Wednesday, May 26, 2010

SwingDanceUSA, Tango, Florida Folk Festival

Hello Gainesville Ocala Area Dancers and Friends,
 
Friday starts Swing Dance USA in St. Petersburg. Go for the weekend or just the day. It is worth the trip. www.SwingDanceUSA.com.
 
UF Swing Club is not meeting this Friday because of Swing Dance USA.
 
Dubravko and Elke come to the rescue again this weekend with a Tango class and dancing this Friday night.
 
Next Wednesday June 2 join Josh and Brianne's at their monthly West Coast Swing dance at the Eagles Club.
 
The Florida Folk Festival is this weekend at Stephen Foster Memorial Park in White Springs, about an hour and half north of Gainesville off of I-75.
 
The Florida Folk Festival is Florida's largest and the nations longest continually running folk festival with music, dancing, crafts, performances and lots of things to do.
www.floridastateparks.org/folkfest
 
At 3:00 pm the Klezmer band Chutzpah is playing on the main stage. From 5 to 7 pm, I will be joining Chutzpah to lead a Klezmer dance on the Heritage stage. Hope to see you there.
 
Tango instructor Mimi Santapa from Argentina is coming to Tallahassee June 18-20 and Gainesville June 26. Contact Gordon gerlebacher@fsu.edu
 
From Mercedes, South Africa futbol dance www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEXOSDcT3H0
 
Happy Dancing,
Andy
 
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Schedule: confirm all programs before going
 
1. Thursday 5/27 - Tango Y Te
2. Thursday 5/27 - English Country Dance
3. Thursday 5/27 - Israeli Dancing
4. Friday 5/28 - International Folk Dancing
5. Friday 5/28 - Argentine Tango with Dubravko
6. Fri-Sun 5/28-30 - Florida Folk Festival
7. Fri-Sun 5/28-30 - Swing Dance USA www.SwingDanceUSA.com
8. Wednesday 6/02 - West Coast Swing Party with Josh and Brianne
9. Friday 6/04 - UF Swing Club
10. Sunday 6/06 - Contra Dance
11. Wednesday 6/09 - West Coast Swing with Josh and Brianne
12. Saturday 6/12 - Tango Encanto
13. Fri-Sun 6/18-20 - Tango with Mimi Santapa in Tallahassee
14. Saturday 6/26 - - Tango with Mimi Santapa in Gainesville
15. Saturday 6/26 - Tango Encanto
16. Thu-Sun 7/1-4 - Orlando Salsa Conference www.orlandocongress.com
 
Other:
 
- Imperial Dance Studio: in addition to traditional ballroom dances, they are now teaching
 
Argentine Tango and West Coast Swing. See www.ImperialDanceStudio.net
 
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Quotes:
 
- Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory. ~ Albert Schweitzer
 
- The friendship that can cease has never been real. ~ Saint Jerome
 
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1. Thursday 5/27 - Tango Y Te
 
Confirm before going and get location
 
6:30 - 7:30 : Study Group
7:30 - 10:00 : General Practice
 
$7, $4 students
 
 
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2. Thursday 5/27 - English Country Dance
 
601 S Main Street
 
6:30 - 9:30
 
Annette Merritt, flamerritt@hotmail.com
 
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3. Thursday 5/27 - Israeli Dancing with Ariela
 
Confirm with Ariela before going
 
B'nai Israel, 3830 NW 16 Blvd
 
7:00 - 9:30 : Israeli Dancing
 
Ariela, 352 213 3863, anotzer@yahoo.com
 
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4. Friday 5/21 - International Folk Dancing
 
4225 NW 34th St, Gainesville, Florida
 
8:00 - 9:00 : Beginners instruction
9:00 - 9:30 : Advanced instruction
9:30 - 11:00 : Dancing
 
$3 per person (to pay the rent of the dance room), $1 students
 
Dance to a different beat. No partners needed and all ages welcome. Member of the Florida Folk
 
Dance Council.
 
Jack Seltzer, gainesvilleifd@gmail.com, 352-359-2903
 
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5. Friday 5/28 - Argentine Tango with Dubravko
 
Unified Training Center, 809 W University Ave
 
8:00 - 11:00 : Tango Practice, class and dancing
 
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6. Fri-Sun 5/28-30 - Florida Folk Festival
 
White Springs, FL
 
May 28 - May 30
 
Saturday May 29
 
3:00 - 4:00 : Chutzpah Klezmer band performs
5:00 - 7:00 : Klezmer Dance with the band Chutzpah and Andrew Weitzen
 
 
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8. Wednesday 6/02 - West Coast Swing Party with Josh and Brianne
 
Eagles Club, 4562 NW 13th Street
 
7:00 - East and West Coast Swing class and dancing
 
$3 members, $5 non-members
 
Joshua Angel and Brianne Nelson, joshuadancer79@gmail.com
 
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9. Friday 6/04 - UF Swing Club
 
Reitz Union, UF Campus, Room 349
 
8:00 - 11:00
 

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10. Sunday 6/06 - Contra Dance
 
Boltin Center, 516 NE 2 Avenue
 
3:30 - 4:00 : Contra dance lesson
4:00 - 7:00 : Contra dance
 
$7, $5 students
 
 
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11. Wednesday 6/09 - West Coast Swing with Josh and Brianne
 
Eagles Club, 4562 NW 13th Street
 
7:00 - East and West Coast Swing class and dancing
 
$3 members, $5 non-members
 
Joshua Angel and Brianne Nelson, joshuadancer79@gmail.com
 
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12. Saturday 6/12 - Tango Encanto
 
Evolve Pilates & Fitness, 6450 SW Archer Road, 2nd floor, Gainesville, FL. Near Beef O'Bradys
 
in the "Kanapaha Station" plaza.
 
8:30 - 12:30 - Tango Encanto milonga
 
Our Encanto milonga is just around the corner, please come and join us this Friday. Friends,
smiles, music, drinks and food - always welcomed. See you soon on the dance floor.
$10 per person, $5 for minors and students with valid ID, for the dance. Payable to Tango Encanto.
 
No street shoes are permitted…proper dance shoes are required so that we don't damage the
beautiful floor.
 
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13. Fri-Sun 6/18-20 - Tango with Mimi Santapa in Tallahassee
 
 
 
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14. Saturday 6/26 - - Tango with Mimi Santapa in Gainesville
 
Evolve Pilates & Fitness, 6450 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL
 
1:00 - 2:30 : Men and women technique: axis, posture, elegance
2:45 - 4:15 : Vals cruzado: sacadas and contrafrente
4:30 - 6:00 : Vals cruzado: variations on the giro
 
$25 per workshop, $60 for all three
 
All topics will be interlaced with tips and basic principles that relate to balance, posture,
axis, connection with the partner, and of the course,the embrace.
 
Gordon, gerlebacher@fsu.edu
 
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15. Saturday 6/26 - Tango Encanto
 
Evolve Pilates & Fitness, 6450 SW Archer Road, 2nd floor, Gainesville, FL. Near Beef O'Bradys
in the "Kanapaha Station" plaza.
 
8:30 - 12:30 - Tango Encanto milonga
 
Our Encanto milonga is just around the corner, please come and join us this Friday. Friends,
smiles, music, drinks and food - always welcomed. See you soon on the dance floor.
$10 per person, $5 for minors and students with valid ID, for the dance. Payable to Tango
Encanto.
 
No street shoes are permitted…proper dance shoes are required so that we don't damage the
beautiful floor.
 
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