April Newsletter
April showers brings DANCING IN THE RAIN!
...and a new website! We launched the new design of our Sugar Swing website - check it out here! As well, March was packed full of great dance events, including live bands, student nights, new classes, and workshops, workshops, workshops, oh my! April is sure to bring a great month of dancing, hopefully a little more relaxed, but still throwing our weekly ring-a-ding-ding wingdings (1930s slang for a good-time party)!
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Upcoming Classes
Beginner Swing
Jitterbug Swing: Charleston at 6pm, Wednesday, April 9
Jitterbug Swing: Lindy at 8:20pm, Monday, May 5
Jitterbug Swing: Complete Program at 8:20pm, Monday, May 5-August 11
Jitterbug Swing: Jive at 7:10pm, Wednesday, May 7
Jitterbug Swing: Complete Program at 7:10pm, Wednesday, May 7-July 30
Intermediate/Advanced
Lindy Hop 2A at 7:10pm, Wednesday, April 9
Lindy Hop 3C: Instructor Choice at 8:20pm, Wednesday, April 9
Lindy Hop 2A at 6pm, Monday, May 5
Lindy Hop 2: Complete Program at 6pm, Monday May 5-August 11
Lindy Hop 2B at 6pm, Wednesday, May 7
Lindy Hop 2: Complete Program at 6pm, Wednesday May 7-July 30
Lindy Hop 3C at 7:10pm, Monday, May 5
Lindy Hop 3: Complete Program at 7:10pm, Monday May 5-August 11
Partnered
Bal-Swing with Julie and Birkley at 6pm, Tuesday, April 8
Bal-Swing 2A at 6pm, Tuesday, May 13
Bal-Swing 2: Complete Program at 6pm, Tuesday May 13-August 6
Classes start on Tuesdays at 6pm and switch to Wednesdays at 8:20pm on June 4
Slow Dance & Blues 1A at 6pm, Thursday, May 15
Slow Dance & Blues Complete Program at 6pm, Thursday, May 15-July 31
Solo
Rhythm Tap 1.5 at 7:10pm, Tuesday, May 6
Rhythm Tap 2 at 8:20pm, Tuesday, May 6
Solo Jazz 2A at 8:20pm, Wednesday, May 7
Solo Jazz: Complete Program at 8:20, Wednesday, May 7-July 29
Classes start on Wednesdays and switch to Tuesdays at 6pm on June 3
Specialty
Practice Session – Saturdays at 6pm
Only $5 - Practice, refine, and have space to move!
Traditional Jazz Improvisation with Brad Shigeta, Saturdays at 3-5pm (currently on hold until further notice)
Weekly Dance Update
Thursday Dances – click here!
Friday and Saturday Dances – click here!
Volunteering – click here!
Thurs April 3 - Ivory Blues
Fri April 4 - LIVE Friday Night Stomp with Billie Zizi
Sat April 5 - Sugar Foot Stomp
Lindy Bout in Vancouver
Thurs April 10 - Jump Session
Fri April 11 - Balboa Formal
Sat April 12 – LIVE Sugar Foot Stomp with Sexual Chocolate
Thurs April 17 - Ivory Blues
Fri April 18 - Friday Night Stomp - Play Around the World fundraiser
Sat April 19 - Sugar Foot Stomp
Thurs April 24 - Jump Session
Fri April 25 - Friday Night Stomp
Sat April 26 - Sugar Foot Stomp
Thurs May 1 – Ivory Blues
Fri May 2 – Friday Night Stomp
Sat May 3 – Sugar Foot Stomp
Check our Facebook page and website for upcoming special dance events at the Ballroom!
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Events
Edmonton Special Events
Spring Fling 2014 with Swing Out Edmonton - May 9-11
See here for details!
Summer Solstice Swing Dance Festival - June 20-22
Hosted by Sugar Swing! Premier musicians, all night dances, great party weekend!
Swing Kids Dance Camp - July 14-25
Sugar Swing is hosting it's very own kids swing-dance camp. Week one is grades 1-3, week 2 is grade 4-6. More information coming soon!
In Alberta...Canada West... Beyond
Lindy Bout - Vancouver, BC, April 4-6
Canadian Swing Championships - Montreal, QC, May 16-19
Winnipeg's Summer of Blues Workshop Series - May and July
Frankie 100 - New York, NY, May 22 – 26
International Lindy Hop Championships - Washington, DC, August 21 - 24
International Summer workshops
Camp Jitterbug - Seattle, WA, May 29 – June 1
Herrang Dance Camp - Herrang, Sweden, June 28- Aug 2
Beantown Camp - Beverly, Massachusettes, June 26 - July 3
Studio hop Summer Camp - Toulouse, France, July 28 - August 24
Camp Hollywood - Los Angeles, California, August 29 - September 1
Thank You's
Thank you to our community for representing us so well at all the events in Western Canada in March!
Thank you to everyone who came out to our Community Appreciation Pizza Party on March 15! It was great to see familiar faces and meet some new people, as well as cut a rug chowing down on some pizza pie. Thanks for the suggestions, which can still be left on the table beside the front doors.
Enough cannot be said to all of you who volunteer for our weekly dances and our volunteer leads or follows!
A shout out to our March dance volunteers: Jamie, Travis, Ryan, Lindsey, Derek, Kathleen, Tawnie, Michael, Steven, Victoria, Jessica, Peter, Azadeh, Amber, Tara, Coleen, and others that I missed!
Balboa and Bal-Swing
Here at Sugar Swing we are interested in offering you great instruction, fun dances, and good music. We aim to create a friendly learning environment and accessible dances. But, we are also invested in the history of swing; thus, we bring you BALBOA.
A little bit about Balboa:
Originally a closed position dance strictly called Balboa, it later developed to include fancy swing moves and became Bal-Swing or California Swing.
The "Balboa" got its name from the Balboa Peninsula at Newport Beach, near Los Angeles in California. The dance was first done at the beach Pavilion and then latterly at the famous Rendezvous Ballroom. The dance developed in the late 1920's. By the early 1930's it had become sufficiently well known to be given its name. People from the LA area who'd seen it started referring to it as 'The Balboa' or the dance being done in Balboa. The dance spread up the coast through the beach resorts of Huntington, Long Beach, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, Venice Beach, and finally into the greater LA basin area.
More info can be found at The Lindy Circle.
Balboa is a fine mixture of dances, and should definitely be explored by any lindy hopper who loves to dance! It is sometimes challenging; completion of our Jitterbug series is suggested, or previous balboa experience. Julie Kiraly and Birkley Wisniewski, our trusty master teachers here, have been attending many Balboa workshops in anticipation to bring this dance form to Edmonton. Continually broadening their knowledge, they are great teachers who offer a lot in terms of integrity and clarity.
Here's what we are offering in the near future. Help us make Balboa a bigger thing in Edmonton!
Bal-Swing classes start Tuesday, April 8 or May 13 @ 6pm
Balboa Formal dance - Friday, April 11 @ 8pm, with lesson
Bookings
Mad Cat Swing - This swing dance performance group usually sends out 2, 4, or 6+ dancers to entertain or teach people at both private and public events, such as continuing care centres, schools, corporate events, birthdays, weddings, and festivals. You name it!
Private Lessons - Julie, Birkley, and Krystal regularly offer private lessons from beginner to advanced levels, either in their home studios or at the ballroom. Contact them for yours!
Rentals - The Sugar Foot Ballroom is available to rentals! It is also available for very-affordable rehearsal bookings in the $8-$18/hr range. Check out
Rentals and Bookings.
A Little Inspiration
“We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
AND...
In honour of our BALBOA CLASSES AND DANCE coming up, here's a look at the Balboa Invitational Jack&Jill at Lindyfest!
Get Connected
For more information on classes or the Sugar Swing community, visit us at:
www.sugarswing.com
www.sugarfootballroom.com
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