New Salseros website
The Rice Salseros have a new website:
http://sites.google.com/site/ricesalsaclub/Home
Check the “Event Schedule” and “Calendar” pages regularly for information pertaining to potential cancellations, location changes, off-campus events, etc.
swing classes start tonight!
Since I typo’d our first flyer, I just wanted to make sure everybody knows that SWING classes start TONIGHT!
Here’s the schedule:
7:00 beginner swing classes
8:15 practice / free dance
8:30 Swing Sampler classes
9:30 intermediate swing classes
RSDS Swing meets every Thursday night in the RMC Miner Lounge.
Your first class with RSDS is always free, so if you think you might be interested, come check it out.
If you have any questions about swing classes or events, contact Emily (emwatz@gmail) or Tal (tal.einav@gmail).
sweet. see you there!
– Michael
dancing tonight! + more dance events
I can’t wait to see everybody tonight (Tuesday) at 7:30 in the Grand Hall for our Meet-and-Greet Dance (plus info session, +pie).
Also, I wanted to let you know about a few more dance events going on around town:
1. Tango classes at the University of Houston
Group Tango classes offered at the University of Houston in their Campus Recreation and Wellness Center. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=129132474030
2. Israeli Folk Dancing
Owls for Israel and Houston Hillel are holding an Israeli Folk Dancing workshop/lesson/event on Wednesday September 2 at 7 in the Grand Hall. There are a lot of circle and line dances, and it is a lot of fun. (via RSDS-er Rosalie Berg) http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=136633388199
3. Houston-area Contra Dancing
The Houston Area Traditional Dance Society has contra dancing every second and fourth Saturday. The next dance will be on Sept. 12. at 7:30 pm at the parish hall of St. Andrew’s Church, 1819 Heights Blvd. Go to www.hatds.org for more details.
welcome back / pie-and-dance TONIGHT!
howdy everybody, and welcome back!
RSDS is getting into gear for the fall semester. I can’t wait to see yall on the dance floor again!
Our first event, a meet-and-greet info session & free dance, is TONIGHT (Tuesday) at 7:30 in the RMC Grand Hall. There will be pie. We’ll dance until 9:30… or maybe (probably) later, who knows.
BALLROOM meetings this year will be TUESDAYS in the Grand Hall:
6:30 beginner ballroom classes (open to students and community members)
7:30 practice time
8:00 intermediate ballroom classes
9:00 advanced classes
10:00 free dance until the cows come home
SWING is meeting on THURSDAYS in Miner Lounge, starting this week:
7:30 beginner swing classes
8:15 practice / free dance
8:30 Swing Sampler classes
9:30 intermediate swing classes
TANGO will meet on WEDNESDAYS at the Grad Student Apartments. Shuttle service is available from campus. More details TBA.
All the schedules and details will be up on the website: http://rsds.rice.edu
I look forward to seeing yall tonight and in the coming weeks!
cheers,
Michael
Fall 2009 Update
Classes are starting soon:
Ballroom = Tuesdays 6:30-10:00, RMC Grand Hall
Tango = Wednesday evenings, TBA
Swing = Thursdays, 7:00-10:30, Miner Lounge
FREE DANCING! Every Tuesday, 10pm-midnight
TUESDAY, September 1 will be our first ballroom meeting. It’s a meet-and-greet dance, with pie from House of Pies!
More info coming soon…
Argentine Tango with Indre at Continental Club before Glover
In nature the circle often occurs in moments of transformation- the wave curls and breaks, the pebble dropped in a pool spreads a concentric pattern, the tree adds another ring. Such is life. Very similar to tango. In tango couples are turning all the time: in a big circle around the room in the line of dance, woman around the man, man around the woman.
Come and learn the Tango through turning. Learn 5 basic turns for social dance floor. 5 Mondays in a row.
Starting June 29 till July 27, Every Monday
At Continental Club 3700 Main @ Alabama
7pm- 8pm (Stay longer for glass of wine and dance tango to Glover Gill)
$40 for 5 classes, $10 drop-in, 50% discount for students.
To register, ask questions contact Indre at indrerapal (at) gmail (dot) com.
transform your life with tango
http://www.glovertango.com/home.html
http://www.continentalclub.com/Houston.html
In the Swing of things…
check out what the NewsBot turned up:
http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=3245&SnID=4
(RSDS Faculty Sponsor Dan Wallach, featured in a Rice News article from 2004)
Salsa dancing in May
The Melody Club and United Salsa Student Salsa Social Is Always The Third Thursday of The Month. The Next Will Tomorrow May 21, 2009.
The Houston Salsa Congress has new dates. The next congress will be January 14-17, 2010. Check out our newly confirmed performers who will come to Houston in 2010… May 31, 2009 is the last day to purchase discounted full passes for only $120…
Salsa socials at Sonia’s dance studio will continue as always the last Sunday of the month on Sunday May 31, 2009.
Year-End Report 2009
(as reported to the Student Activities office)
The Rice Social Dance Society holds three weekly dance classes – Ballroom, Swing, and Tango – taught by volunteer teachers from the Houston community. In the fall, RSDS hosted our second annual ballroom dancing competition, Dances with Owls. This competition invites dancers from nearby universities and community members to participate alongside our own members. RSDS also co-sponsored (with the Houston Swing Dance Society) the Harvest Moon Ball during Parent’s Weekend. The Harvest Moon Ball is a swing social with live music. In the early spring, RSDS hosted the four-day Houston Tango Festival, which provides a variety of Argentine tango workshops and evening dances. Finally, at the end of the spring semester, RSDS organized the Jazz Soiree, a social event for Rice students and other community members with live music provided by the Rice Jazz Ensemble. Check out the website — rsds.rice.edu — for information about past and future RSDS events.
Officers for 2009-2010
Congratulations to the elected RSDS officers for the 2009-2010 school year!
We are excited to announce that Michael Rog will serve as President for next year. He is excited to hear your ideas and suggestions: rsds(at)rice.edu
The full roster of new officers is as follows:
President
Michael Rog
Treasurers
Yang Hu
Ballroom Events Coordinator
Emilia Stepinski and Autumn Allen
Swing Events Coordinator
Tal Einav and Emily Watkins
Tango Events Coordinator
Sriram Eleswarapu
Harvest Moon Ball Event Co-Chairs
Emily Watkins and Tal Einav
Dances With Owls Event Co-Chairs
Emilia Stepinski and Autumn Allen
We also extend gratitude to everyone who served as an officer this year. It has been an amazingly successful year for us — lots of new members and new interest in the program, several awesome workshops, a new demo team, and lots of competition wins. Thank you to…
Emilia Stepinski (2008-2009 President), Robbie Fraleigh, Michael Dirk, Joe Chang, Becky Saunders, and Natalie Webber