As always the now world famous Mariachi Tea Dance is, as ever, on the first Sunday of the month. The ususal ingredients will be there: fantastic music, a beautiful dance floor, expressive dancers, a warm welcome, the world famous home baking…
If U’ve never been to a Mariachi Tea dance, yet, come and see what it’s all about and join the party!!

As with every Mariachi workshop, this one will be tailored to each individual attending. We will be looking at techniques, frame, connection and musicality to bring out the best dancer in U. We will give each attendee individual exercises to work on as well as generic exercises for the main group focused on leading and following detail and bringing out the moments in the music…

We will be gender-balancing this workshop so email bookings@mariachi.info to confirm your place. Places will be confirmed upon payment, and will be taken on a first come first served basis.

Venue - Rosyth Masonic, Admiralty Rd, Rosyth, KY11 2BW

Workshop 1pm - 5pm
Tea Dance 6pm - 10:30pm

£10 on door
£8 if prepaid

if you do workshop + tea dance £25 in advance, £30 on the day

email bookings@mariachi.info to confirm your place: payment by direct banking or paypal available.

The now world famous Mariachi Tea Dance is, as ever, on the first Sunday of the month. The ususal ingredients will be there: fantastic music, a beautiful dance floor, expressive dancers, a warm welcome, the world famous home baking…

If U’ve never been to a Mariachi Tea dance, yet, come and see what it’s all about and join the party!!

This month’s workshop is going to be focussed on lead and follow, communication within a dance, how to get the best from your partner and, therfore, give the best of yourself within a dance.

We will be gender-balancing this workshop so email bookings@mariachi.info to confirm your place. Places will be confirmed upon payment, and will be taken on a first come first served basis.

This will be an ideal workshop for those who are ready to go beyond moves and want to take the next step into dance; for those who are taking their first steps into more exressive dance or music; for those ready to lead/follow nuance and detail to bring out themselves more within the dance…

Venue - Rosyth Masonic, Admiralty Rd, Rosyth, KY11 2BW

£10 on door
£8 if prepaid

or if you do the workshop and the tea dance £25 in advance, £30 on the day

email bookings@mariachi.info to conform your place: payment by direct banking or paypal available.

The first Sunday of the Month means only one thing - Mariachi Tea Dance time!!!

The infamous homebaking, the incorrigible staff, the renowned welcome, the revered guests, the incomparable music, the exquisite floor, the unsurpassed variety of tempo, genres and styles……

Tea Dance is 6pm to 10.30pm, and the workshop will run from 1pm to 5pm

This month’s workshop is specifically aimed at Follows.

We will incorporate time for privates for each attendee, a masterclass section as well as general teaching on musicality and style for ladies..

Just what U need to make the most of any Mariachi event…

Venue - Rosyth Masonic, Admiralty Rd, Rosyth, KY11 2BW

Tea Dance £10 on door, £8 if prepaid

or if you do the workshop as well Workshop + dance £25 in advance, £30 on the day

email bookings@mariachi.info to conform your place: payment by direct banking or paypal available.

The first Sunday of the month just happens to be the first Sunday of the year!!!!

And so the first Mariachi Tea Dance of the year will be a chilled event: gentle music to nurse your Hogmany hangover…

Please note the start time of 1.00. We will at least be going on till 6, but if peeps want to hang and chill, we will just keep playing the tunes…

If we’re not too hungover, there will be some New Year goodies: home baking plus anything else we can find… ;~)

So, come and join us for some of the best dance music Scotland has to offer, great dancers and a homely atmosphere…

Different venue, Differnent times!!!

Time: 1pm – 6pm –ish
Venue: 10 Heath Road, Rosyth, Fife, KY11 2BT
Price: £8 prepaid or £10 on the door
email us at bookings@mariachi.info to arrange prepayment.

When - Friday, 24 August 2012 at 20:00 - Monday, 27 August 2012 at 06:00

Where - Rosyth, Dunfermline, Scotland

Dancing till Breakfast, check. Expressive tunes, check. Some of the country’s best weekender DJ’s, check. Workshops tailored to help develop and enhance your expressive dance side, check. A warm welcome from fabulous, friendly dancers, check.

Details to book, coming soon!!!

When - Friday, 4 May 2012 at 20:00 - Monday, 7 May 2012 at 06:00

Venue Address’s are
Rosyth Masonic Hall , Admiralty Rd, Rosyth, KY11 2BW
Gladyer Inn 10 Heath Road / Ridley Drive, Rosyth, Dunfermline, Fife, KY11 2BT

Saturday Night Freestyle is at the Gladyer inn
Sunday Night Freestyle is at the Masonic Hall

Dancing till Breakfast, check. Expressive tunes, check. Some of the country’s best weekender DJ’s, check. Workshops tailored to help develop and enhance your expressive dance side, check. A warm welcome from fabulous, friendly dancers, check.

Saturday there will be 6 workshops over 3 sessions to choose from & we do it all again on Sunday with another 6 workshops over 3 sessions - actually on Sunday it’s 7 Workshops we couldn’t resist squeezing in one extra

Saturday
1.30pm – 3.00pm
Beginner Dips & Drops
Juke Joint

3.15pm – 4.45pm How to Tag & Steal
Riffing and the Art of Conversation

Flash Moves

5.00pm – 6.30pm Flash Moves

Sunday
1.30pm – 3.00pm
Intermediate Dips & Drops
Micro Blues

3.15pm – 4.45pm
Ballrooming
Advanced Musicality

5.00pm – 6.30pm
Men’s Style
Ladies Style

6.45pm – 7.45pm
Portland Dance Lab

Saturday
1.30pm – 3.30pm
Beginner Dips & Drops with Frank Blueshoes Newton
Learn to do basic dips and drops with the three ssses: simply and stylishly - and above all safely

Juke Joint with Aaron Fluff Saunders
Blues dancing is all about expressing yourself to the music you hear. Juke Joints were the bars in the U.S. where people went to listen & dance to live music. We’ll look at the classic jukin’ steps to get you into the rhythm of the music allowing you to explore & play with the music.

3.15pm – 4.45pm
Beginners Musicality with CJ
The best dances incorporate 3 things: you, your partner and the music. This workshop will look at music, opening our ear to see how best we can incorporate the music into our dance.

Flash Moves with Frank Blueshoes Newton
Spice up your dance repertoire with some big and dynamic moves!

5.00pm – 6.30pm
How to Tag & Steal with Frank Blueshoes Newton
Tagging is two leads sharing one follow, stealing is nicking someone else’s partner - we’ll show you how!

Riffing and the Art of Conversation with Aaron Fluff Saunders
Great dance moments happen when we feel inspired by the person we’re dancing with. Riffing is all about playing off your partner, taking inspiration from their dance moves and building on them. And remember conversation is a two way street.

Sunday
1.30pm – 3.30pm
Intermediate Dips & Drops with Frank Blueshoes Newton
For those who already do dips and drops and want to learn something a little different.

Micro blues with Aaron Fluff Saunders
Micro blues is the essence of connection, if we took out all the extraneous noise in dancing what we’d be left with is the dialogue of connection between two dancers. In this class we’ll see how the most subtle movements can be lead & followed & learn to really tune in to our partner.

3.15pm – 4.45pm
Ballrooming with Aaron Fluff Saunders
Ballroom blues is a more lyrical style & is great for more subtle music. Here we’ll look at moving as a partnership around the dance floor & teaching you some cool tricks like lunges & leg flicks.

Advanced Musicality with CJ
Looking further into the trinity of dance; opening ourselves to the detail in the music and incorporating the music into our dance in order to bring out that detail in our movement.

5.00pm – 6.30pm
Men’s Style with CJ
It is often said that “leads are the frame, follows are the picture.” With just a few nice touches, we can give our ladies the best possible frame to further enhance her picture.

Ladies Style with Pauline Roddy
For ladies looking for a little more to bring to your dance: this workshop is guaranteed to have you feeling and looking amazing!! To stick with tradition, we shall put it all together into a cheeky little routine at the end of the day! Be prepared for laughter!

6.45pm- 7.45pm
Portland Style dance Lab:
A peer-review workshop based on the infamous Portland Blues Lab, as moderated by CJ. With facilitation dancers will rotate round the room giving and receiving guided feedback specific to their own dance. This will be MJ based, but will incorporate music of different styles so dance forms will be agreed within each rotation: just bring what U have to the party!!!

Pricing
Full Weekend – 2 Freestyles & 6 workshops - £100
Day Package – 1 Freestyle & 3 workshops on same day- £60

1 Freestyle - £15
2 Freestyles – £25
1 Workshop – £20
2 Workshops – £35

Other combinations available to suit individual needs

As always we are gender balancing so to secure your place email us at bookings@mariachi.info

Breaking through the Intermediate Plateau…

* Do you feel your dancing has got into a rut, and you’re not getting any better?
* You can lead or follow plenty of moves, but somehow they don’t produce the result you’re looking for?
* You’d love to know how to move up a level and dance more fluidly and with better style.

A rare opportunity for dancers South of the border to learn from CJ a charismatic dancer and teacher with a reputation for powerful, strong dancing that flows across the dance floor.

With 15 years of MJ dancing, travelling the length and breadth of the UK, dancing, teaching and DJing, CJ covers the following….

There will be lots in this for both guys and ladies to practise and learn.

By the end of the workshop…
*You’ll have learnt how to better connect with your partner, so you dance as one
*You’ll have discovered how to improve your lead or follow, so moves flow more easily and effectively
*You’ll have understood better how to dance appropriately to individual music tracks and/or different types of music, rather than dancing in the same way no matter what is played.

Places are limited and gender balanced. Partners will be rotated.
£25 pp
£45 male/female booking together.

Venue: The Oxford Academy, Beecroft Theatre, Sandy Lane West

Please make cheque to C.A.Green and send to Coralie Green @ 59, Blake Rd, Bicester, Oxon OX26 3HH, or pay @ any Jive+ venue.
For any further information contact Coralie on 07767 360854

Wanted to try Mariachi but not sure it’s for you?

Think it is going to be difficult for you, well have we got an offer for YOU!!!!

In addition to the delicious cakes and warm welcome of our regulars, we have a special offer for Mariachi virgins, get the monthly workshop & tea dance for just £15!!! Our monthly workshops will give you an introduction to the techniques & freedom of expressive dancing (not nearly as scary as it sounds).

Spread the word of this special offer … Who would U bring? Who do U think would enjoy Mariachi??

24 -27 August

Dancing till Breakfast, check. Expressive tunes, check. Some of the country’s best weekender DJ’s, check. Workshops tailored to help develop and enhance your expressive dance side, check. A warm welcome from fabulous, friendly dancers, check. Details to book, coming soon!!!

Mark your diary, like us on Facebook www.facebook/MariachiDance so you will be amongst the first to know when details are released. Or email us at info@mariachi.info to be added to our mailing list.

CJ is bringing Jivenites an evening of pure Mariachi and it is going to be fab!

Prepare yourself for an evening of expressive, expansive music; a night devoted to the best tunes you can dance to - all with a guitar treat at the heart of them… This will be the last chance we get to enjoy a Mariachi event at Buckden this year, and as Scotland is quite a distance to travel, make the most of the opportunity to enjoy this while it is in your own, English, back yard!

7.30pm until midnight.
‘The Blues Den’, Buckden Village Hall - PE19 5UY
Burberry Rd, Buckden, Cambs
Saint Neots

£10 per person at the door…

check out www.jivenites.co.uk for all the juicy details.