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1. DWG LOGO DESIGN CONTEST!
Deadline Extended!
For those of you who have been working on a logo for our
contest you are in luck! Because of some requests and
recent holiday we have extended the deadline to December
10, 2005. If you are interested and haven't entered
the contest read below.
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. 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 December 29, 2005 (Christmas
Season)
3. Tuesday Nights at the Promenade Dancesport Facility.
Bachata Series Class Coming Soon! Sign up Today!
December:
- Beginner Salsa 7-8 p.m.
- Bachata Series Class 7-8 p.m.
- Beginner Intermediate Salsa 8-9 p.m. Bored in the
beginner class and need to learn more to get into the
Intermediate/Advanced class? Here is your chance.
Work on how to lead a Cross Body Lead with a turn,
Beginner Intermediate Patterns and how to do different
styles of this as a follower including your footwork
breakdown on the turns!
- Intermediate/Advanced Salsa Combinations 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.
NO CLASSES DECEMBER 27, 2005
Promenade Dance Sport Facility on 2605 Lord Baltimore
Drive. For directions and more information click here.
4. Saturday Night Salsa Classes at Gardel’s
Learn Salsa with the only Certified Salsa Instructors in the
State of Maryland, DC, Virginia, and Pennsylvania!
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).
January Schedule:
- Salsa Beginners
Level I-II: 8-9 p.m. Learn the Basics!
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Beginner Intermediate: 8-9 p.m. Cross Body Lead
With Turns!
- Hot Salsa Beginners Level II-III:
9-10 p.m. Beginner Combinations!
- Intermediate
Level III-Advanced: 9-10 p.m. Classy Combinations!
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!
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!
5. 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
6. 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.
We will be having an information meeting about this type of
class coming up soon. We are looking at an April 2006
date for beginning this class so if you are not an
intermediate dancer yet but are interested, you do have time
to work on your dancing level before you enter this class.
During this session a group of students will learn a choreography that they will perform at the end of the session
at a non-threatening location to start. 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 is a 6 week session that costs $300.00 to non-DWG employees.
This class can also be taken by DWG instructors who are not
yet in the performance arena for $150.00 and is worth 50
training hours. 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. Be on the lookout for the date of this class. Once I have enough people signed up, I will announce the date and time
of the meeting.
7. Events for Your Entertainment and more.
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
8. Mad Hot Ballroom Documentary
"Mad Hot Ballroom" is a film documentary about a group of New York City kids
training for a ballroom dancing competition. To read two articles about this documentary click on the following links:
A Matter of Life and Dance
Where Kids Stand on Their Own Two Feet
9. Club Mate: No Classes.
We will no longer be having
classes at Club Mate due to the full schedule we are facing
for 2006. We may do a session next year there so be on
the look out!
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