4th Annual Electrifying Holiday Swing Ball

San Francisco Balboa Festival

host of North American Open Swing Championships December 11-15, 2008

 
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Balboa Festival

Dance, Drink & Dine
Monday Side-Room Swing
at Julie's Supper Club
All Ages! Gay Friendly!
1123 Folsom Street near 7th St.,
Right across the street from Brainwash.

6:30pm intermediate Series class (none in October or November)

7:30pm beginner Series class (7pm in October)

 

8:30pm basic drop in lesson.
(8pm in October with Big Apple series with Hep Jen; see below)

 

9-10:00pm OPEN DANCING
FREE
with lesson
OR
if you bring a friend!


Keep scrolling down to earn swing with no partner or experience needed!

 

6:30pm intermediate 4 week swing series starts
1st Monday of month or CATCH UP on the 2nd Monday

7:30pm beginners 4 week swing series starts
1st Monday of month or CATCH UP on the 2nd Monday
$10 drop in weekly or $35 prepaid
4 week long monthly series.
NOTE THAT IN OCTOBER CLASS STARTS AT 7:00PM.



8:30pm basic Swing Variety lesson
-Drop in ANY Monday WEEKLY for $5 or FREE with series... Get a taste of all the Swing Dances with a different lesson every week! Learn the Swing of your choice; Let us know what you want to learn:
Lindy Hop, Collegiate Shag, Balboa Swing, East Coast Swing, Charleston...

NOTE THAT IN OCTOBER CLASS IS CHANGED TO SERIES see below...

 

8-9:00pm 8 week class STARTING OCTOBER 6TH
Hep Jen teaches the
Big Apple-click here for more information...
a special 8-week, high-energy 1930's jazz dance class only $70.

 


9-10:00pm Open Side-Room Swing Dance FREE with lesson!
(Come early at 7:00 or 8:00pm for class)


For class information call (415) 305-8242 or email at sfbalfest@yahoo.com


Every Monday experience a 1930's like club!

Julie's Supper Club is a longtime standby for cocktails & late dining. Walking into Julie’s is a time-warp with its 1950’s space-age Jetsons appeal. A staple on the SOMA scene since 1970 before reopened in ‘87. Julie Ring left to pursue the defunct Julie's Heart & Soul on Polk. Longtime visitors will remember the Natalie Wood portrait. Others will remember Patty Hearst, was held in the basement. Julie’s is truly Gay Friendly.

Even Hotter is the menu with a sampling of Southern & Asian food.
Plus an excellent wine list & heavenly deserts!
Menu items range from $6 to $20.

Allways "Straight" & Gay Friendly with QueerJitterbugs.com in the house!

 

About the Big Apple:


The Big Apple was a 1930's dance craze that started in South Carolina and caused a frenzy when it hit Harlem's Savoy Ballroom. The Big Apple is danced in a circle, and is loaded with high-energy jazz steps and fun footwork. The Big Apple is a super addition to any swing dancer's repertoire, and learning it is a great way to pick up the styling of some of the original Lindy Hoppers. In the last few years, the Big Apple has enjoyed a revival in popularity among dancers worldwide.

Hep Jen will teach the most widely known version of the Big Apple, as performed by Whitey's Lindy Hoppers (with Frankie Manning!) in the 1939 movie "Jittering Jitterbugs".

This will be a fast-paced jazz dance class. No partner is required. Expect to get a workout!

Learn every 1930's jazz step you ever wanted to know: Flying Charleston, Spank the Baby, the Suzy Q, Apple Jacks, Ride the Pony, Breeze the Knees, Shorty George, Break A Leg, and many more!

The Big Apple class is progressive, with each week's material building on the previous week's class.

Check out the Big Apple on You Tube!