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SUBJECT: 08/28/2016 Survey Sorted by
Intermediate and Beginner Dances
FROM: Adrienne Jenkins | adrienne...@gmail.com
Here's the link of this week's intermediate & advanced dances
sorted from this week's World Line Dance Survey along with the extended list of
beginner/easy intermediate dances and more.
https://goo.gl/8DeV9V*********************************
SUBJECT: The Vegas Dance Explosion 2016
FROM: Doug and Jackie
Miranda SEPTEMBER 1ST IS THE EARLY BIRD DEADLINE
FOR REGISTERING FOR THE VEGAS DANCE EXPLOSION !!! Registrations must be posted
on line or postmarked via mail September 1st to be given the early bird
registration pass prices. Anything received after that will be subject to
regular pricing and returned for the appropriate amount. We are sorry but we
cannot take reservations nor payments via phone. All registrations must be done
on line at
www.djdaning or mailed to us.
Come join us for the "LARGEST" Line Dance Event in North America,
the Vegas Dance Explosion, November 8-13, 2016 at The Westgate Resort and Casino
(formerly the Las Vegas Hilton). That's 6 days of workshops and 6 nights of
evening dances!
If you haven't already booked your room at the Westgate,
please make sure to do so soon! We have had to add more rooms to our room block
in order to accommodate our dancers at the special room rates we have negotiated
just for you for this event. All Premium Rooms are $55 (plus tax,
Sunday-Thursday) and $79 (plus tax Friday and Saturday). There is NO RESORT FEE!
Make sure to mention the Vegas Dance Explosion or Group Code SVDE6R. Upgrades to
Signature and Signature Concierge Rooms are also available.
Call
1-800-732-7117 or
1-702-732-5111.
Our current list of Instructors and Choreographers
include:
International Instructors
Maddison Glover – Australia
Roy
Hadisburoto – Netherlands
Jo and John Kinser – England
Rebecca Lee -
Malaysia
Linda McCormack – Scotland
Raymond Sarlemijn – Holland
Philip Sobrielo – Singapore
Roy Verdonk – Netherlands
Ivonne
Verhagen – Netherlands
Simon Ward – Australia
Chris Watson –
Australia
USA Instructors
Jill Babinec – Ohio
Michael Barr – California
Joanne Brady – Delaware
Michele Burton – California
Will Craig –
North Carolina
Amy Glass – Oregon
Doug and Jackie Miranda – Tennessee
Guyton Mundy – Florida
Brenda Shatto – California
Jo Thompson
Szymanski – Colorado
Ira Weisburd – Florida
… and our 2015 Choreography
winners:
Kat Painter • Norm Gifford • Lynn Card
Featuring Special Evening
Performances from Roy Verdonk and the Roy Verdonk Dancers,
and our Talented
Staff of Instructors
Your DJs:
Louie St. George • JP Potter • Big Dave •
Jill Babinec
At the Vegas Dance Explosion, you will enjoy:
*Repeat
Workshops
*Large Ballrooms with Wooden Dance Floors
*Dedicated Ballroom
for Beginner Dancers
*Workshops for all Levels
*6 Days and Nights of Line
Dance FUN
*Evening Dance Parties
*Daily Special Technique
Workshops
*New Line Dance Choreography Competition (Thu-Sat)
*Sunday
Morning Line Dance Praise and Worship
*Discount Tickets to Shows
*Slot
Tournament
*New this year: Special Couples Workshops
The event officially
starts a day earlier this year: Tuesday, November 8th.
We've added this day
to provide additional Technique Workshops from many of our
All Star line up
of Instructors and Choreographers. In addition on Tuesday, one of our
ball
rooms will be dedicated to teaches of Classic Dances. Registration will begin at
noon;
Specialty Technique Workshops, Basic Beginner Fundamentals, and
Classic Dance workshops
will begin at 1 pm on Tuesday. Workshops will begin
at 10 am everyday after that. We will also
have a "Welcome to Vegas" evening
dance beginning at 8:00 pm.
Also new this year: "Fast Pass" - limited to the first 200 people who
purchase this pass
in addition to their regular Gold or Platinum Pass!
Fast Pass will allow those dancers early
entry to our designated "Evening
Show" ball room before other dancers.
Our "Evening Show" ball room will have
stadium seating to accommodate all 1500 dancers.
Please Note: Fast Pass
holders WILL NOT be permitted to save seats for anyone! We will have 2 doors to
our ball room which will open simultaneously allowing Fast Pass Dancers first
entry. All evening shows and performances will begin at 8:30 pm and conclude
before 9:00 pm.
There will be a total of 5 different ballrooms running simultaneously
during the day,
with open dancing being offered throughout the day in our
Line Dance Lobby!
Workshops will be repeated during the course of the event
in order to allow you to catch
a workshop you might have missed or to
reinforce the lesson you may have already taken.
One of our ballrooms will
be solely dedicated to Beginner thru High Beginner Dances.
That same
ballroom will be designated each evening as our Beginner Dance
Ballroom.
For added fun and excitement we will have "theme nights" for our evening
dances!
It is not mandatory for you to dress in costume but it sure is
alot of fun!! Be as creative as you want!!
Keep in mind that there will be
loads of sales on Halloween costumes after October 31st!
THURSDAY Night - Back by popular demand: INTERNATIONAL NIGHT:
Show your
pride for your heritage by dressing in a style typical to the country
of
your origin! Be part of the International Parade and see how many countries and
States are represented!
FRIDAY Night - THE ROARING 20'S : It's the era of flappers, gangsters, jazz
music, prohibition, and the Charleston! Moonshine anyone??
SATURDAY Night - EGYPTIAN NIGHT : Recreate a long-ago world of Pharaohs,
The Queen of the Nile, King Tut, Cleopatra and Alexander the Great...all you
need is your imagination! Be ready to be transported back to the century of
pyramids and temples when Roy Verdonk, his dancers and your very talented
Instructors, take you on a magic carpet ride Saturday Night!
SUNDAY Night - ELVIS IS IN THE BUILDING - Our Sunday night
Farewell Dance and Show;
your Instructors, Choreographers, Roy Verdonk and
his dancers will entertain you one last time
with a spectacular tribute
performance to the King of Rock and Roll : Elvis Presley.
What could be more
fitting than to bring the memory of Elvis back to life at the very hotel where
he performed 600 record-breaking, sold out shows between 1969 and 1976! This
year marks the
47th anniversary of Elvis launching his comeback to Las
Vegas, performing at the Westgate,
then called the International Hotel, in
July 1969.
FLASH MOBS - We have FILLED the Riviera Hotel lobby and the Westgate lobby
last year with our flash mobs! We aim to fill the Westgate lobby again! There
will be two flash mobs : a beginner and an intermediate dance. We are currently
taking your suggestions for dances - please email them to us at
Bona...@aol.com.
We will have workshops
scheduled for these dances so that everyone can participate!
The Flash Mobs
will take place Friday and Saturday at 1:15 during the lunch
break.
SUNDAY MORNING - LINE DANCE PRAISE AND WORSHIP - A wonderful way to start
your morning on the last day of the event, giving thanks and praising Him
through scripture and DANCE!
ADDITIONAL INFO ABOUT OUR HOST HOTEL,
THE WESTGATE RESORT AND CASINO:
There will be NO Resort Fee added to all
rooms booked through our Vegas Dance Explosion (VDE) Room Block.
There will
be NO additional charge for Wi-fi for registered VDE
dancers.
We have
secured immense ballroom space for all workshops which will allow us to install
larger dance floors. The amount of ballroom space allocated to VDE is more then
double what we had at The Riviera.
Because we have larger ballrooms and huge
dance floors we are increasing our attendance capacity to 1500 dancers. All our
floors will be sprung wooden floors designed for dancers!
We will have our own designated personal Line Dance Lobby right outside our
ballrooms in the Convention Area of the Hotel. The line dance lobby, in itself,
will be larger then our Main Ballroom (which is really big)! We will have a huge
dance floor in our lobby for open dancing during the day, with music being
played at a comfortable level. There will be plenty of tables and chairs for
everyone. Our Vendors will be located in our lobby as well! This year the line
dance lobby will be closed off to the public! Eat, Socialize, Shop, AND DANCE
all in one open room all day long!
Vegas Dance Explosion FREE SLOT
TOURNAMENT!
The Vegas Dance Explosion will have it's own slot tournament
called The Harvest Festival Slot Tournament with $3,000.00 in FREE SLOT
PLAY! This is exclusively for VDE attendees (you must have an event badge to
participate ) 11am - 4pm; Date TBA
FOOD and BEVERAGE
Once again
this year we have negotiated reduced prices and discounts on food and beverages
throughout the hotel and casino.
Fast and Convenient : The Westgate will set
up and operate our own VDE Cafe in our Line Dance Lobby.
The VDE Cafe will be
open from 8am to 7pm Thursday thru Sunday.
Breakfast served 8am-11am
Lunch/Dinner 11am-7pm
Menu examples:
Breakfast Burritos, Breakfast
Sandwiches, Turkey, Ham Roast
Beef sandwiches, Veggies, Salads, Freshly
Grilled Hamburgers, All Beef Hot Dogs, plus a large variety of other selections
at a reasonable cost such as Fresh Fruit, Muffins, Nachos, Chili, Chips, Cookies
and much, much more!
So there you have it! We're looking forward to
our Biggest and BEST event yet!
For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us by
email:
bona...@aol.com or call
(951)756-4451.
Happy dancing!!
DDM Productions
Doug and Jackie
Miranda
Event Directors
The Vegas Dance Explosion
November 8-13,
2016
at The Westgate Resort and Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada
Smoky
Mountain Shindig
May 19-21, 2017
at The Music Road Convention
Center
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Email:
bona...@aol.com Website:
www.djdancing.comPHONE: 951-756-445
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Subject: 2016 Vegas Dance Explosion Workshop Gold Tickets
for Sale
From: Dee Blansett,
Ohio
Email Address: DeeBl...@udancers.com
Anyone looking to purchase 2 gold passes at a discounted rate, let me
know.. Please pass along to anyone you know that may be interested. We are
unable to go. If you only need 1 ticket that works also. Many
thanks!
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Subject : High-Beg. to Inter.-Adv. Line Dance Class LAST NIGHT
8/30 and Sunday Social Sept. 25th
We had such a great class last
night and it was nice to see a couple of new faces. We are missing Ann and
Neil who are up in the North helping take care of their son for the foreseeable
future.
Our next Sunday Social is a little
less than a month away on Sunday Sept. 25th. We are still working on the
Instructors and dances to be taught. Start thinking about a request list and
send your requests to Diane.
Also our Tampa Bay Line Dance Classic
will be the Monday after the weekend event Nov. 7th. This will be from 630 to
1030. We always have such a great time at our After Party and hope all of you
can join us!
Last night we danced and learned:
Better When I'm Dancing,Lay Low,Ex's & Oh's,ST1,If I Wuz U
Rev. Joan,Baby Bring It Back Rev. Valerie,Drift Away
Teach Joan,Drift Away,Ain't Misbehavin,Way Down We Go Rev.
Valerie,Way Down we Go,Beautiful in My Eyes,Handclap
T....Sandy,
Handclap,Cake By The Ocean,Gypsy Queen Rev....Joan,Gypsy
Queen,Corazon Diamonte,High On Loving You, Rev by Lynda, High on Loving
You,
You Make It Real T....Valerie,You Make It
Real,Jesse James Rev by Valerie,Pieces Rev...Lynda,Pieces
Thanks everyone for going over one walls and reviews of the ones we
needed. We have some good new dances lined up in the next couple of weeks
so hope you will join us.
HERE ARE VIDEOS FOR AUGUST TEACHES:
AUGUST
WHERE: Deerfield Beach,
FL
DATE: Friday
& Saturday 2/24/17 – 2/25/17
Please join us for our annual line dance workshop & evening dance
socials with international award-winning choreographer & dance instructor
Scott Blevins.
WHEN:
Friday 2/24/17 DANCE SOCIAL from 7 – 10 p.m.
Saturday 2/25/17 DANCE WORKSHOP from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. (lunch included) AND
Saturday DANCE SOCIAL from 7 - 10 p.m. (registered dancers only)
WHERE: Shall We
Dance Studios (2nd floor), 600 S. Federal Highway, Deerfield Beach, FL
COST:
$10.00 for Friday night dance social (pay at door)
$50.00 for Saturday workshop and Saturday night dance
social ($60.00 after 1/15/17)
Saturday workshop includes: lunch, stepsheet book, bottled water &
snacks. Since this is a private studio you are free to bring your own
drinks and snacks as well.
The dances played at the evening dance socials and open dance during the
workshops are all from requests of the attendees.
Please feel free to contact me at
egc...@aol.com for a registration form, to be
added to my email list or with any questions you may have. Hope you
can join us!!
Betsy
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SUBJECT: ATLANTA DANCE WEEKLY
30 August 2016 Edition
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SUBJECT: Scott Blevins
Annual Line Dance Workshop and Dance
Socials
WHERE: Deerfield Beach, FL
DATE: Friday
& Saturday 2/24/17 –
2/25/17
FROM: Betsy
Courant (egc...@aol.com)
Please join us for our annual line dance workshop & evening dance
socials with international award-winning choreographer & dance instructor
Scott Blevins.
WHEN:
Friday 2/24/17 DANCE SOCIAL from 7 – 10 p.m.
Saturday 2/25/17 DANCE WORKSHOP from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. (lunch included) AND
Saturday DANCE SOCIAL from 7 - 10 p.m. (registered dancers only)
WHERE: Shall We
Dance Studios (2nd floor), 600 S. Federal Highway, Deerfield Beach, FL
COST:
$10.00 for Friday night dance social (pay at door)
$50.00 for Saturday workshop and Saturday night dance
social ($60.00 after 1/15/17)
Saturday workshop includes: lunch, stepsheet book, bottled water &
snacks. Since this is a private studio you are free to bring your own
drinks and snacks as well.
The dances played at the evening dance socials and open dance during the
workshops are all from requests of the attendees.
Please feel free to contact me at
egc...@aol.com for a registration form, to be
added to my email list or with any questions you may have. Hope you
can join us!!
Betsy
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