January Delicious Dance events!

Dear Dancing friends,
Here's the news on all of our dance offerings for January, 2012!
Hope to see you on the dance floor and around our thriving North Fork Valley!
Affectionately, Margot + MarkP.S. Our "Anything Goes" class performance has been postponed for the Swingin' At the Sage Social Dance, January 14th. 
Are you interested in 2 practice classes on Thursdays after Swing 1.5? (9 - 9:45, Jan. 5 + 12, $10 for both)    Let me know, thanks xox Margot  illuminahealingart@gmail.com
Thursday night Swing 1.5 - continuing Swing skills and playful variations
 plus introduction to triple time swing, used for making slower placed songs even more fun
and makes it easier to keep the time, for many Leads.  7:30 - 9 pm, Jan 5, 12, 19, 26
 $40 for 4 week session / $76 for Lead + Follow sign up / $11 drop in
Sunday Swing - Open class  - lesson in Swing 1 skills plus dance time, for practice,
social connection, and a relaxing way to exercise and play  2:30 - 4 pm, Jan 8, 15, 22, 29
$8 Follows, $4 Leads
Swingin' at the Sage January 14th Social Dance - celebrating the freedom of joyful
dance, moving together, great music, yummy treats to eat, and our December / January birthdays!
Only $7 !  7 - 10 pm, free lesson in Swing + a mini lesson in basic Salsa! Please bring friends, a water bottle + treats to share!
Intro to Waltz Playshop:  2 Sundays, January 22 and 29, 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Enjoy this most beautiful dance, learning the basic form and rhythm. 
Perfect for enjoying waltzing at our February 4 Extra Sweet Social Dance!
$20 or $11 drop in   Ideal to come with a dance partner (Lead / Follow), but not required
and one non-dancing event, too:
Thrive! What on Earth will it Take?  Free movie + dessert, return engagement by popular demand!
Delicious Dance presents this mind-blowing movie at the Paonia Library, January 17,
Tuesday 7 - 9:30 pm.  This is a perfect complement for our mighty efforts to protect the Beautiful
North Fork Valley from any future oil + gas drilling.  Come and be inspired!
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Simple Charleston Routine for the Blue Sage New Year's Eve!

Happy Holidays, everybody!
This video is the rough draft for our Individual Charleston routine.  We'll be refining it on Thursday, December 29th, 7:30 - 9 - and anybody at that Playshop can perform it at the Blue Sage's "Great Gatsby New Year's Eve" party, if they wish.  If you can't make it to the Playshop but still wish to be part of this, email or call, and we'll work something out.
In the first part, we pretend to be quite serious, in keeping with the song's lyrics; we come out in two lines, one in partners and the other line made of individuals.
Then things get "thoroughly modern", and we get playful!   A few parts are just for the woman, and the men will do a variation (guess which parts!).
See you soon!  xox Margot
PS   Sunday Swingin' at the Sage:  Yes, Dec. 18, 2:30 - 4
                                                         No, Dec. 25 + Jan. 1
                                                   then resuming for the rest of January
         Thursday Blue Sage Swing:  resuming "regular swing" classes on January 5th, 7:30 - 9 pm
 

Saturday's Holiday Swing Dance + Thursday's Charleston Playshops

Holiday Swingin' at the Sage this Saturday night, with treats and surprises!  (see below)

        And Charleston Playshops on Thursday nights, December 8, 15, and 29

Charleston Playshops!  

3 Thursday nights at the Blue Sage in Paonia:

December 8, 15 and 29

7:30 - 9 pm

Join us for all 3, or drop in for any of them -

these are unique classes; steps and skills can be combined but also work on their own, so the classes are not sequential.  Charleston is a central piece of Lindy Hop, and a ton of fun, too!

Cost:  $30 for all 3, $56 for Lead / Follow sign up

OR   $11 drop in for each class 

December 8:  Individual Charleston, the Shimmy,  + an easy routine

December 15:  Partner Charleston + simple Foxtrot

December 29:  Individual Charleston routine + a bit of partner Charleston, too

Note:  dancers in the Individual Charleston playshop will learn a short choreography.  This routine can be danced as a group at the Blue Sage's "Great Gatsby New Year's Eve Gathering",

if you like!

Saturday night December 10th,  7-10 pm

Starting with a free lesson:  Swing steps and simple combinations! 

Dancing to swing - salsa - waltz - and a mini lesson in polka; plus socializing, and maybe a performance!

At the Blue Sage Center for the Arts, Paonia

Bring treats, slidey shoes, a water bottle, friends, 

and dress festive if you like! 

$7 per person

Imagine the fun!