East Meets West Weekender

Are you a dancer curious about West Coast Swing? Have you taken intro classes and want to learn more? These Saturday workshops will take you from zero to hero on the dance floor! 

Are you looking to go deeper into Jive? The Sunday workshops are for you! 

In between, we’ll have a stunning super social on Saturday night with WCS and Ballroom on the second floor, and sugar swing on the first floor! 

Elise Millard

Kenneth Valentine

Kyle Loranger & Melissa Larson-Harney

Amazing Swing Crossover Event!

Two days of workshops, one night of mixed social dancing!

Saturday Oct 25
and Sunday Oct 26

Presented by
YEG Dancer
West Coast Swing Edmonton
Sugar Swing

Location: Sugar Swing Ballroom
10019 80 Ave NW Edmonton

Schedule

Saturday Schedule

12 noon – 12:50 pm
Elise Millard:
Absolute Beginner Basics (pushes, passes, whips)

1 pm – 1:50 pm
Elise Millard:
Beyond Beginner – compressions, extensions, & anchors

2 pm – 2:50 pm
Kenneth Valentine:
Connection for All Occasions

3 pm – 3:50 pm
Kyle Loranger & Melissa Larson:
Tricks for Beyond Beginners

7:30 pm – 1am: Social Dance
Two floors of dancing! WCS and Ballroom on the second floor, and lindy hop on the first floor! 

  • 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm: Beginner Lindy Lesson
  • 8:30 pm: Open dancing
  • Upstairs Social DJ’s: Kevin Trieu & Sophia Yip. Music is 50% ballroom and 50% WCS
  • Downstairs Social: Sugar Swing
  • Beverage Bar


Sunday Schedule

All classes with Delphine Romaire and Brian Senn.

12:00 pm – 12:45 pm
Jive history, origins, musicality, posture, lead and connection

1 pm – 1:45 pm
Intermediate level steps

2:00 pm – 2:45 pm
Kicks and flicks

3:00 pm – 3:45 pm
Some fun social variations

Tickets

Get your pass early!
Full workshop pass: $110 (After Oct 23: $120) 
Saturday Pass: $60 (After Oct 23: $70) 
Sunday Pass: $60 (After Oct 23: $70) 
Individual workshops: $20 
Saturday Mixed Social: $20 (only sold at the door) 

Payments processed via Square

Delphine Romaire and Brian Senn