Category Archives: Blues
It took us half a year but I believe that the Yonge & Bloor blues community is starting to find its own footing in the overall social dance scene in Toronto.
Last year was the year that I started venturing out to blues exchanges and workshop weekends. Last year was also the year where I decided that “this dance” was a dance that I could really get into and it was worth the time to actually dedicate into learning. I have always liked dancing to blues...
Inspiration is a magical thing, a productivity multiplier, a motivator. But it won’t wait for you. Inspiration is a now thing. If it grabs you, grab it right back and put it to work. Stop what you are doing right now and watch this clip. Don’t worry, I’ll wait until you’re finished watching. ;-)
Wow what a great first class for our (Kathleen and I) first progressive beginner blues series! I can’t even describe how pumped up I am about having dancers come out and support blues dancing in Toronto. So how did we do it? Honestly… it’s easier than you think. just lots and lots of hard work....
When you are organizing dance events, it’s important to keep things fresh as much as possible not just for yourself but also for the tireless volunteers to help out to make that dance event successful. Here are a couple of things that we did for the Yonge & Bloor Blues dance event, “Jelly Roll Blues” to keep things fresh.
Quick update about the Yonge & Bloor Blues event on friday. So it went relatively smoothly and we had eighty plus dancers show up throughout the night. Wowee! The attendees number is very promising because at least we know there is interest and momentum to continue having monthly blues dances at the studio. Truth be...