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Dance Sampler 2005

Theme

The Dance Sampler is an all day set of one hour long introductory classes to 35 social dances in 5 tracks: Swing, Latin, Ballroom, Vintage, and World/Folk.There are 7 hours of classes in each track. You are welcome to take any class.

Comments

comments by people about the Dance Sampler:
.'this is a wonderful idea!"
.."..but I want to take ALL the classes!"
..."it has been on my calendar for months now"
...."I have heard of zydeco but didn't know where to take classes."
....."great lineup of teachers"
......"I can't decide which classes to take. This is going to be hard."

Location

Oakland Veterans Hall (also known as the Oakland Senior Center and also as Lake Merrit Dance Center)
200 Grand Avenue Oakland CA X Harrison,

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When

Saturday June 4 2005
Oakland Veterans Hall
200 Grand Avenue Oakland CA
10am to 6 pm $40 at door
doors open at 9:30 am

Cost

$40 Prepay check to Scott Gamble P.O. Box 1555 Palo Alto CA 94302
$40 Paypal

or $40 at Door.

Though no partner is necessary we do not guarantee gender balance, as there are too many classes and too many people purchasing tickets at the door.

Tracks

SWING: East Coast, Shag, Lindy, Balboa, Charleston, Cajun, West Coast Swing

LATIN: Salsa, Mambo,Cha Cha, Samba, Merengue, Argentine Tango, Cumbia

BALLROOM: Foxtrot, Polka, Viennese Waltz, Night Club Two step,Bolero,Quickstep, Hustle

VINTAGE: Rotary Waltz, Cross Step Waltz,One Step, Mazurka,50's Rock and Roll, Disco, and Bal Musette

FOLK/WORLD: Scottish Country, Contra,Swedish Hambo, English Country, Country and Western Two step,International Folk Dancing,and Zydeco

Classes

time	Swing	Latin	Ballroom	Vintage	Folk/World
10	East coast Michael Marangio and Persephone	Salsa Jake and Techi	Foxtrot Joan Walton	Rotary Waltz Richard Powers	Scottish country Bruce Herbold
11	Louis Shag Michael Marangio and Persephone	Mambo Jake and Techi	Polka Joan Walton	Cross step Waltz Richard Powers	Contra Andy Wilson
12	Lindy Michael and Persephone	Cha Cha Ava Apple	Viennese Waltz Richard Powers	One Step Joan Walton	Swedish Hambo Eric Isacson
1	lunch	lunch	lunch	lunch	lunch
2	Blues Damon Stone	Samba	Night club two step Richard Kear	Mazurka Joan Walton	English Country Alan Winston
3	Charleston Joan Walton	Merengue	Bolero Bud Ayers	50's rock and roll Richard Powers	Country and Western 2 step Richard Kear
4	West Coast Swing Richard Kear	Argentine Tango Christy Cote	Quickstep	Disco Richard Powers	Zydeco Dana DeSimone
5	Cajun Dana DeSimone	Cumbia	Hustle Raul Ante	Bal Musette Richard Powers	International Folk Dancing Marcel Vinokur

Instructors

Richard Powers: Cross step waltz, Rotary Waltz, Viennese Waltz, 50's rock and roll, Disco, Bal Musette

Joan Walton: Charleston, Foxtrot, Mazurka, One Step, Polka

Raul Ante: Hustle

Dana DeSimone: Cajun, Zydeco

Alan Winston: English Country

Michael Marangio and Persephone: Shag and East Coast Swing

Andy Wilson: Contra

Christy Cote: Argentine Tango

Eric Isacson: Swedish Hambo

Bruce Herbold: Scottish Country Dancing

Jake and Techi: Salsa and Mambo

Richard Kear: Night Club Two Step, Country and Western Two Step

Marcel Vinokur: International Folk Dance

More instructors added as they are confirmed

More info

Scott P.O. Box 1555 Palo Alto CA 94302 scott.g@pway.com 650 326 6265