TBOFSS (TinkerBal Overflow Shuffle Shops), October 2019

TinkerBal and TBOFSS are CANCELLED for 2020 due to COVID-19. We hope to see you next year in safer conditions!

TinkerBal (our small-groups workshop weekend) is, shall we delicately say, oversubscribed. There’s a wait list. And the wait list stresses everybody out, especially people who want to attend the weekend with a friend or spouse. Last year we introduced TBOFSS: TinkerBal Overflow Shuffle Shops, and y’all liked them so much we’re bringing them back again this year!

TBOFSS (pronounced tee-boffs) will feature Boston’s own Nelle Cherry and Hartford’s Javier Johnson! Javier will teach a 75-minute session on Saturday afternoon of TinkerBal weekend. Nelle will teach two independent 75-minute sessions on Sunday, plus a practice time in between. These sessions will be held at Dance Complex, just two blocks from the TinkerBal venue.

Students may register for one, two, or all three sessions. Each session will cost $25; practice time in between sessions on Sunday is included with any registration.

Sessions will be capped at 10-12 students – we may adjust slightly to maintain adequate role balance.

Nelle’s Sunday session topics will be “Rockin’ In Rhythm”, delving into different aspects of how to insert rhythm into Balboa in body, feet, and partnership — with one session focused on Pure Balboa and the other on Bal-Swing.

Javier’s Saturday session topic is still TBD, so watch this space for more details!

TBOFSS are open to anyone who has learned the basic figures of Balboa previously. If you’re waitlisted for TinkerBal itself, we encourage you to sign up for one or several of these TBOFSS! If you do get in off the waitlist, we’ll transfer your TBOFSS payment to your TinkerBal fee, and charge you for the remaining difference. And if you don’t get off that waitlist after all, you get sweet small-group TBOFSS time with Nelle & Javier, plus all the social dancing and Boston-in-fall goodness the rest of the weekend offers!

JAVIER’S TBOFSS SESSION:
Saturday October 5, 2019
Dance Complex, studio 5
4:30-5:45pm

NELLE’s TBOFSS SESSIONS & PRACTICE TIME:
Sunday October 6, 2019
Dance Complex, studio 2
Session 1 (Pure Balboa): 12 noon – 1:15pm
Session 2 (Bal-Swing): 2:45pm – 4pm
practice time/lunch break: 1:15pm – 2:45pm

Registration will open WEDNESDAY JULY 31 – spread the word, y’all! Register now: https://bostonbalboa.wufoo.com/forms/z1hvaduw0rn2ywn/