Tag Archives: Blues

Your New Years Resolution

Sundays – Blues (Brouhaha), Lindy Hop vintage/fast swing night (Swing Connexion) Tuesdays – Swing (Le Petit Medley), West Coast Swing (Dance Conmigo) Wednesdays – Lindy Hop w. live music (Les Bobards) Thursdays – Lindy Hop (Le Rialto, once a month), West Coast Swing (Studio 88) Fridays – Lindy Hop (Cats Corner), Blues (some late nights…

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Groovin Out

Check out when the phrase in the music changes and how the rest of the crowd gets into the groove. Really fun night at our last blues dance with a fantasmical band as always led by Patrick Tevlin. Some more clips (but this time on vimeo): http://vimeo.com/22774873 http://vimeo.com/22773750 http://vimeo.com/22772391

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The Essentials

Every two to three weeks, my life transforms into a TLC reality show episode – if I had to pick, probably most like DC Cupcakes. There is usually a seemingly easy enough challenge that I tackle head on with enthusiasm, the moment of anticipated shock when that challenge is… well a challenge, the crisis that…

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That was a hot night

At our dance venue on Yonge & Bloor, people mess around with the temperature of the studio all the time. To combat this, Kevin Sue installed a case-lock around the studio thermostat so that you would need a key to open the case to be able to have access to the studio heating system. Great…

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So What Else is New?

I’m a big fan of statistics. It allows me to accurate gauge how many people we will have turn out for our blues dances in Toronto (2nd and 4th fridays of the month) as well as provide a good base when deciding on what to focus on next. Some key milestones in the past six…

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