Blues Adventuring

I got off the plane yesterday after a really early morning, and not much sleep in the days previous to the travel, and decided I wanted to dance. So, already knowing that the contra dances in the area are thurs/fri/sat, I googled Blues dancing Seattle and found http://www.burnblue.org/ . Yay every Tuesday.

So I made my way over there, having wandered off the trail of the buses that go over there, and found it really easily. I was a little leary because it was across from Seattle University, and class isn't in session, and that might've meant that it was sparsely attended. That was not the case. The lesson was well taught for leads by Solomon, with not much attention paid to follow's pointers. There were plenty of people to fill the circle, and it was almost too crowded for a lesson. I was impressed. Also, I was not the only experienced dancer in the circle, which meant that the community is seeking to improve and actively working on it.

Then -topher opened the dance, and Solomon dj-ed. Both Solomon and Brenda played a good mix of styles and speeds of blues. The dancers that showed up packed the floor and were a good mix of experience and of styles. There were many excellent leads, which made me happy. It also suprised me that I was sought out by some of the people that I noted as excellent leads, and had some fabulous moments.

Also, food was excellent and very worth the price. Definitely worth getting food.

wheeeeee

Last night was Perpetual E-motion's Baltimore debut. It was awesome. Ed and John were rocking it, Jeff Petrovitch was on his game, and the crowd was loving life. We had three lines for at least the 2nd quarter of the dance. I was thrilled to have some of my favorite DC dancers show up, en mass. :D I need twirled, and I got it.

The other fun thing about last night was watching Ed and John pack their, "Super Volvo with Solar Sound" with all of the various accoutremonts of their trade. It was tightly packed.


Perpetual E-motion: Ed Howe - NS Design Electric Violin & Hand Built Foot Board Controls
John Cote - Godin Synth Guitar, vocals, foot percussion, didjiridoo
http://www.perpetuale-motion.com/

Jeff Petrovitch- www.jeffpetrovitch.com

Blues Dancing

So I have been adding more Blues into my schedule, and usually I enjoy that its a pretty balanced crowd all around on Thursday nights... All around meaning lead/follow, experienced/beginner.

Last night, I don't know what happened. It was extremely follow heavy. Like 2+dozen female heavy. And I don't think that it was because there that many more females than normal, but because there were a fair amount of males missing.

That being said, its nice to be recognized by blues dancers and I did have some fantastic dances.

As far as the music, Mike Marcotta/Tamara have a different taste in blues music than I do. There were a few songs that I could really dig, but overall the taste in my mouth as I walked away was there were quite a few that I couldn't find the rhythm to dance to. In some ways, this balanced out as I was sitting out for lack of jumping to find another partner.