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A few notes before heading up to Beantown

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Like the title says, I just had a few things to mention before heading up to Beantown for the weekend.

  • First, if you’re at Beantown, let’s dance some bal! The Cangelosi Cards are playing Friday night, plus, Bal mini-tracks!
  • Second, if you want to dance some bal around Boston, considering checking out Cat’s Corner at the Stomp in Arlington this coming Thursday, July 1st. The Stomp was originally started as a weekly bal dance but now mostly caters to Charleston and fast lindy dancers. (And hey, it’s free!) Can we reverse the trend?
  • Third, if you’re headed down to NYC for the long weekend, Bobby & Kate are doing a 2-hour workshop on Friday, July 2nd at Dance Manhattan, followed by a dance and Jack & Jill competition. Check out the Facebook or Dance Manhattan event pages for more info.
  • Finally, if you haven’t already, can you take THE SURVEY?

Hope to see you on the dance floor… dancing bal!

The first dance, and a survey

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Well, the ball is rolling.

We’ve gotten official clearance to use the Boston Swing Central’s Crosby Whistle Stop in Charlestown, MA for a dance in the afternoon on Sunday, July 25th.

So, a few things:

  1. First and foremost: plan to come and get your bal on!
  2. Second, get the word out! Let’s find all those bal dancers who sadly hung up their dance shoes because there was nowhere to dance bal and get them to come out again and see that balboa is alive and well in Boston, if maybe a little dusty.
  3. Volunteer!  We need a little help — in particular, we need people to man the door and people with some experience DJing would be greatly appreciated! (And yes, the main site sucks, let me know if you want to do something about it) Comment or send an email to stany at bostonbalboa dot org.
  4. Fill out the survey! We still need to nail down when to start, then there are a few other details we’d like to work out.  Make this YOUR dance — tell us what you want it to be.
  5. Send us feedback! Something not covered in the survey? Opinions about the site (yes, I know it sucks), the dance, how to build the community, brilliant ideas for world domination? Let us know! (Again, comments or email!)

We’re hoping to make this a monthly dance. We’re also hoping to set up occasional workshops with national instructors.

Anyway, for now: save the date (July 25th!), take the survey, and we hope to see you soon.