Deepen Your Understanding, Prom Night, Ballroom Dance, Latin Dancing

Published: Fri, 02/24/17

Gainesville Ocala Swing and Social Dance Newsletter 2017-02-24

Deepen Your Understanding, Prom Night, Ballroom Dance, Latin Dancing

Hello and Gainesville Ocala Social Dancers,

See below for the article on Deepening Your Understanding.

This is the yearly GODS Contra Dance Weekend. The full weekend passes are sold out, but there may be availability at some events. Usually the Saturday morning Brunch and English Country Dance at the Thomas Center is open to everyone.

Friday is Senior Prom Night with Mr. October at Rena's Ballroom at 8 pm.

Saturday night is Mardi Gras Ballroom Dance Party with Ray and Eileen at Rena's Ballroom at 8 pm.

Late Saturday night, from 10:30 pm to 2 am is Latin Night Dancing at Rain Nightclub, 7 SW 1 Street. This is supposed to be happening every Saturday night starting this weekend.

Sunday the UF Tango Club meets in the Reitz Union at 6:15 pm. This is open to the public. Also Sunday, there is West Coast Swing in Ocala.

Dancing with Andy

This coming Monday and Thursday will be our last week in our current series. After a one week break, we will start a three week series on March 13. We will take these three weeks to learn the basics of a few social dances, so that we can dance more dances at the dance socials. On April 3 we will start a six week series.

Schedule

Mondays February 27 week 5 of 5
5:30 pm Hustle
6:30 pm Lindy Style Swing
7:30 pm Israeli Dancing

Thursdays March 2 week 6 of 6
6 pm Argentine Tango
7 pm Salsa
8 pm West Coast Swing

Cost per person if you have not paid for the series
- $15 per night drop-in

If you are dancing somewhere else, or you are student age, or financial considerations are keeping you from joining us, contact me for discounted pricing.

Mondays March 13 three weeks
5:30 pm Hustle
6:30 pm Foxtrot and Swing
7:30 pm Israeli Dancing

Thursdays March 16 three weeks
6 pm Argentine Tango
7 pm Rumba and Salsa
8 pm Waltz Slow

Mondays April 3 six weeks
5:30 pm Hustle
6:30 pm Swing
7:30 pm Israeli Dancing

Thursdays April 6 six weeks
6 pm Argentine Tango
7 pm Salsa
8 pm Swing

Happy Dancing,
Andy

publish@gainesvilledance.com
352-327-3672

Deepen Your Understanding

At synagogue, I was reading the commentary for the prayer for the establishment of Shabbat. This is a kabbalistic prayer written as a backward acrostic. The first letter of each word forms the Hebrew alphabet backwards, starting with the last letter Tav and finishing with the first letter Aleph. The Tav symbolizes completion. The backward acrostic teaches that when you have completed your studies, you should go back to the beginning to deepen your understanding.

I told the Rabbi that I had written in my dance newsletter that people should go back to the basics to get better. When you repeat the basics, you learn things you missed earlier.

The Rabbi said that the reason I noticed that commentary now was because I had written about going back to the basics. We read that blessing three times every Shabbat. I had not noticed that the blessing was a backward acrostic before. You might think repeating the same blessings is a waste. Why not learn something new. Repeating the same blessings, is like going back to the basics. You deepen your understanding.

Henry David Thoreau observed that people that traveled around the world to see new things, after a while, were seeing the same thing in different places. Thoreau wrote that he preferred to get to know his own backyard in depth.

Whether praying, dancing or traveling, both broadening your horizons and gaining insights can be meaningful. It is all good. We need both.

The same applies to people. It is good to meet new people. It is good to get to know some people better.

Gainesville and Ocala Dance Calendar

Dance Quotes

The discoveries which we make abroad are special and particular; those which we make at home are general and significant. The further off, the nearer the surface. The nearer home, the deeper. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Today you may write a chapter on the advantages of traveling, and tomorrow you may write another chapter on the advantages of not traveling. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Dance Schedule

Confirm all programs before going

Fri-Sun 2/24-26 - GODS Contra Dance Weekend
Friday 2/24 - Mr. October at Rena's Ballroom
Saturday 2/25 - English Country Dance Brunch at the GODS Weekend
Saturday 2/25 - Ballroom Dance Party
Saturday 2/25 - Latin Night Dance
Sunday 2/26 - Baila Caliente
Sunday 2/26 - UF Argentine Tango Club
Sunday 2/26 - West Coast Swing in Ocala
Monday 2/27 - Hustle, Lindy Swing aand Israeli with Andy 5 of 5
Monday 2/27 - Bachata and Salsa with Baila Caliente
Tuesday 2/28 - Ballroom Dancing with Ray and Eileen
Tuesday 2/28 - Swing N Motion with Robert
Tuesday 2/28 - Salsa with Salsa Mundial
Wednesday 3/01 - Baila Caliente Bachata and Salsa
Wednesday 3/01 - West Coast Swing
Thursday 3/02 - Line Dancing at the Senior Center with Andy 2 of 4
Thursday 3/02 - Argentine Tango, West Coast Swing, Salsa with Andy 6 of 6
Thursday 3/02 - Ballroom Dancing with Ray and Eileen - American Tango
Thursday 3/02 - Salsa and Bachata with Salsa Mundial
Thursday 3/02 - Swing N Motion with Robert
Saturday 3/04 - West Coast Swing Dance with Josh Angel
Sunday 3/05 - Contra Dance
Friday 3/10 - Contra Dance in Melrose
Saturday 3/11 - Argentine Tango Milonga El Abrazo
Saturday 3/18 - Argentine Tango Milonga at Thuy's
Saturday 3/18 - Contra Dance
Sunday 3/19 - Vintage Waltz Brunch
Sunday 3/19 - Rena's Sunday Best

Ongoing Dancing

Argentine Tango with Andrea Pham in a private home. pham.andrea@gmail.com
Argentine Tango with David and Thuy in a downtown private home for free. david.chayes@gmail.com
Salsa and Latin dancing with Gator Salsa Club

Classes with Andy

To sign up for classes offered via Santa Fe College Community Education (SFC) call 352-395-5193 or visit www.sfcollege.edu/cied/communityed

Israeli Dancing on Mondays at 7:15 pm, Israeli Partner Dancing at 8:15 pm, at B'nai Israel, 3830 NW 16 Blvd, only $5, drop in, no sign up required, ongoing.
Line Dancing on Thursdays at noon at the Senior Center, sign up via SFC, ongoing.
Beginning Argentine Tango Dancing. Check when next series starts.
Beginning Salsa Dancing. Check when next series starts.
Beginning Lindy-style Swing Dancing. Check when next series starts.
Beginning West Coast Swing Dancing. Check when next series starts.
West Coast Swing on Mondays at around 6 pm, at B'nai Israel, 3830 NW 16 Blvd, $15 per person, includes Israeli Dancing, let me know if interested
Private Lessons, classes for Novice Dancers, Social Dancing, Wedding Dances, Argentine Tango, Contra, Hustle, Lindy, Line, Salsa, West Coast Swing, Vintage Waltz, other, contact Andy

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