LATEST NEWS!

You may now send in your registration form and wait to pay the balance at the door on the day of the workshop. If you send in your registration form before the due date(July 1st), and elect to pay the
balance at the door then you will still recieve the prereg. price.

Another option will be that the classes are now being offered at a per class basis on top of the day or weekend pass. The rate per class is $15.00. There is room on the registration form to list the classes
you will be attending. After listing the classes you will be attending then simply list the number of classes and the total. You only need to list the number of classes and total amount paying if you do not choose the day or weekend pass option.

All the instructors will be here not only for the workshop but for a few days surrounding the workshop. "Sailor" Mike Mizgalski will arrive early Friday(July 12th), Tise Chao will be arriving late Wednseday(July 10th), and Denise Paulino will be arriving late Monday(July 8th). They will be departing early Monday morning(July 15th). While here, they are avialable to teach private lessons.

The Big3-VII is on Saturday July 13th, but the workshop is all weekend (13th-14th). Well if you would like to try out the things learned on Sunday then you should join us on Sunday night. We are going to Metro Beach Parkway in MI. east of Detroit. It
costs $3.00 per car for an all day pass. They have live bands and and the pace is packed with old timers who love to hang with the "young swing kids."

Balboa is a Swing dance that was started in the early 1930’s by dancers in the Los Angeles area such as, Maxie Dorf, Hal Takier & Anne Mills, to mention but a few. The dance was named after Balboa Island in the Newport Beach area, which was the location of the Rendezvous Ballroom. The dance is known for its romantic closeness, fast & fancy footwork & effortless flow. This is a dance you perform to songs as slow as "Tuxedo Junction" or as fast as "White Heat!"

The Collegiate Shag originated in the South (New Orleans). It was popular in the early 1920's through the 1930's, and pre-dates the Lindy Hop with the college students. The kids loved this dance, because it was everything their parents "waltz" wasn't, It was fast, wild and fun. It was so popular in the mid '30's that the famous Harvest Moon Ball in New York City had an entire division devoted to it. Collegiate Shag in danced to a six count beat and It's moves can combine everything from ballroom to lindy. Anything goes!

The Shim-Sham is a line dance done to swing music. It was created in the early ‘30’s by Leonard Reed. The Dean Collins' Shim Sham is a version all on its own. Using the basic patterns of the original dance, Dean added a few syncopations of his own. A great footwork exercise!

Salsa is one of the hottest, and sexiest dances today. It's an 8 count dance done with styling
ranging from ballroom to cuban, and everywhere between. The main thing in Salsa is the music, the latin rhythm gets you on your feet and moving! Either done with a partner, or alone, it is as much fun to watch as it is to dance.

Casino Rueda is Salsa done in a circle with multiple couples. You can have a group as small as 2 couples, or a group as large as the space allows (100 if you have room) One person is the leader and calls out moves, similar to western line dancing. You change partners frequently throughout each song. A great social dance, all the rage in the clubs.