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		<title>Thursday, March 11</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello, hello!
We&#8217;re kicking off our guest instructor/DJ month with Andrew Smith (http://www.andrewsmithdance.com/), from Portland, Oregon! Andrew&#8217;s taught at Blues Union before, in addition to teaching at several national venues and local venues in Portland. This week, he and Julie Brown will be teaching the following classes:
Solo Movement (Intermediate, 7:30-8:15)
Through various improv exercises, learn how to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thursday, March 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, come to Blues Union for our very own Blues Clinic from 7:30 to 9pm, followed by four fantastic DJs from 9pm to 11pm!
This week, our DJs are Gui and Ogden for the first set, followed by Khrysti and Amy for the second set.   They will lift you up! They will not leave you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bluesunionboston.com/2010/03/thursday-march-4/</link>
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		<title>Thursday, February 25</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, Blues Union kicks off Sweet Molasses Blues!  Come for two great classes with Paul Mandel and Amanda Gruhl:
Crazy Counterbalance!
Ever wonder how to create those lovely stretches advanced dancers have?  Want to make those counterbalance moves look and feel great?  This class will show you how to incorporate weight sharing into your social dances [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bluesunionboston.com/2010/02/thursday-february-25/</link>
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		<title>Thursday February 18</title>
		<description><![CDATA[February is our month for working on connection in our intermediate classes! Last week Julie and Shawn focused on connection in close embrace, and this week Gui and Jenn will be going to the other extreme and focusing on connection in open position and breakaway. Maintaining solid, comfortable connection through open position requires a lot [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bluesunionboston.com/2010/02/thursday-february-18/</link>
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		<title>Thursday, February 11th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello, hello!
This month we&#8217;re going to have a class description for both the beginner class and the intermediate class! Check out what Shawn and Julie are teaching this week:
Intermediate (7:30-8:15): This week, we&#8217;ll focus on closed position and close embrace. Learn our favorite tips for leading and following in closed/close, when we like to use [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bluesunionboston.com/2010/02/thursday-february-11th/</link>
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		<title>A Change In Format!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey everyone! I wanted to let everyone know of a few slight changes in the Blues Union format going forward that we hope you&#8217;ll like.
We&#8217;re going to be shortening the intermediate lesson and increasing the length of the beginner lesson, so that they&#8217;re both 45 minutes. We&#8217;ll also be assigning a theme and a track [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bluesunionboston.com/2010/02/a-change-in-format/</link>
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		<title>Thursday, February 4th</title>
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Once again, my friends, it&#8217;s the first Thursday of the month. It&#8217;s time to do battle!
To get things started right, we have our monthly Blues Clinic where all of the local Blues instructors are invited to wander around the venue giving personalized feedback and instruction to everyone who attends. Students can come to the lesson [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bluesunionboston.com/2010/02/thursday-february-4th/</link>
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		<title>Thursday, January 28th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve had a full month of awesome musicality classes. We started with Gui and Jenn goin&#8217; to Chicago to pick up some sharp movements to hard-driving music, we swung by New Orleans to check out Julie and Paul showing off some slinky and sexy moves to growling trumpets, and this week we&#8217;re off to Georgia [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bluesunionboston.com/2010/01/thursday-january-28th/</link>
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		<title>Thursday, January 21st</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Gui and Jenn showed you how to dance to some hard-driving, funky blues. Yeah!
This week, Julie and Paul will show you how to dance to the hot and sultry sounds of traditional jazz (think squeezy brass, like Sidney Bechet and Louis Armstrong). We will show you some smooth and sassy moves to bust [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bluesunionboston.com/2010/01/thursday-january-21st/</link>
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		<title>Thursday, January 14th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week we kick off a month of learning how to dance to different styles of Blues and Jazz. Over the course of the month we&#8217;ll be covering hard-driving Chicago Blues, some trad jazz, and R&#38;SB-style Blues!
We&#8217;re starting things off with a lesson by Gui and Jenn on how to dance to the hard-driving sounds [...]]]></description>
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