BALLROOM BUZZ November 25, 2019

Wishing you a Happy and Bountiful Thanksgiving Day! This is a day to remember everything in our lives small and large. BDPS is thankful for your support, the growth and unity in our community and the many new friendships that make us a family!

Don't forget to sign up for our Holiday Bash! Your RSVPs really help with the planning!

DECEMBER FIRST THURSDAY HOLIDAY BASH -December 12, 2019. This will be our Holiday Bash at St John's Hall. (Yes, this is the second Thursday) We are so excited that Larry Tanelli and Claudette will be entertaining for us at our favorite venue. Jason Raimey, our instructor from Wilmington will be teaching Waltz and we'll be practicing how to do a Waltz mixer. We will also have a performance by Shannon and Norman Howard. They are best known in Myrtle Beach for their award-winning performances in the 10 year running of the Horry County Dancing with the Stars event.

Holiday Bash? DATE AND TIME 12/12/19 5:30pm - 12/12/19 8:30pm I'll be there!

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CELEBRATE NEW YEAR'S a few days early at the Myrtle Beach Moose Lodge. Buy your tickets early. We sold out last time.

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TICKETS TO OUR DOO WOP DANCE ARE NOW FOR SALE Robert Rodgers and Amanda Kinseth will teach a swing lesson and later in the evening they will perform for us. The band will release this information to its followers soon so buy your tickets early; we are limiting sales to 150 and once the band releases, it will sell out.

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Holiday Gift Certificates - We have the perfect Christmas gift for your dance friends. Give a gift certificate for a BDPS Membership or gift certificates to any of our dances. Send an email for more information to bdpsmyrtlebeach@gmail.com

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Ballroom Dance Lessons at the Brunswick Senior Resource Center are offered every Monday afternoon and are free. As you know the Center in Calabash is a non-profit and they appreciate your contributions so they can continue to provide quality activities such as our ballroom classes. There are collection boxes throughout the center. November lessons are East Coast Swing. Deecember will be the Waltz. The intermediate class is held at 1 pm. If you have danced some ballroom before and to learn more, feel free to join this free class. If you are a beginner, you should come at 2 pm. for the beginner class. The center is located at 10050 Beach Drive in Calabash.

Want to perform? Does anyone want the chance to practice a routine or perform at one of our First Thursday Dances? BDPS allows a dancer the opportunity to perform once per calendar quarter. Contact Charlene if you would like to sign up! Here's our upcoming performance lineup: Dec 12 - Shannon and Norman Howard doing Cha Cha Dec 28 - The Girls Next Door - Holiday Dance Jan 18 - Instructor Robert Rodgers and his wife Amanda Kinseth doing EC Swing Feb 6- David Paris and Instructor Dawn Holden doing West Coast Swing Feb 29 - A performance Bash, dancers TBA Mar 5 - Sherry Althoff and Instructor Jim Sterner doing West Coast Swing Mar21 - Rosemary Farrell and Instructor Jason Raimey doing Quickstep

INSTRUCTOR CORNER The following instructors are supporting BDPS by being members and/or teaching at events. Click on the link below to read their Bios or for links to their websites to see what events or classes they have coming up. Sal Teta - Charter Member — Free lessons at Brunswick Senior Center and private lessons in Little River Jim Sterner, Elite Entertainment — Member -DJ and Ballroom Instructor. Specialty is shag. North Myrtle Beach Ralph Hunn, Affordable Dancing — Member - Myrtle Find out more Ron and Beth Blankenstein, Charter Members — Murrells Inlet, Pawley's area. Sandra Lucas-Hyde — Charter Member - Myrtle Beach Paul McTaggart - Galleria Ballroom Studio - Emeritus Member- Myrtle Beach: Find out more. Clara Formoso - By the Sea Ballroom & Latin Studio, Myrtle Beach; Find out more. Alex Zyrianov - Wilmington, NC Rainee Kite & Ro Romero — R&R Dance, Socastee Patricia Carver-Garcia - Wilmington, NC— Instructor and President Azalea Coast USA Dance Juan and Jada Gonzalez - N Myrtle Beach Jason Raimey - Wilmington, NC— Instructor, now doing classes in Little River, SC

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BDPS Calendar Dec 12 - Holiday Bash with Larry Tanelli and Claudette on First Thursday at St. John's Hall. Yes, this is 2nd Thursday because of a conflict at the church Dec 28 - Social Dancing at the Myrtle Beach Moose Lodge Jan 2 - First Thursday at St. John's Hall, DJ Joe Durivage Jan 18 - Doowop Dance Night with Forever Doowop at Robert H. Reed Recreation Center. Feb 6 - First Thursday at St. John's Hall, DJ Steve Feb 19- Dancing at the Vine Bistro with Larry Tanelli and Claudette Feb 29 - Dance Bash at Calabash. More fun details to come. Mar 5 - First Thursday at St. John's Hall, DJ Jim Sterner Mar 21 - Big Band Dance Night, Starduster Big Band at Robert H. Reed Recreation Center. Mar 25 - Dancing at the Vine Bistro with Larry Tanelli and Claudette Apr 2 - First Thursday at St. John's Hall, DJ Steve Apr 15- Dancing at the Vine Bistro with Larry Tanelli and Claudette Apr 26 - Member Only Party at Barefoot Residential Clubhouse 

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OTHER COMMUNITY BALLROOM EVENTS USA DANCE Grand Strand Chapter 6024 and Wilmington Azalea Coast Chapter both hold their monthly dances on the second Saturday of the month, next one December 14th. Jan 10, Feb 14, Mar 6 - Dinner Dances sponsored by the Calabash Elks. Charlene is a member. Let her know if you would like to come as her guest.

Ballroom Trivia Which 3/4 count ballroom dance style represented a transition from historical sequence dances to the modern ballroom style?

What's your answer? Tango Select Waltz Select Cha Cha Select

Last week's question: This early form of ballroom dance dominated the dance scene from the 17th century to the 19th century. The correct answer is Minuet. 11 answered Minute, 5 answered Reel and 3 answered Waltz. ‌ ‌

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