First Friday Blues Pictures. June 04, 2010.
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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.
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.
Last night, at the end of Yonge and Bloor Blues, after our last blues song we turned back on all the lights and I played a couple soul/motown songs to wrap up the night. The people who were still around and still wanted to dance got a chance to bust out the moves one more...
This quarter was the first time I have actually taught a continuous set of blues lessons in my life. There I’ve said it. The cat is out of the bag! I mean I have always been trying to figure out moves with my friends even before I even knew it was called “blues dancing”. I...
Note: the above image was not taken in Ontario. Here is a quick view of where I will be teaching and DJ’ing in March: March 12 – Dovercourt – Blues March 13 – OWO (London, Ontario) – Lindy Hop Workshop March 26 – Dovercourt – Blues