebs_iI-gg&feature

Salsa Demo Christmas 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzBXSOLW93w

“I want to be loved by you” Foxtrot