This week at Blues Union

We have one more installment of fun dance physics from Amanda Gruhl Mayer and Chris Mayer:

Objects in Motion (7:30-8:30)
Dancers obey the laws of physics – a follow in motion stays in motion until acted upon by an outside lead. We’ll review the basics of momentum, tension, and compression and help you apply them in some fun and flashy new ways!

Blues Basics + Beginner Clinic (8:30-9:30)
This weekly drop-in class is designed for new-to-blues dancers or anyone wanting to focus on the fundamentals. It will provide enough moves to have fun on the dance floor, as well the opportunity to hone and polish the core techniques behind the dance. Each week, we’ll cover something new, so you can come every week, or just drop in for a class or few. This class includes the beginner clinic, where you can work on your dancing one-on-one with instructors and advanced dancers. This month it will be taught by Chris Mayer and Margaret Ptak.

Julie Brown and Paul Loschak will be behind the DJ booth to satisfy your Blues cravings.

As always, the lesson is $5 and the dance is an additional $5.

Join us for more dance-livening physics from Amanda Gruhl Mayer and Chris Mayer:

Objects in Motion (7:30-8:30)
Dancers obey the laws of physics – a follow in motion stays in motion until acted upon by an outside lead. We’ll review the basics of momentum, tension, and compression and help you apply them in some fun and flashy new ways!

Blues Basics + Beginner Clinic (8:30-9:30)
This weekly drop-in class is designed for new-to-blues dancers or anyone wanting to focus on the fundamentals. It will provide enough moves to have fun on the dance floor, as well the opportunity to hone and polish the core techniques behind the dance. Each week, we’ll cover something new, so you can come every week, or just drop in for a class or few. This class includes the beginner clinic, where you can work on your dancing one-on-one with instructors and advanced dancers. This month it will be taught by Chris Mayer and Margaret Ptak.

Steve York will be behind the DJ booth to scratch your Blues itch all night long.

As always, the lesson is $5 and the dance is an additional $5.

This month we have the return of Amanda Gruhl Mayer and Chris Mayer! They’ll help us make our dancing better, and more fun, using physics:

Objects in Motion (7:30-8:30)
Dancers obey the laws of physics – a follow in motion stays in motion until acted upon by an outside lead. We’ll review the basics of momentum, tension, and compression and help you apply them in some fun and flashy new ways!

Blues Basics + Beginner Clinic (8:30-9:30)
This weekly drop-in class is designed for new-to-blues dancers or anyone wanting to focus on the fundamentals. It will provide enough moves to have fun on the dance floor, as well the opportunity to hone and polish the core techniques behind the dance. Each week, we’ll cover something new, so you can come every week, or just drop in for a class or few. This class includes the beginner clinic, where you can work on your dancing one-on-one with instructors and advanced dancers. This month it will be taught by Chris Mayer and Margaret Ptak.

As always, the lesson is $5 and the dance is an additional $5.

We wrapped up our styling series with style, so it must be time for a Blues Clinic:

Blues Clinic (7:30-9:30)
The Blues Clinic is an opportunity to work one-on-one with our Blues Union instructors and to work with your friends and peers. Music plays in the background as people work together, and the instructors move around the room, working with people one-on-one or in couples. When not working with instructors, people work with peers, dance with each other, try new things they’re working on, or try things the instructors have helped them with. You can work on material from that month’s series class, workshops you took recently, or anything you like! From 8:30-9:00, we have our Blues Basics class as usual, while the clinic continues in the rest of the room.

Mike Legenthal and Steve York will be behind the DJ booth to provide your Blues fix.

As always, the Clinic is $5, and the dance an additional $5.

This is going to be a big week everyone! Sweet Molasses is finally here, and Blues Union is 5 years old. Naturally, we have a lot planned, starting with:

Stylin’ Hips and Torso (7:30-8:30)
We’ve covered the limbs, so this week we’ll be wrapping up our styling series with our core. Our special guest instructor Rachel Stirling (all the way from Portland, OR) will show us cool moves and movements for the torso and hips. Here’s Rachel rocking it in a recent solo comp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y475I03Ix4#t=168

Blues Basics + Beginner Clinic (8:30-9:30)
This weekly drop-in class is designed for new-to-blues dancers or anyone wanting to focus on the fundamentals. It will provide enough moves to have fun on the dance floor, as well the opportunity to hone and polish the core techniques behind the dance. Each week, we’ll cover something new, so you can come every week, or just drop in for a class or few. This class includes the beginner clinic, where you can work on your dancing one-on-one with instructors and advanced dancers. This week it will be taught by Rachel Stirling.

And that’s not all, folks! Amy Kucharik will be playing live for our dancing pleasure. She’s a local favorite, she rocked Sweet Molasses last year, and she just put out a CD full of awesome original music.

Paul Loschak will be DJing during band breaks to make sure the Blues keep coming your way.

But, wait, we’ve got more! Blues Union will be holding a Solo Riffin’ competition. Nothing big or scary, just a fun way to play off of your fellow dancers or cheer on your friends. Anyone is welcome to enter! Tapout prelims will occur at 9, during the beginner clinic. Finals will occur during a band break.

Because it’s a special occasion, we’ll be going till midnight.

As always, the lesson is $5, and since there’s live music, the dance is $10.