Olivier taught for Rock Bottoms in March of this year alongside Jordan & Tatiana and is becoming increasingly popular on the European teaching circuit as well as the US.

  Assisted by

 Ian Smith & Mandy Henderson

 1-6pm Saturday 5th December 2009

  Choose between:

"Progressive Package"
3 hours of tuition from Beginner to Intermediate Plus with Olivier

…or…

 "FUNdamentals Package"
First hour of tuition with everyone, followed by 2 hours of Beginner level tuition with Mandy & Ian

 Complimentary tea, coffee, soft drinks, biscuits & fruit

£28 per person for either package

£50 per couple if both Smooth Jive Fusion Members AND booking as a *couple

*Please note this is to help with equal leaders and followers

 5-6pm will be freestyle/practise time as well as a chance to book a private lesson

 6-8pm is BYO Picnic/Fish and Chips time or take a break and have a meal in one of the fabulous local pubs.

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Saturday Evening WCS Freestyle

 Pure West Coast Swing Freestyle/Party/Cabaret 8pm – midnight

Join us for another amazing pure WCS freestyle on the South Coast!!

The hall has a bar next door or BYO drinks. There will also be tea/coffee/fruit & biscuits available.

£7 prepaid or £9 on the door

 To book:

email mandy@smoothjivefusion.co.uk

or call 01425 477 325 / 07711 847 344

specifying which package you're signing up for and/or booking the freestyle and if you would like to book a private lesson. 

Then send a cheque made payable to M. Henderson or I. Smith, 30 St Ives wood, Ashley Heath, Ringwood BH24 2EA

 Bramshaw Village Hall
 Row Hill, Bramshaw Village, New Forest, SO43 7JE (Large free car park)

 Sited in the scenic north of the New Forest only 2 miles from the M27 easily reached from Southampton, Bournemouth & Salisbury.

Directions to Bramshaw Village Hall from the M27:
Exit at junction 1 (Lyndhurst) of the M27. At roundabout, follow the sign to Bramshaw. Drive through Brook, bear right to Bramshaw. Pass the village Post Office, across the crossroads, and after the double bends you will see the sign for the village hall on your left. Turn into the track, the village hall will be in front of you with parking all around.

Please drive cautiously - forest animals can stray onto road.

Places to Stay and Eat

For those making a weekend of it in the beautiful New Forest, there is plenty of good accommodation

The Green Dragon is a good Forest pub B&B close to the venue. Good home made food for those looking for a meal. http://www.greendragonbedbreakfast.co.uk

Food: Sir John Barleycorn:‎Old Romsey Rd, Cadnam, Southampton, SO40 2NP
Food: www.thelamb.org.uk
Food: www.coachandhorsescadnam.co.uk

Accommodation: www.bramshawforge.co.uk
Accommodation:www.newforest-online.co.uk/new-forest-accommodation.asp
Accommodation: www.new-forest-accommodation.co.uk/hotel/Bramshaw
Travelodge www.travelodge.co.uk  Stoney Cross Lyndhurst or Ringwood

We run various workshops throughout the year focusing on a fusion of various dance styles within the Jive environment.

Tango 4 Jivers

Ian and Mandy have been hugely instrumental in introducing Argentine Tango principles, style and moves to the Modern Jive world by teaching workshops and at all the major Jive weekenders over the last 3 years. They will teach you how to put Argentine Tango style and moves into your Jive freestyle. They will show you how to adapt Tango for a small area on the Jive dance floor whilst maintaining that special connection and sensuality unique to the Argentine Tango dance. They will show you how to fuse smoothly between Jive and Tango moves and dance Tango style to a wide spectrum of music. Beware...everyone gets hooked!

Neo Tango

Neo Tango is a modern relaxed and playful adaptation of Argentine Tango. Utilizing an open hold with open and closed movements, turns, spins and reverse holds. Neo Tango can be danced to a wide range of music from Blues, jazz, pop, acoustic, soft Latin, Swing etc.
 

R&B Salsa

Mandy has been teaching salsa for many years mainly in the London area. Ian has always been adding that something extra to his dancing and quickly adapted salsa for the Modern Jive environment. Together, Ian & Mandy have been very successful teaching Salsa to the R&B and soft Latin music often played at Modern Jive events. At weekenders, they have often surprised dancers by demonstrating how Salsa & WCS can be danced to the same music.

West Coast Swing

West Coast Swing (along with Tango) is growing rapidly in the UK. A smooth stylish social dance from USA that can be danced to a wide range of music like Modern Jive, but particularly suits the more down beat Swing, Blues and R&B music. The weekender Blues Rooms are now full of WCS dancers. John and Wes of Jive Addiction's 'Southport' Fame have been responsible for bringing over the top US teachers and dancers since 2004. They held the first UK West Coast Swing Championships in April 2007. This weekender was a huge success and has spurned a hunger for many Jivers to learn the dance.