Doors Open & Check-in

Close Embrace: Slow Drag, Belly Rubbin’ & Other Juke Joint Blues Dances with Jamica & Julie

Flowing vs Grooving with Dan & Alyssa

Evening Dance

Band: Danny Jonokuchi and the Revisionists featuring Lucy Yeghiazaryan

• 10:00 Performances & Teacher Demo
• 10:10 Mix & Match Competitors' Meeting in Lobby
• 11:00 Mix & Match Prelim Competition to DJed music

At the door price: $30

Late night dance party

It's the return of the R&B Video DJ party! Classic MTV videos of Slow Jams and R&B classics queued up for your dancing pleasure by DJ Mike Thibault.

Doors Open

Check in at Rose Room if you haven't already received your wristband!

Slow Pure Bal Pieces with Dan & Alyssa

Prerequisites: students should have knowledge of Balboa basics

Using basic pieces with subtle twists to create rhythms and shapes and attune to subtleties for follows.

Slow-lo Blues with Jamica & Julie

Momentum and Flow with Anthony & Irina

LA Style Swing with Anthony & Irina

Leaving Space / Moments of Quiet with Dan & Alyssa

Fancy Line of Dancey with Jamica & Julie

Prerequisites: students should already be comfortable traveling in close embrace, closed, and promenade (side-by-side).

In this class, we’ll cover/review the basics of line-of-dance for blues and challenge ourselves with fancier partnered moves to keep you in the flow.

POC lunch meetup at Historic German House

Jazz Vocals with Lucy with Lucy Yeghiazaryan & Hyuna Park

Cozy in Closed: Part 1 with Anthony & Irina

Trios & Role Switching with Jamica, Julie, and Alyssa

Bal-Swing Inspired Shapes for Slow Music with Dan & Alyssa

Cozy in Closed: Part 2 with Anthony & Irina

Sexy & Non-Sexy Blues with Jamica & Julie

The blues encompasses a wide range of styles and topics with sex and sexuality being one of the most well known themes. While one of the hallmarks of blues dancing, close embrace, isn’t inherently sexy–it can be. Students will learn and practice a variety of ways to connect in close embrace and how to embody the differences between platonic and more intimate dances. This class will be good for all levels of experience in blues dancing, for those with questions about the history and differences with the current scene, and those who want to practice consent (verbal and nonverbal)!

Doors Open

Free beginner swing dance crash course

Evening Dance

Band: Danny Jonokuchi and the Revisionists featuring Lucy Yeghiazaryan

• 9:45 Short Showcase Performances
• 11:00 Mix & Match Finalists Meeting in Lobby
• 11:20 Mix and Match Finals to the music of Danny Jonokuchi and the Revisionists

At the door price: $30

Late night pool party - dancing indoors on wood floor, bring a swimsuit for the pool and the hot tub!

Doors Open

Jazzy Blues & Line of Dance Games with Jamica & Julie

Prerequisites: students should be able to travel in close embrace and/or closed

In this class, we’ll start with the basics of line-of-dance on the social floor—how it works and how to do it. From that base, we’ll explore different structures and games that can add a sense of play & creativity to line-of-dance dancing, and add more to the feeling of dancing with those around us.

Musicality: Finding Basics and Textures Based on the Song with Dan & Alyssa

Go Fast Go Slow with Anthony & Irina

Slow Swing with Dan & Alyssa

Flash from the Spirit Moves with Jamica & Julie

Prerequisites: students should be able to lead and/or follow down-the-line turns

Lunch

More Equal Initiation or Contribution / Being a Dancer with Dan & Alyssa

WCS Inspiration for Lindy Hop: Part 1 with Anthony & Irina

Personal Authenticity with Dan & Alyssa

Navigating Disagreements on the Dance Floor with Jamica & Julie

WCS Inspiration for Lindy Hop: Part 2 with Anthony & Irina

Pizza Party

DJed music and fun times!

DJ'd Dance

DJs: Omar Myers, Mike Thibault, and Artem Pugachev

At the door price: $15

After party - Details to follow!