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Future dates for your diary:
18th May, 22nd June, 13th July 2008
Nightclub 2 Step taster class (instead of Line dance warm up class this month – due to popular demand)
Nightclub two-step is a versatile dance which is perfectly suited to the romantic ballads so common in popular music today. It's a fairly basic two-person dance step, created in 1965 by Buddy Schwimmer with his sister, based on the surfer stomp. It's usually danced to ballads with a steady four-count beat. The "nightclub" label comes from the way the dance is confined to a single, compact space on the dance floor, with a few moves added to allow you to travel a short distance when necessary -- perfect for crowded nightclub floors. It's also ideal for wedding or Valentine's Day dances, homecoming or your prom, or just impressing your date with the fact that you know how to dance without needing to weigh you down with too many moves
This month’s special class will concentrate on “How to incorporate ‘hitches and resistances’”
There are still places left for all, so if you would like to book a place let me know. Thank you
CONGRATULATIONS to Lee and Deborah who triumphed at UCWDC 2008 World Championships
· Lee took second place in the highest category of Line Dance (male Superstars)
· Lee also placed second in the Couples Open 1 Showcase (performing 6 different dance styles, placing first in WCS!)
· Deborah (partnered by Lee) took 3rd place overall in the Crystal Novice Pro-Am (placing 1st at WCS!)
We want these workshops to be about YOU and have taken your ideas and feedback on board to make them different and deliver what you want.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed with ideas!
The classes will be shorter and more focused.
We will start with a warm up line dance class.
(most of the best WCS dancers are line dancers)
The 3rd class of every workshop will have a particular focus – (if you have anything your are particularly interested in e.g. competing, styling, musicality etc. please let me know, so we can incorporate it in a future workshop)
Full workshop for beginners (last 2 classes in separate area with Deborah Dickens)
We hope you like the NEW format of the workshop for 2008, and if you have any other ideas and comments, please let me know.
NEW Workshop Format:
| 1.00 - 1.40 pm | Nightclub 2 Step taster class – Instead of Line Dance | |
| 2.00 - 2.40 pm | Basic WCS moves + Technique | |
| 3.00 – 3.40 pm* | How to incorporate "Hatches and Resistance" (*) | Beginners with Deborah Dickens |
| 4.00 – 4.40 pm* | WCS key skills (*) | Beginners with Deborah Dickens |
| 5.00 - 6.30 pm | Tea-Dance (free tea/coffee) | |
Cost: |
All day : |
£25 |
Tea Dance Only : |
£3 |
* Beginners will be in a separate area with Deborah Dickens
The monthly WCS workshops in Bisley have grown enormously during 2007 both in terms of attendance and the standard of the dancing.
When I first started offering WCS classes with David and Lilly in 2001, it was mainly out of my own wish to learn the dance. Paul Warden soon came on board and we ran weekly classes for over one year together. Out of the weekly classes developed the monthly Sunday workshops. For a long time Jive Bug attracted a small group of WCS ‘lovers’ who kept coming back for more. That this small group would ever turn into the big event it is today was beyond anything we could have expected and was only possible thanks to the working together of many factors including the continued support of everyone.
I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to the growth of the dance and the monthly workshops, we could not have achieved this without you!
The monthly WCS workshops at Bisley are becoming very popular indeed and places tend to fill up fast.
I had to turn some people down for the last workshop so I would therefore be grateful if you could book in advance so that I can limit numbers to a workable size.
Venue: Bisley Pavilion, NRA Camp, Queens Road, Brookwood, Bisley, Surrey GU24 0NY
Please note there will be no bar so bring your own drinks .
However, we will provide FREE tea, coffee and biscuits.
To book a place, please send a cheque (made payable to 'Jive Bug')
to :
Jive Bug, 39 Guildford Road, BAGSHOT,
Surrey, GU19 5JW
If you book and then cannot make it, PLEASE let me know.
We also offer assistance at private and corporate parties and events including:
* Discos (we play the music that you want to hear),
* Dance lessons for large groups and individuals;
* Private lessons for example for wedding dances;
* PA hire