Thank you very much to those who attended the January workshop!
We had a really fun day and we hope that those who attended had a good time and felt they got a lot out of it.
Please check back here to find more information about our next workshop in a few months, sometime after LindyFest.
-See you at the dances in the meantime!!
Essential Swing Dance Workshop
1.0 Day . Comprehensive Basics
From 10:00am (9:35 check-in) to 6:00pm (including a lunch break)
- limited enrollment -
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Preceding the Taft Dance on
Saturday, January 16th, 2010
09:35am - Check-in
10:00am - Workshop begins (3 segments with 2 music/practice breaks)
02:00pm - Lunch break!
03:15pm - Workshop resumes (2 segments with 1 more music/practice break)
06:00pm - Dinner break and questions or 1-on-1 time
08:30pm - Dance until midnight!
at Taft Street Coffee
2115 Taft St. - Houston 77006 map
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Registration fee (includes dance) ~ $45
Students* and Ecclesia Members ~ $31
*Please bring your Student ID to the workshop Check-In.
You won't need a partner because we'll be rotating frequently.
Price at the door will be +$10 ($55 & $41).
Enrollment is limited so please register at your soonest convenience :)
As of after midnight tonight I may have room for a couple of Follows but no more Leads...
unless there is a flurry of Follows.
Leads & Follows together will also be accepted.
You can email (hhauffe@mac.com) or call (713.702.3138) me if you want to confirm if there is room and you can now just register at the door. -Thx
Registration via Paypal is now CLOSED.
Paypal will accept payment from your Paypal or Bank Account as well as via your credit card.
You'll be taken to an off-site special registration page and then returned here when you finish.
If you have any problems then please let me know at secondcupswing@mac.com or 713.702.3138. -thx:)
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Second Cup Swing will be hosting a special (bi-annual) Essential Swing Dance Workshop for Beginners as well as Experienced Dancers who want to reconnect with their fundamentals. This 8.0 hour comprehensive lead/follow workshop will focus on Connection and Energy (Frame, Flow & Counterbalance!) to see how they are essential to making the dance work both in Jitterbug and Lindy Hop.
This will be a progressive workshop where beginners will get full instruction from scratch and experienced dancers, with a bit of patience, will get to rediscover the core dynamics of the dance.
Prerequisites: None! — However, if you want you and your partners to get the most out of this intense workshop then it'll help you tremendously if you practice two things:
1) Footpatterns for the Jitterbug/6-count & Lindy/8-count ~
2) Keeping a bend in the frame of your arms - letting it neither stretch out too far nor collapse in too close as you either move, or are moved ~
So, find myself or Maricarmen and we'll be glad to spend a little time with you and show you exactly what we're talking about. I'll certainly be available at the Saturday dances and I expect to be at HSDS on Sundays as well.
Muscle-memory tasks simply require a little time and attention. It can feel like your nemesis but you can in short order train it to be your friend. I can't overstate too much how being comfortable with these mechanics will help you at the workshop and in any attempt you make to learn the dance.
Please pass the word to anyone you think might be interested.
Thanks!
-hank:)
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