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1. DWG LOGO DESIGN CONTEST!
CALLING ALL ARTISTS!
Are you artistic? Do you want to make some extra
cash or have free private classes with Hugo and Grace?
This competition is a call for a logo design which will be
identifiable with Dancing With Grace Productions. It will be
used on the web site, all printed media, our future videos &
e-mail, etc. It will also be used on Professionally Printed
Products and must be sexy, elegant and graceful!
To
register to be in the contest and see the contest rules please go to
http://www.dancingwithgrace.com/logo-contest.html
and submit your name and email address.
Prize Information
1st Place (Choose one of the following:)
$250 Cash
1 Free 2 Day Intermediate/Advanced Workshop (2006)
4 Private Classes
3 Pairs of Your Choice of Moonlight Shoes (Women)
2 Pairs of Moonlight shoes for men and 1 Private Class
2nd Place (Choose one of the following:)
$150.00 Cash
2 Private Classes
2 Pairs of Moonlight Shoes
Free Saturday Night Classes to Gardels for 1 Month
3rd Place (Choose one of the following:)
$75.00 Cash
1 Private Class
1 Pair of Moonlight Shoes
2. Baltimore City Beginner Salsa Classes w/
Sheena (6 Week Sessions)!
Wednesday Salsa Session: Sheena is
teaching a 6 week Session of Beginners Salsa on Wednesdays
at the Baltimore City Harbor View Health
Club. You do not have to be a member of this club to
attend this session. The average session cost at
Harborview is between $60-75.00
When: Wednesday Evening: 7-8 p.m. Last
Class November 9, 2005.
Where: Harborview Health Club - 100 Harborview Drive (Off of Key Highway near new Ritz Condos downtown)
For more information call: 410-752-3488
3. La Palapa Beginner &
Beginner-Intermediate Classes For The Dedicated Learner!
Feel like brushing up on basic salsa or learning your cross
body lead with a turn? Try Antonio and Elsy on at the
quaint La Palapa on Main Street in Ellicott City. If you
can't make it on Tuesday or Saturdays night to our other
classes, then this is the perfect place to be. Class
prices will increase to $10 per class or $15 for both.
Salsa Beginners I-III 8-8:50 p.m.: We all
need to practice our beginner steps and movements! If
you cant dance all of your basics to fast music you still
need to take this class!
Beginner Intermediate Salsa or Bachata 9-9:50 p.m.:
Depending on how many people request Bachata or Salsa this
class is open for our instructor to choose which dance to
teach. Salsa: Practice the most important movement in salsa
by learning/leading your cross body lead with a turn in a
beginner intermediate combination if you are ready or
Beginner Intermediate Bachata Moves!
No Classes at La Palapa November 24, 2005 (Thanksgiving
Holiday)
No Classes at La Palapa December 29, 2005 (Christmas
Season)
4. Tuesday Nights at the Promenade Dancesport Facility.
Bachata Series Class Coming Soon! Sign up Today!
November:
- Beginner Salsa I-II 7-8 p.m.
- Intermediate Salsa Technique 7-8 p.m.
- Beginner Salsa II-III 8-9 p.m.
- Intermediate/Advanced Salsa Combination 8-9 p.m.
December-January Bachata Series Class:
7-8 p.m. every Tuesday Night
December 6-January 31, 2006 (No Classes December 27, 2005)
Want a progressive Bachata Class? Learn the
fastest growing dance in America next to salsa!
Bachata is a fun and sexy dance. Grace & Sheena will
be teaching this fabulous Bachata Series. Learn how
to spin with your partner!
Bachata 8 week series class: $75.00 for the series
or $15 drop in classes. For Your Information:
The reason drop in classes are expensive is because
when people drop in the series class slows down so I want
them to pay more since I will have to have someone else
take them to the side to catch them up to the class.
Save money by signing up and paying on-line by clicking
here.
No refunds for classes that you do not attend.
December/January Salsa Schedule:
Beginner I-III Salsa 7-8 p.m.
Beginner Intermediate 8-9 p.m.: Learn Cross
Body Lead with Turns!! & How to Lead them well w/Beginner
Intermediate Patterns.
Bachata Series (7-8 p.m.)
Intermediate/Advanced Salsa 8-9 p.m: Combinations.
NO CLASSES DECEMBER 27, 2005
Promenade Dance Sport Facility on 2605 Lord Baltimore
Drive. For directions and more information click here.
5. Saturday Night Salsa Classes at Gardel’s
To our students at Gardels. Thank you so much for your
continued support and interest in the dance of Salsa.
We encourage you to take cha-cha classes in December
(details below) so that you can understand latin dance
better!
CLASSES ARE HELD ON THE SECOND FLOOR! $10.00 Each
If you come at 9
and pay downstairs, you should receive a ticket and hand it
to our sign in person. You should not have to pay
twice (to get in and for the class).
November:
- Salsa
Beginners Level
I-II: 8-9 p.m.
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Intermediate Level I Technique: 8-9 p.m.
- Hot Salsa Beginners Level II-III:
9-10 p.m.
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Intermediate Level III-Advanced 9-10 p.m.
December classes:
Cha-Cha-Cha, see below.
Gardel’s Supper Club is located
on 29 S. Front Street, right across from the Port Discovery
Balloon on the other side of President Street. Its
18,000 Square feet big and has 3 floors so if you haven’t
been come join us.
For directions and more information click here.
Warning: If you come for the 9:00 PM lesson at 9:00 PM or 1 minute afterward, the owner will charge you an entry fee of $10.00 at the door;
you should receive a ticket. If you want to take the
Intermediate/Advanced class hand the ticket to the sign in
person and do not pay cash for the class. You should
not have to pay at the door and at the class too! By the way, I think their clock is 5 minutes fast. Please come early so you can get in free and only have to pay for the class.
No Jeans, No Sneakers!
6. December Cha-Cha-Cha Classes at Gardels!
Leslie & Dan Darlington are scheduled to come to
teach Cha-Cha-Cha classes in December 2005 so plan to get
your cha-cha groove on!
First Floor Demonstration: 7:30 p.m.
Beginners 8-9 p.m.
Intermediate 9-10 p.m.
Dan and Leslie
Darlington each studied ballroom and Latin dancing since the
early 1980's. Dan's training also includes swing dance;
Leslie's in classical dances (ballet, modern and jazz.)
When Dan moved to Baltimore from San Francisco in 1989, he
brought with him the freshness of West Coast Swing and his
peers were impressed with his dancing. He was encouraged to
teach these new moves and his lessons soon expanded to
include East Coast Swing and St. Louis Shag, then ballroom
dance. His teaching venues include: Swing on a Star
(Philadelphia Swing Dance Society) Glen Echo Spanish
Ballroom (Washington Swing Dance Council) Avalon Dance
Studio, the Potomac Swing Club, The Promenade Dance Sport,
and the Towson Dance Studio.
Leslie's dance and
performing experience started at age 6 and her classical
training extended into college, where she was a member of
the Towson University Dance Company. During a winter college
break, she auditioned for and was accepted as a dancer for a
one ring circus Circus America
that performed at the Nissan Center (former Capital Center).
After college, she performed with a modern dance troupe
called Movement Arts Parasol. During college, she
taught dance for Baltimore County Recreation and Parks,
Towson University Children's program and Lester Holmes
dance studio. Her students have ranged in age from 4 to 74.
Soon after learning ballroom dance she competed and taught.
Most recently, the
Darlingtons have taught at the Towson Dance Studio and the
Promenade Dance Sport in Baltimore. Collectively Dan and
Leslie have hundreds of hours of training, performances,
workshops, showcases, dinner shows, dance conventions and
teaching experiences under their belts.
For the past three
years, they have been members of "Capital Swing" a
competitive West Coast Swing dance team based in Bethesda,
Maryland. Capital Swing captured first place at "Swing
Fling" competition August 2002, third place
at"The Virginia State Open"
competition September 2002, first place MAD Jam, 2003
and first place at 2005 Swing Fling. Dan and Leslie are
gearing up for another team competition this coming fall.
Meanwhile, they are
available for demos and dance entertainment for corporate
and individual parties. They also teach privately from their
home in Catonsville, Maryland. For more information, visit
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~ldarlington
7. Performance Class Sign Up.
Are you interested in taking your dancing to a new level? We are now signing people up for a performance class session. During this session a group of students will learn a choreography that they will perform at the end of the session. Depending on how well the class does together, you may or may not be chosen to perform at some of the upcoming parties to be held by DWG. The class is responsible for training on a specific class evening and then getting together at least once a week without me to practice what you have learned in class. If you are interested please sign up. This class can also be taken by DWG instructors who are not yet in the performance arena for $150.00. This is a 6 week session that costs $300.00 to non-DWG employees. If you aren't ready to dedicate time and serious effort please do not take this session. You must be an Intermediate II-III to Advanced Dancer (capable of many intricate patterns and at least attempting double turns and footwork). You may have the opportunity to be hired by DWG as a performer if you do well enough. To sign up for this class email Grace's Assistant Elsybel at elsybel@dancingwithgrace.com. Be on the lookout for the date of this class. Once I have enough people signed up, I will announce the date and time.
8. New Photo Gallery Added to DWG's Website; Be on the lookout
for your face!
Hugo has been working very hard at creating a photo gallery for the DWG website. Check out photos of the
beginner and intermediate video filming by clicking here.
If you like what you see tell Hugo by emailing him at
hugo@dancingwithgrace.com; the encouragement would be appreciated!
9. Dancing With Grace Productions Has A Job Opportunity For
You!
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Married Couple to Train as Instructors
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Grace and Hugo
will also consider hiring couples who are married or
engaged as we think being taught by a couple is better
than just 1 instructor. For an interview please email Grace Badillo at:
grace@dancingwithgrace.com. We want you to be on
our team!
11. Events for Your Entertainment!
33rd State Dance Festival November 11-13, 2005
Take classes from teachers in a variety of dance forms.
Try Salsa, African Dance, Flamenco, Caribbean Dance,
Alexander technique, partnering, funk tap, plus an array
of the standards on all levels, ballet, jazz, modern and
tap.
www.marylanddance.org Dancing With Grace is not
teaching at this event but volunteering only.
LOTS OF DANCE at the Kennedy Center
The Jose Limon dance Company performs Nov. 2 & 3
at 7:30pm. For nearly 60 years, Limón Dance Company has
championed the pioneering movement technique and
philosophy of theater developed by Mexican-American
choreographer José Limón and his mentors, Doris Humphrey
and Charles Weidman. Renowned for his powerful masculine
dancing, Limón created amazingly athletic works that
celebrate the grandeur of the human spirit and draw from a
lush diversity of sources, including Shakespeare's
Othello, Milton's Paradise Lost, Mexican
fiestas, Native American culture, Greek mythology, ancient
Judaism, and the music of Beethoven and Bach in the
Terrace Theater ($25) at the Kennedy Center; and The
Washington Ballet begins their 5 day run of Carmen on Nov.
2. The season's opening triple bill features Septime
Webre's smoldering Carmen. This passion-filled
portrayal of its feisty title character is set to Bizet's
spirited score and complemented by Picasso-inspired
designs. Also on the program: The Company premiere of
Twyla Tharp's snappy and playfully aggressive Nine
Sinatra Songs, set to the swank sounds of Ol' Blue
Eyes and bedecked in costumes by Oscar de la Renta; plus
Balanchine's sweeping, intricately musical Serenade- in
the Eisenhower Theater ($19-$110).
Stephanie Powell DanseEnsemble presents An Evening of
Dance on November 12, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. at the Baltimore
Museum of Art: Tix $15
Information: 410-243-7681 or email
spowell@towson.edu
Many of my students dance hustle with Dance Champions
Jonathan GQ Bowers & Ivanna Matsuka. So come to the
Ballroom Dance Party Friday December 16, 2005 from 7 till
?? They will have a spectacular show and a $10
Workshop from 8-9 p.m. (International Style Hustle) For
Beginners/Intermediate at The Promenade!
Promenade Dance Sport Facility on 2605 Lord Baltimore
Drive. For directions and more information click here.
Call to reserve your table: 410-277-0234
12. Great Gift
Ideas: Private Class Packages for Christmas!
All gift packages expire May 1st 2006.
Salsa Beginners Delight Package: $115.00
- 1 One Hour Private Class
- 1 Group Class at Club Mate or La Palapa
- 1 Salsa w/ Grace Beginner DVD
Options: Customize your package by adding
- 1 pair of Moonlight Dance Shoes for $70.00
- 1 Salsa w/Grace Intermediate DVD for $25.00
Salsa Beginners Delight Package: $180.00
- 2 One Hour Private Classes
- 2 Group Classes at Gardels
- 1 Salsa With Grace Beginner DVD
Options: Customize your package by adding
- 1 pair of Moonlight Dance Shoes for $70.00
- 1 Salsa w/Grace Intermediate DVD for $25.00
Salsa Savvy Private Class Package: $180.00
- 3 One Hour Private Classes
Salsa Clave Intermediate Dance Package: $250.00
- 3 One Hour Private Classes
- 2 Group Classes at Gardels
- 1 Salsa With Grace Intermediate DVD
Options: Customize your package by adding
- 1 pair of Moonlight Dance Shoes for $70.00
- 1 Salsa w/Grace Beginner DVD for $25.00
Salsa w/Love Package A (For Couples Only): $185.00
- 1 One Hour Private Class
- 1 Month of Group Classes at Any DWG Location
- 1 Salsa w/Grace Beginner or Intermediate DVD
Options:
Customize your package by adding
- 2 pairs of Moonlight Dance Shoes for $140.00
Salsa w/Love Package B (For Couples Only): $300.00
- 3 One Hour Private Classes
- 1 Month of Group Classes at Any DWG Location
- 1 Salsa w/Grace Beginner or Intermediate DVD
Options: Customize your package by adding
- 2 pairs of Moonlight Dance Shoes for $140.00
HARDCORE Salsa Private Class Package: $600.00
- 10 One Hour Private Classes
- 2 Months of Free Group Classes at Gardels or Club Mate
HARDCORE Salsa Private Class Package for Couples: $750.00
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10 One Hour Private Classes
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2 Months of Free Group Classes at Gardels or Club Mate
2006 DWG Salsa Membership Package: $1500.00
- Free Group Salsa Classes at the Promenade in 2006!
- 10 One Hour Private Classes.
- 2 Pairs of Moonlight Dance Shoes.
- 2 Free Months of Salsa Classes at Gardels or La Palapa.
- VIP status at any DWG Parties.
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