For the next 2 weeks, the beginners lessons will be on Strolling. This is usually done as non partner, but we will be showing how to do some of them as a partner dance. We will be covering the Charleston stroll, the Diagonal, the Electric Slide and the Number 4.
This will take us up to the 10th August. The next 4 weeks we will be doing taster lessons in Balboa, the final Balboa lesson will be on September 7th.
Tuesday September 14th sees the start of the Beginners course again, however the Improvers lessons carry on, as there is more of them.
Tuesdays
27th July Electric Slide
3rd August Diagonal & Number 4
10th August Charleston (With Variations)
17th August Balboa Taster
24th August Pure Balboa
31st August Pure Balboa
7th September Jitterbal, (or Balswing)
14th September NEW BEGINNERS COURSE
MEMBERS E-MAILS AFTER THEIR FIRST NIGHT
Good on you both for being such lovely, patient teachers, and by golly...EVERYONE mastered the Charleston Stroll....again down to you two!!!
Marie
Dear Alistair
Sarah, Jo and I wanted to say thank you to you and your fabulous dancers for making the WWII weekend go with such a swing. All the feed back has been very good.
We will keep you on our data list and hope we will work together on future projects.
Best Wishes
Moira
Moira Walters
Learning Programmer
Compton Verney
Warwickshire
CV35 9HZ
21st September 2009
Hiya Dawn & Alistair
Thanks for a great night, really enjoyed it, see you soon!
JD(another DJ)
Some nice sentiments that have been put in writing.
All best wishes and very many thanks for all the joy you bring to our lives,
FORTHCOMMING STROLL LESSONS Everywhere Stroll
Diagonal Stroll
Electric Slide
Sing Lim Charleston Stroll (an extended version)
Jitterbug Stroll
Jiveswing Stroll*
Late Night Swing Stroll*
Shim Sham Workshop
*provided permission given by originators.
LESSONS COVERED Basic 6 count Rock steps
One Handed Walk
The Hand Slide
The Sugar Push Kick
Heels
The Tuck Turn
Shoulder Kick
Swap Places
Hugo Amigo
The Bumps
Kick Forward
Wide Underpass
Side by side Charleston moves with many variations including the Back Charleston.
Double and Triple Steps
Some Future Lessons Connectivity, Lead & Follow
Musicallity
Dance space awareness
And far too many to mention in detail here!
Bit of a change for us, dressing Charleston. Attended a Roarin twenties weekend at Warners Bodelwydden Castle, they were so impressed that they asked us to take the Charleston lesson on the Saturday morning!
