Blues Dancing in Toronto

May 11th Blues Dance

Randy — Sat, 05 May 2012 00:51:41 +0000

Come get your mojo workin’ at our May Blues Dance! Intermediate drop-in blues lesson at 9:30pm – learn some sweet moves! Dress to Impress Vintage style.

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DJs:
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* 10-11:30pm: Hong Kong John Wong
* 11:30pm-closing: “DeezLish” Liz Cope

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PRICE
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* $8 admission with lesson!

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INTERMEDIATE DROP-IN LESSON
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* 9:30 – 10:00pm Intermediate blues drop-in lesson with Jukin’ Jules & Danielle Nash.

Sly Blue April 10th and 11th

Randy — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:00:07 +0000

Sly Blue will be playing on Tuesday and Wednesday night in Toronto on April 10th and 11th! This is a great, great band!

Tuesday - http://www.facebook.com/events/277181412363008/

Wednesday - http://www.facebook.com/events/393108034033202/

April 13th Blues Dance

Randy — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:25:37 +0000

April 13th blues dance at Habeebas Dance Studio! We will have two drop-in classes at 9-9:45pm! A beginner and an INTERMEDIATE blues dance lesson!

Slow Drag Workshop on March 31st

Randy — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:46:46 +0000

A two hour workshop on blues dancing to work on blues fundamental techniques in one session. Interested in learning how to blues dance and enjoy going to the dances? Well this is the right workshop for you!

Facebook Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/events/247520422002571/
Registration link: http://guestli.st/92811

=== LEVEL DESCRIPTION ===

This workshops is appropriate for those who consider themselves in the introductory stage of their blues dance LEARNING. We are aiming for this workshop to be specifically for two types of people:

* You have never formally taken a blues workshop series in blues dancing before (but might have gone social dancing)… OR

* You have taken a couple of blues drop-ins and go social dancing but want to work on your blues dance technique more in-depth.

=== CLASS SYLLABUS ===
* Intro to slow drag blues with all the proper techniques.
* Spins and lunges.
* Partnering exercises in open position.
* Partnering in close embrace

=== INSTRUCTORS ===
* Randy Panté – blues dj, dancer, and instructor. Multiple solo blues and jack&jill winner and finalist.

=== LOCATION ===
* Dovercourt House, bottom studio
* 805 Dovercourt Road

=== PRICE ===
* $20 early registration before March 28th
** Registration link: http://guestli.st/92811

* $30 at the door

My Daddy Rocks Me with One Steady Roll

Randy — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:46:06 +0000

Our next blues dance is on Friday, March 23, 2012! If you Facebook RSVP before March 20th, the dance is only $5! Our teachers for the evening will be Charlie Foster and Kathleen Lina. Check out the Facebook link for more details!

===DJs===

* DJ Jukin’ Jules
* DJ Hong Kong John Wong
* DJ Alex Lafortune (debut!!!)

===PRICE===

* $5 with Facebook RSVP before March 20th.
* $8 regular admission.

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My daddy rocks me with one steady roll /
There’s no slippin’ when he once takes hold /
I looked at the clock and the clock struck one /
I said “Now Daddy, ain’t we got fun.” /
He kept rockin’ with one steady roll.

Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/events/377630545583236/

Feb. 24 – Speakeasy Blues Dance

Randy — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:19:21 +0000

Our next dance will be on February 24th at Habeebas. CELEBRATING two years of speakeasy super fun blues dancing. Say whaaaaatttt? Yup – two years!!! From our humble beginnings at Yonge & Bloor Studio (the one room hot-house) to the appropriately sketchy location of Habeebas, we are still dancing strong to hot blues tracks.

FACEBOOK LINK: http://www.facebook.com/events/332105863500864/

oin us for some great DJ tunes, friendly (bzzr?) faces, and some sweeeeet blues dancing.

PLEASE NOTE THE TIME – We are starting and ending late!

— SCHEDULE —

10:00-10:30pm – SOLO BLUES drop-in class with Randy Panté. Have a drink then shake your tail feathers for the first ever solo blues drop-in class! We’re going to learn some badass solo blues moves from multiple-time solo blues champion Randy for jammin’ as well incorporate into your partnered dancing.

10:30pm-2:00am – BLOOZ UNTIL LATE!

— ADMISSION —

* $8
** $5 with Facebook RSVP before Feb. 20th

TUX Blues this Weekend

Randy — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:58:37 +0000

While there is no Toronto Blues Dance this weekend, there is however this great event called TUX that is having blues dances late at night on Friday and Saturday night! For more info please check out their link: http://ut-swing.info/tux5/

Jan. 13 Blues Dance at Habeebas!

Randy — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:10:51 +0000

+ Modern Day Juke-Joint! Our first dance of the New Year at Habeebas Dance studio! More details to come!

WHERE?: Habeeba’s Dance Studio – 179 Dundas St E, Toronto, ON M5A1Z4

* 9:30pm-10:00pm – LEARN some sweet dance moves.
* 10:00pm-2:00am – SHAKE YOUR TAIL FEATHERS.

Facebook Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/events/153603064744498/

Sly Blue @ Dovercourt – January 20

Randy — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:00:21 +0000

Blues Dance Party featuring the live blues music of the awesome New York City band Sly Blue! 9:10pm to past 1am

Blues Dance beginner classes 7pm to 8pm and 8pm to 9pm. Take both classes or take either one. Each class is different. No prior experience needed.

Link: http://www.odd-socks.org/blues.htm

End of A Great Year

Randy — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:08:10 +0000

Well there you have it – an end to a great year of blues dancing in Toronto. See you all back in 2012 and stay tuned on this site or on our Facebook fan page for upcoming dances.