October 2018 Swing & Blues Dancing Update
October 3, 2018
Here is the latest news for Reno Swing Dancing!
1. Wednesday Swing Dancing – October Class Schedule
2. Halloween Dance!
3. Blues Dancing Update
4. Get your T-Shirts!
1. Wednesday Night – New Lindy Hop Classes start Wednesday, Oct. 3rd
We have a new Lindy Hop series starting this month… details below. Drop-in Jitterbug class will continue each week, and we will make ourselves available for Lindy Hop practice and informal instruction during the 6 o clock hour.
6 PM Intermediate Practice – We open the hall up a little early for intermediate guided practice. It is designed for experienced dancers to come work on your dancing (dancers who already have taken several months of Lindy Hop). We will focus on different topics, and encourage you to bring questions or things you want to work on.
7 PM “Lindy Hop Essentials – The Swing Out” – 4 Week Series Class – We are excited to return to teaching Lindy Hop, which is our first love! lol… Lindy Hop is the grandaddy of swing dances… versatile and smooth yet rhythmic, Lindy Hop is as rewarding as it is challenging. DISCOUNTED $35 passes are available online HERE.
Pre-requisite: At least 6-8 weeks of Jitterbug class (or equivalent experience). No previous Lindy Hop experience required.
7 PM Jitterbug Class – Open to everyone… no partner or experience necessary. We’ll breeze through the basics and get you up and running quickly… then we’ll take you through 3-5 different moves each week. This class is drop-in. $10/General and $7/Students each week (includes social dancing which follows). NEW – you can buy a discounted 4 week pass online HERE.
8 PM Social Dancing – we’ll spin the tunes for dancing and practicing what you learned in class. If you can, stay and play with us!
9:30 PM Blues Dancing – Toward the end of the night, we’re going to slow it down and play some blues music for blues dancing.
Reno Swings! is held at the American Legion Hall at 877 Ralston St. in Reno. Map here
We accept cash, check, major cryptocurrencies) and credit cards at the door. You can also buy class passes online (see links above). We recommend wearing comfortable clothes and shoes, and we don’t recommend big heels. You are free to bring a water bottle, or we have water for sale for $1.
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2. Halloween Dance!
Halloween falls on the 5th Wednesday of October this year. We took an informal poll, and the consensus was that we should dance! So here is the plan – same price as always – $10 genera and $7 students.
– 7 PM – Shim Sham Swing Line Dance Class – The Shim Sham Shimmy is a swing line dance that we do almost every week. Here is your chance to learn it (or brush up on it)! This is an all levels class, no experience or partner necessary. – 8 PM – Social Dancing, with lighting, costumes, treats, and some swingin’ Halloween music.
– 9:30 PM – Blues Dancing
3. Blues Update
REMINDER:Since we are taking a break from our weekly blues dance, we thought that we should play some music for blues and fusion dancing toward the end of our weekly swing dance. So from about 9:15 or 9:30 on, we’ll play music for blues dancing. No charge… just come get your blues dancing fix each week. Location details are under #2 above.
ALSO
UPDATE: We have been scheming and discussing, and believe that going forward, the right solution may be a monthly blues dance (with a robust lesson) on a Thursday night, plus weekly blues social dancing on Wednesdays after swing dancing. We are still nailing down the details, but feel free to give us your input on this idea. I know that our blues dance community has been asking for more than what we are currently doing… we hope that this format can find the right balance of providing blues dancing and blues dance instruction, while not overloading the organizers.
4. GET FUN RENOSWINGS! T-SHIRTS
Check out our next RenoSwings! T-Shirt design. We’ll be sporting them at our events this week. If you’d like to get one, you can order in your preferred size and color HERE. They are also available in long sleeve and hoodie options.
Thanks so much! We’ll see you on the dance floor!
Cheers-
Clay and Cullen
info@renoswings.com
