DWG Logo Design Contest! Calling All Artists

$250 Cash Prize!!!

Logo must be submitted by November 30 @ midnight.

Submit this form to get details and rules for this contest.

To register to participate in the DWG Logo Design click here.

Grace & Hugo Complete Filming of Salsa Videos Release Eminent!

The video shootings are over!  We are now in the process of graphic editing which is a large task but very interesting.  Be on the lookout for our instructional salsa video release party which you will all be personally invited to.  Our students are our inspiration and we want you to be part of the release whether you buy a video or not!  We appreciate your dedication to salsa and hope that we have made it fun for you all! Our videos will hopefully be released by November 2005 so wish us luck!

For a video teaser please click here.

Featured Event

5th Anniversary Celebration of Wednesday Salsa in Baltimore

Susan Leiter, who brought you Wednesday Salsa in Baltimore, is celebrating the 5th Anniversary of Wednesday Night Salsa in Baltimore.

Wednesday, November 23
(the night before Thanksgiving)

Classes will be at 7:30pm
And then it's a night of dancing to the music of
"DJ El Sonero" Mike Morales
beginning at 9:30pm.

Everyone who attends will get a Free Pass for The Fusion Friday Launch Party on Friday November 25 (the day after Thanksgiving) to enter before 10:00pm
For info email: spleiter@aol.com

To all students.  Grace & Hugo will be taking December 2005 off from teaching Salsa at Gardels Saturday nights only; we will be back in January every Saturday Night.  Check out Susan's class on Friday Nights so you don't get rusty! Don't forget to brush up on your Cha-Cha Saturday nights with Leslie and Dan Darlington!

Good Luck & Much Success To You Susan! 

Sincerely, Grace & Hugo

What's Ahead?

December Cha-cha-cha Classes at Gardels!

Leslie & Dan Darlington are set to teach Cha-cha-cha in December 2005 on Saturday Nights so make sure to set your schedule to join some of their classes (see Heading #6).

Grace & Hugo will be back for Salsa Classes on Saturday Nights in January!

Dance Shoes Available Online

We are proud to offer quality dance shoes from the Elegance Shoe Company. Check out our dance shoes at the DWG Store by clicking here.

If you have any questions about shoes please e-mail: DWGStore@dancingwithgrace.com

For a more affordable alternative to Elegance Shoes, Moon Light shoes are also available and will be on line by November 30, 2005.  See our catalog at the club.  $75 plus tax and s/h

Dance Quotes

"It is more important who they are as people and only then is it important who they are as dancers"

- Marcia Haydee -

Have a quote or poem about dance?  Email it to Grace and she may put it in the next newsletter! grace@dancingwithgrace.com

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Phone:
(410) 903-0648

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Grace@dancingwithgrace.com or
Elsybel@dancingwithgrace.com

To view newsletter online click November 2005 Newsletter

1. DWG LOGO DESIGN CONTEST!  CALLING ALL ARTISTS!

Are you artistic?  Do you want to make some extra cash or have free private classes with Hugo and Grace?  This competition is a call for a logo design which will be identifiable with Dancing With Grace Productions. It will be used on the web site, all printed media, our future videos & e-mail, etc. It will also be used on Professionally Printed Products and must be sexy, elegant and graceful!

To register to be in the contest and see the contest rules please go to http://www.dancingwithgrace.com/logo-contest.html and submit your name and email address.

Prize Information

1st Place  (Choose one of the following:)

      $250 Cash

      1 Free 2 Day Intermediate/Advanced Workshop (2006)

      4 Private Classes

      3 Pairs of Your Choice of Moonlight Shoes (Women)

      2 Pairs of Moonlight shoes for men and 1 Private Class

 

2nd Place  (Choose one of the following:)

      $150.00 Cash

      2 Private Classes

      2 Pairs of Moonlight Shoes

      Free Saturday Night Classes to Gardels for 1 Month

 

3rd Place  (Choose one of the following:)

      $75.00 Cash

      1 Private Class

      1 Pair of Moonlight Shoes

 

2. Baltimore City Beginner Salsa Classes w/ Sheena (6 Week Sessions)!

Wednesday Salsa Session: Sheena is teaching a 6 week Session of Beginners Salsa on Wednesdays at the Baltimore City Harbor View Health Club.  You do not have to be a member of this club to attend this session.  The average session cost at Harborview is between $60-75.00

When: Wednesday Evening:  7-8 p.m.  Last Class November 9, 2005.

Where: Harborview Health Club - 100 Harborview Drive (Off of Key Highway near new Ritz Condos downtown)

For more information call:  410-752-3488

3.  La Palapa Beginner & Beginner-Intermediate Classes For The Dedicated Learner!

Feel like brushing up on basic salsa or learning your cross body lead with a turn?  Try Antonio and Elsy on at the quaint La Palapa on Main Street in Ellicott City. If you can't make it on Tuesday or Saturdays night to our other classes, then this is the perfect place to be.  Class prices will increase to $10 per class or $15 for both.

Salsa Beginners I-III  8-8:50 p.m.:  We all need to practice our beginner steps and movements!  If you cant dance all of your basics to fast music you still need to take this class!

Beginner Intermediate  Salsa or Bachata 9-9:50 p.m.:  Depending on how many people request Bachata or Salsa this class is open for our instructor to choose which dance to teach. Salsa: Practice the most important movement in salsa by learning/leading your cross body lead with a turn in a beginner intermediate combination if you are ready or Beginner Intermediate Bachata Moves!

No Classes at La Palapa November 24, 2005 (Thanksgiving Holiday)

No Classes at La Palapa December 29, 2005 (Christmas Season)

4. Tuesday Nights at the Promenade Dancesport Facility.  Bachata Series Class Coming Soon!  Sign up Today!

November: 

- Beginner Salsa I-II  7-8 p.m.

- Intermediate Salsa Technique  7-8 p.m.

- Beginner Salsa II-III 8-9 p.m.

- Intermediate/Advanced Salsa Combination 8-9 p.m.

 

December-January Bachata Series Class:  7-8 p.m. every Tuesday Night

December 6-January 31, 2006 (No Classes December 27, 2005)

Want a progressive Bachata Class?   Learn the fastest growing dance in America next to salsa!  Bachata is a fun and sexy dance.  Grace & Sheena will be teaching this fabulous Bachata Series.  Learn how to spin with your partner!

Bachata 8 week series class:  $75.00 for the series or $15 drop in classes.  For Your Information: The reason drop in classes are expensive is because when people drop in the series class slows down so I want them to pay more since I will have to have someone else take them to the side to catch them up to the class.  Save money by signing up and paying on-line by clicking here.   No refunds for classes that you do not attend.

 

December/January Salsa Schedule:

 

Beginner I-III Salsa 7-8 p.m.

Beginner Intermediate 8-9 p.m.:  Learn Cross Body Lead with Turns!! & How to Lead them well w/Beginner Intermediate Patterns.

Bachata Series (7-8 p.m.)

Intermediate/Advanced Salsa 8-9 p.m:  Combinations.

 

NO CLASSES DECEMBER 27, 2005

Promenade Dance Sport Facility on 2605 Lord Baltimore Drive.  For directions and more information click here.

5.  Saturday Night Salsa Classes at Gardel’s

To our students at Gardels. Thank you so much for your continued support and interest in the dance of Salsa.  We encourage you to take cha-cha classes in December (details below) so that you can understand latin dance better!

CLASSES ARE HELD ON THE SECOND FLOOR! $10.00 Each

If you come at 9 and pay downstairs, you should receive a ticket and hand it to our sign in person.  You should not have to pay twice (to get in and for the class).

 

November:

 - Salsa Beginners Level I-II:  8-9 p.m.

 - Intermediate Level I Technique:  8-9 p.m.

 - Hot Salsa Beginners Level II-III:  9-10 p.m. 

 - Intermediate Level III-Advanced 9-10 p.m.

 

December classes:  Cha-Cha-Cha, see below.

 

Gardel’s Supper Club is located on 29 S. Front Street, right across from the Port Discovery Balloon on the other side of President Street.  Its 18,000 Square feet big and has 3 floors so if you haven’t been come join us.

For directions and more information click here.

Warning: If you come for the 9:00 PM lesson at 9:00 PM or 1 minute afterward, the owner will charge you an entry fee of $10.00 at the door; you should receive a ticket.  If you want to take the Intermediate/Advanced class hand the ticket to the sign in person and do not pay cash for the class.  You should not have to pay at the door and at the class too!  By the way, I think their clock is 5 minutes fast. Please come early so you can get in free and only have to pay for the class.  No Jeans, No Sneakers! 

6. December Cha-Cha-Cha Classes at Gardels!

Leslie & Dan Darlington are scheduled to come to teach Cha-Cha-Cha classes in December 2005 so plan to get your cha-cha groove on! 

 

First Floor Demonstration:  7:30 p.m.

Beginners 8-9 p.m.

Intermediate 9-10 p.m.

Dan and Leslie Darlington each studied ballroom and Latin dancing since the early 1980's. Dan's training also includes swing dance; Leslie's in classical dances (ballet, modern and jazz.)  When Dan moved to Baltimore from San Francisco in 1989, he brought with him the freshness of West Coast Swing and his peers were impressed with his dancing. He was encouraged to teach these new moves and his lessons soon expanded to include East Coast Swing and St. Louis Shag, then ballroom dance.  His teaching venues include: Swing on a Star (Philadelphia Swing Dance Society) Glen Echo Spanish Ballroom (Washington Swing Dance Council) Avalon Dance Studio, the Potomac Swing Club, The Promenade Dance Sport, and the Towson Dance Studio. 

Leslie's dance and performing experience started at age 6 and her classical training extended into college, where she was a member of the Towson University Dance Company. During a winter college break, she auditioned for and was accepted as a dancer for a one ring circus Circus America that performed at the Nissan Center (former Capital Center). After college, she performed with a modern dance troupe called Movement Arts Parasol. During college, she taught dance for Baltimore County Recreation and Parks, Towson University Children's program and Lester Holmes dance studio. Her students have ranged in age from 4 to 74. Soon after learning ballroom dance she competed and taught.

Most recently, the Darlingtons have taught at the Towson Dance Studio and the Promenade Dance Sport in Baltimore. Collectively Dan and Leslie have hundreds of hours of training, performances, workshops, showcases, dinner shows, dance conventions and teaching experiences under their belts.

For the past three years, they have been members of "Capital Swing" a competitive West Coast Swing dance team based in Bethesda, Maryland. Capital Swing captured first place at "Swing Fling" competition August 2002, third place at"The Virginia State Open" competition September 2002, first place MAD Jam, 2003 and first place at 2005 Swing Fling. Dan and Leslie are gearing up for another team competition this coming fall.

Meanwhile, they are available for demos and dance entertainment for corporate and individual parties. They also teach privately from their home in Catonsville, Maryland. For more information, visit http://www.home.earthlink.net/~ldarlington

7.  Performance Class Sign Up.

Are you interested in taking your dancing to a new level? We are now signing people up for a performance class session. During this session a group of students will learn a choreography that they will perform at the end of the session. Depending on how well the class does together, you may or may not be chosen to perform at some of the upcoming parties to be held by DWG. The class is responsible for training on a specific class evening and then getting together at least once a week without me to practice what you have learned in class. If you are interested please sign up. This class can also be taken by DWG instructors who are not yet in the performance arena for $150.00. This is a 6 week session that costs $300.00 to non-DWG employees. If you aren't ready to dedicate time and serious effort please do not take this session. You must be an Intermediate II-III to Advanced Dancer (capable of many intricate patterns and at least attempting double turns and footwork). You may have the opportunity to be hired by DWG as a performer if you do well enough. To sign up for this class email Grace's Assistant Elsybel at elsybel@dancingwithgrace.com. Be on the lookout for the date of this class. Once I have enough people signed up, I will announce the date and time.

8.  New Photo Gallery Added to DWG's Website; Be on the lookout for your face!

Hugo has been working very hard at creating a photo gallery for the DWG website.  Check out photos of the beginner and intermediate video filming by clicking here. If you like what you see tell Hugo by emailing him at hugo@dancingwithgrace.com; the encouragement would be appreciated!

9. Dancing With Grace Productions Has A Job Opportunity For You!

  • Married Couple to Train as Instructors

  • Grace and Hugo will also consider hiring couples who are married or engaged as we think being taught by a couple is better than just 1 instructor.  For an interview please email Grace Badillo at: grace@dancingwithgrace.com.  We want you to be on our team!

11.  Events for Your Entertainment!

 

33rd State Dance Festival  November 11-13, 2005

Take classes from teachers in a variety of dance forms.  Try Salsa, African Dance, Flamenco, Caribbean Dance, Alexander technique, partnering, funk tap, plus an array of the standards on all levels, ballet, jazz, modern and tap.  www.marylanddance.org  Dancing With Grace is not teaching at this event but volunteering only.

 

LOTS OF DANCE at the Kennedy Center
The Jose Limon dance Company performs Nov. 2 & 3 at 7:30pm. For nearly 60 years, Limón Dance Company has championed the pioneering movement technique and philosophy of theater developed by Mexican-American choreographer José Limón and his mentors, Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman. Renowned for his powerful masculine dancing, Limón created amazingly athletic works that celebrate the grandeur of the human spirit and draw from a lush diversity of sources, including Shakespeare's Othello, Milton's Paradise Lost, Mexican fiestas, Native American culture, Greek mythology, ancient Judaism, and the music of Beethoven and Bach in the Terrace Theater ($25) at the Kennedy Center; and The Washington Ballet begins their 5 day run of Carmen on Nov. 2. The season's opening triple bill features Septime Webre's smoldering Carmen. This passion-filled portrayal of its feisty title character is set to Bizet's spirited score and complemented by Picasso-inspired designs. Also on the program: The Company premiere of Twyla Tharp's snappy and playfully aggressive Nine Sinatra Songs, set to the swank sounds of Ol' Blue Eyes and bedecked in costumes by Oscar de la Renta; plus Balanchine's sweeping, intricately musical Serenade- in the Eisenhower Theater ($19-$110).
 

Stephanie Powell DanseEnsemble presents An Evening of Dance on November 12, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. at the Baltimore Museum of Art:  Tix $15

Information:  410-243-7681 or email spowell@towson.edu

 

Many of my students dance hustle with Dance Champions Jonathan GQ Bowers & Ivanna Matsuka.  So come to the Ballroom Dance Party Friday December 16, 2005 from 7 till ??  They will have a spectacular show and a $10 Workshop from 8-9 p.m. (International Style Hustle) For Beginners/Intermediate at The Promenade!

Promenade Dance Sport Facility on 2605 Lord Baltimore Drive.  For directions and more information click here.  Call to reserve your table:  410-277-0234

 

 

12. Great Gift Ideas:  Private Class Packages for Christmas!

All gift packages expire May 1st 2006.

Salsa Beginners Delight Package:  $115.00

  • 1 One Hour Private Class
  • 1 Group Class at Club Mate or La Palapa
  • 1 Salsa w/ Grace Beginner DVD

Options:  Customize your package by adding

  • 1 pair of Moonlight Dance Shoes for $70.00
  • 1 Salsa w/Grace Intermediate DVD for $25.00

Salsa Beginners Delight Package: $180.00

  • 2 One Hour Private Classes
  • 2 Group Classes at Gardels
  • 1 Salsa With Grace Beginner DVD

Options:  Customize your package by adding

  • 1 pair of Moonlight Dance Shoes for $70.00
  • 1 Salsa w/Grace Intermediate DVD for $25.00

Salsa Savvy Private Class Package:  $180.00

  • 3 One Hour Private Classes

Salsa Clave Intermediate Dance Package:  $250.00

  • 3 One Hour Private Classes
  • 2 Group Classes at Gardels
  • 1 Salsa With Grace Intermediate DVD

Options:  Customize your package by adding

  • 1 pair of Moonlight Dance Shoes for $70.00
  • 1 Salsa w/Grace Beginner DVD for $25.00

Salsa w/Love Package A (For Couples Only):  $185.00

  • 1 One Hour Private Class
  • 1 Month of Group Classes at Any DWG Location
  • 1 Salsa w/Grace Beginner or Intermediate DVD

Options:  Customize your package by adding

  • 2 pairs of Moonlight Dance Shoes for $140.00

Salsa w/Love Package B (For Couples Only):  $300.00

  • 3 One Hour Private Classes
  • 1 Month of Group Classes at Any DWG Location
  • 1 Salsa w/Grace Beginner or Intermediate DVD

Options:  Customize your package by adding

  • 2 pairs of Moonlight Dance Shoes for $140.00

HARDCORE Salsa Private Class Package:  $600.00

  • 10 One Hour Private Classes
  • 2 Months of Free Group Classes at Gardels or Club Mate

HARDCORE Salsa Private Class Package for Couples:  $750.00

  • 10 One Hour Private Classes
  • 2 Months of Free Group Classes at Gardels or Club Mate

2006 DWG Salsa Membership Package:  $1500.00

  • Free Group Salsa Classes at the Promenade in 2006!
  • 10 One Hour Private Classes.
  • 2 Pairs of Moonlight Dance Shoes.
  • 2 Free Months of Salsa Classes at Gardels or La Palapa.
  • VIP status at any DWG Parties.


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