BC Swing Dance Club

The September Dance is Happening! Just when you were beginning to forget all of the classes that you’d taken throughout the year, it’s time to get back to it. Join us Saturday September 14 for the next BC Swing Dance Club lesson and dance. Please share this event with your friends so we can restart the BC Swing Dances with a huge crowd. Our intermediate workshop, “Build Your Own Move”, will be taught by Michael and Amy Shibasaki. We haven’t had both Michael and Amy teaching the intermediate lesson together in quite some time, so come out and learn how to build a move. Can they do it? Yes they can! For all your non-addict friends, you can get them started with beginner lessons by Celina Villarroel Whiting. Remember – the first time at the club is free for beginners and the beginner dance is always free. Doors: 6:30 pm Lesson(s): 7-8 pm Social dance: 8-11 pm Prices: Lesson: $5 member / $7 non-member Dance: $10 member / $13 non-member / $6 Valid Student ID Under 16 FREE with paying adult Beginner’s lesson is FREE!

The annual BC Swing Dance Club summer member appreciation picnic is this Saturday, August 24th, from 5 to 9, at John Hendry Park (aka Trout Lake Park) in Vancouver. We will be at the picnic area in the southwestern area of the park, east of the southern tip of the lake. The park is accessible by Skytrain (get off at Commercial/Broadway), bus, or car.

Because of anticipated fire bans (like we had last summer), we will be having a Pizza Party again! The picnic/party is free for BCSDC members, and $5 for guests.

The pizza will be all-you-can-eat and will include vegetarian options. The Swing Club will also be providing side dishes, desserts, and beverages. You’re welcome to bring something to share but there will be plenty of food.

What you should bring is a blanket or lawn chair, frisbee, soccer ball, or any other outdoor games you’d like to play.

Come get to know other BC Swing Dance Club members!

As has become custom, the BC Swing Dance is taking a road trip downtown this summer:

Join us on July 20th at Rhodes College (1125 Howe St, 2nd floor, use buzzer on Helmcken st) for our summer road trip dance. Featuring a 2 hour choreography lesson covering the 2019 WCS Rally by Pamela Podmoroff, it should be (and always is!) a good time.

This year, we are also offering beginners lessons, starting at 7PM. The choreography lesson is $10 for members, $14 for guests, the beginners lesson is free (as always) and the dance will run from 8-11PM. Don’t miss it!

Join the BCSDC for the last official dance before the summer. We’re kicking things off with the 2019 WCS Rally, taught in a workshop by Michael Shibasaki, starting at 6:00PM (doors at 5:30PM).

After that, Leigh Kirkconnell will be teaching “Defensive Dance Skills”, which is essential to know on the crowded dance floor. Finally, we’ll have DJ Jason Brown playing music from 8-11PM.

Hope to see you all there!