Boston Blues News - December
Julie Brown
- Connection theme at Bluesy Tuesy with Jenn Martinez & Steve York!
- Blues Clinics all month long at Blues Union! There's still an intro lesson too!
- Live music at Blues Union from Amy Kucharik & Tiger Moan on Dec 15! Blues Union closed Dec 22 & 29.
- Second Sun Rising on Dec 11, with guest instructor-and-DJ Jenny Sowden from NYC!
- Travel to Rochester, Nashville, Austin, and more, for more blues dancing awesomeness!
Stuff around town
December at Bluesy Tuesy
with Jenn Martinez & Steve York
Each week of December, Steve & Jenn will bring you a different topic related to connection, appropriate for all levels of blues dancer. Check the Tuesy Facebook group for details!
December at Blues Union - All Clinics!
Each week in December, we’ll have a blues clinic! Come get one-on-one feedback from instructors & other advanced dancers, and work with your peers or on your own--on whatever you’d like! There will still be an intro-to-blues lesson at 8:30pm each week as well.
Live music at Blues Union Dec 15th! Blues Union closed Dec 22 and 29.
While we are closed on Dec 22 and 29th, we're leaving off the year in style with live music from Amy Kucharik and Tiger Moan! Bring your friends! We'll still have the intro lesson at 8:30pm, as usual.
Second Sun Rising - Boston’s fusion monthly
Sunday, Dec 11, Extreme Dancesport, Cambridge, MA
Jenny Sowden from NYC will be teaching an all-levels lesson from 7 to 8 p.m. The topic is playing with the shapes solo and partnered bodies can make and how to dance them by shifting, echoing, and creating a motif of movement. Jenny will also be DJing the social dancing from 8 to 11 p.m. https://www.facebook.com/events/1842409446030416/
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.
Blues+Swing Dancing in Western MA!
Hogan Student Center, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
Practice every Sunday - regular meetings of the blues & swing dancing group that meets every Sunday at 8pm. There will be a sign pointing out the exact room.
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.
Snowbound Blues
Rochester, NY - Dec 2-4
Join us in snowy Rochester, New York for a blues dancing exchange that’s sure to keep you warm! 10 great instructors leading three tracks of classes on Saturday, solo and elective classes on Sunday, three nights of live music dances and fun late night dances, three great Rochester bands, and three fantastic performances!
http://www.snowboundblues.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/218306615213532/
Mo’ Better Blues
Nashville, TN - Feb 17-19
Welcome back to the Music City!! This President’s Day Weekend, February 17th-19th, join us for the third year of Mo’ Better Blues!! 10 incredible instructors from around the nation and world, 3 Track Levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and the launch of BluesGeek, our new community driven initiative.
https://bluesdancenashville.org/mo-better-blues/
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/
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.
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