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Latin & Swing Dance Series @ MONCA, Chico

  • Museum of Northern California Art (monca) · Chico
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Latin & Swing Dance Series @ MONCA, Chico
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Learn up to THREE social dances in 5 weeks with local dancer and choreographer, Ray Hayes! Mark your calendar, every Thursday in October, for a fun, beginner-friendly series where you will learn Salsa, Bachata, and West Coast Swing! 💃🕺✨
You don’t need ANY previous experience to join the Intro to Salsa/Bachata and West Coast Swing classes. However, students will need to know their basics to join the West Coast Swing level 2 class. (See below for prerequisites) All ages are welcome!
🎟️ Tickets: https://monca.org/blogs/events/october-5-week-dance-series-with-ray-hayes
No partner? No problem! We rotate partners in class and the instructor dances with students as well. Many people join the classes solo, we will rotate you in!
𝑾𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒍𝒚 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒍𝒆:
6:00pm - Intro to Salsa/Bachata Dance ✨
6:45pm - Intro to West Coast Swing ✨
7:30pm - West Coast Swing Level II *(see below for prerequisites)
✨ Intro classes are 45 minutes each
~ West Coast Swing Level II is 1 hour
𝟓-𝑾𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝑫𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔:
Thursday, October 1st
Thursday, October 8th
Thursday, October 15th
Thursday, October 22nd
Thursday, October 29th
𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝟓-𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐍 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 Wednesday,͟ ͟𝐒͟𝐞͟𝐩͟𝐭͟𝐞͟𝐦͟𝐛͟𝐞͟𝐫͟ ͟30𝐭͟𝐡͟ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝟓 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 $𝟕𝟓! (Full price: $99) Use discount code EARLYBIRD for $24 off
Or pay $20 per week **
**The $20 ticket includes all 3 classes that week. The full 5-week series is all inclusive and includes up to 15 classes! Weekly tickets expire on first use and cannot be carried over to following weeks.
... 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ...
𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝟐 𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬: Level 2 West Coast Swing students should be familiar with the basic sugar push, left side pass, underarm turn, and basic whip.
𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩-𝐢𝐧𝐬 are welcome every week, but please understand, those taking the full series will have more knowledge by week 3 than those dropping in for the first time. A brief review will be offered every week, but it is highly recommended to sign up for the full 5-week series to have the best experience.
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬? If you are interested in joining the West Coast Swing classes, but don't know your basics yet, please consider attending the Monday night West Coast Swing classes at the Chico Women's Club. They offer a beginner class every week!
𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬: Alternatively, Ray offers Private Lessons, which can help catch you up to speed. Lessons are offered in the styles of Salsa, Bachata, or West Coast Swing. You may take the lessons solo or with a partner.
Email [email protected] for pricing and availability.
𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: Last but not least, Ray offers a Dance Volunteer program for those interested in taking the series for FREE. There are no prerequisites to join the program, just an interest in learning to dance and availability to attend at least 4 weeks of the 5 week series. Volunteers may be asked to help with check-in during the first 5 minutes of each class time. Space is limited per series. Email: [email protected]
𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐑𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 for weekly updates: @Ray_Hayes_Dance
𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤: Ray Hayes Dance https://www.facebook.com/rayhayes.biz
Full info @ monca.org
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