Beginners and Intermediate Balboa courses!

>>  Beginners Balboa course with Paul and Gaia  <<

Starting Thursday, March 27th!
 5 week  BEGINNERS BALBOA CLASS!

Please contact me if you are interested in signing up for this class. 

Limited spaces! To sign-up please send me your full name and if you are a lead or a follow.
If you are bringing a partner please send their full name too and who will be a lead and who will be a follow.

Full course is £45 per person, £80 per couple

Bellow is an outline for what we will be covering in the sessions.
Please wear comfortable and preferably leather soled shoes or dress shoes with a smooth sole, high heels are great if your comfortable wearing them :-).

7:30pm to 8:30pm:

- Thursday 27th March 

- Thursday 3rd April

- Thursday 10th April

- Thursday 17th April

- Thursday 24th April

Week one:
- Frame between lead and follow
- Basic Balboa steps for lead and follow
- The concept of "language" of Balboa
- Intro into a basic Balboa move

Week two:
- Basic Balboa steps review
- Frame review
- Move review
- Basic Balboa "come around"

Week three:
- Intro to footwork variations in the basic
- Review of "come around"
- Building onto the "come around"
- Intro into transitions

Week four:

- Using transitions to create dynamic leading and following

- How to incorporate basic moves through transitions

Week five:
- Reviewing transitions
- Transitioning moves together
- Combining all moves and basics 

THEN>>>>

Balboa 5 week intermediate course.

8:45pm-9:45pm:

- Thursday 27th March 

- Thursday 3rd April

- Thursday 10th April

- Thursday 17th April

- Thursday 24th April

Please join us to brush up on you Balboa techniques and learn new exciting moves. This intensive course will be taught by Paul Golledge and Gaia. We will be taking your Balboa to new levels with exciting foot work and fun dance floor tips to get you even more excited and motivated about Balboa.

£45 per person, £80 per couple

@ The Salisbury Pub

>>> E-mail me to secure your spot now!

vintagedancing@googlemail.com

March IS mad!

Mouthful O' Jam March is going to put a spring in your step and make you feel that the sun may actually poke it's head out at some point this year. As usual our hot 78 DJ's will get you moving and keep you there all night with the hottest vintage tunes around. The dance lesson starts at 7.30 pm with our wonderful dance instructor who will take you through your paces and give you all you need to dance socially. Entry only £7! The Salisbury Pub 1 Grand Parade Green Lanes N4 1JX

New Year, Old Dance

Well the new year is here and finally we are back with the new year jam. As usual a nice warm up swing dance lesson with our fab swing dance instructor and hostess Gaia from 7.30pm After the lesson the dancing starts with the hottest 78 rpm DJ's around. Tim Hellzapoppin', Kid Krupa our special guest DJ Richard Pucci (ain't mIssbehavin) and myself Swing Maniac will rock your socks with the hottest music on shellac records all the way until 2am. Entry £7 on the door. This year after 4 years of keeping the price of entry at £5 we have decided to raise the price a little to £7. We have put our reasoning of the FB Mouthful O' Jam group page.

Mouthful O' Jam December 14th is going to be a real seasonal corker, as not only is it our Christmas Special, it is also our 4th year anniversary! The evening is going to kick off at 7.30 when our American swing dance instructor will teach you to shake your shimmy to the hot music and revels the evening has to offer. After the lesson the dancing starts and our underground DJ's Tim Hellzapoppin, Kid Krupa and Swing Maniac will take you through your paces, in fact these guys are so far underground they are going to kick your butt over to the dark side, playing original 78rpm recordings on vintage equipment, where jazz, swing, jump and blues are the order of the day. If you need a rest and you will need a rest you can sit, relax and chat in the chit chat chatty area to re-coup in the best original tavern in town. Then you can go back into the fray and dance to the most killa' music your ears have ever heard. Later on from 11.30, a late set by the best jazz band in town 'The Dakota Jim Band' feat Ewan Bleach on sax, Dakota Jim on accordion and clarinet and Louisa on vocal. Yes folks - Mouthful O' Jam December is going to be Killa Killa Killa, so come early. Address: The Salisbury Pub, 1 Ground Parade, Green Lanes, N4 1JX Only £7 entry! Visit: www.mouthfulojam.com for more info :-)

Well folks here we are again and ready for the hottest vintage event in town which is Mouthful! The last one was awesome and November will be no less so. Hot Jazz, Swing, Jump and Blues all played on original 78rpm recordings with not a lap-top or CD in sight. DJ's Tim Hellzapoppin', Kid Krupa and myself Swing Maniac will keep you Swinging all night till your feet burn off. Swing dance lesson with our fabulous insructoress Gaia starts at 7.30 pm sharp, then dance the night away until 2am... Entry all evening is just £5 the best value for money Vintage event around so see you there. www.mouthfulojam.com

Mouthful O' jam October will see the return of our tame American Swing dance instructor Gaia Hannan who will be back from her American trip. The Lesson will take place at 7.30 pm sharp so please be there on time. After the lesson, DJ's Tim Hellzapoppin, Kid Krupa and myself Swing Maniac will hot things up, playing Hot Jazz, Swing, Jump, Blues and anything else that fits the bill on original 78rpm recordings. Keeping you on the dance floor all night. Entry just £5 on the door so catch you all there. @ the Salibury Pub, 1 Grand Parade, Green Lanes, N4 1JX www.mouthfulojam.com

Mouthful O' Jam in September will see our Lovely Gaia away on her Vacation and so standing in for her with the Swing Dance lesson will be the fabulous Ronnie Slide. We all love a bit of Ron and as he is one of the very best Dancers/ instructors around you are going to get a fantastic and fun lesson. On the decks as usual the fantastic Tim Hellzapoppin', Creole Gal, Kid Krupa,and myself Swing Maniac bringing you the very best Jazz, Swing, Blues, Jump and R'n'B on original shellac 78's using the very best vintage equipment. Birthday boy/girl get in free and a table reserved please mail me well before the date please. The usual recession busting £5 entry for the whole evening including the lesson for the cheapest and best vintage night around.