Summer appears to have actually arrived!

Summer dance parties:

8:00pm Basic group class
8:30-10:30pm Open Dancing
$5 cover @ Sherwood Dance Academy

- Friday June 25th Dance Party (Hustle class)
- Friday July 23rd Dance Party (Salsa class)
- Friday August 20th Dance Party (Night-Club Two-Step class)

For the first time I will be teaching 'little ones' to Ballroom Dance in some fun one time camps! I am very excited about this! The camps will be for little girls and boys age 5-7 years old. The camps are hosted by the Sherwood Dance Academy and I am happy to say that I will have some assistance from dance teachers that are experienced with teaching dancing to this age group. For more information about the camps please follow this link.

Private lessons will continue throughout the Summer and I will be able to teach later into the evening adding a 9pm slot for Mondays, Thursdays & Fridays. Looking forward to working with many more excited Brides and Grooms :)

Summer!!

Whether the weather appears to agree or not, Summer is almost upon us. I am looking forward to it. There are some fun things happening with Dancing in the Rain and I hope you will be able to participate :-)

First, the monthly dance parties will continue:

8:00pm Basic group class
8:30-10:30pm Open Dancing
$5 cover @ Sherwood Dance Academy

- Friday May 28th Dance Party (Swing class)
- Friday June 25th Dance Party (Hustle class)
- Friday July 23rd Dance Party (Salsa class)
- Friday August 20th Dance Party (Night-Club Two-Step class)

Second, for the first time I will be teaching 'little ones' to Ballroom Dance in some fun one time camps! I am very excited about this! The camps will be for little girls and boys age 5-7 years old. The camps are hosted by the Sherwood Dance Academy and I am happy to say that I will have some assistance from dance teachers that are experienced with teaching dancing to this age group. For more information about the camps please follow this link.

Third, I will continue to teach private lessons throughout the Summer and will be able to teach later into the evening adding a 9pm slot for Mondays, Thursdays & Fridays. Looking forward to working with many more excited Brides and Grooms :)

I will be sure to email/post if anything new and exciting comes up!

Hopefully the sunshine will join us all soon :-)

Spring Announcements

Hi Dancers,

I hope you are enjoying this lovely evening. Last weekend's City of Roses Ballroom Classic was a great time, six of us attended, I hope we will fill two tables at this year's Fall Festival in October. Mark your calendars for Friday October 8th and/or Saturday October 9th. I have posted some videos of the beautiful and talented Francis Lafreniere and Claudia Primeau Canadian Champions' Saturday Latin show on my youtube channel Seeing top dancers live is something special.



Back to reality :-) Dancing in the Rain is hosting one party every month and Spring classes are starting soon.


Party Schedule please let me know if you would like to receive the official evites.
* Friday March 19th Dance Party (8pm Foxtrot class)
* Friday April 23rd Dance Party (8pm Salsa class)
* Friday May 28th Dance Party (8pm Swing class)

Spring Classes, please enroll by April 9th:
Mondays April 12th - May 31st
* 7pm Beginning Party Dancing (studio A)Night-Club Two-Step and Hustle
* 8pm Beginning Ballroom & Swing (studio C) Foxtrot, Waltz and Swing

See you on the dancefloor :-)
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Keep Dancin'
Michaëla
www.dancingintherain.net
michaela@dancingintherain.net
503-936-8886

Upcoming Events

Dancing in the Rain is celebrating a Fifth Birthday! We're having a party and you are invited! Friday February 26th!

March 12-14th, 2010City of Roses Ballroom Classic

June 10th-13th, 2010Portland Salsa Congress

Winner of 2010 Drawing

Congratulations to Heather Scott! The winner of Dancing in the Rain's drawing at the 2010 Portland Bridal Show. Heather and her groom have won two private dance lessons to get them started on their special dance :)

Spring Classes

I will soon need to schedule Spring group classes and would love some input from you as to which dances you would like me to cover and also what times would be good for you.

Portland Bridal Show 2010

This year the Portland Bridal Show appears to be an even greater success for Dancing in the Rain than the past two years as part of the show. I began receiving emails from Brides and Grooms during the show, and handed out nearly 1000 Bridal brochures along with an unknown number of business cards. Many Brides and their family members entered in the drawing for 2 private lessons and overall it just seemed as though the attitude and excitement about dancing for weddings was greater this year! I will be drawing a name from the hundreds of entries and posting the winner in the next day or so, after I finish recovering from this exhausting weekend. I look forward to working with the many Brides and Grooms this Wedding Season and am very hopeful for a profitable 2010.