January 2012 Newsletter
January 2012. The beginning of the new year. In 2011 we celebrated our 15th anniversary and enjoyed a full year of dancing. Dancing, mixers, instruction and many great 4th Saturday shows to enjoy.
Remember this is your organization. Participation will add to the enjoyment. If you have an instructor that does a great job and would like to see them at our 4th Saturday dance let the board know. If you would like to showcase your talents and perform, ask.
Enjoy the year, dance !
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Monthly Dance Lesson
We have been fortunate since our inception to have had the support of the many professional dance instructors around the region. Our monthly dance lesson is during the hour prior to our end of month, (4th Saturday), dance event.
Some months we have an entry level lesson showing the basic steps of one of the many ballroom dances including some of the styling elements. During these months even the most experienced dancers learn things that may have been forgotten.
Other months we have a bit more challenging lesson or a lesson on a more advanced dance. This gives the advanced dancers something to look forward to and our beginning dancers a opportunity to experience something new. One thing we have found is that once the ballroom bug bites it creates an insatiable desire to be better, to know more and to dance often.
4th Saturday Foxtrot & Waltz Mixers
Interspersed in the open dancing are two mixers, the first at about 8:30PM is a Fox Trot and the second, later in the evening, is a Waltz. Both continue to have great participation.
Our mixers make the 4th Saturday dance popular with both couples and singles. The mixers give singles an opportunity to get on the dance floor even if they are to shy to ask someone and gives everyone the chance to dance with partners of all skill levels.
Dancing with different partners allows the men to perfect the difficult task of leading and women the equally tricky job of following. Most instructors recommend dancing with different partners to increase skills and expand the enjoyment of ballroom dance.
Our 4th Saturday Dance
Our many dance instructor friends can be found on the Instruction page of our website. If thinking of lessons please patronize these friends of USA Dance.
Attendees to the 4th Saturday dance enjoy several sets of properly timed recorded music. The 30 minute sets offer a wide and varied range of dance style and tempo selected from different eras.The music selected each month could be from the 1800's through current hits and offer beats that work well for ballroom dancing. Most months our music experts will bias some of the music toward the lesson of the evening but we are always given a great variety and at the end of the evening there is always time for requests, of dance type if not specific songs.
Dance Schedule for January
We have two dances eight months of the year and a single dance in the months of June, July, August and December. See our Schedule