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Country Dance Lessons at JohnE’s

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Before each Friday night’s dance at JohnE’s there is a line dancing lesson. The lessons start at 6pm and are different each week. The schedule I got this last Friday is:

April 16 – Cruision – a Cha-Cha line dance that is loads of fun
April 23 – Triple J – a West Coast Swing line dance that is easy & fun
April 30 – Review of all dances taught in April, which include:

  • The Electric Slide
  • Cowboy Charleston
  • Bad, Bad LeRoy Brown
  • Waltz Across Texas
  • Cruising
  • Triple J

May 6 – Patterned Partner Dancing, the teacher will be Anna Crews-Smith

Sounds like a lot of fun. Don’t forget to check the dancing schedules listed on the left sidebar.

The Road Runner Band

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Pure Rock-n-Roll. They were absolutely fantastic last night at JohnE’s. I am not sure how Ron does it but I could have sworn I heard more then one guitar last night. This is a three member band, Ron on guitar and keyboard, Carol on bass, and George, the little black box on drums.

Unfortunately for us, they leave the valley for the cooler country during the summer. They will be playing at JohnE’s one more time before they leave, on May 14th. They reappear at JohnE’s on Sept 17th.

If you like Rock-n-Roll, with the occasionally waltz and cha-cha thrown in, don’t miss this band. This is a band that I would actually follow around town, they are that good.

Rich Howard at JohnE’s

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The Rich Howard Orchestra was great list night at JohnE’s. Unforutnately we got there late and missed the slow polka, slow is my kind of polka. Rich does a nice selection of music and plays fox trots we can actually fox trot to. His WCS was great.

With the new times, we need to rearrange our schedules so we get there earlier, it felt strange having the dance finish at 9:45. It felt kind of “unfinished”, it is going to take some getting used to.

But all-in-all a great evening, what can be nicer then ending an evening dancing with a beautiful partner.

Friday’s Are Back At JohnE’s Cabaret

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Last night was the opening night of Friday night dancing at Greenfield Village Resort. Johne Klamm has a great list of bands that will be playing this year. Fridays will be Country and 50’s & 60’s nights. Last night we danced to Reign-N-Country, what a great band. Good, strong vocals and great musicians.

The dance floor at Greenfield is excellent. Last night it was especially nice because there were less dancers then usual, somewhere around 125. So you had plenty of room to shake it.

This year the dance times have changed to 7:00pm to 9:45pm, with one 20 minute break, and at $8 per person it is a great bargain for the quality of bands and the venue.