EvoBluesion - A Memphis Blues Dance Experience

UPDATE 07.13.07

Here's the plan for the weekend:

Friday Night:

We will go out dancing on Beale, probably to the Superior Bar (old Police Museum) for The Eric Hughes Band's 1,000 performance on Beale!!. Other options on Beale are Victor Wainwright Band at Wet Willie's, Boogie Blues Band at Rum Boogie Cafe, Dr. Feelgood Potts at Mr Handy's Blues Hall. Call 901.336.9643 AFTER 9:30 PM ONLY to find out where we are. We will not be going out before 10pm, waiting on our Nashville folks to arrive.

Saturday:

Please be at Galloway UMC, 1015 S. Cooper, by 10:30am for registration and workshop payment. Come to the the Coffeehouse entrace--side door on Walker. Classes begin promptly at 11am.

Saturday Night:

5:30pm Blues in the Park - West Memphis, Arkansas (bring a picnic dinner) Worthington Park , Corner of Worthington and Missouri St., West Memphis, AR, West Memphis (West Memphis/Eastern Arkansas), caravan from workshop.

8:30pm On your own/Chill Out Time
Later: Dancing on Beale Street or head to the Blue Worm. We'll go where the crowd takes us.

Our options: Daddy Mack Blues Band at Center for Southern Folklore, Boogie Blues Band at Rum Boogie Cafe, Dr. Feelgood Potts at Mr Handy's Blues Hall.

Later we will go out to The Blue Worm, a local juke joint, to hear James Bonner and the Universal Players -- if folks are still hanging, or maybe end up at a house party.

Sunday:

Please be at Galloway at 1:00pm for registration, warmup, and class payment. Classes begin promptly at 1:30pm.

Instructors

Candace Gustine
Candace has been blues dancing for 2 years. Her passion for the dance is spawned from the live delta blues music that is so prevalent here in Memphis. She loves the raw, earthy blues and brings that into her dancing as much as possible. As a teacher, she focuses on getting students to find the soul of the music and to bring this out in their dancing.

Reuel Reis
Reuel has been dancing blues for 5 years. His passion for blues came in 2003 from one of the first budding scenes in the South East - Knoxville, then his stint in New Orleans where the sweaty, bluesy, passionate, original artists live and breathe and walk and play in little cheap joints with concrete floors and drinks served in plastic cups. New Orleans is a town much like Memphis and Reuel cannot wait to share his passion with a sister city. Reuel is a lover of Memphis/Delta blues and has only recently begun to showcase his new style and creativity.

Victory Together! Reuel and Candace won first place in Atlanta’s Enter the Blues, Jack and Jill Competition - March 2007.

Schedule

Friday
Dancing in town. We will be spontaneous and see what’s in the paper. Call Candace on Friday to find out where - 901.355.3143.

Saturday
DAY
10:30 am - REGISTRATION / CHECK-IN
11:00 am - CLASS #1 Basic Blues
12:15 pm - CLASS #2 Point the Way
1:15 pm - LUNCH
2:15 pm - CLASS #3 Hot Moves
3:30 pm - CLASS #4 The Fourth Dimension

EVENING
9:00 pm - Dancing on Beale Street
Midnight - Late night dancing at the Blue Worm

Sunday
1:00 pm - REGISTRATION / CHECK-IN
1:30 pm - CLASS #5 Follow Influence
2:45 pm - CLASS #6 Juke Joint Style
4:00 pm - CLASS #7 It’s Like an Onion