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BALLROOM
AND
LATIN AMERICAN MEDAL DANCING
Why
You Should Learn Medal Dancing
Many
people come to us in the first place, to use their own words, "just
to learn enough to get around the room". Some do just that, but
the majority stay with us for years, using the studio as a club in which
to spend many happy hours with the friends they have made while learning.
The
general purpose social style course is designed to get you moving around
the dance floor, but you will have noticed the difference between dancing
with a medalist and a beginner.
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In the beginners Social Style
course you learn basic steps and some hints on dancing but it does take
longer than 10 weeks to become a really good, relaxed and confident dancer.
Also unless you are dancing frequently, you will not have been dancing
long enough to retain what you have learnt.
Medal
Courses give you the extra necessary experience to become a confident
dancer with a greater range of steps and with much more pleasurable
dancing, for yourself and any partner of equal or higher ability.
Partners
are Not Necessary!
Included
in Medal Courses
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Admission
to all other medal courses up to that level |
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Admission
to 45 minute workshops for all medal courses up to that level |
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Admission
to all beginners Social Style Courses |
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A
teacher to dance you through the exam (if you wish) |
| Examination
and Report Fees with an Outside Independent Assessor |
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2
medals and 2 certificates once exam is completed |
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Courses Available
Bronze Medal Course - Full Bronze 8 Dance
This
follows on from the
Beginners Social Style Dance Course.
It is a 24 week course covering the 8 dances - Waltz, Foxtrot,
Quickstep, Tango, Cha Cha Cha, Cuban Rhumba, Jive and Samba.
Bronze
Medalists can attend up to 4 (1½ hour) Bronze Medal classes a week
(though they only need to come to one), and they can attend any
beginners Social Style classes. They can certainly get lots of
practice if they want!
Courses
are divided into four sections with two dances in each. This means
you can really concentrate on learning those dances well.
Course
Times
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6.30 pm on Monday |
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8.00 pm on Tuesday |
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8.00
pm on Thursday |
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12.15 pm on Saturday |
Next Starting Dates:
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8.00 pm Tuesday 7 February 2012 |
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8.00 pm Thursday
23 February 2012 |
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12.15 pm Saturday
3 March 2012 |
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6.30 pm Monday
12 March 2012 |
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See here for
2012 Schedule
Contact
John Young Dance Centre
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Medal Courses
The Silver Medal
Course is the Gateway to advanced dancing with advanced variations and
softer smoother flow for better controlled movement.
This is a 30 week
course covering 8 dances - Waltz, Quickstep, Ballroom Foxtrot, Tango, Cha
Cha Cha, Cuban Rhumba, Jive and Samba. Its format is similar to
Bronze and will develop, advance and add to the variations learnt for
Bronze.
Silver medalists can attend all Silver Medal classes and workshops, as well as Bronze Medal
classes and beginners level Social style classes. It
is however only necessary to attend one Silver Medal class per week.
The extra classes are available for practice and to make it easier.
Silver Medal
classes are held (1½ hour classes)
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8.00
pm on Monday |
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6.30
pm on Tuesday |
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2.00
pm on Saturday |
Next
Starting Dates:
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8.00 pm Monday
13 February 2012 |
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6.30 pm Tuesday
6 March 2012 |
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Saturday 10 March 2012 |
See
here for
2012
Schedule
Contact
John Young Dance Centre
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Silver Star and Gold Medal Classes
A natural follow
through combining Silver Medal variations, developed and advanced, with
the addition of new variations to Silver Star and Gold standard.
Both Silver Star and
Gold Medal Classes are held at they same time. It is a
30 week course and covers 8 dances - Waltz, Ballroom Foxtrot, Quickstep,
Tango, Cha Cha Cha, Jive (or Paso Doble), Cuban Rhumba and Samba.
Members can attend
all Medal Classes and Workshops below Silver Star as well as beginners
Social Style Classes.
Silver Star and Gold
Medal classes are held (1½ hour classes)
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8.00 pm on
Tuesday |
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6.30 pm on
Wednesday |
Next Starting Dates:
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8.00 pm Tuesday
6 March 2012 |
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6.30 pm Wednesday
7 March 2012 |
Workshop
Time (45 minutes)
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5.45
pm on Tuesday |
See here for
2012
Schedule
Contact
John Young Dance Centre
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| Gold
Star and Oscar
This is the
highest level achievable. The course will cover 10 dances - Waltz,
Ballroom Foxtrot, Tango, Quickstep, Viennese Waltz, Cha Cha Cha, Paso Doble, Cuban Rhumba, Samba and Jive.
Members can
attend all Medal Classes and Workshops below Gold Star as well as
beginners Social Style Classes.
Gold Star and
Oscar classes are held (1½ hour classes)
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6.30
pm on Tuesday |
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6.15
pm on Thursday |
Next
Starting Dates: These are provisional only - check with the
studios
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6.30 pm Tuesday
6 March 2012 |
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6.15 pm Thursday
8 March 2012 |
Contact
John Young Dance Centre |
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