What Is Blues Dancing!! Find Out Sept 1st

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We provide opportunities to learn about this amazing dance every week but we wanted to create a unique moment for the community to come experience our group and the history behind the dance. Join with us as we step back in time and explain how Blues Dancing came to be, how we dance it now and how you can get involved in this wonderful community!! We are throwing a FREE event for you so this a great chance to see what you’ve been missed and bring your friends to discover it too!!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-is-blues-dancing-tickets-26437593554

https://www.facebook.com/events/355300278135226/

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What’s Coming Up?

Check out all the events heading this way:

Thursday Night Blues- July 28th

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Thursday Night Blues feat. Chelsea Reed and The Fair Weather Five

Chelsea  Reed and The Fair Weather Five kickoff the return of TNB with live music to our weekly social dance. Join us at 7PM for another class of Blues University with teachers, Megan and Kenneth. At 8PM, the dance kicks off 3 hours of music for what will be a amazing night of dancing. More details here

Thursday Night Blues will be back to it’s normal time of 730PM to 1030PM August 4th

Second Saturday Blues feat. Mo’Pie- August 13th

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Second Saturday Blues feat. Mo’Pie

It’s the best live blues night in TN!! Join us for award winning band phenoms, Mo’Pie, as they join us from Bowling Green, KY. It’s only $10 for our monthly live music night. More details here

Ruth and Mike Workshop- August 19th-21st

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Ruth and Mike Workshop- August 19th-21st

International instructors, Ruth Evelyn and Mike Grosser join us here in Nashville for a short weekend workshop. Two dances, 4 classes are only $40. Registration is open now. For more details, check it out here.

 

Ruth and Mike Workshop- August 19th-21st

Ruth and Mike return to Nashville for a weekend of blues geared to improve your personal dancing and your teaching skills!! Registration is open!!

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Register here!!
https://squareup.com/store/blues-dance-nashville

Housing form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1y-ECrgDyFH5r_w1vSboXUEV509Zq951GxTJIgLEYkqs/viewform

Saturday and Sunday class are just $40 per day. Sign up for both and save $10 bucks!! (Includes admission to the dances regardless of which one you pick)

Curious about our wonderful instructors? Check out ruthandmike.com and follow them on Facebook- Ruth and Mike

Come out on Saturday to add more skills and refinement to your blues. Our Sunday portion will be geared towards those wanting to become instructors or improve their teaching abilities!!

Saturday Classes:
What Makes It Blues? (Intermediate)
All The Connection, All The Time (Intermediate)
Turn Like A Boss (Intermediate)
Shuffle (Intermediate)

Sunday Classes:
AVK (Intermediate)
Developing & Choosing Content (Intermediate)
Classroom Management & Flow (Intermediate)
Presentation Skills (Intermediate)

We will have dances Friday and Saturday night: Our DJs will spin the tunes on Friday. Then enjoy live music to the tunes of Juke Joint Revival on Saturday!!

Check Out What’s Coming Up!!

The next few months are huge for Blues Dance Nashville!!

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Come join us every Thursday at the Global Education Center for TNB (Thursday Night Blues) This month, Megan Adair and Lenny Sharlet lead the class in the Ballroomin style of blues.

March 17th is our St. Patrick’s day dance with guest DJ Brad Nathanson

March 24th: Normal TNB

March 31st This 5th TNB of March will be a Soul night, with a lesson in Soul dancing by Heather Adkins with a mix of blues and soul played at the dance afterwards.

April 7th: Starting in April, Kenneth Shipp and Camille Maynard will teach a month on Struttin Blues.

Lesson @ 730PM: Come join our instructors as they cover a new blues style every month. Admission is $10 and gets you into the class and the dance afterwards

Dance @ 830-1030PM: Come join our awesome BDN DJs for a great night of dancing each week!! Free if you take the class, or $5 admission.

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Second Saturday Blues returns Saturday, April 9th!!

Come join us for the sounds of Al DeLuca Band and dance the night away!! Admission is $10

Mixer: 730-830PM Come join the BDN community for a fun meet and greet before the dance starts.

Drop-In Lesson: 830-900PM A great way to brush up before the dance or learn a few skills to have a fun night

Main Dance: 900PM-12Midnight Al DeLuca Band will be playing excellent blues for your dancing pleasure!!

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Southbound Blues Exchange is right around the corner!! Come join us in Nashville May 6th to 8th for a weekend packed with excellent music from The Fried Bananas, a whole slew of guest DJs and plenty more. Go check it out here!!

https://bluesdancenashville.org/events/southbound-blues-exchange-2016/

Come join us for Jookin Feb 4th!!

Camille Maynard and Kenneth Shipp will be leading our next class series in the month of February!!

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During this 4 week class, we’ll show you how to dance the Jookin’ style, the blues music associated it and how to apply the skills you just learned in Intro To Blues. If you want to keep growing as a dancer, or just want to brush up your skills, we have the class for you!!

Make sure to join us for the Thursday Night Blues kickoff directly afterwards!!

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Admission is $10 per class or $40 dollars: Taking the class gets you into Thursday Night Blues totally free. Check out the dance here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1541656486149287/

Support Blues Dance Nashville!!

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If you have enjoyed the events we’ve put together so far, consider a gift to BDN this year that will help us reach our goal of $2000 dollars. It will enable us to keep bringing in bands for Second Saturday Blues, ensure venues and deposits can be made for our upcoming workshop and exchange. This will continue to help us train and educate new teachers, DJs, and dancers in Nashville. Even small amounts will help, and  if you’re unable to do that, sharing this via social media or with friends goes a long way.

Check out our Go Fund Me Details here:

https://www.gofundme.com/gy5fkhww

First Second Saturday Of 2016!!

Did you love Kirabelle at the Winter Formal? Her band is coming back to start the year off right in January. Kirabelle Frabotta returns to the Blues Dance Nashville stage to give us a wonderful night of blues music so you can dance the night away.

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Beginner Lesson at 8pm
What is blues dancing? Come join us early and we’ll show you!!
This lesson is perfect if you want to get comfortable with blues dancing and have a fun time doing it.

Band starts at 9PM and ends at midnight

Admission: $10

The Global Education Center is BYOB, just make sure to drink responsibly.

Check it out on FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/1517728025193093/

Parking Information:

We are located at the Global Education Center: 4822 Charlotte Ave # 3, Nashville, TN 37209
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This Saturday’s dance will be in the side studio, located in the image below.

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There’s parking on the same side of the street as Global, but since there is another event also going on in the rooms next to us, we highly encourage to use the playground parking lot which has plenty of space. It’s highlighted in blues on the image below.

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Thank You Nashville

Good evening Nashville!!

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It has been a wild first year for me as your president. When I took over in January of this year,  I was still super new to blues and really had no idea how to run a scene. It took awhile to get going and with the support of my officers, instructors, DJs and most importantly our dancers, we had a very successful year. I’ve enjoyed every single dance, every moment to teach, even the candid moments off the floor getting to know everyone better. I couldn’t have been more proud representing Nashville in the other scenes I’ve traveled to this year. It’s cool to talk about our scene, where we have been and where we were. With that in mind, let’s chat about a few things…

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Registration is Open!!

Mo Better Blues is back and better than ever!!

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Join Andrew Bouchard, Josephine Kaye, Adam and Krystal Wilkerson, Megan Adair and Kenneth Shipp for an awesome weekend of blues lessons for a range of dancers, evening dances to spectacular guest DJs: Dave Fuerte, Jim Barry, and Alex Medlin. The Saturday Main Dance will feature the Ragtime River Rats Quartet in their return to the BDN Stage. And we’re introducing beginner friendly Novice Jack & Jill and Solo competitions as well this year. Did we mention it’s also our anniversary? BDN will be two years old when February comes around in 2016 so come celebrate with us.