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Winter Luau - January 10, 2009 |
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| | Time: 7:30 Lesson - 8:30 Dancing
Location: Sapphire Studio
Admission: $8/Person; $5/University and High School Students |
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Welcome Party - January 24, 2009 |
| We'll start the evening with a strictly beginner lesson featuring essential dance styles, then put what you've learned to use for the rest of the evening. This evening will also feature mixers (maybe something totally new?) to help with making new friends, newcomer specials, and a demo by some of our more experienced students. It's the perfect time to bring a first-time guest! |
| | Time: 7:30 Lesson - 8:30 Dancing
Location: Sapphire Studio
Admission: $8/Person; $5/University and High School Students |
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The Lovers Ball - February 14, 2009 |
| You are cordially invited....
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| | Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Sapphire Studio
Admission: starts at $90/couple |
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Sam & Denise Milller - February 27, 2009 |
| Sam and Denise are coming back for for the whole weekend! BTAM on Friday, more workshops on Saturday and Sunday, plus private or semi-private lessons and the chance to dance with these world champions. Details available here. |
| | Time: varies
Location: Sapphire Studio
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Kick the Winter Blues - February 28, 2009 |
| Shake the snow off and heat up the night by coming out to our tribute to the Blues. Wear blue jeans, a blue shirt, or blue hair - whatever floats your blues-boat. The lesson will feature West Coast Swing - a more bluesy dance is hard to find! |
| | Time: 7:30 Lesson - 8:30 Dancing
Location: Sapphire Studio
Admission: $8/Person; $5/University and High School Students |
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Gimme a Break - March 14, 2009 |
| It's the middle of Spring Break, and we all really need a break. So we're celebrating the breaks: a break from the routine, break-up songs, breaking out of the mold, and, best of all, hitting the breaks in the music. Not sure you know what that last one means? Be sure to catch our lesson in Cha Cha, where we'll teach you to hear and hit the breaks. |
| | Time: 7:30 Lesson - 8:30 Dancing
Location: Sapphire Studio
Admission: $8/Person; $5/University and High School Students |
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80's Explosion - March 28, 2009 |
| Tease your hair, dig out your spandex mini-skirt - remember the 80's, dude? This night will be awesome! (Totally.) We'll focus on 80's music, but that won't limit our dancing. We'll feature a totally tubular lesson in East Coast Swing starting easy and ending awesome! |
| | Time: 7:30 Lesson - 8:30 Dancing
Location: Sapphire Studio
Admission: $8/Person; $5/University and High School Students |
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Playing Favorites - April 11, 2009 |
| We've been working hard to put this one together for you. Each member of the staff here at Sapphire has chosen a few favorite dance tunes (choosing was the hard part) and we've lined them up - one after the other - to create an absolutely spectacular night of dancing. We'll start the evening with a lesson in Waltz, starting with the basics and featuring some of our favorite moves. |
| | Time: 7:30 Lesson - 8:30 Dancing
Location: Sapphire Studio
Admission: $8/Person; $5/University and High School Students |
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Latin Heat - April 25, 2009 |
| The weather is getting warmer, and we're heating up the dance floor at Sapphire! Join us for Latin Heat night as we spin and sizzle with a Salsa lesson. |
| | Time: 7:30 Lesson - 8:30 Dancing
Location: Sapphire Studio
Admission: $8/Person; $5/University and High School Students |
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Graduation Party - May 09, 2009 |
| Even if you aren't in school, this dance is for you. With a lesson in 4-Count Hustle to start the evening off, we're celebrating all of our friends and fellow dancers who're about to move on to the next phase of their lives - and reminding them to keep dancing! All soon-to-be Grads get in free. Com'on : Celebrate, Celebrate, dance to the music.... |
| | Time: 7:30 Lesson - 8:30 Dancing
Location: Sapphire Studio
Admission: $8/Person; $5/University and High School Students |
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Welcome Party - May 23, 2009 |
We'll start the evening with a strictly beginner lesson featuring essential dance styles, then put what you've learned to use for the rest of the evening. This evening will also feature mixers to help in meeting new friends, newcomer specials, and a demo by some of our more experienced students. It's the perfect time to bring a first-time guest!
Come out early and check out the Cruise-In in downtown Christiansburg. There'll be lots of classic cars, food vendors, and all kinds of cool stuff. Parking may be challenging, but will be parking available and there will be no fees to get to our dance.
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| | Time: 7:30 Lesson - 8:30 Dancing
Location: Sapphire Studio
Admission: $8/Person; $5/University and High School Students |
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World Tour - June 13, 2009 |
| Travel the world without bothering with a passport! We'll have costumes and decorations on display from around the world, travel themed music, a favorite international dance: Argentine Tango. Also, due to the amount of grinning and laughing during Fjaskern (aka Hurry Scurry), the international folk dance Debbi taught last year, we'll feature another chance to folk dance. |
| | Time: 7:30 Lesson - 8:30 Dancing
Location: Sapphire Studio
Admission: $8/Person; $5/University and High School Students |
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Summer Sizzle - June 27, 2009 |
| Hot summer nights just got hotter. We're spicing things up with a Samba lesson. As usual, come out early in the lesson to get a friendly introduction to this smokin' Latin dance, and hang-on-tight as the lesson erupts into something truly fiery. It's a night that's sure to Sizzle! Want more Samba than we could fit in an hour? Check out our Weekender: Level 1 Samba (a 4-week class) all in one weekend! |
| | Time: 7:30 Lesson - 8:30 Dancing
Location: Sapphire Studio
Admission: $8/Person; $5/University and High School Students |
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Silver Screen Soiree - July 11, 2009 |
| Come celebrate all that wonderful dancing that's come out of Hollywood over the years! Featuring a lesson in Tango, we'll have a night filled with 'Stage and Screen' magic. |
| | Time: 7:30 Lesson - 8:30 Dancing
Location: Sapphire Studio
Admission: $8/Person; $5/University and High School Students |
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Workin' on a Night Groove - July 25, 2009 |
| Let the sultry summer nights inspire you to a new groove. We'll be paying homage to the nighttime, stars, and moons, and all the songs that make the night sing! Our lesson? The Night Club Two-Step, of course. This dance starts simple - great for all levels of dancers - but we'll take it for "a ride across the moon" by the time the lesson is done. |
| | Time: 7:30 Lesson - 8:30 Dancing
Location: Sapphire Studio
Admission: $8/Person; $5/University and High School Students |
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Beach Party - August 22, 2009 |
| Celebrate summer the way only dancers can! We're talkin' Beach party (without the sand) - so dig out your Bermuda shorts and Hawaiian shirts. We'll start the evening with (what else?) a Carolina Shag lesson. Never shagged before? Make sure to come out at the beginning of the lesson for a introduction to this smooth favorite. Already a Shag fan? Don't miss the second half of the lesson - we've got all kinds of cool moves waiting for you! Want more Carolina Shag than we could fit in an hour? Try our Weekender: Carolina Shag - Mirror Patterns. It's a 4-week class all in one weekend! |
| | Time: 7:30 Lesson - 8:30 Dancing
Location: Sapphire Studio
Admission: $8/Person; $5/University and High School Students |
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Welcome Party - September 12, 2009 |
| We'll start the evening with a strictly beginner lesson featuring essential dance styles, then put what you've learned to use for the rest of the evening. This evening will also feature mixers to help you meet new friends, newcomer specials, and possibly a demo by some of our more experienced students. It's the perfect time to bring a first-time guest! |
| | Time: 7:30 Lesson - 8:30 Dancing
Location: Sapphire Studio
Admission: $8/Person; $5/University and High School Students |
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Wilderness Trail Festival - Demos - September 19, 2009 |
| Come cheer on fellow Sapphirites at the Wilderness Trail Festival as we strut our stuff on the Performance Stage, downtown Christiansburg |
| | Time: 4:15 pm
Location:
Admission: none |
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Flashback Fest (aka - Classic Rock Night!) - September 26, 2009 |
| Last year, this dance ROCKED! (And I'm not the only one who said so!) We'll feature Classic Rock, Motown, and Hippie Classics - all those tunes that didn't quite fit in our Decade Dances will find a home as we flash back to some of the greatest hits ever. The lesson - East Coast Swing, man, starting free and easy and ending FAR OUT. |
| | Time: 7:30 Lesson - 8:30 Dancing
Location: Sapphire Studio
Admission: $8/Person; $5/University and High School Students |
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Boot Scootin' Country Night - October 10, 2009 |
| No - you don't need boots, and no - you don't have to "Push your Tush" -- You can dance just about everything to Country Music - and laugh at the lyrics at the same time! We'll teach a Two-Step lesson to get you started. And let me say, if you haven't tried this fast-paced, spin-filled dance style, you're missing all the fun! |
| | Time: 7:30 Lesson - 8:30 Dancing
Location: Sapphire Studio
Admission: $8/Person; $5/University and High School Students |
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Costume Ball - October 24, 2009 |
| Alter-Egos like to dance too! Dress up as your favorite superhero, movie star, or average Joe and come strut your stuff at our Costume Ball. Costumes are encouraged, not required. We'll be rocking the Monster Mash with a Cha Cha lesson. |
| | Time: 7:30 Lesson - 8:30 Dancing
Location: Sapphire Studio
Admission: $8/Person; $5/University and High School Students |
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Disco Fever - November 14, 2009 |
| Polyester pants, tab collars, and Farra Faucett hair - it's time for Disco Fever. You know the drill - dress in costume if you can, or just come out and shake your groove thing. What's the lesson? Hustle, of course! We'll start slow and easy and then heat things up for our DISCO INFERNO! |
| | Time: 7:30 Lesson - 8:30 Dancing
Location: Sapphire Studio
Admission: $8/Person; $5/University and High School Students |
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Dance the Turkey Away - November 28, 2009 |
| Don't hesitate - eat too much for Thanksgiving and then join us as we dance the turkey away at our annual post-T-day dance. It's been a blast the every year we host it - let's make it even better this year! Lesson: the Fox Trot, 'cause you know - foxes like turkey too. |
| | Time: 7:30 Lesson - 8:30 Dancing
Location: Sapphire Studio
Admission: $8/Person; $5/University and High School Students |
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Snowflake Ball - December 12, 2009 |
| Ready for a winter wonderland? Lovely weather for a sleigh ride? Or just want to rock around the Christmas Tree? Join us as we get a little "flaky" at our last dance of the year! We'll spend some time with the sugarplums while learning some Rumba. Remember - he sees you when you're dancing, he knows when you sit down, he knows if you lead or follow, so you better be there for goodness sake! Semi-Formal attire encouraged. |
| | Time: 7:30 Lesson - 8:30 Dancing
Location: Sapphire Studio
Admission: $8/Person; $5/University and High School Students |
