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Welcome to the New Year 🙂

Hopefully your New Year’s resolution involves a lot of dancing with the BC Swing Dance club, because we have you covered!

John Kirkconnell will be warming up for Swingcouver with our intermediate lesson, while Michael and Amy Shibasaki will be covering our beginner lesson. Come join us!

Reminder: since it is a new year, 2018 memberships have expired. Come early to avoid lineups to renew your membership.

Details:

Our dances take place at 4585 Albert St at the Confederation Center with lots of free parking. Doors open at 6:30, lessons start at 7, and the dance goes from 8-11. The cost is $15 for a new/renewed membership, $5 lesson and $10 dance for members, and $7 lesson and $13 dance for guests. We also offer a student discount of $4 for the lesson and $7 for the dance with a valid student ID.

Bring a waterbottle!!

The survey was conducted in December of 2018 and January and early February of 2019.  There were 49 responses. 

Some results:

The reasons for participating were Dancing, about 91.5%, Socializing, about 70%, then the music, about 38%. 

Of those who took intermediate lessons, 71% were either very or mostly satisfied with the lessons. 

The desired mix for lessons was Patterns and Technique, at 56.8%, followed by Technique with minimal Patterns, at 34.1%. 

If two dances were offered each month, 57.1% said they would attend both dances. 

If a one-day (about 4 hours) workshop were offered 91.5% would be interested (either are sure to attend or would attend depending on specifics). 

Most respondents (about 83%) would be interested in an opportunity for practice.  Yes 29.2%; depending on having a coach 27.1%; and if the cost were sufficiently low 27.1%. 

The music genres desired for WCS were: Top 40, 72.9%; Blues, 68.8%; 90s and beyond, 50%; R&B, 47.9%; and others (about 35% or lower).  (Respondents listed all genres they liked for WCS.)

It’s the last dance of the year and often our best attended – the BC Swing Dance’s DECEMBEEEERRRR DAAANNNNNNCEEEEEEE

Bring potluck, take an awesome lesson with Ian and Leigh Kirkconnell, dress to impress, and enjoy the last BC Swing Club dance of the year. Our DJs will be Jason “Bad Boy” Brown and Chris “Ponytail” Dewhurst.

We will be offering 2019 club memberships at this dance to knock down the lineups, so get your pass early and avoid the wait! Also, if you are a new member, signup for a 2019 membership and get December’s monthly membership free.

Note that this dance is an extra hour early but we’re going until midnight to continue the good times.

Join us at 4585 Albert St. at the Confederation Centre in Burnaby. See you there!

Country 2-step is back(!) at our next BC Swing Dance Club dance lesson. Join Ken and Angela Wolder and your favorite dancers for a one hour country 2-step lesson, then join us for a night of West Coast Swing with a little sprinkle of country.

Based on an overwhelming vote of support, the club will now be hosting its dances one hour earlier, meaning that doors are at 6:30PM, lessons start at 7:00PM, and the dance starts at 8PM and goes until 11PM. Don’t miss out! Our dance will be at the Confederation Centre in Burnaby, located at 4585 Albert St. Parking is free and plentiful.

As usually, we’ll have a free beginner lesson offered by local instructors Michael and Amy Shibasaki. Bring your friends! If it’s your first time at our dance and you are taking the beginner lesson, you are welcome to take the beginner lesson and try the main dance for free.

Want to beat next year’s membership sign-up rush? The club will be offering renewals for memberships starting at the November dance for 2019. If you are a new member, we will also be offering two months for free – if you sign up as a new member in November or December for the full $15 membership price, we will throw in November and December’s membership as a bonus.

See you there!