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The BC Swing Dance Club is pleased to announce a set of four afternoon workshop by Gerald and Robin Cote on May 25th!

If you’re not familiar with Gerald and Robin, they are extremely talented dancers and teachers who have moved to Squamish in the past couple years. Check out their bios here: https://www.dancelessonssquamish.com/dance-instructors or check them out on Youtube below!

Gerald and Robin will be teaching a series of workshops on Saturday, May 25th at the Confederation Centre in Burnaby. The schedule runs as follows:

First workshop – 1PM to 2PM – Flow & Funk Moves

*15 minute break*

Second workshop – 2:15PM to 3:15PM – Fun Footwork Dynamics

*15 minute break*

Third workshop – 3:30PM to 4:45PM – Lego Blocking Variations

15 minute open practice/question until 5PM

Doors for dinner from 5PM until 6:30

7PM – 8PM – Music Interpretations

Afterwards, the club will be hosting an extra May dance, so don’t go anywhere. Same time, same place, same price as always (https://bcswingdance.ca/index.php/dance-dates/), but extra special workshop!

Pricing is $15.00 per workshop for members, or a pack of four for $50.00, and $20.00 for non-members with a pack of four for $65.00. You can pre-purchase workshop passes below via PayPal or pay at the door. We will also be accepting add-on lessons at the door if you realize you’d like more.

Anyone buying a 4-pack of tickets will also get admission into the dance for free!

Workshop Options

1 Workshop – Member $15.00 CAD 2 Workshops – Member $30.00 CAD 3 Workshops – Member $45.00 CAD 4 Workshops – Member $50.00 CAD 1 Workshop – Non-Member $20.00 CAD 2 Workshops – Non-Member $40.00 CAD 3 Workshops – Non-Member $60.00 CAD 4 Workshops – Non-Member $65.00 CAD

Role

Lead Follow

The BC Swing Dance is kicking into high gear, with a series of dances every two weeks. The May dance is next!

Amy Shibasaki will be in charge of the main lesson and teaching rotation and linear (or lin-ear, ask her 🙂 ) connections. Cool stuff! If you don’t know who Amy is, check her out with her partner Michael in this video below:

Our dance will be at the regular time, regular place: 4585 Albert St, Burnaby (Confederation Centre), doors at 6:30PM, lessons from 7-8PM, and dance from 8-11PM. The price for the lesson is $5 for members, $7 for guests, or $4 with student ID. The dance is $10 for members, $13 for guests, and $7 with a student ID.

And as usual, bring your friends for the beginner lesson – the first dance that they come to is free!

Starting April 6th, the BC Swing Dance club will be expanding its offerings to Victoria! Due to its dance runner’s relocation, Victoria’s weekly local WCS dance found itself without a host. The BCSDC, along with a host of local volunteers, is excited to be able to step up to provide resources and support the Garden City.

The dance, which runs every Saturday night in downtown Victoria, has occurred weekly over the past several years and will continue to do so. In April, the night is being started off with beginner lessons by Sam Jackson and Meaghan Efford. Follow along on the club’s Facebook page as this dance grows:

https://www.facebook.com/BCSwingVictoria/

Give us a shout on Facebook or Victoria@bcswingdance.ca if you have any questions! And, if you’re in Victoria… check us out 🙂

Join us at our annual (technically true!) April BC Swing Dance club dance, featuring a lesson by Pamela Podmoroff!

Pamela’s lesson will feature a mixture of West Coast Swing and Shag dancing. Not familiar? Check out this video! https://youtu.be/8l5pczCZw04?t=25 (warning: these are professionals and the content may not be taught until the second Shag lesson)

Besides that, we’ve got another fun night of dancing. Doors open at 6:30PM, lessons run from 7-8, and then dancing goes from 8-11PM. Same times, same place – the Confederation Center at 4585 Albert St in Burnaby. See you there!