“Holey triple steps Batman” said wonder follower Robyn. “There is lots of West Coast Swing news for
us in this edition of Audacity News!
Take the lead and have a read.”
Exciting start to term 3
It is really exciting to see our eleven new starters
(Michael and Jing, Jess, Julia and Matt, Joanne and Steve, Renae and Ray, Ross and
Annette) join our continuing couple Maryam and Stephen in learning West
Coast. Learning to dance is a personal
challenge and deeply rewarding when you push through your personal self
doubts. We all have them. Let me say this - you are all looking good! Most importantly – you all seem to be having
lots of fun. Feel free to discuss your
challenges with any of our teachers. We
want to give you the best dance
tuition available in Canberra!
Monthly social dates – put them in your calendar
See you this Saturday night the 2nd August for our monthly social dance. $10 and starts at 7:30pm. Check our facebook group for details of dinner beforehand. Dates for the remainder of the year are 2 August; 6 September; 11 October and 8 November.
The Social Club needs your help!
Please talk to James (james.hughes@live.com.au)
or Emily (monty2002monty@hotmail.com)
if you can assist in any way. Help is
needed in the following roles – DJ for an hour (choose your own theme like 70s;
80s; Bluesy; the colour yellow); Facebook publicist; social dance opportunity
coordinator; Xmas Party Manager; Xmas party Games Host. James and Em are seeking volunteers and will
hold a little get together soon.
Routine details – book now and save
Here is your invitation to join in and learn a West Coast
Swing team routine. It is to the song
“Don’t Wait” by Mapei. We plan to teach
the routine on two successive Saturdays,
16th and 23rd August from 12:30 to 5:30pm. That way you don’t lose a whole weekend.
- The level of the routine is ‘Continuing/ Intermediate’.
- The cost is $109 per person early bird rate.
- You need to arrange your own partner.
- We will smash the routine on the 16th and finish it off and practice on the 23rd.
Early bird rate ends
1st August. Check your emails for the booking form and
return it asap. (An email return
requires no signature.)
We have several opportunities to perform the routine:
- Belconnen Arts Centre’s ‘Dance Kaleidoscope’ on 31 August
- Dance party on 6 September
- ‘Rock your Frock’ at the Harmonie German Club 4th October 2014.
Dance Kaleidoscope 31/8 – can you help?
The Belconnen Arts Centre celebrates its 5th
Birthday on the 31st August and would like us to participate. There will be a range of colourful, diverse
and energetic presentations of dance work by dance companies resident in the
Arts Centre and the region, with ages ranging from the very young to the wise
and mature (that’s me J),
and from community performers to professionals.
The audience is always appreciative and the party concludes with
complimentary refreshments and birthday cake!
We would like to perform our new routine there and have some
of our existing students do a ‘freestyle’ demo.
Altogether, you might dance one – maybe two songs. This is a fantastic way to promote West Coast
and grow our community. So – please mark
the date in your diary and get back to me if you can help.
Rock your frock on 4 October – fundraiser for ovarian cancer research
Lisa Robey is a dance friend and contact who loves Tango and
Modern Jive dance styles. She is also a
fundraiser for ovarian cancer research. Her
effort is all part of ‘Froctober’ – an annual fundraiser a bit like Movember,
except it raises funds without the stubble!
Froctober involves women wearing dresses all October but hey – if any of
our leads feel the need to participate . . . well ‘rock your frock’ as the
saying goes!
Lisa has booked the Harmonie German
Club off Jerrabomberra Ave in Narrabundah for an all style dance party on the 4th
October. The night will feature a wide
range of music to let everyone have a great night dancing, while raising money
for research into a cancer that kills a woman every 10 hours in Australia. This is the fourth year of Rock Your
Frock. Over the past 3 years, it has
been a really fun night with people going to amazing lengths with their
costumes and support from a wide range of Canberra Dance Schools and
businesses. Our social club will keep
you informed – but – once again – put the date in your diary! Cost is $20 prebooked. Email l.robey@yahoo.com for further details.
Upcoming Australasian WCS events
There are two events coming up in October for your
consideration. The first is the New
Zealand Open between the 9th and 12th October. Chuck Brown and Deborah Szekely are the US
Pros booked for the event. Karolina and
I have been to NZ for the last two years and taken the week off in between to be
tourists. Tina and Allen are very
welcoming as are all the Kiwis. They
will do their best to billet you if you so desire. Last year Kaz and I headed north from Auckland
and had a great time at a great resort in Whangarei. Next trip we will spend a week on the South
Island. Here is a link to their
website. http://swingfx.co.nz/nzopen.html
The other event is the Australian Open on the 16th
to 19th October. It is a very
popular event held in an awesome hotel in Geelong. There are a stack of US Pros going to this
event. Maybe you would like a Canberra
/Auckland/ Geelong/ Canberra round trip?
We have done that too in the last two years! This is their web site. http://australianopenwcs.com.au/
Swingsation bookings – fancy a holiday on the Gold Coast with a bit of dancing
Lastly – my favourite pre-Canberra Winter event is
Swingsation on the Gold Coast in May. It
is held in a great resort hotel near Surfers and the lineup of US pros is
awesome. This event always sells out
quickly because of its great location, dance teachers and the fact is 2 minutes
walk from the beach and restaurants. (And we get to escape the cold!)
Swingsation 2015 which will be held on the weekend of the
14th - 17th May, 2015. Last year there
were 11 of us from Canberra. Singapore
had a contingent of around 40 people!
There were close to 400 people at this event and dancing went from Dusk
to Dawn for three nights! If you can join us (which I hope you can!!), registrations
open this Friday, the 1st of August at 7am.
I highly recommend you register a.s.a.p. (especially the ladies) since
the event is always oversubscribed. The website is: http://rawconnection.com.au/swingsation/
