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May 2009
SUNDAYS


Dance Workshops in Beverly Hills at Roxbury Park Auditorium Sunday afternoons 2pm-4pm
Dance Workshops for all ages at B.H. Roxbury Park Auditorium $25, $40 for couples Saturday Oct. 10, 2pm-4pm Salsa Dance Sunday Nov. 15, 2pm-4pm Vintage Ballroom(Waltz/Foxtrot) Sunday Nov. 22, 2pm-4pm Swing Dance Sunday Dec. 13, 2pm-4pm Argentine Tango Register by phone 310-285-6850

Vintage Dance Lessons/Tea Dance at the Santa Monica Vintage Fashion Expo (3X per year) RSVP Required to HistoricalDance@yahoo.com for free entry
Oct. 17-18, 2009 2pm-4pm

Annual Festivals include Greek at St. Sophias/St. Anthonys/St. Nicholas, Italian San Gennaro-Hollywood, Taste of Folk Dance/Music in Encino, Carlos Gardel Tango Festival-North Hollywood, French Festivals, Fiesta Ballona Culver City, Ticket to the Twenties City of Industry...

SUNDAYS
MONDAYS
Dance Lessons/Parties


7-11 p.m.
at UCLA
Ackerman Union 2nd Floor Lounge or Kerckhoff Hall Grand Salon

sometimes moved to Ackerman A-Level Viewpoint Conference Rooms or Ackerman-2408 or Kerckhoff Art Gallery


Fall Qtr. Lessons 9/28-11/30 Mondays at UCLA Ackerman 2nd Floor Lounge

New Participants
welcome
every week

Mondays

Winter Qtr. at UCLA:
Jan. 4-March 8, 2010
at UCLA Ackerman Union 2nd Floor Lounge or sometimes moved to UCLA Kerckhoff Hall Grand Salon
or to UCLA AGB

BDC/IFDC @UCLA Weekly Meetings
7-11pm,
Quarterly
Culture Nights
9-10 p.m.,
Annual Swing/Salsa Dance Parties @UCLA

Swing-Salsa-Tango
Lessons
7-9pm
Learn fun cultural dances 9-10:55pm

Fall Quarter Salsa Party
Monday Oct. 19, 2009
at Ackerman-AGB
Fall Quarter Swing Party Monday Nov. 30, 2009
at Kerckhoff GS

Spring Salsa Party Mon. April 19, 2010 at Ackerman-AGB

Spring Swing Dance Party May 22??, 2010 date of Spring Qtr. Swing Dance Party at Kerckhoff GS is tent.

Summer Swing Dance Party

Monday July 26, 2010
Summer Swing Dance Party
at UCLA Kerckhoff Hall GS


Summer 2010 Lessons tentative: Mondays June 21-Aug. 23, 2010

MONDAYS
TUESDAYS
7:30pm-12am
Weekly Fieldtrip
since July 2000 Now at Westside JCC Auditorium
5870 W. Olympic Blvd L.A. 90036
Folk Dance Lessons
7:30-9 p.m.
Open Folk Dancing 9 p.m.-12 a.m.
If security does not open front door for you, Please ring special doorbell taped to front door to inform a dancer to open door for you. Thank you and note there is free parking on Olympic Blvd or in WJCC Parking
JCC doorbell goes directly to security guard's telephone for entry
$7, $5 BDC/IFDC or WJCC Members

New Cardio Salsa Exercise Class at B.H. Roxbury Park Club House 6:30pm-7:30pm

Every TUESDAY
WEDNESDAYS
Dance Events Locations tba


New Cardio Salsa Exercise Class at B.H. Roxbury Park Club Auditorium 6:15pm-7:15pm

WEDNESDAYS
THURSDAYS

Swing, Salsa, Tango, Ballroom Dance Lessons begin 4X per year
at Beverly Hills Roxbury Park Auditorium & at the Encino Community Center Dance Studio

Encino Classes include Swing-Salsa-Tango Lessons at 7pm & 8:30pm, and cardio salsa class at 6pm in Encino Community Center

Lessons in Beverly Hills
6pm Ballroom
7pm Salsa
8pm Swing
at Beverly Hills Roxbury Park Auditorium
(Ten Week Course, Registration Required
(regular ten week course begins Oct. 8/Jan/April/July)

Encino classes
(minimum pre-registration req. for class to begin, and you may register up to 2nd week of class at Encino Community Center, L.A. Rec & Parks 4905 Balboa blvd (1 building North of Ventura Blvd) Pre-registration Req. for class to begin
new Cardio Salsa Class also available at 6pm in Encino

THURSDAYS
FRIDAYS

Locations tba

Thank you to the hundreds of participants that supported/attended the Free Swing Parties at Biltmore Hotel in Oct./Nov./Dec. 2007)

and also supported the swing dance parties at the L.A. Athletic Club Spring/Summer 2009

currently no Friday Night Swing Dance Parties are planned.

FRIDAYS
SATURDAYS

Saturday Night Theme Dances at UCLA Powell College Library
NE W INFO: for 2009-10, because of library funding cutbacks/staff relocation/furloughs,
ONLY 3 library events are CONFIRMED to be at POWELL Library Building 2nd Floor Rotunda
(11/14/2009, 2/13/2010, 5/22/2010 and four regular theme dances are tentative and will be moved to different building on the UCLA campus (events require RSVP to HistoricalDance@yahoo.com) location will be confirmed via email RSVP
(RSVP Required to HistoricalDance@yahoo.com),
(Events are 8 p.m.-Midnight and include vintage ballroom instruction)
Special Theme Dances on the UCLA Campus featuring 3+ hours of Vintage Dance Instruction

Powell Library Vintage Dance Evenings schedule for 2009-10
below

Valentino's Tango & Ragtime Ball
(originally planned for Oct. 24, 2009 OFFICIALLY POSTPONED to New date tba possibly in April or May 2010 and at New Location tba)
Learn popular social dances from 1900-1930

Waltz Through Time
CONFIRMED at Powell Library
(Nov. 14, 2009)

Romeo & Juliet
Italian
Renaissance Ball
CONFIRMED at Powell Library
(Feb. 13, 2010)


The Presidents' Ball at UCLA (moved from Powell to Loc. tba
(March 6, 2010)

Special Theme Dance in April 2010 tba

Hollywood Movie Magic Ball
(May 1 or 8, 2010) tent. and moved from Powell to Loc. tba

13th Annual Jane Austen Ball at UCLA
CONFIRMED will be at Powell Library
(May 22, 2010)

Revolutionary Ball at UCLA
(Sat. July 24, 2010) tent. Location tba



plus monthly Swing/Salsa/Ballroom/Waltz Nights or Vintage Dance Evenings at the Westside JCC
5870 W. Olympic Blvd
Saturdays
including

Ragtime Theme Ball
Saturday Nov. 7, 2009

Victorian Cotillion theme ballroom dance party
Sat. Dec. 5, 2009

Havana Nights Salsa Cha Cha Party
Sat. Feb. 6, 2010
these dances at Westside JCC include Swing-Salsa-Tango Dancing until 2am $12, $8 for Members
4th Year of Fun
26 Apr 27 28 29 30 1 May 2
Vintage Fashion Expo at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Saturday & Sunday

85+ Dealers selling vintage clothing/jewelery
Club instructors, may teach vintage ballroom at 2pm-4pm both Saturday/Sunday (Learn Jane Austen, Victorian, Ragtime or Renaissance Dances) tentative RSVP to HistoricalDance@yahoo.com for Free Entry, Regular fee is $10.

Spring Qtr. 2009 BDC/IFDC Club meetings continue tonight at alternate meeting location (UCLA Ackerman Union-2408) with Latin/Salsa Lessons plus Middle East Cultur Night 9pm-10pm...lessons/culture nights continue until Monday June 1, 2009
 
teaching cultural dance for community service project mentorships program 5pm-7pm sunken gardens near Dodd Hall
   
5th Annual Hollywood Movie Magic Ball, Learn fun ballroom dances, and see rare home movies of Broadway Musicals in NY 1930's-1960's with historian, Miles Kreuger...8pm-12am at UCLA Powell College Library RSVP Required to HistoricalDance@yahoo.com
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
 
BDC/IFDC Tango/Ballroom Dance Lessons 7pm followed by Middle East Culture Night 9pm Learn fun dances (moved from Ackerman Union 2408 to Kerckhoff Art Gallery)
Tuesday Weekly Folk Dance Evening at Westside JCC Auditorium 5870 W. Olympic Blvd L.A. CA 90036 7:30pm Lessons, 9pm-12am Open Dancing $7, $5 for Annual Members
PDG Bruin Plaza 10:30am-2pm (Teach/Perform 12:30pm-1pm) no dieting day
Thursday May 7, 5pm-8pm Casino Night for UCLA Staff at the UCLA Morgan Center Athletic Hall of Fame $15, $25 for two, include $100 in game chips and complimentary drinks.
Noteworthy DuoFriday, May 8
Evening Concert - 8 p.m.

Classical guitarist Michael Nigro and flutist Lisa Schroeder (Noteworthy Duo) join their musical talents in a program of duos from prominent and less-know Latin American composers including Jose Luis Merlin, Raul Maldonado, Ernesto Cordero, Celso Machado, and Astor Piazolla.

Saturday/Sunday May 9-10 Tentative Fieldtrip to Renaissance Pleasure Faire $25 (coupons available)
(2009 Faire is Saturday/Sunday April 4-May 17, 2009) www.renfair.com/socal/
Location: Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area - Irwindale, CA



UCLA Day 2009

10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Saturday/Sunday May 9-10 Tentative Fieldtrip to Renaissance Pleasure Faire $25 (coupons available)
(2009 Faire is Saturday/Sunday April 4-May 17, 2009) www.renfair.com/socal/
Location: Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area - Irwindale, CA

Private Tango Party Sunday, May 10, 6pm-10pm in Bel Air
BDC/IFDC Week 7 Salsa Dance Lessons (guest teacher, Reva) 7pm followed by Greek Dance Lesssons/Culture Night 9pm at Ackerman 2408 or 2414 (not K. Art Gallery)
Tuesday Weekly Folk Dance Evening at Westside JCC Auditorium 5870 W. Olympic Blvd L.A. CA 90036 7:30pm Lessons, 9pm-12am Open Dancing $7, $5 for Annual Members
BDC/IFDC Executive Board Meeting 8pm-9pm at UCLA Loc. tba via e-mail ballroom@ucla.edu
GSA/IGSA Around the World Gradbar (21+ Bruin ID & Drivers ID Required) 6:30pm-10pm
 
Friday May 15 begins Summer 2009 Dance Downtown FREE Dance Parties on the Plaza of the Music Center
7pm-10pm FREE includes Complimentary beginner dance lessons at 6:30pm and throughout the evening.
May 15 Mexican Cumbia
May 29 Texas Two-Step & Line Dancing
Jun 12 International Standard Ballroom
Jun 26 International Latin Ballroom (same night as our Swing Dance Party at L.A. Athletic Club 9pm-12am)
Jul 10 West Coast Swing
Jul 24 New York Hustle/Disco Night (same night as our tent. Swing Dance Party at L.A. Athletic Club 9pm-12am)
Aug 7 Merengue & Salsa
Aug 21 Argentine Tango
Sep 18 Brazilian Samba

Saturday May 16, 1pm-4pm Swing (overview of 5 styles) (Class #13271) at Roxbury Park $25/$40 for couples
Serbian Folk Dance Event at St. Steven's Cathedral 1621 W. Garvey Avenue, Alhambra CA 91830 $15
($25 with 6pm Dinner), 7pm Folk Dance Program followed by dancing with live music featuring Orkestra Srbija

Castillo: Strand

Artist Reception, May 16th, 6pm-8pm

17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Sunday May 17 Tentative Fieldtrip to Renaissance Pleasure Faire $25 (coupons available)
(2009 Faire is Saturday/Sunday April 4-May 17, 2009) www.renfair.com/socal/
Location: Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area - Irwindale, CA



USA DANCE-LA Chapter Ballroom Party is
SUNDAY MAY 17th
at Culver City
Veterans' Auditorium
7pm-10pm
Future Parties
Sun. June 21
Sun. Aug. 9
Sat. Oct. 17 SHOWCASE!
Sat. Oct. 31st-Halloween Ball!
Sun. Dec. 6 Holiday Dance Free for USA Dance Members



Annual Fieldtrip (FREE) Cuban Festival Echo Park Noon-7pm includes live music, food...at Glendale Blvd near Sunset

-Annual Topango Banjo Fiddle Festival www.topangabanjofiddle.org/$12 Dancing Instruction 11am-5pm including Square Dancing, Contra Dancing, English Country Dancing, Family Dancing, Step Dancing

-FIESTA SHALOM Festival Celebrating the Shared Jewish & Latino Experience FREE Admission 11am-3pm In front of the Historic Breed Street Shul 247 N. Breed Street, Los Angeles, a unique festival celebrating the history of Boyle Heights. fiestashalom.com Street Fair, Live Performances featuring Quetzal, Food Booths including Canter's Deli, Music and Dancing, Activities for all Ages, Tours of Breed Street Shul, and Mariachi. Presented by a collection of Jewish and Latino organizations and businesses.

-Free Dance Party/Concert at the CICADA CLUB 8pm-11pm featuring Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five
http://clubcicada.com/

-USA Dance Monthly Ballroom Dance Party at Culver City Veteran's Auditorium $18 featuring Alec & Edyta from Dancing with the Stars teaching Rumba 6:30pm and performing during the ballroom dance party 7pm-10pm. dj music.

BDC/IFDC Week 8 Swing/Lindy Hop Dance Lessons 7pm followed by Armenian Dance Lesssons/Culture Night 9pm at Ackerman 2408 or room tba...(Art Gallery was double booked)
Tuesday Weekly Folk Dance Evening at Westside JCC Auditorium 5870 W. Olympic Blvd L.A. CA 90036 7:30pm Lessons, 9pm-12am Open Dancing $7, $5 for Annual Members
BDC/IFDC Executive Board Meeting 8pm-9pm at UCLA Loc. tba via e-mail ballroom@ucla.edu
 
New Swing Dance Party (4th Fridays) 7:30pm Swing Dance Lessons, Party 9pm-12am with Live Music at L.A. Athletic Club, Downtown L.A. $12, $4.50 Parking
 
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
 
Memorial Day Holiday
No Club Meeting
Join fellow club members at annual fieldtrip to Valley Greek Festival at St. Nicholas Church in Northridge
Free, lot's of fun dancing to live music!!!

Tuesday Weekly Folk Dance Evening at Westside JCC Auditorium 5870 W. Olympic Blvd L.A. CA 90036 7:30pm Lessons, 9pm-12am Open Dancing $7, $5 for Annual Members
Big Eddie Graduation LB 9am


BDC/IFDC Executive Board Meeting 8pm-9pm at UCLA Loc. tba via e-mail ballroom@ucla.edu

 
Summer 2009 Dance Downtown FREE Dance Parties on the Plaza of the Music Center
7pm-10pm FREE includes Complimentary beginner dance lessons at 6:30pm and throughout the evening.
May 15 Mexican Cumbia
May 29 Texas Two-Step & Line Dancing
Jun 12 International Standard Ballroom
Jun 26 International Latin Ballroom (same night as our Swing Dance Party at L.A. Athletic Club 9pm-12am)
Jul 10 West Coast Swing
Jul 24 New York Hustle/Disco Night (same night as our tent. Swing Dance Party at L.A. Athletic Club 9pm-12am)
Aug 7 Merengue & Salsa
Aug 21 Argentine Tango
Sep 18 Brazilian Samba

12th Annual Jane Austen Ball at UCLA Powell College Library 2009. Learn fun vintage ballroom dances from 1790-1820. RSVP Required to HistoricalDance@yahoo.com
31 1 Jun 2 3 4 5 6
Sunday May 31, 1pm-4pm Vintage Ballroom (Waltz/Foxtrot) (Class #13273) at Beverly Hills Roxbury Park $25/$40 for couples
SWING DANCE PARTY at UCLA
Final meeting of Spring Quarter 2009 540th week of club of meetings,
Swing Dance Party at UCLA
with Live Music
at UCLA Kerckhoff Hall Grand Salon followed by After-Club Fieldtrip loc. tba

Tuesday Weekly Folk Dance Evening at Westside JCC Auditorium 5870 W. Olympic Blvd L.A. CA 90036 7:30pm Lessons, 9pm-12am Open Dancing $7, $5 for Annual Members
Begin Weekly Free Swing or Salsa Dances with live music at Sherman Oaks Galleria 6:30pm-9:30pm includes complimentary dance lesson during band break. Then switched to Mondays next week (June 8 & June 15
   
annual Animation showing at UCLA Melnitz Hall James Bridges Theater 8:30pm with After-Party next door.
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