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This Third Friday Social will be a Salsa Celebration honoring Megan and congratulating her and the very lucky Joe Blanchard on their recent marriage.

Friday, May 17th

8:30-11:00pm

at the Pioneer Park Dance Hall

Bring your favorite Mexican dish to share and come dance the night away with us at the Pioneer Park Dance Hall!

$5 members, $6 general (cash or check only please)
No partner necessary. Please bring clean, non-marking shoes.

BDCF is excited to host Dance historian and innovator Richard Powers.

Richard has been teaching contemporary and historic social dance for over 35 years.  He leads workshops around the world and is currently a full-time instructor at Stanford University’s Dance Division. Richard’s emphasis is on flexible attentive partnering, creativity, developing one’s personal style, and the ability to adapt to the dancing styles of various partners. For more information about Richard’s numerous projects see his website at http://richardpowers.com

Schedule of Events

Friday, June 14th

8:00-11:00 pm~ Open Social Dance

Richard Powers will DJ and teach quick lessons throughout the night

8:00-9:00 pm~ 1950’s Rock & Roll Cha Cha lesson

$5 members, $6 non-members

 Saturday, June 15th

9:00-9:30 am~ Registration and Warm-up

 9:30-10:45 am~ Cross Step Waltz (No experience necessary)

 11:00-12:15 pm~ Int/Ad CSW Grapevine Variations (Waltz experience necessary)

1:30-2:45 pm~ 1920’s & 1930’s Blues Dance (No experience necessary)

3:00-4:15 pm~ On-the-Fly Waltz Variations (Waltz experience necessary)

Sunday, June 16th

9:00-9:30 am~ Registration and Warm-up

9:30-10:45 am~ CSW Variations from Waltz Lab (Waltz experience necessary)

11:00-12:15 pm~ Underarm Turns from Rotary Waltz (Waltz experience necessary)

1:30-2:45 pm~ Viennese Waltz Variations (Experience necessary)

3:00-4:45 pm~ Swing Rueda (Some experience necessary)

No partner necessary. Please bring clean, non-marking shoes.

Who: Liv Froholm & Van Rauch

What: Hustle, Nightclub 2 Step, & Advanced WCS

When: May 2, 3, & 4

Where: the Pioneer Park Dance Hall

Schedule of Events

Saturday, May 4th

9:00-10:00am~Advanced WCS  (preregistration necessary due to limited class size)

10:45-11:45am~Beginning Hustle

2:00-3:00pm~ Hustle: the Next Step

3:15-4:15pm~ Hustle: Styling

Sunday, May 5th

9:00-10:00am~ Advanced WCS

10:15-11:15am~ Beginning Nightclub 2 Step

1:00-2:00pm~ NC2S: The Next Step

2:15-3:15pm~ WCS: Styling

No partner necessary. Please bring clean, non-marking shoes.

Saturday night FREE at the Rock-n-Rodeo

7-9pm Open Floor Swing with music by Kurt Byers- UAF Good Time Swing Dance Club

9 -10pm Country 2 step lesson with Liv & Van

$5 cover charge starts at 9:30pm, so come early to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity

Liv & Van have been dancing together since 1998 and became teaching partners in 2001.  Their specialties are West Coast Swing, Hustle, Night Club 2-Step, and Country Western 2-Step.  They have taught for the Dancing Bears, Dance Connect, The UAA Student Union, West Coast Swing Alaska, Strictly Swing Anchorage, and the UAA dance program.

Van competed and placed in many West Coast Swing Jack & Jill Competitions in Portland, OR from 1994-1996.  Liv has competed the past four years in the pro-am division at Mountain Magic in West Coast Swing, and Nightclub 2-Step with Michael Eads and Hustle with Raul Ante and Daniel McGee.  She has placed first in several competitions.  Dancing together Liv and Van placed 1^st in Division IV Waltz and West Coast Swing and won the Division Overall at the Portland Dance Festival in 2000. They continue to compete at various events including Easter Swing, Mountain Magic, The Reno Dance Sensation, and Hooray for Hollywood in WCS, Hustle, and Nightclub 2-Step.

Liv & Van are also both directors of West Coast Swing Alaska – a non-profit WC swing and social dance club founded in 2001.

at Pioneer Park Dance Hall

8:30pm-11:00pm

Join us at this month’s First Saturday Dance with live music by Cocktail Sauce, the West Valley Jazz Band.  You can bring a dish for the potluck and dance the night away.

$5 members $6 non-members

No experience or partner necessary. Please bring clean, non-marking shoes.

with Megan (Allen) Blanchard

At the Pioneer Park Dance Hall

Schedule of Events:

Monday, April 22

6:00-7:25 pm- Introduction to Merengue

7:35-9:00 pm- Introduction to Bachata

Wednesday, April 24

6:00-7:25 pm- Merengue: The Moves

7:35-9:00 pm- Bachata: The Moves

No partner necessary. Please bring clean, non-marking shoes.

Cost Per Class (cash or check only please):

$17 Members/Students/Military  $20 General Public

with Melanie Payton & Rulon Jensen

At the Pioneer Park Dance Hall

Schedule of Events:

Monday, April 15th

6:00-7:25 pm- Beginning Hustle (no experience required)

The hustle is a dance which fits well with most of today’s upbeat popular music.  With a few simple yet flashy moves you’ll be ready to wow the crowds at the next time you’re on the floor.

7:35-9:00 pm- NightClub 2 Step: Variations (some experience required)

For students with a basic knowledge of night club two step patterns and rhythms who want to take it up a notch.

Wednesday, April 15th

6:00-7:25 pm- Beginning Polka (no experience required)

The Polka is a lively, high energy dance which requires a tolerance for turning.  Any ballroom dancer should have basic polka knowledge in their back pocket for those occasions when the right song is played.  Beginners are welcome and encouraged!

7:35-9″00 pm- East Coast Swing: Variations (some experience required)

This workshop is for those who have learned basic triple count swing and would like to refresh their skills or learn a few fun variation steps.

No partner necessary. Please bring clean, non-marking shoes.

Cost Per Class (cash or check only please):

$17 Members/Students/Military  $20 General Public

Friday, April 19^th

7:00pm- 11:30pm

At the Pioneer Park Dance Hall

This is the 2^nd annual Fairbanks Open Ballroom Dance Competition, and you are officially invited to participate.  This all ages event will feature two competitive heats in three ballroom styles, with an open floor for social dancing between each. Sign up to compete or just come to social dance, cheer the competitors and enjoy the food, favors and fun.  Couples will compete for fabulous prizes such as medals, dinners and show tickets.

For competitors: Youth (18 and under) and Adults will compete separately and may participate in any or all divisions.  Each division will have at least two heats wherein dancers will compete in the indicated styles.

The divisions are:

• Standard Division- Waltz and Foxtrot
• Latin Division- Cha-Cha and Rumba
• Swing Division- East Coast Swing and West Coast Swing

Hosted by Melanie Payton and Rulon Jensen in conjunction with the Ballroom Dance Club of Fairbanks.  For more information contact Melanie Payton 750-3238, melaniejpayton@gmail.com 

If you need a partner, you can sign up for one! Contact Melanie.

Schedule of Events:

7:00 Registration Begins
   Youth MUST register by 7:25 pm and adults by 8:40 pm
7:30 Youth Waltz/Foxtrot
7:50 Youth Rumba/Cha-Cha
8:10 Youth East Coast/West Coast or Lindy
8:30 Youth Awards (Ballroom, Latin, Swing and Overall)
8:45 Adult Waltz/Foxtrot
9:15 Adult Rumba/Cha-Cha
9:45 Adult East Coast/West Coast or Lindy
10:30 Adult Awards (Ballroom, Latin, Swing and Overall)

 Please bring clean non-marking shoes.

Members/Military/Students $5
Non-members $6
Competitors FREE

Our first workshop of 2013!

Who: Frank Canha

What: Argentine Tango & Bachatango

When: March 29th & 30th

Where: the Pioneer Park Dance Hall

See Workshop Schedule Below

The Ballroom Dance Club of Fairbanks is excited to announce their first workshop of 2013! Join us for Argentine Tango & Bachatango, with the talented Frank Canha. Frank has been dancing for more than 40 years, specializing in Argentine Tango for 20 years.  He now lives and teaches in Anchorage, and is a local favorite.

The Argentine Tango is distinguished by a close hold, or embrace. The movement is stealthy, and has an unmistakable staccato feel. Characterized by its dramatic attitude, Argentine Tango is an improvisational form, with both partners contributing to telling the story of a relationship that is encompassed in each dance. Watch a demo.

Bachatango (a sensual and modern form of the Latin dance Bachata ) is a style that fuses the Dominican Bachata with Argentine Tango moves, including elaborated kicks, dips, turns, ganchos, leg wraps and long pauses. A rapidly developing style, Bachatango is now being danced to both Bachata and Tango music and is seen in Bachata competitions worldwide. Watch a demo and another.

Schedule of Events

Friday, March 29^th

7:30-11:00 pm~ Open Social Dance

Bachatango lesson with Frank Canha to start the night

$5 members, $6 non-members

Saturday, March 30^th

Noon–1:00 pm~ Beginning Bachatango (No experience necessary)

1:15-2:15 pm~ Beginning Argentine Tango (No experience necessary)

2:30-3:30 pm~ Bachatango 2 (Beginning Bachatango necessary)

3:45-4:45 pm~ Argentine Tango: the Connection (Tango experience necessary)

Break for Dinner

6:30-7:30 pm~ Argentine Tango with style (Tango experience necessary)

7:30-8: 00 pm Open Floor

Pre-register Now

Classes are $15 each.

All 5 classes $65

No partner necessary. Please bring clean, non-marking shoes.

See you on the dance floor!

Spring may be in the air, but it’s not here quite yet.  Get warmed up for being warm at our

Ballroom Luau & Potluck

Friday, March 15th

8:30-11:00 p.m.

at the Pioneer Park Dance Hall

Bring a dish and join hosts Liz and Jim on the dance floor for this Hawaii themed Third Friday Dance.

No partner necessary.

Please bring clean, non-marking shoes.
$5 members/students/military  $6 general