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~ Next Dance
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Saturday,
Sept. 17th
at
Unity Church
Pre-Dance
Lessons
West Coast Swing
6:30 pm/Beginner
7:15
pm/Intermediate
by
Alyssa
DANCE 8-11 PM
SPECIAL OFFER FOR
CSDS MEMBERS &
FIRST TIMERS!!
FREE admission for
any CSDS member who brings a first time attendee to the Sept.
lesson & dance! First timers get free admission too!
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SWING
SWAP
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~Fall Location~
Swing
Swap Returns to Murray High School this month; stay tuned for the exact date!
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Special Event
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September
2nd-5th, 2011
The Lindustrial
Revolution
Charlottesville,
Virginia
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September Dances (Monthly/Special
Events*)
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Saturday,
Sept. 10th
USA Dance
7:15-8-10:30 pm
Saturday, Sept.
17th
CSDS Monthly Dance DJ Alyssa Lundgren
Lessons,
6:30 & 7:15
Dance
8-11 pm
Thursday, Sept. 22nd
West Coast Dance Jam
7:45-8:30pm-1 am
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*Events are listed as a courtesy to their sponsors; all are
subject to errors, omissions, change and/or cancellation at any
time, especially during inclement weather. Contact the event
sponsor to confirm all details.
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CSDS Member
Birthdays ~ Sept.
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2011 Dance
Schedule
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January 15th ~ Unity
MAC: Municipal
Arts Center
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Charlottesville, VA 22901
*Except
for our special Workshop Weekends.
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Board of Directors
& Helpers (2011/2012)
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Board of
Directors
Larry
Saunders
President
Webmaster
Equipment Manager
Terry
Pratt
Vice President
Opening
Coordinator
Diane
McDougall
Secretary
Newsletter
Contributor
Mark
DeBow
Co-Treasurer
Drinks
Alise
Nielsen
Co-Treasurer
Drinks
Rebecca
Hettig
Director-at-Large
Hotline
Patrick
Keith-Hynes
Director-at-Large
Closing Coordinator
Helpers
Cathy
Burrier
Membership
Beth
DeBow
Venue Goddess
Leon
Gorman
Dance
Table/Greeter
Ginny
Larson
BOD/Helper
Emeritus
Lisa
Morales
Swing Swap DJ
Adela
Su
Newsletter Editor
Workshop
Coordinator
Next BOD Meeting
Thursday,
Sept. 8th
6 pm Potluck Dinner
7 pm Meeting
Email CSDS for
Directions;
Members Welcome!
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Charlottesville
Swing Dance Society (CSDS)
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P.O. Box 4442
Charlottesville, VA 22905
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 Have
you been thinking of taking dance classes? Do you know someone
who would like to learn to dance? Then consider taking a dance
class through our partner and Swing Swap host, the County of Albemarle
Parks & Rec. Dept., with Instructor Kristin Wenger! Kristin is
a long-time County and local instructor who has taken
hundreds of nervous beginners through their first dance
classes. With a Masters degree in education, Kristin is truly a
teacher and is known for her warm personality and her fun and
friendly classes where students receive quality instruction on the
foundations of dance, enabling them to become solid social
dancers.
Beginner classes start Tuesday, September 13th at the Murray High School gym.
Class/registration information available here.
(Photo
courtesy of Richard Bronson, taken at Swing Fling 2011.)
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C'ville Dancers Fare Well at Swing Fling
Charlottesville area dancers (past and present!) fared
well in competition at Swing Fling in
early August. Now produced by Dave Moldover and Dance Jam Productions and
held at a new hotel in NoVa, attendees were treated to the usual DJP high
standards and flawless execution ~ top notch professional
instructors/performers, a wide variety of workshops, SwingFlingTV in
every guest room, great social dancing and perhaps most importantly,
contests that ran on schedule!
In the words of
CSDS Secretary (and now, dance addict), Diane McDougall:
There's just
something about great dance music - how its first few notes set your body
to moving and your smile to widening. You can't seem to stop yourself.
And when you combine great music with a never-ending display of great
dancers to watch, well, you just can't beat it. So you want to join it.
That's how I felt
at Swing Fling a few weeks ago. Even late Friday night - when my feet
were begging that I head up to bed, and my introvert-heart was fading
from the idea of asking another stranger to dance - all it took was one
more great dance, and then the momentum picked back up, I told my feet to
shut up, and I kept dancing. And smiling.
If you haven't
already heard, let me tell you: Watching the Cville dancers compete was a
highlight. At some points, in some of the competitions, we seemed to take
over the dance floor! What fun to cheer on our own, and then watch them
win.
If you've never
experienced the rush of a big dance event, mark your calendars for the
next one, coming to DC in November. It
doesn't matter what level of dancer you are - watching better dancers is
the best motivation out there. And dancing with better dancers is a
thrill.
Just some of the
C'ville area dancers who competed:
(Happy Birthday, Al!!)
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Highlights from the August Dance
Thanks to everyone
who came to our August dance and special thanks to Kristin
Wenger for being our DJ and Lesson Instructor. If you enjoyed her
lessons, you can sign up for
her group classes through Albemarle County Parks & Rec; classes start
Tuesday, September 13th at the Murray High School gym.
Next
month we return to Unity Church for
our September 17th dance. No stranger to being a Lesson Instructor,
the lovely Alyssa Lundgren makes her CSDS DJing debut so come on out and
join us at Unity!!
And,
our October 15th Halloween dance is not far off ... it's never to early
too start thinking about your costume!!
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Dance Resources
Next
Area Dance Event ~ VSO (new name) in November, by Dave Moldover and Dance Jam Productions,
the folks who put on MADjam and Swing Fling.
If you're even thinking about going, go ahead and make your hotel
reservation.
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