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& Near-by Events
Ithaca
Festival, June 3-6th, 2010:
There is always plenty of great music and dancing at the Festival.
Each year the Ithaca
Swing Dance Network's sponsors a evening dance with a live band
and I usually organize special dance performances during the break.
Happy Dancing! Hope to see you at the festival!
Grassroots
Music and Dance Festival, July 22-25th, 2010:
The dance tent doesn't stop jumping! And there are always multiple
stages going with musicians from around the country. A fabulous
experience of amazing music and dance all weekend long.
Ithaca Dance
Weekends: In the past I have co-sponsored special
weekend workshop events with the Ithaca
Swing Dance Network. Prior events include:
Lindy Weekend with Peter Strom & Caitlin George,
Halloween weekend 2005: Poster.
West Coast Swing (Smooth R&B) weekend, December
3rd & 4th, 2005. West Coast Swing Champion Ben Morris
(www.benandmelina.com)
Out of Town Events
ASHOKAN:
Every year I usually teach both at New Year's
and one week in the summer at a wonderful music and dance camp in
the Catskills called Ashokan. The camp provides a warm, supportive
learning atmosphere for musicans and dancers to expand their skills
and be inspired by each other. The music is fabulous and so is the
food, the sauna, the beautiful Catskills setting and the people!
Hope you can join us!
WESTERN
& SWING WEEK AT
ASHOKAN, usually in late June:
Classes & activities include: Lindy and West
Coast swing, C&W dances, squares & contras, fiddle, mandolin,
guitar, singing, piano, lap steel, vocal workshops, swing &
country band clinics, improvisation, music theory, dance parties,
jam sessions, song swaps and more... Staff,
prices, online applications and all other details at the Ashokan
website
DANCE INSTRUCTORS:
Cindy Overstreet & Steve Ryan - Westcoast Swing, County Swing,
blues & Salsa!
Paul Overton & Sharon
Ashe - Swing & Lindy
MUSICIANS:
JAY UNGAR & MOLLY MASON with SWINGOLOGY grooving contras, squares,swing
and blues plus romantic waltzes. LINDY HOP HEAVEN playing solid
swing. THE RED STICK RAMBLERS authentic Cajun and steamy swing direct
from Louisiana. THE GREAT BEAR TRIO exciting and inventive Celto-American
square and contra dance music. PLANET ZYDECO (Sat.) New England's
premier Zydeco band.
INSTRUCTORS in music & vocals including:
Laurel Massé
of Manhattan Transfer teaching singing
NEW
YEARS EVE DANCE AT
ASHOKAN
You can come just for the New Year's Eve dance with Swing, Cajun,
Zydeco, contras & squares... plus sumptuous snacks & refreshments
or for the whole weekend of festivities:
NEW
YEARS WINTER CAMP AT ASHOKAN
Three nights of Swing, Cajun, Contras &
Squares, Waltzes & Blues... plus daytime workshops in dance,
fiddle, banjo, guitar, singing and more! Staff,
prices, online applications and all other details at the
Ashokan website.
Staff from prior
years: MUSICIANS JAY UNGAR & MOLLY MASON with SWINGOLOGY grooving
contras, squares,swing and blues plus romantic waltzes. THE RED
STICK RAMBLERS authentic Cajun and steamy swing direct from Louisiana.
THE GREAT BEAR TRIO exciting and inventive Celto-American square
and contra dance music. PLANET ZYDECO (Sat.) New England's premier
Zydeco band. DANCE INSTRUCTORS CINDY OVERSTREET Lindy, swing, blues
ESTHER BRILL Cajun, waltz, dance specials JOHN KRUMM contras, squares
& singing NILS FREDLAND contras & squares (Sat.) Call 1-845-246-2121
for more information or to receive a flyer by mail.
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