Boston Blues News: March 2017!
Julie Brown
Hey dancers!
Here's what's going on in the Boston Blues Dance scene and beyond:
- Guest instructor Kara Fabina, who is a boss dancer from Colorado, visits & teaches all our blues classes the 2nd week of the month!
- Jukin' at Bluesy Tuesy, with grab bag instructors (including Kara)!
- Styling Sampler at Blues Union Int+, with grab bag instructors (including Kara)!
- Second Sun Rising fusion dance on Sunday, March 12th!
- Intro to Struttin' workshop with Joey Science on March 18th!
- Boston Blend--Boston's own blues, Chicago-style Steppin, & swing event--on April 15th, registration is open now!
- Travel to dance in Austin, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Montreal, and more!
Stuff around town
March at Bluesy Tuesy - Jukin’
with Steve, Sarah, Josh, and guest instructor Kara Fabina!
Each week, different instructors will teach an all-levels topic related to Jukin--a sub-style of blues danced to guitar & harmonica-style blues music. Guest instructor Kara Fabina--visiting from Colorado--will teach a class on rhythms throughout the body on Tuesday, March 12th.
Check the Facebook group for details each week: https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=bluesy%20tuesy
March at Blues Union, Int+ - Styling Sampler
with so many instructors!
This month, we'll be bringing you lots of ideas to help you add style to your dance, and grow your expression as an individual dancer, whether you're following or leading. Each week, a different teaching pair will teach different ways for followers and leaders to style their dancing within the partnered framework.
Mar 2: Mike Grosser & Julie Brown - Frameworks for Styling
Mar 9: Jenn Martinez & Forrest Rogers-Marcovitz
Mar 16: Guest instructor Kara Fabina - Rhythmic Footwork
Mar 23: Mike & Dan Legenthal
Check the Facebook group for details each week: https://www.facebook.com/groups/92007818597/
Second Sun Rising - Boston’s fusion monthly
Sunday, Mar 12, Extreme Dancesport, Cambridge, MA
This month Jan Marie will be teaching an all-levels lesson, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., on exploring bodily the curves and edges we hear in music. Then, Danner will take us away for a full night, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., of his DJ stylings.
https://www.facebook.com/events/219379735133659/
Intro to Struttin’ afternoon workshop!
with Joey Science, March 18th
Struttin' is a comfortable close embrace Blues dance that is suited to faster Blues music. This workshop is intended for dancers who have had some experience with close embrace dances, but no or very little experience with struttin' itself. If you have more experience, this workshop can still serve as a review course, but will have less new material. There is a 10 student cap, so please register in advance!
https://www.facebook.com/events/405428399848498/
Boston Blend - a Blues, Swing, & Chicago Steppin’ event
April 15th - Cambridge Masonic Temple
Come celebrate Boston’s Blues, Swing, and Chicago Steppin' communities with classes during the day, and catered soul food, performances, and social dancing at night. This year we’ve got more classes, music, and soul food coming up!a
https://www.facebook.com/events/1710383252605643/
Earn free dances while spreading the love of blues!
When you dance at a blues bar, music event, or other blues bomb (or if you teach at a local college), bring some blues ambassador business cards to hand out! If people come to dances for their first time with your card, you get in that night for free! Talk to Andrew at Bluesy Tuesy or Julie Brown or Jenn Martinez at Blues Union to get yourself some cards.
Live music where you can go dance!
Stay up-to-date on where people are blues dancing to live music:
Join the Boston Blues Bombers group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/28357446101/
Weekly/ongoing*:
-Mondays at Toad to the White Owls
-Friday at Atwood's to Tim Gearan
-Sunday blues jam at Johnny D’s is no longer at the Causeway Restaurant & Bar, they are planning a move to a new location to be announced in January
-Sunday blues jam at Players sports bar in Rockland MA, 4- 8pm
-Sunday blues jam at Pete’s Grill in Quincy 9-12 on Sunday
*Dancers don’t always go to all of these every week; check Facebook (Boston Blues Bombers group) and ask around to see where folks will be.
Traveling for Dance
Want a learning- and/or competition-focused event?
These events usually have multiple tracks or levels of classes during the day. At night, there’ll be tons of dancing and maybe one or more competitions or performances.
Austin Blues Party
Austin, TX - March 3-5
Come to this “big damn party” for great live music, inspiring classes, and a fun and social atmosphere. Also enjoy the pleasant weather of Austin in the springtime!
http://www.austinbluesparty.com/
Steel City Blues
Pittsburgh, PA - March 17-19
Boston always sends a large group to this great workshop and party weekend. There will be lovely leads, feisty follows, wicked workshops, rocking comps, kicking bands, and inspiring dances. Plus, cheap flights!
https://steelcitybluesfestival.com/
bluesSHOUT
Chicago, IL - April 7-9
bluesSHOUT! is an annual celebration of Blues Dance, striving to bring you the best of the blues dance world every year through classes, competitions, and dances! Several tracks of classes from top-tier instructors, inspiring performances and competitions, excellent live music, and of course social dancing with lots of awesome people!
Montreal Bagel and Blues
Montreal, QC - April 21-24
5 tracks of workshops with la crème de la crème of teachers, including a teacher’s track, 4 social dance nights, amazing bands & Djs, an alternative Fusion room & an open Dj booth Sunday night, an all you can dance buffet and all the bagels you can handle!
https://montrealbagelandblues.wordpress.com/
Looking for more chill, hangin’ out exchanges?
These events don’t have classes during the day; instead they have either dances or non-dancing events around the city that they’re hosted in. The evenings have tons of dancing again, and may or may not include competitions.
Chicago Underground Blues Experience (CUBE)
Chicago, IL - June 9-12
Every year Chicago thrown an enormous city-wide Blues festival in a park. Dancers hang out there and throw late night DJ’ed parties afterward. Where else can you hear artists like Buddy Guy play for free?
https://www.facebook.com/events/348782118833249/
Other events to travel to:
-Check out http://bluescal.com/
The Boston Blues Scene is dedicated to creating a fun, welcoming, & safe environment for everyone:
If you have concerns or want to tell us something, our anonymous feedback form is here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6JBRRK6