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Salsa/Swing/Nightclub Dance Calendar
Hi everyone,
The following calendar is a list of very high quality, inexpensive
Swing/Salsa/nightclub classes, dances and workshops that aren't too far
away. This includes new info and details that are not in the printed
Dancing Illini (DI) calendar!
If you hear of any events not listed in this calendar, please email me
about them at m-balzer@uiuc.edu
Mark
Contents ( First time in calendar = * )
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(*) DI Latin and Swing Dance, Sept 2, 9-12:30 pm, in Illini Union Courtyard
(*) DI Practice sessions at the Regent, Wednesdays in September, 9:30-11pm
(*) Regent Salsa Classes Begin Sept 5th:
Salsa II: 7-8pm,
Salsa I: 8:15-9:15pm
(*) DI Field Trip: Swing dance band, Blind Pig Co, Fri Sept 6
(*) Weekly Salsa Dances at the Regent Ballroom, Fri Sept 6, 11:30pm - 2am
(*) DI Welcome Back Dance, Sept 8, 1 - 4 pm, in Illini Union Ballroom
(*) Indianapolis Dance Classic, Sept 13-15
(*) Country & Western dance, Illini Union Courtyard, 9/21, 9pm - 12:30am
(*) Missouri State Championships, St. Louis, Sept 21
(o) DI dance video lending library
(o) $5 rebate on private lessons for DI members
(*) DI Dance, Oct 6, 1 - 4 pm, in Illini Union Illini Room A
(*) MUSIC Illinois Swing Traditional, Colinsville, IL, Nov 23
(o) Good nightclub dance spots in Urbana-Champaign
(o) Swing and Salsa Dancing in Chicago
(o) Swing Dancing in Indianapolis
(o) Swing Dancing in St. Louis
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(*) DI Latin and Swing Dance, Sept 2, 9-12:30 pm, in Illini Union Courtyard
Latin (Cha-cha, Rhumba, Salsa and Merengue) and Swing dance
Monday, September 2, 9:00 to 12:30pm
Free Cha-cha lesson at 10:30pm
Illini Union Courtyard
FREE admission!
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(*) DI Practice sessions at the Regent, Wednesdays in September, 9:30-11pm
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(*) Salsa Classes Begin Sept 5th at the Regent Ballroom:
Salsa II: 7-8pm
Salsa I: 8:15-9:15pm
6 week classes, $40 per person.
Call the Regent at 359-5333 for more information.
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(*) DI Field Trip: Swing dance band, Blind Pig Co, Fri Sept 6
Debbie Davies and her band are performing at the Blind Pig.
*Excellent* Swing and West Coast Swing music.
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(*) Weekly Salsa Dances at the Regent Ballroom, Fri Sept 6, 11:30pm - 2am
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(*) DI Welcome Back Dance, Sept 8, 1 - 4 pm, in Illini Union Ballroom
Event: And another dance! FREE!
Date: Sunday, September 8
Time: 1-4pm
Location: 2nd Floor Ballroom, Illini Union.
Cost: Free
Note: There will be a free lesson during the dance!
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(*) weekly Salsa resumes Sept. 8 at the Blind Pig.
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(*) Indianapolis Dance Classic, Sept 13-15
Improve your Swing, West Coast Swing, Hustle, Waltz, Chacha, 2-step, etc.,
with instruction from champions like Barry Durand, Lisa Austin, Grant
Austin, Beth Emerson, Eddie Harper, David Baggett, Carole Rousseau, and
many, many more on Sept 13-15 at the Indianapolis Dance Classic. Held at
the Ramada Inn Airport, there will be over 50 workshops to choose from,
again for only $5 each, and fantastic evening dances everynight for only $5
each. The event starts with workshops at 6pm, Friday, and ends with a
Sunday night dance.
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(*) Country & Western dance, Illini Union Courtyard, 9/21, 9pm - 12:30am
Free line dance and 2-step lessons
Saturday, September 21, 9:00 to 12:30pm
Illini Union Courtyard
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(*) Missouri State Championships, Sept 21 - St. Louis
At the St. Ann Civic Center. Swing dancing and competition.
Hours and hours of fun. 314-423-0203 for info.
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(o) The DI has some super instructional dance videos in its lending
library, with more to come soon! Watching these tapes is like getting
private lessons from the best dance instructors in the US. Right now we
have the following tapes ready to be checked out:
Nightclub dance videos:
* Salsa: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Variations,
Cordoba workshop
* Hustle: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
* West Coast Swing: Basic, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced,
Cordoba workshop, Jones workshop
* WCS Syncopations: Intermediate for Men and Women, Advanced for Women
* Nightclub 2-step: Beginner/Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced
Latin dance videos:
* Int'l Style Cha cha: Beginner, Intermediate
* Int'l Style Samba: Beginner, Intermediate
* Int'l Style Rumba: Beginner, Intermediate
* Int'l Style Jive: Beginner
* East Coast Swing: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Cordoba workshop,
Jones workshop
Ballroom dance videos:
* Am. Style Waltz 1: Beg. Country/Western (American style Silver) Waltz
* Int'l Style Waltz: Beginner, Intermediate, Technique
* Int'l Style Foxtrot: Beginner, Intermediate, Technique
* Int'l Style Tango: Beginner, Intermediate, Technique
* Int'l Style Quickstep: Beginner, Intermediate, Technique
* Int'l Style Viennese Waltz: Technique
Dance technique videos:
* Int'l Style Latin Technique 1 - Latin body, hip, leg and foot action.
* Int'l Style Latin Technique 2 - Latin body, hip, leg and foot action.
* Latin Seminar: Latin rhythm identification in Samba, Mambo, Cha cha,
Rumba; American and International style hip and leg actions; technique
details of Int'l style Rumba.
* Spins and Turns - the details of how to spin and turn like a pro.
* Spins and Turns and Latin Body Action - Cordoba workshop
* Body Isolations - the details of expressing rhythm with your body.
* Styling and Technique - details of foot positions, frame, movement.
* Why He Can't Lead & She Won't Follow - improve your lead & follow.
* Lines - the do's & don't of body lines, shaping, poses & body positions.
* Trick Lines and Illusions - stretches, spins, turns, lunges, dips, drops.
* Hitting the Breaks 1 & 2 - music theory + figures to use to hit breaks.
Other videos:
* 1995 Dancing Illini Competition (3-tape set)
* Professional finals of the 1995 Ohio Star Ball competition.
* USABDA Workshop Sampler tape: A collection of International and
American style ballroom & latin dance workshops.
* USABDA Competition tape: A collection of International and American
style ballroom & latin dance competitions from the 1994 International
Collegiate Dance Festival in Clearwater, Florida.
* Instructor Training videos 1 to 6 - how to teach dance classes.
The video librarian will be available at all regularly scheduled practices
so you can check 'em out!
Videos can be checked out during the first 15 minutes of every practice, and
are due back at the following week's first 15 minutes of practice. You will be
asked for a $2 donation (to help the club purchase future videos) and for a
$20 cash deposit (which will be returned to you when you return the video).
Notify Mark Balzer (m-balzer@uiuc.edu) in advance if you're interested in
borrowing a videotape.
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(o) $5.00 rebates are available for each private lesson a DI member takes
from a professional dance instructor, up to a maximum of three rebates per
semester per member! The rebate may be obtained by presenting a receipt for
the lesson to the DI Treasurer. The following local instructors are
available for private lessons:
+ David Lin - 359-5333
+ Sandy Lampert - 762-7474
+ Paul Jones - 384-0411
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(*) DI Dance, Oct 6, 1 - 4 pm, in Illini Union Illini Room A
Event: And another dance! FREE!
Date: October 6
Time: 1-4pm
Location: Illini Room A, Illini Union.
Cost: Free
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(*) Friday October 25 - the Rebels are holding a special dance in
Chevy Chase with a workshop being given by Barry Jones and RAMIRO GONZALES.
Talk about fantastic.
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(*) MUSIC Illinois Swing Traditional, Colinsville, IL, Nov 23
At the American Legion Hall. Swing dancing and competition.
Hours and hours of fun. 314-423-0203 for info.
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(*) Gateway Country Classic, St. Louis, MO
November 22-24, 1996
Dan & Leigha Eshner/Beth Emerson
2392 H. Half Moon Drive
St. Louis, MO 63114
(314)-344-3431 or 1-800-FUN-CTRY
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There's good nightclub dancing every night in C-U. Here's where to find it:
(Taken from http://www.physics.uiuc.edu/projects/dance/misc/cu-dance.html)
(*TUE*) Hustle at Chester Street every tuesday (disco music) night.
"Chester Street" is a nightclub located at 63 Chester Street, just west of
First Street and south of University Ave. in Champaign. 9:00 pm - ?
You'll be able to dance Hustle (mostly), plus West Coast Swing, Merengue
and Cha-cha. Always fun! Free if you enter via the bar door before 9 pm.
$2 at the main door after 9pm.
(*WED*) West Coast Swing at Chester Street every wednesday ('80's music)
night. "Chester Street" is a nightclub located at 63 Chester Street, just
west of First Street and south of University Ave. in Champaign. 9:00 pm -
? You'll be able to dance West Coast Swing (mostly), plus Hustle, Merengue
and Cha-cha. Always fun! Free if you enter via the bar door before 9 pm.
$2 at the main door after 9pm.
* Country music at Bradley's, 1906 W. Bradley Ave, Champaign, 352-8714.
Free lessons 8-9. $1 drinks/$2 cover after 9pm. Large dance floor, and a
smaller dance floor on the second level. Country music is perfect for
swings, west coast swings, country 2-steps, nightclub 2-steps, waltz.
(*THUR*) on Thursday nights, Swing, West Coast Swing, nightclub 2-step to
live blues bands at The Hideaway Restaurant, 701 Devonshire, Champaign.
356-3081. Nice dance floor. No cover charge.
* 80's music at Bradley's, 1906 W. Bradley Ave, Champaign, 352-8714.
$0.75 drafts/$2 cover. Large dance floor, and a smaller dance floor on the
second level. 80's music is good for Hustle, West Coast Swing, Swing, Cha
cha.
(*FRI*) Dan Llano DJ's Salsa and Merengue at The Regent Ballroom in Savoy
every Friday. Call 359-5333 for info.
* (closed for the summer) Gypsy's - 105 N. Market St., Champaign
(around the corner from the Esquire). Dancing is on the 2nd floor.
Small cover charge. Get there early if you want to dance.
Alvin offers Salsa and Merengue lessons at Gypsy at 8:30 on Fridays.
* Country music at Bradley's, 1906 W. Bradley Ave, Champaign, 352-8714.
Free lessons 8-9, Retro Country 9-10, Regular Country 10-1. $2 cover after
9pm/free w/UI ID. Large dance floor, and a smaller dance floor on the
second level. Country music is perfect for swings, west coast swings,
country 2-steps, nightclub 2-steps, waltz.
* Double J Boot Scooters, a Country and Western club located at 119 E.
Washington in Monticello (762-5217). Regular DJ. Dances on Fridays and
Saturdays. Three levels of C/W classes on Sundays and Tuesdays.
(*SAT*) Country music at Bradley's, 1906 W. Bradley Ave, Champaign, 352-8714.
Free lessons 8-9, Country music 9-1. $2 cover after 9pm/free w/UI ID.
Large dance floor, and a smaller dance floor on the second level. Country
music is perfect for swings, west coast swings, country 2-steps, nightclub
2-steps, waltz.
* Double J Boot Scooters, a Country and Western club located at 119 E.
Washington in Monticello (762-5217). Regular DJ. Dances on Fridays and
Saturdays. Three levels of C/W classes on Sundays and Tuesdays.
* Hometown Lanes, Rantoul 201 East Grove, 893-0795.
This bowling alley in Rantoul was converted into a dance hall.
It has 2700 square feet of floor and opened in late October '95.
Heading N on 45 out of Urbana/Champaign, Turn left onto East Grove (you
have gone through 4 stoplights), it's at the end of the first block, on the
right.
Hometown is open for dancing Thursday through Saturday from 8 in the
evening to 1 in the morning. On Thursdays and Sundays they have Country
Line Dance lessons from 8-9 followed by karaoke. They alternate between
DJ's and live bands, information for each night is published on a monthly
calendar.
There is a $2.00 cover charge on the nights with live bands.
(*SUN*) Swing, West Coast Swing, niteclub two step, and the occasional
waltz at the Rose Bowl every sunday night. The Rose Bowl Tavern, 106 N.
Race St, Urbana, 367-7031. Across from the Courier Cafe. Live band almost
every night (closed Mon). Western Wheels, an excellent band, plays Sun and
Tues nights. Gets crowded on Fri + Sat nights. $2 cover on Fri + Sat. No
cover charge otherwise.
* Dan Llano DJ's Salsa and Merengue at The Blind Pig Co., 6 Taylor Street,
Champaign, 351-7444, every Sunday night.
* (closed for the summer) Gypsy's - 105 N. Market St., Champaign
(around the corner from the Esquire). Dancing is on the 2nd floor.
Small cover charge.
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(*) Swing and Salsa dancing in Chicago:
Link to all the Salsa clubs in Chicago, plus the
Complete 1996 Rebel's Swing dance schedule + club listing on DI web page:
http://www.physics.uiuc.edu/projects/dance/misc/chicago-dance.html
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(*) Swing dancing in Indianapolis:
Complete club listing on DI web page:
http://www.physics.uiuc.edu/projects/dance/misc/indy-dance.html
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(*) Swing dancing in St. Louis:
Complete club listing on DI web page:
http://www.physics.uiuc.edu/projects/dance/misc/stlouis-dance.html
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See me for additional info on any of these events.
Mark
m-balzer@uiuc.edu