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 Monday Partner Dancing & mini-Lesson

~ Hey Friendlies! Come Partner dancing ~  

Monday, April 29

Mini-Lesson & Social

This Monday’s lesson:

BAR ROOM TANGO !

HUH? BAR ROOM  TANGO ???   Yes !

7:00 pm ! – 7:45 pm  mini-lesson

Bar Room Tango* not Argentine

with Peter , all levels

Bar Room Tango is a melodramatic, exaggerated, joyful, smooth, exuberant, carefree, irreverent, improvised dance to tango music.

Easy to learn, quick to have fun.

Think of dramatic tango songs like: 

Hernando’s Hideaway, Kiss of Fire, & Carmen’s Habanera

The compelling beats of tango music beckon us all to get up and dance…but do we dare?  

This is not *Argentine or conventional Ballroom tango but – it is done to tango music and is designed to delight right away – through improvisation.

Lesson at 7 pm. Pls arrive a few minutes before 7.

7:45 pm – 9:45 pm Social Dancing Mixer ~ partner not necessary

Mixed Playlist includes: 

swing, blues, fusion, oldies, westcoast, tango, familiar, latin, jazzy, contemporary, waltz, cha cha.

North Shore Hall – Nelson’s fabulous dance hall

675 Whitmore Rd, Nelson, V1L 6H7

1 mile past the Big Orange Bridge

$10 cover at the door,  or 

e-transfer to peteclement@gmail.com

-sliding scale as needed

Fusion Partner Dancing means improvising with a partner in sync.

Our Purpose:

• making partner dancing fun, right from the beginning
• teaching you how to improvise a partner dance in sync, to any music
• increasing your confidence and competence every time you attend
• increasing social dancing events and participation in Nelson

Upcoming Drop-in Monday events:    Apr 29, May 13, May 27, Jun 10, Jun 24

*Argentine Tango is the root of all types of tango which have evolved over time including the familiar American and International Ballroom,  Finnish, Salon, Uruguayan, Apilado, Nuevo, and Show.

Tango emphasizes playful movement, intense expression, flair, and romance.

Bar Room Tango is an improvised light hearted fusion of Ballroom Tango + Swing + Blues. 

It was developed for people who want to get up and dance to the captivating tango rhythms, but who may not yet have taken courses in any of the traditional tango steps and patterns.

People who have attended our Fusion Partner dancing events over many years know that along with rhythm dances,  we teach people the fundamentals of improvising a partner dance, so that one can dance to any music right away.

Learning to improvise with a partner is the key !

Let’s dance more in ’24 !

Guaranteed to increase your fun quotient !

Hey Dancers! Invitation to free workshop: 3 Simple Steps to Release Stuck Energy

Have you ever looked forward to a night out and for some unexplainable reason your heart’s not in it? Is it you…your partner?

Or ever had times when even deciding what to make for dinner feels like hard work? 

Does trying to figure out what to do next on your to-do list turn your brain into mush?

It’s not fun feeling stuck and second guessing every decision you make.

The good news is, we have the power to unblock that energy and open it up to flow again. 

I’m curious if you’ve ever considered that we live in 5 bodies.

Because in our wholeness as a human being, we do exist in ALL 5 bodies:

• for the physical, we might head out to lift weights at the gym or swim laps at the pool
• maybe for the emotional, we’ll search out a therapist or counsellor
• seeking out personal coaching and mindfulness practices is popular for the mental 
• for the spiritual, meditation or breathing techniques connect us to something greater
• And…

…even though it’s the most often overlooked, the energetic body is the most important because each of our bodies has an energetic aspect.

In essence, the well-being of our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual bodies is interconnected with that of the energy body. And vice versa.

Wholistic integration.

Think of our energetic body and its well-being as an invisible thread that ties everything together.

When our energy is in flow like a river, our whole well-being is nourished. But when it gets stuck, like a dam in the river, all sorts of issues can manifest as physical discomfort, emotional heaviness and mental fog.

Would you be opposed to learning 3 simple steps to releasing stuck energy so that decision-making is easier and to stop second guessing yourself?

If you’d like to join us for a free workshop, REPLY to this email with RELEASE now because this will be the only email that you will get with information about this workshop. I’ll be happy to send you the link to sign up.

In the Spirit of Health and Healing, 

Sandra

P.S. You’re invited to join us for a free workshop to learn how you can release stuck energy with 3 simple steps and reconnect with your intuition. To accept, REPLY to this email with RELEASE. See you there!

Yo ! Come partner dancing 

Monday,  April 15

7 – 9:45 pm

7:00 pm – 7:45 pm :

Dance Lesson with Peter

Swing basics + partner improv

~ For beginners and refreshers

7:45 pm – 9:45 pm :

Social Dancing Mixer

~ Partner not necessary

~ Friendly, chill, fun. Beginners welcome !

We play an upbeat variety of music: 

swing, blues, fusion, oldies, westcoast, tango, latin, jazzy, contemporary, waltz, cha cha.

-complimentary personal coaching available by request.

• We teach how to improvise with a partner to any music. 
• Improv is easy to pick up. 
• Learning to improvise makes partner dancing fun, easy and uncomplicated – right from the beginning !

Come for the mini-lesson, stay for the social dancing !

North Shore Hall  

675 Whitmore Rd, Nelson, V1L 6H7

1 mile past the Big Orange Bridge

Nelson’s fabulous dance hall

• $10 cover at the door,  or 
• e-transfer to peteclement@gmail.com
• sliding scale as needed

Our Purpose:

• making partner dancing fun, right from the beginning
• teaching you how to improvise a couple dance, in sync to any music
• increasing social dancing events and participation in Nelson

Bi-weekly Monday Fusion Partner Dancing – Drop in.

Upcoming Monday events:    Apr 15, 29, May 13, 27

Also, mark your calendars –

Friday April 19 

White Lightning, a local favourite dance band @ Finleys 7:30 pm

Let’s dance more in ’24 !

Don’t miss the opportunity every second Monday to step onto the dance floor to

• meet old friends and new people, 
• learn, improve and 
• groove to the infectious beats of a curated upbeat play list. 

Join us at North Shore Hall and let the music and dancing inspire you to move, connect, and dance with pleasure. A memorable Monday evening awaits you !

Guaranteed to increase your fun quotient !—

Come to Finleys this Friday – April 5

An evening of

Partner dancing for fun & health !

Playlist by Peter Clement

Everyone Welcome

Mixed upbeat dance music !

Oldies, blues, swing, tango, rock, chacha, contemporary, etc.

Complimentary personal coaching by request

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm 

No Cover

Finleys on Vernon St., Nelson

Nelson’s neighbourly venue for good company, music, food, libation & dancing !

See you on the dance floor !