Dear All, Happy Ten-Ten, everyone (Ten ten is a Chinese holiday celebrating the establishment of the People’s Republic of China and the defeat of the last Chinese Dynasty {the Qing Dynasty} which I would know nothing about had I not worked for a Chinese croissant shop in San Francisco for …

Dear All, Huzzah, huzzah!  New dances this week!  And they are: Quickstep on Wednesday night and Cha-cha on Thursday night (note that this month the Latin Dance is on Thursday nights and the Smooth Dance is on Wednesday nights). We will start with the beginning steps of each dance and …

Dear All, If learning the Swivel Step was your sole purpose (not to be confused with “soul purpose” . . . or is it?) in coming to the Swing/Jive classes this month, then you definitely do not want to miss this Wednesday night when the Swivel Step will be our …

Dear All, Well, everyone’s doing great this month and that is nothing to sneeze at (pepper up the nostril, now THAT’s something to sneeze at!).  The Swing/Jive (Wednesday nights) is one of the most complex of the Latin dances, and our focus on syncopations in the Waltz (Thursday nights) has …

Dear All, So, Swing/Jive was found to be a lot of fun last week, enjoyed by one and all.  Highly successful!  And the Waltz, after a little initial consternation, was also highly successful as the concepts became understood (advanced concepts with beginning steps; takes a little grey matter).  So, all …

Dear All,   It’s September, and that means Back-To-School, kiddie-winkies!   And what could be more fun than coming back to school with a Swing/Jive class?  And, too, what could be more nostalgic than coming back to school with a Waltz class?  And (yet again), what could be better than coming …

Dear All, This is it – the last week of August and the last classes of Tango and Rumba! Come lock in all of the wonderful steps you’ve learned and pick up one or two more.  We will review what we learned last week and either add something new or …

Dear All,   First and most importantly, circumstances are such that there will not be holding a Practice Party this month.  So many people are going to be out of town (this is August, after all) and many of those who are left have let us know that they have …