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Vintage Dance Workshops

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"Vintage Ballroom Workshops"
Location: Unitarian Fellowship,
595 Townsite Road, Nanaimo,.

                Friday March 17, 24, 31, anf April 7th   Times 7:30 - 9:00    
$10 entry for recorded music, or $15 when live music.
No partner required.
                The basic steps are easy and a lot of fun.   
                 Musicians are welcome to drop in to listen, or jam.

Workshop 1  Friday, March 17th
         Vintage Waltz             1790-1815
         Vintage Polka              1840-1880
         Vintage One Step        1912
         Vintage Galop              1864
Workshop 2   Friday, March 24th
         Vintage Waltz             1840
         Vintage Polka              continues from workshop 1
         Vintage One Step        continues from workshop 1
              then Reviews
Workshop 3   Friday. March 31st
        Vintage Waltz             1900
        Vintage Ragtime        1890's
        Vintage Saunter (foxtrot) 1912
             then Reviews
Workshop 4   Friday, April 7th
         Vintage Waltz             1920
        (Vintage) Swedish Masquerade
              then Reviews

      Note: Sat April 22nd is a CONCERT, in the evening with members of the Nanaimo Salon Orchestra.
       On Fri evening April 21sr there will be day time workshops to dance several of the dances for those who would like to join in the dances. This will be free for those with a concert ticket.

All the music is beautiful for dancing and has interesting moves - all of them still useful in modern ballroom.
The wonderful music includes Josef Strauss, Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini, Schubert and delightful tunes from other composers.
The dances are not strenuous, but they do make for a pleasant work-out.

Vintage Ballroom  -  Dance Workshops
Date
approx
Title of Dance (& Music)
Style
Composer
1564
1600's
Sir Roger de Coverly
Virginia Reel
Contra ReelTrad.
1700'sCircassian CirclevariesTrad.
1780Progressive QuadrilleContraMozart
1805
Duke of Kent's WaltzRegencyTrad.
1806The Lancers 5th Figure (Danish)QuadrilleMikel
1800's"The Spanish Dance" Contra WaltzBeethoven
Rossini
1700'sVarsouvienne ("La Va")SchottischeTrad.
1800'sBohemian Polka ("Fauerfest")Polka/GavotteJosef Strauss
1800'sLa Rinka (almost a "Landler")WaltzHurndall
1800'sBarn DanceSchottischeF. Schubert
1800'sVeto GalopGalopMake Peace
1900Cakewalk / Two StepRagtimeTBA
1912"Too Much Mustard"One StepCecil Macklin
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