Welcome to your one-stop shop for everything DJ1 and sound production in New England. Whether you need a DJ for your party of 60, an MC and DJ for a wedding with 1,000 guests, or you are looking for a sound system and music to energize 4,000 people between fights at an MMA match, we have a package that will fit your needs. Mr. Jonathan is the DJ that will tailor his skill set to meet your expectations!
Mr. Jonathan's River Cruise Theme parties have become the most sought after tickets in New England. Never before have the worlds of Booze Cruising and Swing been marketed together. Either ticket is $25 by itself or you can pick up both at any event for $40.
The wild child of the Summer:
Saturday, June 2nd 7-10pm on "The Captain's Lady III"
The Advanced Intensive was a well received event. The part I was most nervous about was the roll reversal portion because it takes a room full of brave individuals willing to be vulnerable to pull of a full on roll reversal. All too often we get caught up in how far we think we have come in one area of our life/dance that we lose focus on the end result. Even if it means we take 3 steps forward after, its not easy to take that leap of faith and try something we are not going to be good at because its presenting it self as a step backward.
Think about how you feel about coming to a beginner anything after you have attended and advanced one. At first you may think that its beneath you to attend one. Most of my students begin taking private lessons to take their dancing to the next level (at $65 per 45 minute lesson) because they "are not getting enough out of beginner/intermediate classes. Guess what we fix during 99.9% of each lesson? Basics! The very same basics that they could have fixed in a $20 Beginner Intensive.
Learning a dance style is like cutting 1" thick ply wood with a utility knife. Each pass (through the basics) makes the cut deeper and deeper until you make it through to the other side. Taking this analogy a step further (or deeper lol) if we stop going over the same cut and jump to another track some where else on the sheet, we never make it through to the other side.
Join us on Friday May 18th for a deeper look into the basics and what makes them tick.
May 18th, 2012 7-10:30pm $20 Includes Workshop, Pizza, Water, Practice Party.
May 19th, 2012 7-9:30pm $25 Includes Workshop, Gourmet Mini Sandwiches, Admission into Midnight Rodeo Bar
When I started lead and follow dancing just over 15 years ago I was hooked for life. Thinking that I may compete some day I sought out the pros that, at the time, were at the top of their game. After just over $10,000 invested in my dancing I was finally ready to do the first step of this dance correctly. Granted I am a slow learner but $10,000?and it only bought me the first step in a dance with millions of patterns and variations? How long does it take to get good? When do I move one to step 2...I am speaking literally about steps here people. I was learning how to walk when I wanted to dance. I took lessons from everyone Sam and Denise Miller, Bill Cameron, Anne Fleming, Larry Mongeau, Cathy Pothier, John Festa, Ramiro Gonzalez Robert Cordoba, and Deborah Szekely and the lesson started of exactly the same every time.
I was living the Dancers version of "The Karate Kid" Paint the fence, wax the car, sand the floor. Everything but dancing. When I hit my breaking point I stopped my teacher mid lesson (Cathy Pothier) and asked her when I would progress beyond the boring first step and actually learn how to dance? I was sick of hearing the word "Wrong" after every single "one". Every time I took a step in her lessons for a solid year it was "wrong". As her customer I demanded an answer and I was about to here the words that would change my dancing life forever!
She stopped the music, walked up to me, put her hands on my face, and proceeded to put the wonder full world of West Coast Swing in perspective. "You already know how to dance. In fact you are such a good dancer that there is very little I can teach you about dancing... you have "IT"...Oh you can dance my friend...you can't lead for shit...but you can dance!"
We all can dance when no one is watching and our favorite song comes on. Suddenly the chores stop, the taxes get pushed aside, or lunch gets a few degrees colder while we bust a move on the carpet for 3 and a half minutes. All the while pretending that a crowd of 50,000 screaming fans are watching...Ok maybe that last part was what I imagine when I am dancing in my living room. The point is that you are your own "dance" teacher. You know what you like and you do it when you are flying solo.
I am teaching you how to lead and follow...How to take that first step and do it correctly...How to communicate with your partner so that you can each bring your own dance to the partnership. This is why I taught the Advanced intensive the way that I did and its exactly why everyone should be in attendance at this Friday's "Back to Basics" workshop at DNE and the repeat of the lesson plan in Manchester, NH at Queen City Ballroom.
If you can't lead or follow that first step you will never see the day that your living room dance (in front of 50, 000 of your closest imaginary friends) makes it into your West Coast Swing.
Mr. Jonathan Volunteers his time to worthy causes every year. This year Georgetown, Ma's anual Dancing with the Stars (teachers) was one of his major contributions. A large portion of the $1500 raised went to the Italian Home Charity.
Megan Scarbrough is a Science teacher in Georgetown. The two met 8 weeks before the competition and began the painstaking task of choreographing a routine to a Doors/Michael Jackson Mashup and do the two songs justice. Practice sessions often ended with ice packs and ace bandages but all that hard work paid off with the first Perfect Score in the history of this competition "Dancing with the Stars" and a first place win over very stiff competition.
"Without Megan's persistence and drive this routine would not have been possible. She is the hardest working Partner I have ever had the pleasure of working with. Fall after fall and crash after crash she would get up and come back harder and faster until we nailed the move 3 times perfect. She rocks and am so proud of her!" Said Mr. Jonathan during his on stage acceptance speech.
Look for this routine to go on tour through the month of April across NH and MA.
Mr. Jonathan's Weekly West Coast Swing Lessons on the North Shore
Join Mr. Jonathan at Queen City Ballroom Saturday January 6th from 7-9:30 and then we head over to the Midnight Rodeo Bar for half price ($5 with coupon from Mr. Jonathan. Its only $10 and you get a lesson plus an evening of social dancing...What a deal!
Queen City Ballroom
West Coast Swing Beginner Super Intensive
Saturday, May 19, 2012
$25
7-9pm Lesson
9-9:30 Practice Dancing
Then we all follow Mr. Jonathan over to the Midnight Rodeo Bar for some Country fun with a live band and Michelle Jackson's line dancers! Simply pick up your coupon up from Mr. Jonathan before you leave and your admission is covered into the Midnight Rodeo Bar...If you loose the coupon between the studio and the MRB the admission is $10 so hold it tight!
Queen City Ballroom is located at
21 Dow Street · Manchester, NH · 03101
(Above The Auto Parts Store)
*The young lady in this video had never done any dancing of any kind before its filming. She is really following and felt confident enough to be my helper for this video!
