Hi Everybody! What time is it? It’s Dancin’ Time 518-542-4272 www.DANCINTIME.com DJ Dancin’ Dawn and DJ Dancin’ David:). Below is our very own Dancin’ David giving a short video lesson on 2 basic patterns in Cha Cha. Enjoy!
This weekend, we will have the best and most famous swing bands ever. The Sept 5th First Friday Capital Swing Dance is part of a full weekend event: Albany Chill Swing Dance Weekend with national award winning performers!!! See their unbelievable Bios below. Don’t miss the Friday and Saturday evening swing dances, both at well air conditioned Albany Elks!!!
Albany Chill Swing Dance Weekend (including the First Friday Capital Swing Dance) All Welcome - No Partner Needed
Friday, Sept. 5 through Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008
Sponsored by the Dance Flurry Organization (DFO)
Friday Evening, Sept. 5 - First Friday Capital Swing Dance
Four-time Emmy nominee Ernestine Anderson & her band
Albany Elks Lodge, 25 South Allen St., Albany, NY 12208. 518-489-0698
Air Conditioned!!! Wood Floor!!! (1 block south of Madison & Western Ave-Rt 20)
Lesson 7:30-8:30pm, Dance 8:30pm-Midnight
Friday evening dance: $20 DFO Members, Students and Seniors; $25 General
Saturday Evening, Sept. 6 - Benny Powell w/vocalist Catherine Russell
featuring Marcus McLaurine on bass, T.K.Blue on sax and Danny Mixon on piano,
all headliners on their own!!!
Albany Elks Lodge, Lesson 7:30-8:30pm, Dance 8:30pm-Midnight
Saturday evening dance: $20 DFO Members, Students and Seniors; $25 General
Sunday Afternoon, Sept. 7 - Skip Parsons Riverboat Band
Peeble’s Island, 1 Delaware Ave., Cohoes (North off of Ontario St-Rt. 470)
Picnic & Dance in this beautiful park by the Hudson River, 1-6pm
$12 DFO Members, Students, Seniors; $15 General
Friday & Saturday Late-Night DJ’d Dances
RPI’s Academy Hall, 15th St. & College Ave, Troy (map)
Dance: 1-4am, $12 DFO Members, Students and Seniors; $15 General
More Albany Chill information including photos, pricing combinations and maps:
http://www.danceflurry.org/new/capitalswing.html
http://www.albanychill.com/?q=node/7
PERFORMER BIOS
FRIDAY
Ernestine Anderson - From intimate trio formats to big band, she does it all with seductive sophistication. Her sultry, sensuous voice is intimate in small club settings and soars with passionate intensity in the festival arena. Whether it’s Ellington or Sting, Ms. Anderson’s interpretation of a song is infectious. On stage, she’s charming and vivacious, her joy in the music delighting audiences from Sweden to Japan.
Ms. Anderson has recorded more than 30 albums, performed at all the major jazz festivals, and has received four Grammy nominations. She was one of 75 women chosen for the book, I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America, by Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Brian Lanker, joining such company as Rosa Parks, Leontyne Price, Barbara Jordan, and Toni Morrison.
SATURDAY
Benny Powell is a journeyman trombonist whose bold sound bridges bebop and swing. His work employs the vocal color of great swing trombonists and the technical fluidity of bop practitioners. Powell plays both tenor trombone and the bigger-bored bass trombone broadening the colors he brings to an ensemble. Known exclusively as a sideman, he’s made valuable contributions to several notable bands, ranging from the rocking swing of Lionel Hampton to the roots-informed avant-garde of John Carter. A native of New Orleans, Powell started performing professionally at 14. By age 18, he had joined Lionel Hampton, and three years later he left to join the Count Basie Orchestra just as Basie was re-establishing his band as one of the benchmarks of the field.
Catherine Russell is a native New Yorker, born with an enviable musical pedigree. Her father, the late Luis Russell, was born in Panama and moved to New Orleans and then New York City, becoming a pioneering pianist/bandleader, and Louis Armstrong’s long-time musical directory. Her mother, Carline Ray, is an outstanding bassist and vocalist and holder of advanced degrees from Julliard and Manhattan School of Music, who has performed with Mary Lou Williams and Wynton Marsalis. Not surprisingly considering her roots, Catherine Russell is a one of a kind vocalist. She has toured the world, performing and recording with a wide array of trend setting artist, including Paul Simon, David Bowie, Steely Dan, Cyndi Lauper, Jackson Browne and Rosanne Cash.
Marcus McLaurine is a bassist, composer, leader and sideman, who has become one of the most sought-after artists in jazz, sharing bandstands with Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Burrell, James Moody, Lou Donaldson, Dame Cleo Laine, Joe Williams, Jon Hendricks, Abbey Lincoln and the Count Basie Orchestra. For the past 25 years, Marcus has toured with legendary trumpeter Clark Terry.
T.K.Blue is a saxophonist of the highest caliber who is at the peak of his creative output. Mr. Blue’s artistry is found on over sixty recordings and has performed with a long list of great international artists such as Don Cherry, Abdullah Ibrahim, Sam Rivers, Archie Shepp, Randy Weston, Dizzy Gillespie, Pharoah Sanders, Melba Liston, Johnny Copeland, Billy Higgins, Reggie Workman, Chico Hamilton, Stefon Harris, Eric Reed, Regina Carter, Bobby McFerrin, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Benny Powell, James Moody, Paquito d’Rivera, and Jimmy Scott, just to name a few.
Daniel Mixon is a prolific piano virtuoso. Danny has worked with such legendary performers as Lionel Hampton, Charles Mingus, Dannie Richmond, Joe Williams, and Frank Foster, and continues to be in Frank’s Loud Minority Big Band and his Non-Electric Company. Danny also plays, composes, and arranges for his own group “The Danny Mixon Trio.” He has also performed, toured and/or recorded with Yusef Lateef, Hank Crawford, Savion Glover, Pharoah Sanders, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Stanley Turrentine, Gene Ammons, Eubie Blake, Noel Pointer, Jimmy Witherspoon, Grant Green, Eddie Jefferson, Charles McPherson, Marlena Shaw, Irene Reid, Houston Person, Dakota Staton, Ben Vereen, Leon Tomas, Chaka Khan, Cassandra Wilson, Lou Rawls, Gloria Lynne, Lisle Atkinson, Oscar Brown, Jr., John Hendricks, Pucho and the Latin Soul Brothers, Earl May, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Kenny Dorham and many others.
SUNDAY
Skip Parsons has been swinging the Northeast and other areas since 1956 playing clubs, dances and festivals. You can expect to hear some Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Hoagy Carmichael, George Gershwin, Walter Donaldson, Glenn Miller, and on and on ….
They have a repertoire of music from the 30’s and 40’s …They even touch on music from the 20’s, and 50’s, with perhaps a hint of Latin and the Blues. They cater to up-beat, medium and slower music to keep you on your feet and swingin’.
The music is danceable, listenable, happy, and sweet hot!!!
Dancing to live music is exciting; please help support it.
Bring a friend or 2, especially those who would like to get started with swing dancing.
Plus there are lots of other dance events. See below for all the details.
Jim
813-1333 cell
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CALENDARS
Dance Flurry Org. (swing, contra, English and more): www.danceflurry.org
Argentine Tango: www.tangopulse.net/regional_calendar.php
Ballroom: www.ballroomdances.org
Swing: www.city-of-troy.com/swing
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SWING (including Swing Mixes)
Every Wednesday: California Dance Mix with DJ Bob Englert - Swing, Ballroom & more!, Malt River Brewing Company, Latham Mall
Hustle, Swing, ChaCha, WCS, Country Two-Step, NightclubTwo-step, Tango, Latin, Ballroom, etc.
6:45 pm - 7:45 pm Lesson, 7:45 pm - 11:00 pm Dance $10
Info: Bob Englert: danceclubinfo@yahoo.com or 782-0608
http://capitaldistrictaffordableweddings.com/Dances.html
Every Thursday: West Coast Swing with Nat’l DJ Evan plus ECS Lesson/Dance in other room. Two dances for the price of one ($7)
Hibernian Hall, 375 Ontario St., Albany (5 blocks south of Madison Ave-Rt 20)
WCS: lessons ($10 for both WCS lessons), Beginner 7pm, Int. 7:45pm, Lyoni Fisher on 3rd Thurs & Evan other weeks
Dance 8:30 - 11pm ($7, $15 w/WCS lessons)
ECS: free lesson at 8:30pm with Jason Fenton,
Dance 9:15pm - midnight with DJ Sean
Info: Call or e-mail Evan: 845-679-4464 or 845-494-0224
evan@evanmacdonald.com
www.evanmacdonald.com
Lindy Lesson 7:30pm ($2) and Practice 8:30pm ($3). Every Tues, Malt River, Latham
http://www.albanychill.com/?q=node/1
Fri 10/3, First Friday Capital Swing Dance featuring Patti-O & the Hip Hooligans
http://www.danceflurry.org/new/capitalswing.html
Fri 10/3, Sam and Denise Miller, WCS & ECS workshops, Club Vance, Info Myra clubvance@juno.com or 518-993-2275
Sat-Sun, 10/4-5, Capitaland’s Dance Gala Workshop Weekend with Sam and Denise Miller, Ukrainian Hall, Cohoes - See details at end
BALLROOM
Ballroom Dance - Every Thursday, and the First, Second & Fifth Sundays
UKRAINIAN AMERICAN CITIZENS CLUB (WATCH FOR RADAR TRAPS)
1 Pulaski St., Cohoes, NY 12047
Lesson (Free with admission to Dance) - Sundays 6:15 pm, Thurs 6:45 pm
Dance $10.00 - Sundays 7-10 pm, Thursdays 7:45-11 pm
Info: Bob Englert: danceclubinfo@yahoo.com or 782-0608
http://capitaldistrictaffordableweddings.com/Dances.html
USADance and SOS Dance, Every 3rd and 4th Sunday
PolishCommunity Center, Washington Ave. Ext.
Same times as above
Underground Ballroom, Fuze Box, 12 Central Ave, Albany, $2
First and third Saturday, Blaise Hartley
Beginners’ class from 7:40 to 8:00, Dancing from 8:00 to10:00.
Note: Limited floor space. Do not park in lot across the street or you will be towed
Classes with National Champion Tom Hourigan
Bronze level Nightclub Two 12-12:55 pm
Silver level American Style Waltz 1-1:55 pm.
First Group Class Sept 6th, Saturday and every Saturday
Eileen’s Dance Studio: 1020 Barrett Street, Schenectady, NY 12305
Cost: $10 per class, or $35 for 4 classes
* Nightclub Two is slow and romantic dance that you can use in lots of slow songs.
* If you know beginner - intermediate waltz, and want to learn new fancy steps to show off on the dance floor, or polish up your dance techniques, the Silver Waltz class is perfect for you.
* You don’t need a partner for the class.
*If anyone is interested or has a question, please call Tom at 518-527-5754.
ARGENTINE TANGO
Albany Tango Society
Info: Kevin Magee: tango.info@albanytangosociety.org
www.AlbanyTangoSociety.org
518-266-9612
- Fri 9/5 First Friday Practica, Elda’s on Lark St, Albany, 6-9pm
- Sat 9/13 Second Saturday Argentine Tango Milonga, details tba
- Mondays, Practica (Argentine Tango practice - great opportunity to practice with all levels of dancers, and get guidance)
Elda’s on Lark St, Albany (2 short blocks South of Washington/Central Ave.)
7:30-10:30 pm or later, $5, All levels, DJ and practice assistance: Kevin Magee
- Wednesdays, Lessons with Guest Instructors
Hibernian Hall, 375 Ontario St., Albany (5 blocks south of Madison Ave-Rt 20)
First-timers class from 7:00-7:30 taught by Kevin Magee, free
Beginning/Intermediate tango class 7:30-8:30
Intermediate/Advanced tango class 8:30-9:30, Practice until 10pm
Cost: $12 for one class, $20 for two classes same evening
Contact Kevin Magee to arrange for private lessons
Lorraine Michaels Dance Centre, 69 Fuller Rd., Albany 459-2623
www.lorrainemichaelsdance.com
Tuesdays, Lessons at Lorraine Michaels with Kevin Magee
7 pm Intermediate, 8 pm Beginner
Thursdays, Lessons at Lorraine Michaels with Jackie Wong of Tango Pulse
7 pm Intermediate, 8 pm Beginner WILL RESUME SEPT 4
Fri 9/5 - First Friday Albany Milonga
Nia Yoga Center, 4 Central Ave, Albany (corner of Lark St.)
Lesson 8-9pm Musicality with Ilene, Dance 9-12:30
CONTRA DANCE
Sun 9/7 & 9/21, Buhrmaster Barn, Pruyn House, 207 Old Niskayuna Rd, Colonie (near Northway Exit 5), Potluck 5pm, dance 6-9pm, See www.danceflurry.org
Fri 9/12, and every 2nd Fri, Hibernian Hall, 375 Ontario St., Albany (5 blocks south of Madison Ave-Rt 20), 8-11pm, beginner lesson at 7:40pm, live band, See www.danceflurry.org
Fri-Sun 9/26-28, Adirondack Dance Weekend (swing, contra & more). Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. For more info: www.danceflurry.org
Capitaland’s Dance Gala Workshop Weekend
Saturday & Sunday October 4th-5th 2008
Ukrainian American Citizens Club, 1Pulaski St, Cohoes NY 12047
” Biggest Four Style Dance Party Saturday Night. Enter our free Four Style Jack & Jill contest with prizes in many categories.
” After an invigorating afternoon of dance instruction with Brian Sipe and Nationally Renowned instructors Sam & Denise Miller.
Relax and enjoy a Gourmet buffet dinner included in your weekend Pass.
” Stay loose after dinner with some social dancing while getting ready for our action packed Variety Show featuring 2x World Champions Sam & Denise Miller. We’ll also feature our local talent with a few surprises. Guaranteed to please.
Registration Form - Advance Registration Required by Sept. 26 for Dinner Reservation
Brian Sipe 235 Middleline Rd. Ballston Spa, NY 12020, Questions Call Brian
Guest Names Attending_______________________________________________________
Phone__________ ____________Email______________________________
$75 Weekend Pass includes all activities Saturday & Sunday
$60 All Day Saturday Pass, Workshops, Dinner Variety Show and Dance
$12 Any Workshop, Any Day
$40 Saturday Dinner, Variety Show and Dance-Starts at 6pm
$30 Sunday Pass 2 Workshops, Pizza & Pasta Party
$20 DVD Video Notebook, includes all workshop recaps, Variety Show
$15 Dance Only Starts @ 8:30pm. No Early Entries
Tentative Schedule
Saturday October 4th in Cohoes
1-2 Salsa Brian Sipe
2-3 NC 2-Step Sam & Denise
3-3:30 Break time Snacks & Practice
3:30 4:30 2-Step Sam & Denise 4x 2-Step World Champions
4:30-5:30 Hustle Sam & Denise
6-7 Gourmet Dinner Buffet
7:20-8 Variety Show
8:30-11 Four Style Open Dance Party
Sunday October 5th in Cohoes
3:30-4:30 Cha-Cha
4:30-5:30 Waltz
5:30-6:15 Pizza Party with Practice
All workshops will be 50 minutes long with a 10 minute break. We will review the basics of all dances being taught, then challenge you with new patterns with the technique that makes it flow.
Enjoy the entire event again and again by purchasing a DVD. All workshop recaps and Variety Show will be included on DVD or bring your own camera to record.
Private lessons are available with Sam & Denise. Call Brian 518-860-9010 to schedule.
(Note: Sam & Denise Miller will also be teaching WCS & ECS workshops Friday evening 10/3 at Club Vance, see under Swing above)
For more information on DJing, Dance Performances, and Dance Instruction please contact DJ Dancin’ Dawn at 518-542-4272, www.DANCINTIME.com, dawn@DANCINTIME.com
