Hello Gainesville Ocala Area Dancers and Friends,
Friday starts Swing Dance USA in St. Petersburg. Go for the weekend or just the day. It is worth the trip. www.SwingDanceUSA.com.
UF Swing Club is not meeting this Friday because of Swing Dance USA.
Dubravko and Elke come to the rescue again this weekend with a Tango class and dancing this Friday night.
Next Wednesday June 2 join Josh and Brianne's at their monthly West Coast Swing dance at the Eagles Club.
The Florida Folk Festival is this weekend at Stephen Foster Memorial Park in White Springs, about an hour and half north of Gainesville off of I-75.
The Florida Folk Festival is Florida's largest and the nations longest continually running folk festival with music, dancing, crafts, performances and lots of things to do.
www.floridastateparks.org/folkfest
At 3:00 pm the Klezmer band Chutzpah is playing on the main stage. From 5 to 7 pm, I will be joining Chutzpah to lead a Klezmer dance on the Heritage stage. Hope to see you there.
Tango instructor Mimi Santapa from Argentina is coming to Tallahassee June 18-20 and Gainesville June 26. Contact Gordon gerlebacher@fsu.edu
From Mercedes, South Africa futbol dance www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEXOSDcT3H0
Happy Dancing,
Andy
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Schedule: confirm all programs before going
1. Thursday 5/27 - Tango Y Te
2. Thursday 5/27 - English Country Dance
3. Thursday 5/27 - Israeli Dancing
4. Friday 5/28 - International Folk Dancing
5. Friday 5/28 - Argentine Tango with Dubravko
6. Fri-Sun 5/28-30 - Florida Folk Festival
7. Fri-Sun 5/28-30 - Swing Dance USA www.SwingDanceUSA.com
8. Wednesday 6/02 - West Coast Swing Party with Josh and Brianne
9. Friday 6/04 - UF Swing Club
10. Sunday 6/06 - Contra Dance
11. Wednesday 6/09 - West Coast Swing with Josh and Brianne
12. Saturday 6/12 - Tango Encanto
13. Fri-Sun 6/18-20 - Tango with Mimi Santapa in Tallahassee
14. Saturday 6/26 - - Tango with Mimi Santapa in Gainesville
15. Saturday 6/26 - Tango Encanto
16. Thu-Sun 7/1-4 - Orlando Salsa Conference www.orlandocongress.com
Other:
- Imperial Dance Studio: in addition to traditional ballroom dances, they are now teaching Argentine Tango and West Coast Swing. See www.ImperialDanceStudio.net
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1. Thursday 5/27 - Tango Y Te
Confirm before going and get location
6:30 - 7:30 : Study Group
7:30 - 10:00 : General Practice
$7, $4 students
David, david.chayes@gmail.com, 352-328-7916, www.tangoyte.com
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2. Thursday 5/27 - English Country Dance
601 S Main Street
6:30 - 9:30
Annette Merritt, flamerritt@hotmail.com
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3. Thursday 5/27 - Israeli Dancing with Ariela
Confirm with Ariela before going
B'nai Israel, 3830 NW 16 Blvd
7:00 - 9:30 : Israeli Dancing
Ariela, 352 213 3863, anotzer@yahoo.com
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4. Friday 5/21 - International Folk Dancing
4225 NW 34th St, Gainesville, Florida
8:00 - 9:00 : Beginners instruction
9:00 - 9:30 : Advanced instruction
9:30 - 11:00 : Dancing
$3 per person (to pay the rent of the dance room), $1 students
Dance to a different beat. No partners needed and all ages welcome. Member of the Florida Folk Dance Council.
Jack Seltzer, gainesvilleifd@gmail.com, 352-359-2903
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5. Friday 5/28 - Argentine Tango with Dubravko
Unified Training Center, 809 W University Ave
8:00 - 11:00 : Tango Practice, class and dancing
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6. Fri-Sun 5/28-30 - Florida Folk Festival
White Springs, FL
May 28 - May 30
Saturday May 29
3:00 - 4:00 : Chutzpah Klezmer band performs
5:00 - 7:00 : Klezmer Dance with the band Chutzpah and Andrew Weitzen
www.floridastateparks.org/folkfest/
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8. Wednesday 6/02 - West Coast Swing Party with Josh and Brianne
Eagles Club, 4562 NW 13th Street
7:00 - East and West Coast Swing class and dancing
$3 members, $5 non-members
Joshua Angel and Brianne Nelson, joshuadancer79@gmail.com
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9. Friday 6/04 - UF Swing Club
Reitz Union, UF Campus, Room 349
8:00 - 11:00
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10. Sunday 6/06 - Contra Dance
Boltin Center, 516 NE 2 Avenue
3:30 - 4:00 : Contra dance lesson
4:00 - 7:00 : Contra dance
$7, $5 students
gods@godsdance.org
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11. Wednesday 6/09 - West Coast Swing with Josh and Brianne
Eagles Club, 4562 NW 13th Street
7:00 - East and West Coast Swing class and dancing
$3 members, $5 non-members
Joshua Angel and Brianne Nelson, joshuadancer79@gmail.com
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12. Saturday 6/12 - Tango Encanto
Evolve Pilates & Fitness, 6450 SW Archer Road, 2nd floor, Gainesville, FL. Near Beef O'Bradys in the "Kanapaha Station" plaza.
8:30 - 12:30 - Tango Encanto milonga
Our Encanto milonga is just around the corner, please come and join us this Friday. Friends, smiles, music, drinks and food - always welcomed. See you soon on the dance floor.
$10 per person, $5 for minors and students with valid ID, for the dance. Payable to Tango Encanto.
No street shoes are permitted…proper dance shoes are required so that we don't damage the beautiful floor.
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13. Fri-Sun 6/18-20 - Tango with Mimi Santapa in Tallahassee
www.facebook.com/pages/Tango-at-El-Laguito/101437073233720
Gordon, gerlebacher@fsu.edu
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14. Saturday 6/26 - - Tango with Mimi Santapa in Gainesville
Evolve Pilates & Fitness, 6450 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL
1:00 - 2:30 : Men and women technique: axis, posture, elegance
2:45 - 4:15 : Vals cruzado: sacadas and contrafrente
4:30 - 6:00 : Vals cruzado: variations on the giro
$25 per workshop, $60 for all three
All topics will be interlaced with tips and basic principles that relate to balance, posture, axis, connection with the partner, and of the course,the embrace.
Gordon, gerlebacher@fsu.edu
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15. Saturday 6/26 - Tango Encanto
Evolve Pilates & Fitness, 6450 SW Archer Road, 2nd floor, Gainesville, FL. Near Beef O'Bradys in the "Kanapaha Station" plaza.
8:30 - 12:30 - Tango Encanto milonga
Our Encanto milonga is just around the corner, please come and join us this Friday. Friends, smiles, music, drinks and food - always welcomed. See you soon on the dance floor.
$10 per person, $5 for minors and students with valid ID, for the dance. Payable to Tango Encanto.
No street shoes are permitted…proper dance shoes are required so that we don't damage the beautiful floor.
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