LaBLove (January 9-11, 2009)
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Schedule

January 9, 2009

WhenWhatWhere
8:00PM - 12:00AM Blues and Lindy dance featuring
The Gordon Webster Quintet		 The Ethical Society of Philadelphia

January 10, 2009

WhenWhatWhere
12:30PM - 6:00PM Lindy Workshops with
Mike Roberts and Laura Glaess		 The Ethical Society of Philadelphia
12:00PM - 12:30PM Workshop registration The Ethical Society of Philadelphia
12:30PM - 1:30PM Lindy Class 1:
Solo Body Movement		 The Ethical Society of Philadelphia
1:45PM - 2:45PM Lindy Class 2:
The Mike & Laura Swingout		 The Ethical Society of Philadelphia
2:45PM - 3:45PM Break
3:45PM - 4:45PM Lindy Class 3:
Pay Attention!		 The Ethical Society of Philadelphia
5:00PM - 6:00PM Lindy Class 4:
Moves That Make Us Happy		 The Ethical Society of Philadelphia
8:00PM - 12:00AM Lindy and blues dance featuring
Barbone Street Jazz Band		 The Ethical Society of Philadelphia
12:00AM - 1:30AM LaBLove late night blues dance The Ethical Society of Philadelphia

January 11, 2009

WhenWhatWhere
2:00PM - 5:30PM Blues Workshops with
Mike Roberts and Laura Glaess		 The Ethical Society of Philadelphia
2:00PM - 3:00PM Blues Class 1:
One Head, Four Feet		 The Ethical Society of Philadelphia
3:15PM - 4:15PM Blues Class 2:
Open Position Blues		 The Ethical Society of Philadelphia
4:30PM - 5:30PM Blues Class 3:
Crazy Musicality		 The Ethical Society of Philadelphia
8:00PM - ?:??AM Blues and lindy dance and late night (DJed) The Lindy Lounge

Class Descriptions

All classes are appropriate for beginner/intermediate level Lindy Hop and blues dancers. If you are not yet familiar with the basics of both dance forms, we recommend you attend our introductory classes at LaB, and sign up for future workshops!

Lindy Class 1:
Solo Body Movement

Learn a routine that accentuates the music, partner movement, and personal body movement in an interesting, dynamic and fun way.

Lindy Class 2:
The Mike & Laura Swingout

In this class, Mike and Laura will give you their swingout, as well as give you a toolkit on making your overall dancing feel and look more natural.

Lindy Class 3:
Pay Attention!

Here, both leads and follows get a toolbox of spiffy stylings that they can do and how they can interact and play off of each other.

Lindy Class 4:
Moves That Make Us Happy

Here, Mike and Laura... uh... show you some moves that make them happy. Things that are fun to do and fun to learn.

Blues Class 1:
One Head, Four Feet

Here, Mike and Laura get elbow deep in connection technique of weight placement and moving with your partner as one unit.

Blues Class 2:
Open Position Blues

How to make your blues dancing travel and flow in open position - giving you a greater avenue of expression.

Blues Class 3:
Crazy Musicality

Here, we separate the men from the boys (so to speak). Not only is it important to change your body movement to the music, but it is important to be able to hand tailor your moves to fit the music.