modernjive.com Newsletter - 24th February 2008

Nietszche said:  "Every day I count wasted in which there has been no dancing."

* New or Moved Clubs

* LeRoc Teaching Course
       Learn to teach Modern Jive

* Workshops from John & Karen Sweeney - book now
        Flashy Freestyling
        Dips & Drops, Leans & Lunges, Lambadas & Seducers
        Smooth Jive - Close Moves
        Drops & Social Lifts
        Double Trouble

* 2008 Weekenders, Holidays and Competitions
       Beach Boogie > Beach Bottoms?

* Dance DVDs

* Information Sources

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Information provided by event organizers - please confirm or discuss details with them!
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Please Help Me Keep The Maps Up To Date!
Please let me know of any errors in the maps at http://www.modernjive.com for your area. 
The feedback I am getting says that they are a great way to finding new places to dance during the week.
 
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New or Moved Clubs

Worldwide:

Albury-Wodonga - Ceroc Australia Dance Company
Every Tuesday at 570-582 Olive Street, ALBURY
Starts Tuesday 26 February 2008
http://www.cerocaustralia.com.au/

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Added to the UK maps at http://www.modernjive.com since the last newsletter:

Aylesbury – Jive+
Every Thursday at Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School, Oxford Road, Aylesbury HP21 8PE
http://www.jiveplus.com/


Barnsley – Northern Jive
Every Monday at Worsbrough Sports & Development Association, Worsbrough Welfare Hall, Park Road, Worsbrough, Barnsley, South Yorkshire S70 5LJ
http://www.northernjive.co.uk/


Bishop's Stortford - Ceroc Metro
Every Monday at Rhodes Arts Complex, South Road, Bishop's Stortford, Herts CM23 3JG
http://www.cerocmetro.com/


Burtonwood - Steps In Time
Every Sunday at Burtonwood Community Centre, Green Jones Brow, Burtonwood, St. Helens, Lancs WA5 4LH
01925-414-065    stepsintime@hotmail.co.uk


Buckden (Huntingdon) - Sara White's Jive Nites
Every Sunday at Buckden Village Hall (Millennium Centre), Burberry Road, Buckden, Cambs PE19 5UY
http://www.jivenites.co.uk/


Camberley – StrictlyJiving.com
Every Sunday at The Mychett Centre, 140, Mytchett Road, Mytchett, Camberley, Surrey
(Except the first Sunday of the month until April 2008)
http://www.leroc-uk.com


Chorley - Steps In Time
Every Thursday at St. Bedes Social Centre, Brownley Street, Clayon-le-Woods, Chorley, Lancs PR6 7JF
01925-414-065    stepsintime@hotmail.co.uk


Edinburgh – Ceroc Edinburgh
Every Tuesday  at the Jam House, 5 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JE
http://www.cerocscotland.com/


Edinburgh – Ceroc Edinburgh
Every Thursday at the Greenway Centre, 75 Harvesters Way Edinburgh EH14 3JH
http://www.cerocscotland.com/


Hatfield - ijig
Every Monday at Hutton Hall, Hertfordshire University, College Lane Campus, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB
http://www.ijig.co.uk/


Leicester - Ceroc UK
Every Sunday at The Venue, Percy Gee Building, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH
Starts Sunday 6 April 2008
http://www.ceroc.uk.com/


March - Antina's Dance Den
Every Tuesday at the Braza Club, Elm Road, March, Cambridgeshire PE15 8NZ
http://www.antinasdanceden.co.uk        antinas@hotmail.co.uk    07513-013-836


Newbury - FranzGaz Fusion
Every Tuesday at St Georges Centre, 206 Andover Road, Wash Common, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 6NU
(except the second Tuesday of every month)
http://www.frangaz.co.uk


Olney (Northampton) - UK Smoooth
Every Tuesday at Olney Working Men’s Club, High Street, Olney, Bucks MK46 4BB
http://www.uk-smoooth.co.uk


Peterborough - Antina's Dance Den
Every Wednesday at The Ivy Leaf Club , Gracious Street, Whittlesey, Peterborough PE7 1AP
http://www.antinasdanceden.co.uk        antinas@hotmail.co.uk    07513-013-836


Rosyth – Fife Jive
Every Thursday at Gladyer Inn, Heath Road, Ridley Drive, Rosyth, Fife KY11 2BT
http://fifejive.co.uk/


St. Helens – Swing-Roc
Every Monday at Haydock Conservative Club (Tesco Site), Church Road, Haydock, St. Helens WA11 0TQ
http://www.swingroc.co.uk/


Stamford - UK Smoooth
Every Monday at The Danish Invader, Empingham Road, Stamford, Lincs PE9 2SX
http://www.uk-smoooth.co.uk


Stevenage - ijig
Every Thursday at Jumpin Jaks, Unit 2B, Stevenage Leisure Park, Kings Way, Stevenage, Herts SG1 2UA
Starts Thursday April 3rd 2008
http://www.ijig.co.uk/


Tooting - Ceroc London
Every Wednesday at St Boniface Social Club, 185 Mitcham Road, Tooting, London SW17 9PG
http://www.ceroclondon.com/


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LeRoc Teaching Course

Do you want to become a Modern Jive teacher with a nationally recognised qualification?

Would you like to train with a professional instructor who has a 100% pass rate for her students?

Are you prepared to put in time and effort to develop a level of skill and knowledge that will equip you to teach confidently and consistently?

This training course leads to the LeRoc teaching examination (ratified by the UKA - United Kingdom Alliance of Professional Dance Teachers).

Cheryl is running a split course of four days and two days over March and April, leading to the LeRoc exam.  The four day course is 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th March and the date for the final two days will be agreed by the group.

For full details contact of the course and also the LeRoc exam syllabus please contact Cheryl Healy on 01992 627 598 or at justjivin@justemail.net

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Workshops from John & Karen Sweeney - book now

John and Karen Sweeney are freelance Modern Jive teachers, running workshops for countless organizations across the UK, Australia, New Zealand and America. Their successes include multiple Double Trouble championships, Aerials medallists, Jive Masters finalists, and Dance With A Stranger winner.

John’s clear and detailed teaching means that you can benefit from three hours of excellent personalised tuition in a small group environment.

Extend your repertoire; improve your technique; develop real style with empathy for your partner and the music - become a truly great dancer!

The following workshops are available from modernjive.com - click on the title to see a full description and booking details at http://www.modernjive.com/workshops:

Sunday May 11 2pm - 5pm Flashy Freestyling
Sunday May 25 2pm - 5pm Dips & Drops, Leans & Lunges, Lambadas & Seducers
Sunday June 8 2pm - 5pm Smooth Jive - Close Moves
Sunday June 15 2pm - 5pm Drops & Social Lifts
Sunday July 20 2pm - 5pm Double Trouble

All workshops are held at St Agatha's Hall, Hurst Green RH8 0LB - only a few minutes from J6 on the M25.

Easily accessible from Surrey, Sussex, Kent, London and elsewhere.

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2008 Weekenders, Holidays and Competitions

From Tor at tor@rockbottoms.com:

For over ten years now Jump'n'Jive have been running a Jive and Swing summer holiday on the isle of Wight. Beach Boogie as it is known has now come to an end.

Rock Bottoms have the opportunity to kick off a similar week long holiday this summer, but we need to know if there is a demand for it. So we'll give you as much information as we can about what we can offer, and then it's over to you to answer a few simple questions for us.

We have found a fantastic new site, with Log Cabins nestling within the woods right by the sea. Where is this wonderland? I hear you think....believe it or not it's in the Isle of Wight!  Imagine you're getting off the FIshbourne Ferry... look to your right and you'll see a creek heading in from the sea - the site is just around this corner. So a foot passenger crossing will get you over to the camp which is crammed with exciting things to do.

On the site are two fantastic venues for dancing, and a whole host of activities such as Dragon Boats so we can have pirate boat races ON THE SEA! There's a huge dining room big enough for us all to eat in at one time, and be as loud as we possibly can - I foresee many sing-offs and jollies. The dates for your diary would be AUGUST  9TH TO 16TH ...YES THIS YEAR!

So the plan is to run a Jive and a Swing holiday side by side with a full programme of lessons and freestyles for each. It would run Saturday to Saturday, so we'd offer 7 nights of dancing, 6 days of lessons and 7 nights accommodation with full board. And the cost to you lovely people for this paradise holiday: around £370.

We four from Rock Bottoms are very excited about the possible prospect of this venture but all have concerns that we only have a few months to fill it before we have to pay for the full site ourselves!  So before we go to the loan sharks and commit to this exciting venture, we'd like a bit of feedback - and if you could give it by Monday lunchtime that would be fantastic. Please keep your comments brief as hopefully we'll have lots to read through. We've given you a few suggestions below to help you express you opinion.
 Please tell us if you are mainly interested in the Jive or Lindy Hop, and let us know if you would be able to help us distribute flyers.

Thank you in advance for answering the above questions for us. We'll let you know in a few days whether or not your answers have persuaded us to leap forward or pull out.

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Don't reply to me - reply to Tor at tor@rockbottoms.com

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For all other major events:
modernjive.com has been updated with all the Modern Jive Weekenders, Holidays and Competitions that have been announced so far for 2008 – over 50 of them!

Visit England, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, Barcolona, Granada, Sierra Nevada, the French Alps, Turkey, Malta, Portugal or Wales!

Combine your dancing with sunshine on the Australian Gold Coast, snow sports in the French Alps, cruising in the Mediterranean, scuba diving off the Great Barrier Reef or just relaxing and enjoying the local atmosphere.

There are competitions in Australia, the UK and New Zealand.  Most of them are weekends of dance with workshops and freestyles as well.

All these events are great opportunities to learn from great teachers, make new friends and dance the night away.

If you are planning a holiday in 2008, why not check the list of holidays, weekends and competitions at modernjive.com and see if you can take in some dancing while you are there.
 
As well as the countless clubs in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, there are now Modern Jive clubs in Canada, Cyprus, France, Germany, Hong Kong, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, Spain and Dubai. They are all listed at modernjive.com.

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Note to organisers:
Is your event listed at modernjive.com?  If not, please send me the details (with up to 500 characters of description).
(But please check first at modernjive.com - you may be listed already!)
We do not list individual workshops or freestyles - they are listed well at lots of other sites (see the bottom of this note for a list). 
Events in this list are Competitions, Dance Holidays, and major Weekend Events: ones with multiple workshops from multiple teachers, together with an evening dance.

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Dance DVDs
 
Choose from over 30 DVD titles, covering Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Dips & Drops, Close Moves, Hot Moves, Lifts & Aerials, Style & Musicality, Jango, Double Trouble and Weekenders.  Details of all these great DVDs are at http://www.modernjive.com
 
Club Organisers: Price reduction: Please note that the packs of 10 Beginner DVDs (for only £74) and 10 Modern Jive Toolkits (for only £104) can now be purchased on the Web site - down at the bottom of the list of DVDs.

Note:  You can now pay online (credit card/debit card/PayPal)

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Modern Jive Freestyle and Workshop Information Sources

Worldwide: Lists of Dance Weekends, Dance Holidays, Modern Jive Clubs across the UK and around the world at http://www.modernjive.com

UK Jive: Jon White's site  at http://www.uk-jive.co.uk has class and event listing for the whole of the UK. The information is provided by the dance organizations - if you run one make sure you have your information on the site!

Bristol (and surrounding area): http://www.leroc-in-bristol.co.uk/

Kent, Surry & Sussex: Jive Hive - http://www.jivehive.co.uk
 
Kingdom of Dance: As well as a great selection of shoes, the site also has a dance diary at http://www.kingdomofdance.co.uk/

London & the South Coast: Lynda's List - http://www.lyndaslist.com/

Midlands: contact Wes on Wes@jivestyle.co.uk or 07973 254195 for a monthly listing of what's on
 
SalsaJive: http://www.salsajive.co.uk/ has a goal to bring comprehensive, up-to-date and independent listings of clubs/classes, special events, news and more, for the UK. The site is free to use and is run by dancers, for dancers.

South Wales & surrounding area: http://www.planetleroc.biz for information and events

South West: http://www.southwestswing.org.uk/

Southern UK Jivers Calendar: http://www.southernjive.co.uk

Forums:
Ceroc Scotland Forum
LeRoc in Bristol Forum
UK Jive Forum


Are there any more Modern Jive information sources that I should list here?

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       Happy dancing,
         John

John Sweeney, Dancer
john@modernjive.com            http://www.modernjive.com