Mr. Jonathan’s World

January is Night Club Two-Step Month!

  

Sunday Night 

$10

6-6:45 Night Club 2-Step lesson w/Mr. J

6:45-7:30pm WCS w/Mr. J

7:30-? California Mixer w/Donna

Longfellow’s Club JoEllen

524 Minuteman Dr off of Boston Post RD

(Rt 20) Wayland, MA

WCS World Champions, Hazel and Tybalt Ulrich are coming up to teach and DJ WCS Saturday, February 14th and to just teach on Sunday, February 15th (Hustle and WCS).  The WCS classes are billed as “Advanced Beginner” for the first class then “Intermediate” for the second. There will be a “Beginner Beginner” lesson as well on Saturday night taught by yours truly. On Sunday they are teaching a “Beginner Friendly” Hustle class followed by “Intermediate WCS” (then I am DJing).

If you have the means to take a private lesson with these two you really should do it. Protege of John Festa, Hazel and Tybaldt Ulrich began dancing together professionally in 2000, and have been inseparable since, performing and teaching a wide range of partner dance. In competition, they have won Hustle Classic, Theater arts, Just Dance, and Jack and Jill, in West Coast Swing Classic, Showcase, and Jack and Jill, as well as Cabaret, Triple Threat (WCS, Hustle, Salsa), and some decent placements in Carolina Shag, Balboa, Houston Slow Whip, and Lindy Hop. They’ve directed numerous teams in these dances as well as Country Two Step and Argentine Tango.  Hazel has been inducted into the Living Legends of Swing…They are nothing Short of amazing! The cost is $80 for the 45minute private lesson and they will sell out quickly so please don’t wait on this…let me know ASAP! Lessons are available on Sunday afternoon and are booking in order of first come first serve.

The dance will be a Valentines day dance event so bust out the heart vest, the red lipstick, and the puffy shirts…The girls should also dress up! lol

John Festa Him self is coming up for the weekend of March 14th and 15th. His Private Lessons are sold out!

Hey guys,

Thank for all of the support these past 7 years of WCS at DNE. Unfortunately these lessons and dances have to be put on hold for a while because I had 3 DJs move too far away to work on Friday nights any more. This means that I am back to DJing on Fridays instead of teaching and swinging with all of you. 

Classes and lessons will continue at Longfellow’s on Sundays and I am taking a more active roll in the swing program they have on the Second Saturday of every month. So look for Hazel and Tybalt Ulrich in February (valentines weekend) and John Festa in March. 

Dance on,

Mr. Jonathan

There is no class or dance this Friday because I am DJing the Longfellow Staff party. I am running class and DJing on Sunday night at Longfellows so swing on by for even MORE new music. 

Also John Festa is coming up for the weekend of March 14th and 15th. After some considerable begging and pleading on my part he is booking a few – 45 minute private lessons on the 15th at Longfellows for couples only. One of the spots is taken already and my students are getting first shot at the rest because I am announcing his arrival earlier than any one. If you and your partner want a once in a lifetime lesson with one of our living legends please let me know yesterday so I can get your name in to hold the spot! The cost is $80 for the lesson and they will sell out quickly so please don’t wait on this…let me know ASAP!

Sunday Night 

$10

6-6:45 2-Step lesson w/Mr. J

6:45-7:30pm WCS w/Mr. J

7:30-? California Mixer w/Mr. J

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! 

There is no class or dance this Friday because it is Black Friday and I doubt many people are going to feel up to dancing after hitting the malls. I am however both teaching and DJing at Longfellow’s Club JoEllen this Sunday for the second week in a row. I still have lots of new music to play from the Living Legends Of Dance last weekend. I hope to see you all out dancing…The following week I am the DJ doing the closing shift for the Club JoEllen Holliday Party…Thats 3 in a row for me…its like I hit the lottery!!!

Next week I really will share with you how and why the “Free-Jay” proved to be as good as what they paid for him and how because of Free-Jays Promoters slowly changed the music that was played at events and how they turned music into money!

 Saturday Night

$15
7:00 Lesson
8:00 Ballroom Dance w/DJ Brenda
DNE School of Dance (up stairs)
78 Princeton St
N. Chelmsford, Ma

Sunday Night 

$10

6-6:45 2-Step lesson w/Mr. J

6:45-7:30pm WCS w/Mr. J

7:30-? California Mixer w/Mr. J

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! 

In 2007 I was in love with West Coast Swing music! I would spend my free time on Napster and iTunes looking for new music. If I had an extra $10 I bought an extra 10 songs. Night after night I would dig through song after song longing for the next big hit. The only issue was not one promoter would hire a “wedding DJ” to DJ a swing dance. At that time I was in the rotation as one of the DJs at Longfellow’s Country California Mix nights, but even they would not let me play their swing nights because I had no experience in the very fickle swing world. Something just had to be done.

Dance Boston was hosting their annual swing competition the summer of 2007 and I had just purchased a brand new Bose tower that could handle 500 people. I offered the use of my sound system in exchange for letting me DJ. The music that I collected was so good, in my opinion, that I just knew I could build a name for my self if I could get it in front of an audience. That summer I was part a select group of people that inadvertently played a big role in the demise of swing music at swing events.  Because some of us where wiling to DJ in exchange for building our resumes, we, “The Free-Jays” gave swing event promoters something better than a happier audience. We gave them a greater margin on their events. 

Next week I will share with you how and why the “Free-Jay” proved to be as good as what they paid for him and how because of Free-Jays Promoters slowly changed the music that was played at events and how they turned music into money!