New Happenings

I have a nice week ahead of me, and regrettably I will not be able to attend all of them. I must make the effort to go where there is the most feedback.

From Maurice Morita:
Monday Nights:

Dance Honolulu @ Washington Middle School

Dates of classes: April 4, 18, 25 / May 9,16, 23
/ June 12, 20)
6:00 p.m. - Registration & Line Dancing
by Roxanne Kaino

Dates of classes: April 5, 12, 19, 26 / May 3, 10, 17, 24
International Dance Instructors
Reggie Gascon & Gayle Kawahakui
7:00 p.m. - Foxtrot
8:00 p.m. - Cha Cha
9:00 p.m. - Dance Classes

"Fly Me To The Moon" by Matt Monroe

Dance Moiliili @ Moiliili Community Center

Dates of classes: April 5, 12, 19, 26 / May 3, 10, 17, 24

6:30 p.m. - Registration & Line Dancing
by Roxanne Kaino
American Social Instructors
Patrick Watarai & Lynn Miller
7:00 p.m. - Foxtrot
8:00 p.m. - Mambo
9:00 p.m. - Dance Class Ends

"I Walk The Line" by Roy Coniff

Dance Hawaii Kai @ Koko Head School
Dates of classes: April 5, 12, 19, 26 / May 3, 10, 17, 24
6:30 p.m. - Registration
American Social Instructors
Erik & Naomi Takai with Sally Forges
7:00 p.m. - Cha Cha Cha
8:00 p.m. - Foxtrot
9:00 p.m  - Dance Class Ends

Most of my "must" attends are in the West and that is slowly building up, so that I have to get rid of my best blog. My best blog is the one that gets the most hits and needs me the least.

Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need, the remainder is needed by others.  ~Saint Augustine 

Then there is HBDA Inaugural this Saturday at the famous Palladium. I will certainly try to get some photos there as June will too. She is making some very good blogs out of their dance functions. Perhaps, we can even have Calvin do a blog too. Wow, what publicity, the hits would go through the roof.

From the Social Dance Book:
Social Moves for the intermediate student with a working knowledge of the rhythms. should cover moves that are “lead-able”, by which we mean moves that can be easily led even if your follow has never done the move and has no idea what is coming.

The moves are designed with clear and distinctive leads that leave little or no question in the follow’s mind about where to go next and what it is you want to do. Many of these moves are lead-able variations on moves you should already know. The intermediate student will recognize the underlying turns, free-spins, side passes and other basic moves that these social moves are built upon, so the classes should move fairly quickly.

For the leads, we will focus on breaking down the individual leads, making them clear and distinct. The lead techniques explored here can be useful in all of your dancing. For the follows, we will be working on following techniques: how to be receptive to a lead, how to “read” a lead and how to be responsive to the lead. For fun we will show how the follow can hi-jack the moves and turn them into something different. This sounds like "Da Reel Teeng."