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Every second Saturday offers a great way to expand your dance experience in a single afternoon. Classes will be on general social dancing as well as opportunities to work on the dances we’ll be doing at the balls.
      After the classes, stay for our Saturday social dance, where you can socialize and review your new steps. There's nothing like a little practice for reinforcing what you just learned!

Cathy Stephens teaches the following types of workshops:

· Dancing Made Easy Series: Social Dance Basics. The easy way to learn how to dance! As you learn these popular social dances, you’ll acquire basic dance skills to help you become a good partner and give you confidence on the dance floor. These classes are excellent preparations for weddings, proms, and parties, as well as our vintage events.
· Celebrating Our Heritage with Dance. For this anniversary series, the focus is on old-fashioned fun. The classes will include a potpourri of easy to learn heritage, early ballroom, and European folk dances. Many will be danced at our Grand Reunion Ball in December.
· Vintage 2. This intermediate-level series focuses on period styling and variations.

No partner or preregistration required.

Location:

Pittsfield Grange Hall, 3337 Ann Arbor-Saline Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Note new times for all workshops!

Celebrating Our Heritage with Dance

Heritage Dances: An Introduction
Saturday, September 12
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Easy and fun circle, square, and couple dances from our past.
$10 per person. Includes the Tea Dance at 3:15.

Heritage Dances: Varieties
Saturday, October 10
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
More of the lively and elegant dances that our ancestors loved. This session will combine set dance figures with simple waltz and polka steps.
$10 per person. Includes the Social Dance at 3:15.

Heritage Dances: European Style
Saturday, November 14
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Popular social dances and steps that our ancestors brought with them from Europe.
$10 per person. Includes the Social Dance at 3:15.

Heritage Dances: Polka to Maxixe
Saturday, January 9
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
What on earth is a Maxixe? And how does it relate to the 20th century Polka? Come and find out as you try this early ancestor of the samba. Stay for the Latin Dance class and learn the more contemporary version of this early ballroom dance.
$10 per person. Includes the Social Dance at 3:15.

Heritage Dances: 20th Century Sequence and Party Dances
Saturday, March 13
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Come and enjoy these fun and easy group dances from the 20th century, including the Boston Two Step, Tango Mixer, Big Apple, and The Lambeth Walk. Basic level.
$10 per person. Includes the Social Dance at 3:15.

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Social Dance Basics

How to Dance in One Easy Lesson
Saturday, September 12
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
In this introductory workshop, you’ll find out how to do four different dances by learning just one simple step. The focus will be on dances that you can learn quickly and do to a wide variety of music.
$10 per person

Easy Swing and 1950s Rock 'n Roll
Saturday, October 10
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Swing, Jive, Rock 'n Roll, the Bop… whatever you call it and whatever your age, you'll enjoy this "blast from the past," dancing to popular music from the 1940s and '50s.
$10 per person. Includes the Social Dance at 3:15.

Putting Steps Together
Saturday, November 14
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Once you’ve learned the basic dance steps, work on putting them together in easy to lead (and follow) mini-sequences. This class will help you become a good partner and give you confidence on the dance floor.
$10 per person. Includes the Social Dance at 3:15.

Latin Dance Made Easy
Saturday, January 9
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Discover the secret to learning three popular Latin dances in one easy lesson. You’ll be surprised how quickly you’ll learn how to do the Merengue, Samba, and Rumba.
$10 per person. Includes the Social Dance at 3:15.

Fox Trot: Then and Now
Saturday, March 13
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Learn the basic steps of the fox trot as we trace this dance from its origins in the early 20th century. We’ll dance to a variety of fox trot music including original recordings from the 'teens and 20s, such as Duke Ellington, Big Bands, and more. Basic level.
$10 per person. Includes the Social Dance at 3:15.

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