Thursday
Want to come into town early? No problem. Athens has more
than 20 bars and all that college-style fine dining you love. The
Blue Gator is especially good for blues music on any night of
the week. We'll be going on a shuffle, so come early!
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Friday
Shirley King and R&B Station 9:00-12:00 a.m. — We couldn't get
B.B. King; but we got his daughter! We are so proud to bring the
amazing sound of the Daughter of Blues and Athens' own R&B
Station! IN THE NEW BAKER CENTER MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM
Late night: 12:30-5:00 a.m. AT FACTORY STREET STUDIOS
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Saturday
Classes 2:00-6:00 p.m. — MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM
Charlie and Melissa Fuller will be bringing you two classes today in:
• Blues Fundamentals - A beginning level intro to Blues and a
refresher for the more experienced dancer. You'll learn both vintage
and contemporary forms of the basic Blues step and how to relate
these basic steps to the music. You’ll also learn the techniques
necessary to improvise rhythmically in varying degrees of closed
position while using these basic steps.
• Blues Moves - This class expands on the basic Blues vocabulary
and adds some flash with slides, dips, and turns. You’ll also learn
techniques to vary these basic moves so that you can expand your
repertoire and keep your Blues dancing full of interesting variations.
This class will explore how to take "small and simple" further than
you ever imagined.
Kelly Porter and Adam Boehmer will also be bringing you:
• Ye Olde Lindy Repair Shoppe - The secret to having lindy that
can fly at any tempo is getting a solid rhythmic swingout with soul
and precision-- and we are here to help. Intended for folks with some
experience at Lindy Hop, this class is meant to take your dancing to
the next level and get you swinging out solid and hot.
• Blank Canvas Charleston - Getting bored with your dance? Let us
light the fire under your feet! Learn to dress up your Charleston with
different rhythms, frames and footwork. This class will strengthen
the roots of Charleston so that you can move on to lookin' sweet and
stylish. You'll never do the same basic twice!
Jimmy Sapienza's Five Guys Named Moe: 9:00-12:00 a.m. IN
THE NEW BAKER CENTER MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM
Late night: 12:30-5:00 a.m. AT FACTORY STREET STUDIOS
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Sunday
Classes 1:00-3:00 p.m. — You want more soul? You got it. These
classes are designed to help you work on the finer points of dancing.
ADAM AND KELLY'S CLASS WILL RUN AT THE SAME TIME
FROM 1-2:00 P.M. AT PUTNAM HALL. CHARLIE AND MELISSA'S
CLASS WILL BEGIN AT 2:15 IN THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM
Kelly will be leading the girls in:
The Bad-Assed Jass Class For Girls - That's right, we're nailing the
"No Boys Allowed" sign to the clubhouse door and rocking-out solo.
Why? Because it's about time we stopped fighting over who gets to
dance with the good leads and decided to show them up instead.
Learning to be self-possessed as a solo dancer will give you a whole
new level of confidence on the social dance floor. A routine inspired
by the great female dancers of days past will be taught. This is the
real girl-power.
Adam will be leading the guys in:
The Bad-Assed Jass Class For Boys - Ok Men....there's more to
solo dance than splits, Hip-Hop and a handful of Charleston moves.
We are going to find your hips and get them swingin' We are going to
get those arms and legs moving confidently! Learn to exist in a song
comfortably with new movements and ideas to help add style and
strength to your dance.
Charlie and Melissa has prepared one final class:
Blues Breakaways – There’s more to blues dancing than just closed
position with your partner. As long as there has been blues music,
there have been people dancing to it even when they didn’t have a
partner. This class will help you learn to move your own body to
blues, rather than just moving (or being moved by) someone else’s.
You’ll learn how to improvise visual lead-follow, call and response,
and complementary solo movement.
Farewell dance 3:00-6:00 p.m. — Still hanging around? We'll
give you some fantastic music to send you home. Or it will at least
be the sad soundtrack to the goodbyes you have to make with your
brand-new friends. IN THE NEW BAKER CENTER MULTI-
PURPOSE ROOM
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