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Our Dance Calendar
Check out this month’s schedule of Group Classes, Practice Parties and Special Events at our Studio. Come with a dance partner or by yourself. For more information and to join us, just give us a call!
PLEASE NOTE: Our calendar of events is subject to change. Be sure to contact our studio for questions and more information.
OK, SO WHY SHOULD I TAKE GROUP CLASSES AT MY BALLROOM STUDIO?
Win new friends and score a new dance partner with Group classes at Fred Astaire Upper Montclair!
The number one reason you should take group classes is MONEY. You’ll save $$$ by learning in group classes. We can teach groups for less money than private lessons. By learning new steps in group dance class format, you enable your private lesson teacher to get right into the refining process, or the feel of the steps. If you’re constantly learning new steps in your private lessons, you’ll end up spending twice as much, because learning new steps takes time! If you come to a private lesson having already studied the step with a group, your teacher can work out the bugs very quickly and start teaching you how to express the new material, how to make it feel authentic, how to relax while you’re dancing it, and how to present the step with (pardon us) your best foot forward.
MEETING NEW PEOPLE: Improve Your Real Live Social Network
And speaking of SOCIAL NETWORKING BALLROOM STYLE, you can use our social networking sites like www.facebook.com/FADSuppermontclair to see if your friends are going to class tonight, that you’re “going to get your groove on at Fred Astaire” or “big party at Freddy’s tonight – don’t miss it – all the cool people will be there” You can also Instagram your pics and show off your new charm and confidence. Then your friends will think you have a secret, think you’re cooler, and will sign up for our GUEST SPECIAL and CHA-CHA-CHING! $$$$$$ you get free lessons!!!!!!https://www.facebook.com/FADSuppermontclair
BRING IT
If you have a competitive nature, group classes are for you! Check out Sandy Samba – she started two months after you! How come she’s so much better? This will reportedly make you work harder. Bring out your inner rivalrous champion and aggressively learn that Tango. Be better than her next week!
VARIETY OF INSTRUCTORS AT FRED ASTAIRE
All the instructors at Fred Astaire Dance Studio are superior teachers. Every one of us, all of us, all of them, have something brilliant they are DYING to tell you about your dancing. Who knows, it just might be the key that you’ve been looking for, to unlock all your inner Astaire. Shake it up, and elevate youir dancing to the next level.
BALANCE
Face it, if you can’t dance a step by yourself, you’ll learn all the mechanics of HOW in a group class. By learning in a group class setting you’ll learn your steps thoroughly by yourself — you’ll learn to twist, turn, spin, spot and trip the light fantastic without spilling over onto your partner. Your partners will thank you for it. You’ll be a partner-in- demand, the one EVERYONE wants to dance with.
BUILD CONFIDENCE
Once you know your steps, you know your steps. You’ll feel better about yourself, you’ll feel more comfortable and less shy about your dancing. You’ll feel better because you know some people at your school, and you may even get a graduation certificate when you and all your fancy new friends pass from social to bronze, from bronze to silver and more. Can you say GRADUATION PARTY!