Tonight
Youth Storm Fund Raiser
Captain’s Lady III
$20 7-10pm
54R Merrimack St.
Newburyport, Ma
Last Minute Cruise for Youth Storm
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So funny story…2 months ago my good friend Josiah, one of the leaders at Youth Storm, reached out to me for the “Boat Guy’s” info. That was the last I heard about it until a recent and fortunate encounter. I found out that a boat party fund raiser had been booked but wait…who is going to DJ the event? There was no DJ for the event and I was able to get the night open thanks to my good friend Donna Shea (who is covering my classes at Longfellows)…so…We now have a DJ! Youth Storm is a local faith based charity that brings life skills to kids in their late teens who have not had people in their life to teach them. I have seen kids that were destined to fail at life, have their lives transformed and are now leaders in their communities. If you can get away Sunday night, and like to keep the money that you donate local, you should get your self out on the boat! Although this is not a “Swing Cruise” I always start the evening off with a solid hour of swingable music and most of the people on board have attended at least one of my lessons so you know its going to be a party! |
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Sunday Night Youth Storm Summer Fund Raising Cruise $20 7-10pm #10 82nd St. Plum Island, Newburyport, Ma Sunday Night (with Donna and Mike teaching and DJing) $10 6-6:45 2-Step lesson 6:45-7:30pm WCS 7:30-? California Mixer Longfellow’s Club JoEllen 524 Minuteman Dr off of Boston Post RD (Rt 20) Wayland, MA |
Also there is Summer Hummer
Leadership is the manipulation of energy.
Following is the embodiment of energy.
Connection is the tie that binds the two together.
Mr. Jonathan
www.MrJonathanIsMyDJ.com
603 475 1391
Dance on!
My ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
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For every like, comment, and share I will donate $1 worth of DJ to this awesome event. Here is what is happening this weekend! Friday (Pizza Party) $10 Lesson 7:30-8:15 Dance 8:15-? DNE School of Dance 78 Princeton St. Chelmsford, Ma Sunday Night $10 6-6:45 2-Step lesson 6:45-7:30pm WCS 7:30-? California Mixer Longfellow’s Club JoEllen 524 Minuteman Dr off of Boston Post RD (Rt 20) Wayland, MA Leadership is the manipulation of energy. Following is the embodiment of energy. Connection is the tie that binds the two together. Mr. Jonathan www.MrJonathanIsMyDJ.com 603 475 1391 Dance on! |
No Classes This Week
This weekend there is a country/WCS event in Newton and as a result there is no other dancing happening so no dance Friday at DNE, Saturday at Longfellows, or Sunday at Longfellows. Here is a link with information about the event:
One last thing:
I am in a blogging contest on the radio show. If you have 10 extra seconds please go to this link and vote me up because I am getting creamed!
See you all in
In 2 weeks:
Friday (Pizza Party)
$10
Lesson 7:30-8:15
Dance 8:15-?
DNE School of Dance
78 Princeton St. Chelmsford, Ma
Sunday Night
$10
6-6:45 2-Step lesson
6:45-7:30pm WCS
7:30-? California Mixer
Longfellow’s Club JoEllen
524 Minuteman Dr off of Boston Post RD
(Rt 20) Wayland, MA
Leadership is the manipulation of energy.
Following is the embodiment of energy.
Connection is the tie that binds the two together.
Mr. Jonathan
www.MrJonathanIsMyDJ.com
603 475 1391
Dance on!
Leadership and Self Deception
The title of this post is borrowed from the title of a book that I am reading that is opening my eyes when it comes to managing the people who work for me. I was reading this week and a line stood out to me as extremely useful as a tool for teaching dance.
“People (leaders and followers) primarily respond, not to what we do but, to how we are being”
Sometimes quotes come across so deep that we miss what is right in front of us. To me its about the difference between two realities…What “should” be happening and what “is” happening. To put this in dance context I want you to think for a moment how you approach leading or following. At first they both seem like something that you should be “doing”, but according to the quote if leading or following are something that we are “doing” we can’t get a prime response from our partner. Simply put, if you set out to lead or follow someone through a pattern you are making the pattern the thing of value rather than the person and the relationship you have with them. People who are the most effective leaders and followers do not put their focus on the patterns themselves, rather they focus on their relationship with the person on the other end of their connection.
When leaders and followers set out to lead or follow a pattern, they learned in class, they are responding to what “Should” be happening in the pattern. They can’t help but questioning them self, their partner, and wind up disregarding the energy that they aught to be sharing. There is no room in that partnership for musicality, playfulness, or give and take. In this example the dance becomes a very sterile environment where it can be extremely scary to take chances because there is no relationship to rely on if something goes wrong.
As we learn and grow in dance our attention should be shifting from what “should” be happening, which implies a right and a wrong way of doing things, to what “is” happening in real time. My theory is that if we are responding to what “Is” happening we are dancing in the now with our partner. It is then that we put the most value on the relationship we have with him or her. There is give and take, balance, and even room for the song to play a role in that dance. There is no right or wrong and there is no concept of “fault”. You are taking everything as it comes and should you take a risk, your partner has your back because they are also tuned in to what “Is” happening in real time.
This week we are exploring what “is” happening on Friday down stairs in the Cafe and then on Saturday upstairs in the main ballroom. My lovely and talented wife will be co-coaching the West Coast Swing class with me so you are all in for a treat!
This Friday (Pizza Party)$10
Lesson 7:30-8:15
Dance 8:15-?
DNE School of Dance
78 Princeton St. Chelmsford, Ma This Saturday
$15 Dance and Lesson
Lesson 7-8:00pm
Dance 9-11
DNE School of Dance
78 Princeton St. Chelmsford, Ma
Sunday Night
$10 6-6:45 2-Step lesson
6:45-7:30pm WCS
7:30-? California Mixer
Longfellow’s Club JoEllen
524 Minuteman Dr off of Boston Post RD
(Rt 20) Wayland, MA Leadership is the manipulation of energy.
Following is the embodiment of energy.
Connection is the tie that binds the two together.
Mr. Jonathan
www.MrJonathanIsMyDJ.com
603 475 1391
Dance on!