‘Weekly Update’ Category

  1. Mardi Gras Dance: February 2012 Week 3

    February 19, 2012 by PB&J

    Mardi Gras Dance

    This week is Fat Tuesday and PB&J will be celebrating! Come join us for some New Orleans Blues courtesy of our DJs Brenda Russell and Joshua Kereos. There will be King Cake, lights,beads and masks!

    Series Lesson Turns & Pivots with Matt Mickle

    This month Matt Mickle and Lucy Bellwood bring you a series on incorporating smooth pivots and turns into your dance. Building on simple moves that you can add to your repertoire of basic traveling movements, they’ll take you through slick pivots in closed position and close embrace, adding taps to your basic for increased rhythmic variation, clean preps that will lead your follow into any number of sweet open turns, and a few elegant leans and dips to round things out. This third class deals specifically with closed pivots and the mechanics of moving into open turns via preps. Please note: class starts at 7:15pm this week! Come on time to get the most out of the material.

    Drop In Lesson

    TBA

    Featured DJs:

    Brenda Russell & Joshua Kereos

    Open Positions

    PB&J is creating 3 new officer positions: Marketing Coordinator, Competitions Coordinator, & Special Events Coordinator. We will also have 2 board positions to fill soon: Strategic Director and Development Director. Please email pdxblues@gmail.com if you are interested in any of them. Full role descriptions are available here.

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  2. Valentine’s Day Dance: February 2012 Week 2

    February 13, 2012 by PB&J

    Series Lesson Turns & Pivots with Matt Mickle

    Matt Mickle has returned from Nicaragua and will be teaching this month. This week he will be working on how to do pivots in close embrace, and using turns to accent your dance. Come this week from 7:30pm-8:30pm.

    Drop In Lesson

    Derrick Dingman

    Featured Band:

    Justin Froese

    Featured DJ:

    Leslie Stevensen

    Open Positions

    PB&J is creating 3 new officer positions: Marketing Coordinator, Competitions Coordinator, & Special Events Coordinator. We will also have 2 board positions to fill soon: Strategic Director and Development Director. Please email pdxblues@gmail.com if you are interested in any of them. Full role descriptions are available here.

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  3. February 2012 Week 1

    February 5, 2012 by PB&J

    Series Lesson: with Matt Mickle

    It’s the first week of the month, which means the series lesson is free this week! Matt Mickle has returned from Nicaragua and will be teaching this month with Lucy Bellwood. This week he will be teaching closed position turns, including the connection and frame necessary to do a closed turn, and how to do pivot turns in close embrace. Come this week from 7:30pm-8:30pm.

    Drop In Lesson

    Matt Mickle

    Featured DJs:

    Matt Mickle and Derrick Dingman

    Valentine’s Day Dance: Live Music!

    Next week, we’ll be having a live band play! Justin Froese is coming down from Seattle to play some traditional blues. Justin debuted at Barefoot Blues last year. You can check his sound out on his website.

    Musicality Workshop with Gideon Syfrett and Magen Dean

    March 17th, from noon to 3pm, Gideon and Magen will be teaching a workshop on musicality for those who are looking to expand their dance skills. It is beginner friendly, and all levels can take away important concepts from it, including using changes in speed, and energy, and isolations. $10 if you preregister, $15 at the door.

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  4. January 2012 Week 5

    February 5, 2012 by PB&J

    Community Meeting

    On January 31st, from 7:30pm-8:30pm, rather than a Series Lesson we will be
    having a community meeting on the upcoming Rose City Blues Exchange in
    November. We want your input and want to know what you would like to see at
    this event. Hope to see you there.

    Drop In Lesson

    Bridgette Todd

    Featured DJs:

    Joshua Kereos and Dylan McCann

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  5. January 2012 Week 3

    January 14, 2012 by PB&J

    Tuesday Blues Cancelled this week

    Due to the anticipated snow and ice, we are cancelling tonight’s dance. There will be other dances happening this weekend; check the list below. Please be safe over the next few days.

    Gender Bender House Party Dances: Jan 13th & 14th
    Friday the 13th and Saturday the 14th, there are house parties happening for the workshops this weekend. Friday goes from 9pm-2am and Saturday goes from 12:30-4am, after Midnight Moves. Mr Moo will be playing live music late Saturday night. More information can be found here

    Free Reed Dance Friday Jan 20th

    This Friday in the Reed Student Union, there is a free dance! Gideon Syfret will be teaching on intro lesson from 9-9:30pm, then Magen Dean and Gideon will be DJing from 9:30pm-1am! More information can be found here.

    House Party Saturday Jan 21st

    This Saturday from 10pm-3am, Aria will be hosting a dance at her house. It will be feature DJed alt from Portland’s finest. More information can be found here

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  6. January 2012 Week 2

    January 9, 2012 by PB&J

    Series Lesson: with Drew and Ryan

    This month, Drew Robinson and Ryan Limbaugh are teaching a blues fundamentals series. This week we will work through all of the embraces, as well as learning specific moves to different rhythms.  Come this Tuesday from 7:30-8:30pm.

    Drop In Lesson

    Jae Wilson

    Featured DJs:

    Ben Long and Mija Sanders

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  7. January 2012 Week 1

    January 1, 2012 by PB&J

    Series Lesson: with Drew and Ryan

    This month, Drew Robinson and Ryan Limbaugh are teaching a blues fundamentals series. The first week is FREE and will be focused on both lead and follow turns.  The following weeks we will work through all of the embraces, as well as learning specific moves to different rhythms.  Come this Tuesday from 7:30-8:30pm.

    Drop In Lesson

    Drew and Wren

    Featured DJs:

    Adin Van Duyne and Mija Sanders

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  8. December 2011 Week 4

    December 26, 2011 by PB&J

    Series Lesson: Balance: Finding Zen in Your Dance

    This week, Andrew Smith has traveled up from California and will be teaching. He has a strong dance background with expertise in solo movement and traditional blues. Here is his lesson description.

    Grounded and connected movement improves the quality of communication with your dance partner. Learn how to preserve an open line of contact with your partner to transmit expansive, creative ideas. Rediscover the endless possibilities of simple movement within a creative context. Drawing from yoga and Modern dance techniques, this class will help you transform the arc of your dance from skittish, broken lines into broad, beautiful brushstrokes. Dancers leaving this class have found their dancing – and their life – more balanced and grounded.

    Come this Tuesday from 7:30-8:30pm.

    Drop In Lesson

    Bridgette Todd

    Featured DJs:

    Andrew Smith and Joshua Keroes

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  9. December 2011 Week 3: Holiday Dance!

    December 19, 2011 by PB&J

    Series Lesson: Exploring Open Connection

    This week, Eric Hanus will be teaching. Here is his lesson description.

    “In my class I’lll be addressing the hidden desire of the Portland blues scene. That’s right, the elusive open position. From fundamentals to advanced movements, we’ll break out of the confines of closed position and explore the wonderful world of having some space between you and your partner.”

    This class is for anyone who has ever ended up in open position and didn’t know what to do. Come this Tuesday from 7:30-8:30pm.

    Drop In Lesson

    Justin Riley

    Featured DJs:

    Brenda Russell and Derrick Dingman

    Holiday Dance

    This Tuesday the dance will be holiday themed. There will be free snacks and the ballroom will be decked in festive décor. Come dance in your finest holiday clothing.

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  10. December 2011 Week 2

    December 11, 2011 by PB&J

    Series Lesson: Making Dance a Conversation

    This week, Justin Riley will be teaching. Here is his lesson description.

    “A few goals of this class are to re-define the conventional idea of lead-dominated dancing. We want to impart to follows the confidence, freedom, and skills necessary to properly give varying degrees of input in the dance. The class is designed to transform typical lead monologues into a dynamic conversation that gives and takes, listens and asserts, builds and deconstructs- to a point where issues of lead and follow dissolve into those of connection and communication. This class does not only deal with the conceptual, much of the course will focus on variations in frame, tone, and muscle engagement that will serve the concepts mentioned above.”

    Justin’s classes are essential for learning how to communicate with a partner. Come this Tuesday from 7:30-8:30pm.

    Drop In Lesson

    Drew Robinson

    Featured DJs:

    Kayce Spear and Gideon Syfret

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