| Mostly Waltz! mostlywaltz.ca Mostly Waltz is a new series
of Dances in Toronto featuring excellent live bands and great DJ'd
music for waltzes and other partner dances! The first Mostly Waltz on
May 3 was fun and had a very good vibe - here is a 90 second video from that
Dance taken by Tony Hornick:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=axGm_kKD_68
Music at Mostly Waltz: Excellent live and DJ'd
music for waltzes from slower to fast, plus some polkas,
blues and schottische.
Mostly Waltz Schedule - Dances, Classes, Workshops:
| Date |
Lesson |
Dance & Band |
Location |
Price |
| Tuesdays
6:30pm to 7:45pm |
Weekly Waltz class
taught by Karen Millyard - 6.30pm to
7.45pm. More information available from Karen
at mostlyw@gmail.com |
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Hall of the Russian Orthodox
Church at 823 Manning Ave. |
$15, $10 for students |
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Workshops in Cross-step Waltz
and in Left Turning Viennese Waltz - dates and details tba. |
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| Friday June 19
7pm to 10:30pm Mostly Waltz |
Polka class 7pm to 8pm
taught by Simon & Bonnie, doors 7pm, class 7:15pm to 8pm. |
Mostly Waltz Dance
featuring the excellent three women visiting Pittsburg band
Amarillis! 8pm to 10:30pm
The band's waltz CDs will be on sale at the Dance. |
St. Barnabas Anglican
Church Hall, 361 Danforth, Toronto, at Chester
(2 minutes walk from the Chester subway stop, enter the hall from the
west side of the church - the hall is just south of the church proper) |
Dance $10, $15 with the lesson ($7/$10
for for full-time students) |
| Saturday July 25
3pm to 7pm
Mostly Waltz |
Cakewalk & Polka
(partnered) dance
class 3pm to 3:55pm taught by Simon & Bonnie, all levels.
(Cakewalk is the great Afro-American dance of the 19th century
which also became a huge fad in white society. Polka was a huge 19th
century dance fad in the 1840s and 50s and was popular throughout the
19th century.) |
Mostly Waltz Dance
featuring the wonderful visiting three person New Hampshire band
Celticladda! 4pm to 7pm
Join folks for dinner after the dance nearby, and
consider coming back for the swing dance and swing dance classes later
that evening at Dovercourt House. |
Dovercourt House,
805 Dovercourt Road, Toronto (one block north of Bloor, one block west
of the west exit of the Ossington subway stop). |
Dance $10, $15 with the lesson ($7/$10
for for full-time students) $25 for the
entire afternoon and evening at Dovercourt House 3pm to 1am including
the Mostly Waltz lesson and live band dance, and the Saturday Night
Swing lessons and live band dance, students $20, |
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We teach traditional Viennese
Waltz, Rotary Waltz, Cross-step Waltz, Charleston, Peabody, One Step and other partner dances. We also do
performances and demos and run events. If you are interested in
lessons or other things, or have any questions please email Mostly Waltz at
mostlyw@gmail.com |
