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Spring Time

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“Today’s music ain’t go that same soul. I like that old time rock and roll.”
This line resonates not just with music but with our everday rhythm in life. Today’s fast life has lost it’s soul. I’d like to bring back some of the old simple yesteryear slow life.
Living the slow life for the past 3 months really places perspective into going back to basics and how little we really need to live. The less I have the happier and lighter I feel. It’s our family and friends and the time we have with them that is important. LIfe is not about
accumulating stuff which only makes us heavier and in turn brings stress.

This edition we have new Spring courses. Please spread the word if you have friends that would like to learn and have been putting it off forever. This is the time to start. I received a beautiful email this week, a new enquiry asking if it was too late to start learning in their 70’s. It’s never too late!

New course dates
Spring courses start as early as this Monday coming
Monday 4 September Emu Plains Public School Hall
Wednesday 6 September Concord Presbyterian Hall
Thursday 5 October Gosford Hall
Clarendon course has begun and its not too late to come along and learn to dance.

These courses are tailored for absolute beginners. We get you off your seat onto the floor dancing like Fred and Ginger in no time. Join the fun, friendly, family atmosphere.

Fathers Day
Don’t forget to spoil those Dads this weekend! Take them dancing and let them leash their inner John Travolta! We hope all the father figures will have a memorable day!

Rocktober Events
ChromeFest Sockhop
Can you believe it we can now say ChromeFest is next month. We have Mescalero featuring Don Hopkins performing.
We have 25 tickets left for the Friday Sockhop . Please message or email me for tickets. You may also purchase them via our website shopping cart Events tab. Please note there are no refunds but you may transfer the tickets.
Date Fri 27 October
Venue Gosford Hall 217 Albany Street North at Gosford nearest cross street Henry Wheeler Place
Time 7pm-11pm
Tickets $28 by bank deposit
BSB 062121 ACC 10618711 Acc Name Anna Ocello

ChromeFest Saturday Jive
This is a ChromeFest event that I will be overseeing on the night. If you wish to
purchase tickets please visit the Chromefest.org site ticket events page.
Double Header A band called Twang and Bad Luck Kitty $32

End of year Christmas Party
It will be an end of year party but the start of Summer where all the FUN begins.
We can now confirm our end of year Christmas Party for Saturday 2 December back at one of our old stomping grounds Castle Hill Bowling Club. We are happy to have the Jive Bombers performing and our theme is All White Summer party.
It is customary at our end of year event to decorate your own table. We have prizes for best dressed table so get your creative juices ready.

Christmas routine – if anyone is interested in doing a routine for the Christmas Party please let us know so we can structure classes accordingly.

Gosford Socials
We are bringing back our Gosford socials as early as Friday 20 October. I do hope you will all support this event and that we can continue it through to December and into 2024.

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I’ll be back

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In the famous words of Arnie “I’ll be back”.
It won’t be long that we will be back dancing and together on the dance floor again.This edition is somewhat different and more personal than our usual update. I hope you have the time to sit back and relax while you read on.

Let’s get Started
Where did the last 6 months go? I am pleased to say we have hit the mid year mark and it’s countdown to Christmas. Did I say Christmas? Yep! 21 weeks till our Christmas Party and 24 weeks till Christmas season. I’m not one for short-term gratification. I have the
patience to wait for the good things AND our Christmas Party is going ahead even if we have to have the event outdoors.

Reflecting
It has been 15 weeks since our last class at Woodcroft and I can report we are doing fine. We have ridden a couple of waves like most of you have but I can honestly say I wasn’t
prepared for anything like we have seen in these last few months. I found turning off
social media, the mainstream news and the radio was the best thing I did. Social media for me is to connect with family and friends and for my dance studio. There is so much fear and hate in the world today and we can all become consumed and guilty of getting tangled within its web. It does us no good and only spreads more negativity. I would like to invite you all to look at the glass half full and think of all the good and awareness that you have come to see instead of the gloom.

What have I been doing?
So many have ask me what I’m doing now without my teaching and dancing.
My days don’t differ too much. My fitness has increased I still walk 10,000 plus steps and dance every night in the lounge room with my better half but now I’ve included pushups, calesthenics, and deep squats to my repertoire. Love a challenge!

I’ve begun baking biccy’s, arancinis, canoli and specialising in Sicilian recipes (my
heritage). I started learning keyboard too. (not my forte the poor neighbours lol!)
Mr C has perfected his sourdough bread, sourdough pizza and some pastry dishes.

What are you doing differently now? How has life changed for you?

Online Classes
This week we finished a 10 week online Swing, RocknRoll, Cha Cha and Rockabilly course and now stepping back for a break. Thank you to everyone who part of the virtual group. It was challenging to teach through a video screen but your encouragement each week made it fun.

Dance Benefits…What I’ve realised
Most of us don’t realise how much we miss something until it’s gone.
I realised what I missed most about dancing was not the teaching but the people. The
social aspect, the bonding, the support, the familiarity and of course the fun and nonsense. Dancing is playing with the music and your partner.
Dance has many benefits both mentally and physically. Whilst we are able to keep up the physical I realised how belonging to a dance community effects us mentally especially when the social connection is taken away. As humans we use our 5 senses and touch is not only one part of dancing but part of connecting. There are many people without partners, families or spouses that come to our classes and form life long friendships. Dancing is
therapy and art. It’s an activity that improves our well-being and health on so many levels and in so many ways.
I encourage you to play your favourite song tonight and dance in your lounge room and
remember why you love to dance.

How will Classes look on the other side?
We are on track to start back at a couple of venues late August/September under Covid-19 Check List Guidelines from our venues set by NSW Health.
These Guidelines will be emailed next month. Restrictions are easing every couple of weeks and we will keep you updated before we resume with the latest rules.
Bookings will be essential for the first classes back and we will provide a set format when the time arrives.
At this point in time the 4sq metre rule applies and we are fortunate to have large dance floors at all our venues. We are still working around the 1.5sq metre restriction and
hopefully this will relax by September.

I can confirm the following venues will be coming back
Emu Plains
Camden
Gosford
Woodcroft
Concord

NSW RocknRoll Association Inc
A group of Dance Professionals along with myself have been working for over 2 years to form the NSW RocknRoll Association Inc for the RocknRoll dance community. We are an active association for the people and we are now inviting you to become a member and help support our niche community. The website was launched this week with a new facelift to the logo. Anyone can join.
Please take the time to visit and download the membership form. Browse the site here

It’s our Birthday 5^thAugust
August is Blue Suede Shoes 29^thBirthday. We have come along way since our humble
beginners in Blacktown. We hope to celebrate at our end of year Christmas Party. Thank you to everyone who has crossed our dance floor over the years and brought us so much joy. We hope to continue to bring more fun in the very near future.

Christmas Party
Save the date Sat 28 November with The Aston Martinis. More details to follow.

New Rookie
Congratulations to Sharyn Smith our newly qualified member at Blue Suede Shoes and NSW RocknRoll Association Inc. Sharyn has worked as a volunteer assistant for the last 2 years on the Central Coast and earlier this year at Woodcroft. Sharyn has attained her
Certificate I in RocknRoll and we look forward to seeing her on the dance floor soon.

Social Media
If you are internet savvy and can help us gain more exposure on social media simply by writing a review on Google or Facebook it would be appreciated. Simply type Blue Suede Shoes Dance School into google search and on the right hand side you will see our
business pop up and simply click on “write a review”.
Social media works on algorithms and it is quite challenging to see our posts if you are not constantly liking and commenting. I understand how it can become quite time consuming checking in all the posts and we do greatly appreciate your interaction.

Another way you can assist is subscribing to our YouTube Channel. If you have a YouTube account just login visit our channel link here and click on subscribe. If not take a few
minutes and sign up it’s free you just need and email and password. Once you are logged you will have access to our online recap class videos.

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Stay Safe See you Soon
Anna, Justin & the BSS Team

HELLO SPRING!!

To all our newbies who are visiting our page for the first time please take some time to look through our website and facebook pages and familiarise yourself with our dance studio.

Where to Learn? – Lessons page is updated every week so please do check for any last minute changes. For quick updates you may also visit our Facebook Page Link here

NSW State Titles Re cap
Congratulations to all competitors and officials for a successful 2017 NSW State Titles Championship. It was the most pleasurable and fun championship I’ve had to organize since its conception in 2010. We had a fantastic team behind the scenes to which I am very appreciative of.
Thank you to all the support from our sponsors, officials, family, friends, dance studios and spectators. We have secured Saturday 11 August 2018 for our next championship.
All results and photos can be found on the Facebook link here

NEW SPRING Course Dates – Bring your friends –
Absolute BEGINNERS welcomed buy your first lesson and receive a FREE Lesson
Emu Plains & Camden Mon 28 August
Concord Wed 30 August
Gallipoli Legions Club Mon 4 September
Club Toukley Tues 5 September
Gosford Wed 6 September
Please visit Lessons page for full timetable here

Students Christmas Routine
Our popular students routine is back for our Christmas Party.
Please check with all venues to register your interest.
The following venues will start a 4 week course on the following dates:
-Plumpton will begin Thursday 7 September at 8pm.
-Gallipolli Legions Club Monday 4 September at 8pm
-Club Toukley Tuesday 5 September 8pm
-Gosford Wednesday 6 September 8pm

End of Year Christmas Party Story Book Theme
Get ready for this year’s end of year Christmas Party. Save the date Friday 8 December at Parramatta RSL with THE LINCOLNS from South Australia and home grown Hellcat III with Dj Vinnie. There will also be our popular student participation routine!
All welcomed ! family friendly.
This is an event not to be missed. Our theme is Story Book.
Tickets are now available the first 60 tickets have been sold in 3 days.
Purchase your tickets from the link here or book by emailing us and arrange to pick up at class.

One of a Kind Clothing
Chromefest is fast approaching and we are now collecting consignment. If you have any vintage or preloved Rockabilly ladies or mens clothing please email me. We have decreased our range and will not be accepting preloved shoes, jewellery, hats or handbags.
Visit our page here

Wanna Dance Scholarship
Announcing the candidate for Wanna Dance Scholarship kindly donated by Argyle Estates Business Brokers
Katara Lakehurst-Piek
Pictured here at the NSW State Titles

Friday Night Bop
Friday 27 October at The Entrance Leagues Club join us with Hellcat III.
We have 30 tickets remaining. Please note this is a seated event and there is a bistro available and ample car parking.
Tickets $15 and may be purchased at this link or book to pick up at class.
For more details visit our page here

Medal Examination
Our second medal examination night will be held at Gosford Hall Corner of Albany Street North & Henry Wheeler Place, Gosford on Wednesday 1^st November at 7pm.

Please email us for the nomination form. Medals Fee for BSS students and All Shook Up Students is $35 per medal.
Spectactors welcomed for a small $5 fee.

Emu Plains Venue
Just a quick mention to note:
The school has advised to please note that Smoking is prohibited in the grounds of the school and in all government premises.

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Courtesy Call

Please pick up the phone and give us a call, email or text if you are unable to attend class. If you have booked a private lesson and cancel on the day of the lesson a cancellation fee of $33 is charged and is payable. Unfortunately we need to pass on the overhead costs.

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