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BLUES
Dance Parties & Classes!
www.bluestoronto.com |
Patrick Tevlin, Toronto blues musician & band leader. |
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Dovercourt House
is at
805 Dovercourt Road, Toronto. Subway and parking are close by. Friday Night Blues at the 8.0.5 Bar (the excellent blues venue downstairs at Dovercourt House) is usually first Friday night of the month, the next one is Friday June 7. There is also often Blues from 1am on at Saturday Night Swing. |
| Date & Location |
Beginner Blues Classes |
Dance Party |
Cost |
Friday May 3
Friday Night Blues 9pm to 1am
Dovercourt House downstairs in The 8.0.5 Bar |
Blues Dance beginner class 9pm to 9:50pm
(No prior experience is needed, and there is no need to bring your own dance partners.) |
Blues Party featuring the Mike Daley Blues Band!
10pm to past 1am
Friday Night Blues is first Friday of the month downstairs at Dovercourt House in The 8.0.5 Bar, the next one after May 3 being Friday June 7. |
Party $12, $15 with the class. Full-time students $10/$12. |
Friday June 7
Friday Night Blues 9pm to 1am
Dovercourt House downstairs in The 8.0.5 Bar |
Blues Dance beginner class 9pm to 9:50pm
(No prior experience is needed, and there is no need to bring your own dance partners.) |
Blues Dance Party!
Band tba
10pm to past 1am |
Party $12, $15 with the class. Full-time students $10/$12. |
Saturday Night Blues at Dovercourt House - There is often blues music after 1am at Saturday Night Swing for
as long as people stay, and always a few good songs for blues dancing over
the evening. There is late night blues after 1am at Saturday Night Swing April 6. |
Here are some views about blues dancing:
Campbell Miller (Austin)
David Madison (San Francisco) |
Blues Dance Courses! Presented by Bees Knees Dance
at their Yonge & Bloor studio in Toronto!
Other Blues Dances in Toronto Friday Night Blues in the Annex on 2nd Fridays, Blues & Swing
at the Imperial first Sundays of the month. There is also always
some music at Saturday Night Swing which is suitable for
Blues dancing. Saturday Night Swing is Toronto's most popular swing dance party
and features excellent live swing bands and beginner classes every Saturday night at Dovercourt
House!
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| Here are some recent videos of blues dancing
(note that these are mostly of performances and competitions which tend to
be more flashy than social blues dancing):
Campbell & Chris 2010
Joe &
Nelle Blues Shout 09
ULHS (Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown)
Blues
Dance finals competition in New Orleans, October 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izFWzPfQwnQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwPn16qB2Vo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZL9EVPMetI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUDMOnu9j1c&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtAMWeBnsx8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAbV8nXY8HI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEANcD-0X5M&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxGfPsYoRts&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z9QYVuXOz8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aELrcu8uae0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PGlbbyGPe0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ4IEa-ulNQ&feature=related |
| Calendars for major blues dance weekends
around North America and elsewhere:
http://bluescal.com/
There are also Lindy Hop weekends with great blues dancing
not listed in this calendar, such as the Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown in New
Orleans for
example. |
