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"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do" - Mark Twain

"In high school, when my friends were wrestling with other boys, I was dancing with the girls!" - Mannie Viarrial (Denvor Colorado dance Pro)

"In high school when the football players were lined up against the wall, I was dancing with the cheerleaders" - Buddy Schwimmer

And the reason I started my monthly dances!

"Great dancing comes from great music" - Len Goodman - Judge on "Dancing with the Stars"

 

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Dance News

 

From this weekend till May 1 we can dance every Saturday.   Silvio has a dance Mar 13, I'm having my 5th Anniversary Dance (start of year 6) Mar 20, then my Easter Dance Mar 27, then Bill's dance, then my dance, then Silvio....   Life is good

And that's just the Saturday dances.  Robyn Picard and Maggie Bretton also have Friday dances - Click the "Lower Mainland Dance Calendar above!

 

My March 20 Dance

Celebrating 5 years of dances and the start of year 6!

All regular tickets are reduced $5.00 as a big thank to everyone who’s supported us all these years! Every ticket $10.00 for this celebratory night! In addition, I’m giving away an Official DVD set of the Olympic Games and two pairs of Official Olympic wool Mitts! According to the Olympic Store the DVD’s will be available by April 10. So if you’re the lucky winner at my Mar 20 dance you will be able to get it from me at a future dance!

To book a table reservation click here

Date:        Saturday, March 20 2010
Place:       RMSS Ballroom @ the RMSS – 12150 - 224thStreet, Maple Ridge
Contact:    Ray Johnson 836-7295 or rayj@ilovetodance.ca
Price:        All tickets $10.00 for this night!
Teacher:    Robyn Picard
Lesson:     7:00-8:00 - Beginner / Intermediate Single Rhythm Jive Lesson
Dance:       8:00-12:00 (doors open at 7:00)
Details:      As with our regular dances we serve Tim Horton's coffee decaf & Regular, Starbucks Tazo tea, assorted juices & pop, plus a large food layout, including snacks, veggies & fruits.

Also mark your calendar for my March 27 Easter Dance. Easter decorations and I’ll be giving away Chocolates! More about that in my next

 

Olympic info you may not know!

 

Wow, we’re 1/6th through 2010, how time flies! And the Olympics! What a show the Olympic committee put on, what a performance from our athletes, and what spirit it engendered in all Canadians. Although we’re told not to worry, as an accountant I can’t see how the numbers will add up. A reporter quoted a month ago “This has been Jim Furlong’s dream for 10 years”, our Premier stated Sunday “you can’t put a price on the inspiration of these games”. Maybe that’s why HST is so important to our government. 

Most impressive were the level of detail for the entire event. It really was ultra slick and CTV must have had some of the best graphics artists working for them because when something happened or someone won Gold, we had cool graphics with that persons pictures incorporated in them within minutes.

The Olympic theme song “I Believe” was written by a 37 year old Toronto composer Stephan Moccio who’s also penned songs for Celine Dion, Josh Grobin and Sarah Brightman over 5 years ago. My first clue that so much thought was put into the music came about when Joannie Rochette lost her mom and CTV played a version of the song that was very soulful and sad. In fact there were 220 different versions/cuts made of the song! Stephan who was overwhelmed by the theme song our own David Foster wrote for the Calgary Olympics in 1988, was driving when the tune came to him. Years later he played it for Alan Frew, frontman for Glass Tiger and who then wrote the lyrics for it now with a title “I Believe”. A while later at a dinner party they cornered consortium president Keith Pelley and told him they had his theme song, and the rest is history. Celine Dion was asked to sing the song, but she declined and eventually 15 year old Nikki Yanofsky and Annie Villeneuve delivered the song to us.
 

Valentines Dance Saturday Feb 13

 

What a Valentines dance we had - almost 180 came out!  Lots of new people and old friends, a Night Club 2-step lesson, mixers, ballroom line dances, “Girls Gone Wild  ballroom style” (ladies only freestyle dancing!), and a hungry crowd who chowed down to a huge food layout!  So many came out, we had to go back to my place for more plates, napkins & forks, and later on more creamo!  And a lot of dancers stayed right till midnight.   During the night we honored Robyn Picard by celebrating her 20 years of teaching dance.  Without her knowing we brought her husband and two young ones for her presentation which was a cake, big flower arrangement, plaque, bottle of wine and a huge card.  Thank you for all the dancers who came in from Surrey, Burnaby, Abbotsford and Chilliwack!

 

New Years 2010

 

Our first New Years dance Dec 2005 was like everyone else's New Years dance, but with four differences.  It was less money than anyone else's dance, it was decorated better, had much better music, and we used the fabulous James Taylor version of Auld Lang Syne.

 

Our 2nd New Years dance Dec 2006 was titled "Elegance" and had our very first three entree meal, and had cloth chair covers and was more lavishly decorated.

 

Our 3rd New Years dance Dec 2007 was our "Pink Panther" theme, and many people said to us, "how can you beat that next year"!

 

Our 4th New Years dance Dec 2008 was our first in our "Cruise Ship" themes and we partied onboard the "Caribbean Queen", and again people wondered how we could beat that!

 

Well this New Years a lot of people had one word to describe our event - "Magical"

 

Here's a table setting!  Each wine glass had a unique mask already, each goblet had a light inside and two colored glow sticks.  Each table had a totally unique (and individually named) Voodoo Lady that we gave away.  This wall is the side of the Cruise Ship "Caribbean Queen"  You disembark from the ship to enter the streets of Mardi Gras in French Quarters!

 

 

 

Here's a view of the side wall  showing our French Quarter theme, street light & more Voodoo Ladies.

 

 

 

Check this video out of the hall with lights off (sorry about the video quality-we really need a new camera)

 

 

To see what all the fun was about go HERE!  NOW includes, Stage Pictures, Dance Pictures, Voodoo Lady pictures & more!

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Upcoming

2010 Dance Dates

Ray's dances in Blue

Robyn's dances in Purple

 

19-Mar (Beg Jive)

20-Mar (Beg/Int Jive)

27-Mar (Beg/Int Country 2-step)

 

9-Apr (Beg Waltz)

 10-Apr

16 Apr (Beg WCS)

24-Apr

 

7-May (Beg Samba)

15-May

21-May (Beg Cha Cha)

29-May

 

4-Jun (Beg Jive)

19-Jun

26-Jun

 

9-Jul (Beg Foxtrot)

23-Jul (Beg NC 2-step)

24-Jul

 

6-Aug (Beg Country 2-step)

20-Aug (Beg Salsa)

21-Aug

 

11-Sep

25-Sep

 

9-Oct

23-Oct (Halloween Dance)

 

6-Nov

20-Nov

 

11-Dec (Christmas Dance)

31-Dec

 

 


 

Dance Info

 

Robyn's dances are held in "The ACT" Theatre - 224th St Maple Ridge

(behind Zellers & the Leisure Center)

$7.00 dance only

$10.00 Dance & Beg. Lesson

CASH BAR

 

Ray's Dances are held at the RMSS "Ballroom"

12150 - 224th St, MR

Unless otherwise noted.

 

$15.00 per person

$10.00 RMSS members

Includes Beg./Int. Lesson,

Lots of food & drinks, &

Undisputedly the most inspiring & fabulous dance

you'll ever dance to!

 

Dances with live music are held once or twice a year. $17.00-22.00 per person depending on the band

 

Special dances such as Valentines, Christmas and New Years prices are specially priced and tickets are not discounted for rmss

 

CASH bar available generally available on the fourth Saturday of the month when my dances fall on the fourth Saturday!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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