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SwingShoes News
October 30, 2006
http://swingshoes.net/Newsletters/newsletter-2006-10-30.html

Pictures

The Baltimore Swing Lounge was rockin' on Sat, Oct 14.
 

 Register now for the Dance Gourmet on Nov 4 for the great workshops to raise your dance level and for the special performance by Erik and his dance friends.
 

Tatianna Mollmon in motion at the 5th Annual Providance sWINg in the cITy Weekend on Sept 30.
 

That's me in Ballet class at Bway Dance Center in NYC.
 

Monday WCS Night at Black Bear Saloon in South Norwalk, CT on Sept. 11, 2006
 

Other Links
Dance Gourmet
DJKenM's
Swing & Country
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Dance Calendar & Discounts
Monday's
WC Swing
S. Norwalk, CT

Mon, Oct 30
First Day of Classes

Ligaya Wakefield
Returns
and teaches with Erik Novoa

 

Tuesday's
Salsa
S. Norwalk, CT
 
 

Oct 31:
Salsa Lessons
(first class of Mo)
and
Halloween Party
More Info

 

Wed's
Postponed
This Week

7pm Beg Lesson, 8pm Int Lesson
9-11pm Dance Party
$15 (1 Lesson & Party) / Add $5 for 2nd Lesson
$10 after 9pm
MORE INFORMATION

Discounts Available
The more you dance, the more you save
DISCOUNTS HERE!!

 

DANCE CALENDAR HERE!!
See the monthly schedule, Schedule privates online, show it to your friends...

FORWARD THIS NEWSLETTER TO A FRIEND
Please, please, please tell a friend.  If each person could bring one new person every month we would double our dance community every 30 days....think about that!!!
 
 


Private Lessons with Erik Novoa
Day(s) O' Privates Lessons
Stamford, CT -   Nov 9 SOLD OUT, Nov/Dec schedule
New York, NY -  Check the Nov/Dec schedule
MORE INFORMATION

Many people have asked me for privates lately to improve and clean their dancing.  I've made a special days in Stamford and NYC to make it especially convenient.  Click on the link and select a time slot.
 

Dancing Like the Stars
By Janice Gaston
JOURNAL REPORTER
Sunday, October 22, 2006
 
...As a disco ball twirled, sending shards of light throughout the darkened room, the music shifted to a waltz. The couples took to the floor with big, sweeping steps, swirling around the room. Feet that had stumbled and stomped through the mambo moved surely and gracefully.

Similar scenes are being staged all across America as people try to imitate the moves of football great Emmitt Smith and actress Monique Coleman from ABC's Dancing With the Stars - or simply try to learn enough to get by on the dance floor.

Ballroom is back.

Teachers at several local dance studios said that such shows as Dancing With the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance have increased the demand for ballroom-dance lessons around 30 percent.
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Ballet bash: Connecticut ballet marks its 25th anniversary with 'Cinderella'
PHYLLIS A.S. BOROS pasboros@ctpost.com
Connecticut Post Online

Article Launched:10/23/2006 05:52:28 PM EDT

What better way to celebrate the 25th anniversary of a ballet company than by presenting an all-new version of one of the all-time favorites.

For the nonprofit Connecticut Ballet and its founder and artistic director Brett Raphael, the perfect celebratory ballet is "Cinderella," which will debut this weekend with Raphael's original choreography. The production — with refurbished costumes and sets from the San Francisco Ballet — will be offered Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St. in downtown Stamford. Tickets are $25 to $50; same-day, half-price tickets will be available to senior citizens and children. A "Cinderella Tiara Ball" — featuring dinner and dancing to the music of South Broadway Rhythm — will follow Saturday's performance. Tickets, which are $250 per person, also include a pre-performance wine-tasting event and center orchestra seating.
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Fans of Astaire, Rogers have DVD wish come true
By Chris Hicks
Deseret Morning News

All musicals with dancing duo are now available

Astaire and Rogers fans finally got their wish this week — all of the musicals pairing the dancing duo are finally on DVD


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Events to Attend
Tues, Oct. 31
CT Halloween Party

Black Bear Saloon
South Norwalk, CT
7pm Beg Salsa
8pm Int Salsa
9-11pm - WCS/Hustle & Salsa Party
More Information
Sat. Nov. 4
Dance Gourmet
Circle of Life
E. Hartford, CT
Raise Your Level
w. Technical WCS & Hustle

&
Special Treat:
1) Gourmet Dinner and
2) Contemporary Ballet Performance with Erik's ballet friends.

PreReg until 10/31,  

$30
(instead of $40 at the door)

or Click Here

 
Nov 10-12, 2006

Swingin New England

Join My Table
Falmouth, MA
Regional Event
WCS/Lindy Event
Sat. Nov. 18

Dance Meets Art II
Bridgeport, CT
2-8pm - Workshops
8pm-12 Live Band and DJ
(WCSwing, Hustle, Salsa)
MORE INFO
 
Fri, Dec. 2

WCS Workshops
w/ Erik Novoa
in NYC
MORE INFO
Dec 29-31, 2006

New Year's Dance Extravaganza
Sturbridge, MA
WCS/Hustle/Lindy Event

SwingShoes in the News

Fairfield / Weston / Wilton Magazine
Erik wins
Editor's Choice
 for
BEST WAY TO GET
 IN STEP
in Fairfield, CT.

 

New Canaan / Darien Monthly Magazine
I was featured in the July 2006 edition of the New Canaan / Darien Monthly Magazine.  It had a full feature article on dancing in the southern CT area.  It's great to see dance getting some very good press.  Congratulations to all of you (students and friends) who have helped the scene grow.  Special thanks to Suzanne Gerber for writing this article.

To see the entire article click here.


Erik Novoa featured again in October 2006 for the Best Way To Get In Step.

To see the entire article click here.

 


Review your WCS & Hustle Basics
Here is the link that will take you to the beginner WCS & Hustle videos.  Enjoy.

Intro Videos Here


Cornerstone students study up on dancing

Wednesday, October 25, 2006 11:20 PM CDT

BLOOMINGTON -- Instead of doing calculus Wednesday, Megan Belgrave was on her feet counting “four, five, six” as she learned new dance steps.

“I’m probably better at calculus than dancing,” the senior at Cornerstone Christian Academy joked.

She and the 50 other high school students at the academy learned new steps to prepare for their homecoming banquet and dance on Saturday at Doubletree Hotel and Conference Center.

This is the second year in which the school has provided dance lessons for its students for homecoming, and the program has been very popular, said Beth Sondgeroth, academic dean at the school.
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Thank you for reading and being a part of the dance community
Erik Novoa / SwingShoes@aol.com / 917-414-3105