FunDance
Mar 6 2018
MARCH IS WORKSHOP MONTH!!
STYLING , MARCH 14TH!!
Level – INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
Jan 12 2018
Class Dates – January, February 2018
We will have a new 4 week series starting the first Wednesday of January and February! We hope you can join us at our new home, OMNI SALSA!
Full information on classes and times below. Please note our new format and class times.
We now offer two levels of West Coast Swing on Wednesday night. Intermediate begins @7pm and Advanced begins @8pm. Cost for the 4 week series is $50/person OR $20 for drop in single classes. We also offer an Unlimited Pass for $75 for those interested in taking both classes!
Don’t forget we also have social dancing before, in between, and after classes so you can practice all those great moves from class!
QUICK FACTS ABOUT CLASSES:
DATES – January 10, 17, 24, 31 – February 7, 14, 21, 28
TIME – Intermediate @ 7pm, Advanced @ 8pm
PLACE – OMNI SALSA – 5615 Richmond Ave #150, Houston, TX 77057
Doors open and music starts @6:30pm. Practice time until 9:30pm.
For more information, please call 713 898 8253 or email marioswingdaddy@yahoo.com OR lotusteph@yahoo.com
Aug 16 2017
August – September – October 2017 Class Dates
We will have a new 4 week series starting the first Wednesday of September and again in October! We hope you can join us at our new home, OMNI SALSA!
Full information on classes and times below. Please note our new format and class times.
We now offer two levels of West Coast Swing on Wednesday night. Intermediate begins @7pm and Advanced begins @8pm. Cost for the 4 week series is $50/person OR $20 for drop in single classes. We also offer an Unlimited Pass for $75 for those interested in taking both classes!
Don’t forget we also have social dancing before, in between, and after classes so you can practice all those great moves from class!
QUICK FACTS ABOUT CLASSES:
DATES – August 2, 9, 16, 23 – September 6, 13,27 – October 4, 11, 18, 25
TIME – Intermediate @ 7pm, Advanced @ 8pm
PLACE – OMNI SALSA – 5615 Richmond Ave #150, Houston, TX 77057
Doors open and music starts @6:30pm. Practice time until 9:30pm.
For more information, please call 281 815 7208 or email marioswingdaddy@yahoo.com OR lotusteph@yahoo.com
Jun 5 2017
June 2017 Class Dates
We have a new 4 week series starting Wednesday, June 7th! We hope you can join us as we enter our second official month at our new home, OMNI SALSA!
Full information on classes and times below. Please note our new format and class times.
BOGO – Buy one get one
We are offering a special discount for the month of June. If you bring in a new student for our beginner class, you both get 50% off your ost for the 4 week series! This applies to new students (not on any of our mailing lists) that sign up for the Beginner class @7:30pm and is applicable to both the 4 week cost ($50) and the Unlimited pass ($75). In order to get the BOGO discount you must BOTH sign up for the entire 4 week series. Spread the word!
Don’t forget we also have social dancing before, in between, and after classes so you can practice all those great moves from class!
QUICK FACTS ABOUT JUNE CLASSES
DATES – June 7, 14, 21, 28
TIME – Intermediate @ 6:30pm, Beginner @ 7:30pm, Advanced @ 8:30pm
PLACE – OMNI SALSA – 5615 Richmond Ave #150, Houston, TX 77057
Doors open and music starts @6pm. Practice time until 10pm.
For more information, please call 281 815 7208 or email marioswingdaddy@yahoo.com OR lotusteph@yahoo.com
Apr 26 2017
We’re Baaaack! New class series starts May 3rd! Ladies Styling Workshop May 13th!
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Feb 7 2017
PURE DANCE HOUSTON 2017 SCHEDULE
We are looking very forward to the inaugural PURE DANCE weekend right here in Houston…150 social dancers for a NO COMPETITION WEEKEND! For more information, please call 281 815 7208 or email lotusteph@yahoo.com
It’s going to be a BLAST!
Feb 1 2017
February 2017 Class Dates
JANUARY 2017 West Coast Swing classes start Feb 1st!!!
C&W NightClub WORKSHOP Feb 20th!!!
Northside WCS Feb 2nd!!!
O-M-G PURE Dance Houston Tickets are almost sold out…
O-M-G Wild West 4th WEDNESDAY
…that’s Feb 22nd!!!
Wow!! What a fantastic start to the year! Classes are bigger and better (we are going with it…. why else would you all be here?) than ever. It is great to see so many of you coming out to laugh, learn and make new friends. Unfortunately, we also have a bit of sad news to share. Our beautiful Anyssa Olivares has informed us that she will no longer be teaching our Beginner class. Anyssa will be moving to Colorado this month to pursue her studies. Both Fearless Leader and I would like thank her for sharing her incredible talent and teaching skills with the Beginner class. We wish her the absolute best and we are sure that success will follow her in all of her endeavors. Thank you Anyssa for helping us make Houston a better place to dance…Colorado is lucky to get you! Anyssa will still be joining us for Pure Dance, so please make it a point to attend her workshops and let her know how much you appreciate her. This is one of the last opportunities to take from her here in Houston, so make sure to purchase your tickets and come join us. Please scroll down for all of the event details.
O-M-G IT IS FINALLY HERE!!!! HOLD ON TO YOUR HATS!!!
For years we’ve heard about how there are too many competitions…no social dancing during sane hours…there should be more workshops catering to social dancers instead of competitions…HALLELUJAH your prayers have been answered! Fearless Leader’s latest creation, with the invaluable help beyond measure of Empress FUNDance is coming to Houston! Mark your calendars for Feb 10th and 11th (yes it’s only Friday and Saturday, so you can get back home and resume real life for Monday at work) because it’s going to be an AMAZING weekend! Confirmed instructors – JAMES BAILEY from SAN ANTONIO, BRYAN JORDAN from BATON ROUGE, TERRY ROSEBOROUGH from TULSA, ANYSSA OLIVARES from HOUSTON and we have a VERY SPECIAL GUEST…CHRISTINE TIEDGE all the way from BERLIN will be in the house!!! We’re adding two nights of social dancing…15 workshops…and even a catered buffet dinner! Tickets are almost sold out so make sure you check out our FACEBOOK event page [https://www.facebook.com/events/202853710151653/] for all of the details!!! NORTH HOUSTON SWING DANCE CLUB FUNDance’s Thursday Night Class!!! New Month starts Feb 2nd!!!
We want to remind you that Fearless Leader and Empress Fundance are teaching on Thursday evenings with the North Houston Swing Dance Club. Thank you to Jan Gordon, Harry and the entire gang at NHSDC for asking us to be part of their wonderful organization. We will be teaching their Advanced class from 7:15-8:15pm. Don’t forget there’s social dancing after class until approximately 9:30pm. Thursday night classes are held at Big Texas Spring/North. Come join us and make new friends on the North side!!! For more information or if you wish to register for Thursday night class, please contact the North Houston Swing Dance Club directly through their site at northhoustonswingdanceclub.blogspot.com.
THEY ARE HERE!!!! NEW DVD’S We are so excited to announce that our brand new series of instructional DVD’s are finally completed and available for purchase!!! Make sure you check out Mario’s 2 newest additions to the Greatest Hits series…GREATEST HITS VOLUME 3 and GREATEST HITS VOLUME 4. The entire “Greatest Hits” series is a favorite with Leader’s as it consists of cool, social, LEAD-ABLE patterns that work with everyone. For the Followers…you will be happy to know that we have also just finished filming two brand new Ladies Styling DVD’s!!! These long overdue DVD’s feature both general styling instruction as well as specific movements for the most common patterns in West Coast Swing. We are very excited about this new series of DVD’s and we expect them to fly of the shelves!! We pride ourselves in ensuring that every one of our DVD’s have at least 60 minutes of instruction, so you can be sure you are getting a nice variety and a full helping of movement and instruction on every DVD. Please see below for more detailed information on all of our classes. Respectfully Submitted, EMPRESS FUNDANCE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FUNDance Announces West Coast WEDNESDAYS NEW CLASSES START FEBRUARY 1st!!! Make sure you come join us this month for more of the greatest in West Coast Swing. We are back to our regular schedule and will be offering all 4 weeks of instruction in the month of February. Rumor has it there may even be some guest instructors, so be sure to show up…you don’t want to miss out on the FUN!!! A special thank you to the beautiful SHERRY “DJ” DEEJEEZUZ for sharing her music again this past month. If anyone is interested in being our guest DJ for the night, please tell Empress FUNDance or Fearless Leader. DON’T BE SHY!! If you do not have enough music for the entire session you can still play your favorite songs for part of it. The music starts at 6:30 pm and will end at 9:30 pm. You are welcome to play your music before and/or after class. Hopefully this will give everyone a chance to hear some different songs as well as help to grow our practice time. Tell your friends!!! Don’t forget that on the final Wednesday class of each month we will be turning the music off early and heading over to the local country bar. Classes will still be held at the usual time but the music will stop around 9:15pm and the party will move over to Wild West. Wild West is a favorite among many dancers and a great place to dance on Wednesday evenings. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
QUICK FACTS ABOUT WEST COAST WEDNESDAYS IN FEBRUARY..
* Dates – February 1st, 8th, 15th, 23rd
* Class Time – Beginner and Intermediate is from 7-8pm, Advanced is from 8-9pm.
* Place – Eddie’s Exclusive Dance Club (formerly Dancing City) 2726 Fondren, Houston, Texas 77063…right next door to Luby’s.
* Cost – $50 per person for the month of regular classes, or $20 per person for a single class.
* Parking – Still not an issue!!! WAHOO!!! (it’s been so long, why do we even have this)
* Levels – 4 week Class – BEGINNER and INTERMEDIATE 7pm, ADVANCED 8pm
* No Partner? No Problem…we rotate in class! However, rotating is in no way mandatory if you’d prefer to stay with your partner for the entire class… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FUNDance Announces COUNTRY MONDAYS BEG/INT NIGHT CLUB, FEBRUARY 20TH!!!
As previously mentioned we will continue on with our new format for Country Monday by offering one workshop every month based upon popular vote. Many of you have expressed interest in learning other dances, so that you can be comfortable with a variety of different music and social settings. Some of our most popular requests include C&W Waltz, Night Club, Polka and Cha Cha. You can expect to see these dances being offered in 2017. Monday nights began with our Cotillion series where we covered a different dance each month, and we’re headed back in that direction! If you have a group and would like to learn a dance that we are not offering, or simply have more lessons in a particular dance, by all means let us know and we can set up a semi-private lesson or class. This February we will be offering a Beg/Int Night Club. Based upon your votes this was the number two choice. We will start by reviewing our basics (for the Beginners) and technique (for the Intermediates) and end the class with a fun social pattern that works with everyone. Each class will be 90 minutes in length, to give us plenty of time to get through thematerial comfortably. If you ever had friends wishing to join you on Monday nights…now is their chance!!! Please help us spread the word so that we can get a great group together to learn these fun and practical dances. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QUICK FACTS ABOUT OUR MONDAY WORKSHOP IN FEBRUARY BEG/INT NIGHT CLUB
* Dates – NightClub, February 20th.
* Class Time – 7pm to 8:30pm
* Place – Eddie’s Exclusive Dance Club (formerly Dancing City) 2726 Fondren, Houston, Texas 77063…right next door to Luby’s.
* Cost – $25 per person for a single class.
* Parking – Still not an issue!!! WAHOO!!!
* Levels – Both classes at Beg/Int Level/ Stephanie (Doctor Pincushion/Empress FUNDance) Robau will be at the helm for our Country series.
* No Partner? No Problem…we rotate in class! However, rotating is in no way mandatory if you’d prefer to stay with your partner for the entire class… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WHAT ABOUT THOSE PRIVATE LESSONS??? Yes, we are available for private lessons throughout the week. Daytime not an issue, actually you have a better chance of booking immediately. Mario, Stephanie, and Anyssa are all available to teach private lessons. Contact us for more information. * Mario Robau – 281 815 7208 or marioswingdaddy@yahoo.com * Stephanie Robau – 281 815 7208 or lotusteph@yahoo.com * Anyssa Olivares – 832 638 0036 or anyssadances@gmail.com Looking to improve your skills faster, and have a group? Both Mario and Stephanie are now offering semi-private lessons. Limited to no more than 5 couples, these intimate lessons allow us to cover MUCH more information than a normal group class. These one hour sessions allow you to pick who’s there with you, what material is covered (in virtually any style of dance) and you dictate the pace and the content! Both Mario and Stephanie have limited slots available for these sessions, and will be on a first come, first served basis. Cost is based on the size of the class, and will always be more affordable than private lessons. If you have a group together and would like to find out more, email Mario directly marioswingdaddy@yahoo.com or call us 281.815.7208 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ABOUT THE TEACHERS
Mario Robau Jr. is the most decorated WCS instructor in Houston, period. With a competitive career spanning 3 decades, he hasover 30 National Titles covering all styles of competition, having multiple wins at the national level in Classic, Showcase, Strictly Swing, and J&J. 3-Time US Open Champion, member of 4 different Halls of Fame, including Dallas Dance, Living Legends and the World Swing Dance Council, he’s choreographed more US Open Championships (over 20) than anyone else. Since 1990, Mario has traveled over 40 weekends per year across North America, South America, Europe, and Australia in the Swing, Country, Ballroom, and Carolina Shag circuits.Most recently, Mario became the first instructor in WCS history to be hired to teach in all 50 states. No one else in Houston has these credentials.
Stephanie McPherson-Robau is a 4 time UCWDC (United Country Western Dance Council) World Champion, twice in the Master’s Division (the highest level of competition offered in the UCWDC) and twice in Division 1. No one in Houston has won more titles in this field. She has coached and taken at least 10 of her Pro-Am students to earn their own UCWDC World Championship Titles at their respective levels. Classically trained in Ballroom and Latin, Stephanie has incredible knowledge of dance technique in ALL dances, not just WCS.
Anyssa Olivares began learning West Coast Swing at the age of 14 and quickly fell in love with competing. Starting out as the “AM” (amateur) in Pro-Am Routines as well as Pro-Am Strictly Swing she quickly rose to the top and secured several top finishes all over the United States, including back to back wins at D.A.L.L.A.S Dance. Within the same time frame, Anyssa teamed up with a junior partner and (through the Assistance of YASDA – Young Adult Swing Dance Association and a few others) continued to tour the country with a Young Adult Routine for the next 4 years, where she placed in the top 5. She was the YASDA Tour National Champion of 2012, runner-up in 2013, and has also placed third in the NASDE (National Association Of Swing Dance Events) Jack and Jill Final Standings. She currently competes in the All-Star division throughout the nation, consistently placing in the top 5. Your entire teaching staff is available for private lessons throughout the week. For more information or to schedule a lesson, talk to us at class or call 281.815.7208 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FUNdance is all about real social dancing. We’re here to bring you quality instruction from top professionals in a non-competitive environment. If you have any suggestions on how we can better serve you or make our classes better and more accessible, please email Mario directly mario@fundancehouston.com. MISSION STATEMENT FUNDance Houston is all about teaching social dancing. Our goal is to provide a fun, relaxed yet professional atmosphere. Our group classes focus on leadable material that works with everyone, not just those attending the class with you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FunDance Houston Mario and Stephanie Robau 281-815-7208
www.FUNDanceHouston.com FUNdance | 4506 Sylvan Glen Dr | Houston | TX | 77084
Dec 29 2016
JANUARY 2017 Class Dates
JANUARY 2017 West Coast Swing classes starts Jan 11th!!!
C&W Waltz WORKSHOP Jan 23rd!!!
Northside WCS Jan 12th!!!
O-M-G PURE Dance Houston Tickets are almost sold out…OMIGOD
Wild West 4th WEDNESDAY …that’s Jan 25th!!!
We hope everyone had a wonderful and relaxing holiday season!!! Thank you to everyone who came out to our annual FUNDance Christmas party. A good time was had by all and we are happy to announce that due to your generous support we were able to raise $1337 for Shriner’s Hospital for Children. 2017 is upon us and we want to wish everyone a happy and healthy New Year. FUNDance has a ton of stuff planned for 2017 (PURE DANCE, MORE LADIES STYLING CLASSES, SPECIAL WORKSHOPS), as well as some changes to our regular schedule (check out Monday evenings), so make sure you scroll down to get the latest information.
O-M-G
THERE’S A NEW EVENT IN TOWN!!!
O-M-G
ok that’s enough…
OMIGOD
no really, that’s it…
ERMAHGERD
really that’s the last one, I promise…
HOLD ON TO YOUR HATS!!! For years we’ve heard about how there are too many competitions…no social dancing during sane hours…there should be more workshops catering to social dancers instead of competitions…HALLELUJAH your prayers have been answered! Fearless Leader’s latest creation, with the invaluable help beyond measure of Empress FUNDance is coming to Houston! Mark your calendars for Feb 10th and 11th (yes it’s only Friday and Saturday, so you can get back home and resume real life for Monday at work) because it’s going to be an AMAZING weekend! Confirmed instructors – JAMES BAILEY from SAN ANTONIO, BRYAN JORDAN from BATON ROUGE, TERRY ROSEBOROUGH from TULSA, ANYSSA OLIVARES from HOUSTON and we have a VERY SPECIAL GUEST…CHRISTINE TIEDGE all the way from BERLIN will be in the house!!! We’re adding two nights of social dancing…15 workshops…and even a catered dinner! Tickets are almost sold out so make sure you check out our FACEBOOK event page [https://www.facebook.com/events/202853710151653/] for all of the details!!!
NORTH HOUSTON SWING DANCE CLUB FUNDance’s Thursday Night Class!!! First Class of the Year January 12!!! We want to remind you that Fearless Leader and Empress Fundance are teaching on Thursday evenings with the North Houston Swing Dance Club. Thank you to Jan Gordon, Harry and the entire gang at NHSDC for asking us to be part of their wonderful organization. We will be teaching their Advanced class from 7:15-8:15pm. Please note that we will only be teaching three classes for the month of Januarystarting on the 12th. Don’t forget there’s social dancing after class until approximately 9:30pm. Thursday night classes are held at Big Texas Spring/North. Come join us and make new friends on the North side!!! For more information or if you wish to register for Thursday night class, please contact the North Houston Swing Dance Club directly through their site at northhoustonswingdanceclub.blogspot.com.
THEY ARE HERE!!!! NEW DVD’S ERMAHGERD! Couldn’t help it…had to do it again… We are so excited to announce that our brand new series of instructional DVD’s are finally completed and available for purchase!!! Make sure you check out Mario’s 2 newest additions to the Greatest Hits series…GREATEST HITS VOLUME 3 and GREATEST HITS VOLUME 4. The entire “Greatest Hits” series is a favorite with Leader’s as it consists of cool, social, LEAD-ABLE patterns that work with everyone. For the Followers…you will be happy to know that we have also just finished filming two brand new Ladies Styling DVD’s!!! These long overdue DVD’s feature both general styling instruction as well as specific movements for the most common patterns in West Coast Swing. We are very excited about this new series of DVD’s and we expect them to fly of the shelves!! We pride ourselves in ensuring that every one of our DVD’s have at least 60 minutes of instruction, so you can be sure you are getting a nice variety and a full helping of movement and instruction on every DVD. Please see below for more detailed information on all of our classes. Respectfully
Submitted, EMPRESS FUNDANCE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FUNDance Announces West Coast WEDNESDAYS
NEW CLASSES START JANUARY 11TH!!!
We hope you make it one of your New Year’s Resolutions to join us every Wednesday for the best in West Coast Swing. Our classes for January begin on the 11th (after we return home from teaching at the Sweden Westie Gala). Fearless Leader has promised this is his FINAL WORLD TOUR in 2017. As always we will offer all three levels, so you can be sure to find the class that is right for you! We are happy to announce that the beautiful SHERRY “DJ” DEEJEEZUZ will be our guest D.J again this month. We had a lot of compliments on her music the last time and it was so nice to hear fresh sound. If anyone is interested in being our guest DJ for the night, please tell Empress FUNDance or Fearless Leader. Hopefully this will give everyone a chance to hear some different songs as well as help to grow our practice time. Tell your friends!!! We want to remind you that the music on Wednesday nights will now begin at 6:30 pm and end at 9:30 pm. Instead of starting class with only a few songs to warm up to, we will now have the music on a half hour before class begins. This change in schedule has been a big success with many more of you arriving early and getting in some quality practice time before class begins. Don’t forget that on the final Wednesday class of each month we will be turning the music off early and heading over to the local country bar. Classes will still be held at the usual time but the music will stop around 9:15pm and the party will move over to Wild West. Wild West is a favorite among many dancers and a great place to dance on Wednesday evenings. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
QUICK FACTS ABOUT WEST COAST WEDNESDAYS IN JANUARY..
* Dates – January 11th, 18th, 25th
* Class Time – Beginner and Intermediate is from 7-8pm, Advanced is from 8-9pm.
* Place – Eddie’s Exclusive Dance Club (formerly Dancing City) 2726 Fondren, Houston, Texas 77063…right next door to Luby’s.
* Cost – $40 per person for the month of regular classes, or $20 per person for a single class.
* Parking – Still not an issue!!! WAHOO!!! (it’s been so long, why do we even have this)
* Levels – 3 week Class – BEGINNER and INTERMEDIATE 7pm, ADVANCED 8pm
* No Partner? No Problem…we rotate in class! However, rotating is in no way mandatory if you’d prefer to stay with your partner for the entire class… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FUNDance Announces COUNTRY MONDAY WORKSHOPS
BEG/INT C&W WALTZ, JANUARY 23rd!!!
We had such a fantastic response to our workshops in November, that we have decided to carry them through into 2017!!! Based upon your attendance and feedback we have decided to make some changes to our schedule on Monday nights. Level 2 Two-Step will not resume in January (have no fear….if enough of you request it we can make it a workshop in the future). Instead, we will be offering one workshop every month based upon popular vote. Many of you have expressed interest in learning other dances, so that you can be comfortable with a variety of different music and social settings. Some of our most popular requests include C&W Waltz, Night Club, Polka and Cha Cha. You can expect to see these dances being offered in 2017. Monday nights began with our Cotillion series where we covered a different dance each month, and we’re headed back in that direction! If you have a group and would like to continue weekly country two-step lessons, by all means let us know and we can set up a semi-private lesson or class.
This January we will be offering a Beg/Int C&W Waltz. Based upon your votes this was the number one choice. Our November workshop was a huge success with many new faces coming out to learn this beautiful dance. We will start by reviewing our basics (for the Beginners) and technique (for the Intermediates) and end the class with a fun social pattern that works with everyone. Each class will be 90 minutes in length, to give us plenty of time to get through thematerial comfortably. If you ever had friends wishing to join you on Monday nights…now is their chance!!! Please help us spread the word so that we can get a great group together to learn these fun and practical dances. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
QUICK FACTS ABOUT OUR MONDAY WORKSHOP IN JANUARY…C&W WALTZ
* Dates – C&W Waltz January 23rd.
* Class Time – 7pm to 8:30pm
* Place – Eddie’s Exclusive Dance Club (formerly Dancing City) 2726 Fondren, Houston, Texas 77063…right next door to Luby’s.
* Cost – $25 per person for a single class.
* Parking – Still not an issue!!! WAHOO!!!
* Levels – Both classes at Beg/Int Level/ Stephanie (Doctor Pincushion/Empress FUNDance) Robau will be at the helm for our Country series.
* No Partner? No Problem…we rotate in class! However, rotating is in no way mandatory if you’d prefer to stay with your partner for the entire class… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WHAT ABOUT THOSE PRIVATE LESSONS???
Yes, we are available for private lessons throughout the week. Daytime not an issue, actually you have a better chance of booking immediately. Mario, Stephanie, and Anyssa are all available to teach private lessons. Contact us for more information. * Mario Robau – 281 815 7208 or marioswingdaddy@yahoo.com * Stephanie Robau – 281 815 7208 or lotusteph@yahoo.com * Anyssa Olivares – 832 638 0036 or anyssadances@gmail.com Looking to improve your skills faster, and have a group? Both Mario and Stephanie are now offering semi-private lessons. Limited to no more than 5 couples, these intimate lessons allow us to cover MUCH more information than a normal group class. These one hour sessions allow you to pick who’s there with you, what material is covered (in virtually any style of dance) and you dictate the pace and the content! Both Mario and Stephanie have limited slots available for these sessions, and will be on a first come, first served basis. Cost is based on the size of the class, and will always be more affordable than private lessons. If you have a group together and would like to find out more, email Mario directly marioswingdaddy@yahoo.com or call us 281.815.7208 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ABOUT THE TEACHERS
Mario Robau Jr. is the most decorated WCS instructor in Houston, period. With a competitive career spanning 3 decades, he hasover 30 National Titles covering all styles of competition, having multiple wins at the national level in Classic, Showcase, Strictly Swing, and J&J. 3-Time US Open Champion, member of 4 different Halls of Fame, including Dallas Dance, Living Legends and the World Swing Dance Council, he’s choreographed more US Open Championships (over 20) than anyone else. Since 1990, Mario has traveled over 40 weekends per year across North America, South America, Europe, and Australia in the Swing, Country, Ballroom, and Carolina Shag circuits.Most recently, Mario became the first instructor in WCS history to be hired to teach in all 50 states. No one else in Houston has these credentials.
Stephanie McPherson-Robau is a 4 time UCWDC (United Country Western Dance Council) World Champion, twice in the Master’s Division (the highest level of competition offered in the UCWDC) and twice in Division 1. No one in Houston has won more titles in this field. She has coached and taken at least 10 of her Pro-Am students to earn their own UCWDC World Championship Titles at their respective levels. Classically trained in Ballroom and Latin, Stephanie has incredible knowledge of dance technique in ALL dances, not just WCS.
Anyssa Olivares began learning West Coast Swing at the age of 14 and quickly fell in love with competing. Starting out as the “AM” (amateur) in Pro-Am Routines as well as Pro-Am Strictly Swing she quickly rose to the top and secured several top finishes all over the United States, including back to back wins at D.A.L.L.A.S Dance. Within the same time frame, Anyssa teamed up with a junior partner and (through the Assistance of YASDA – Young Adult Swing Dance Association and a few others) continued to tour the country with a Young Adult Routine for the next 4 years, where she placed in the top 5. She was the YASDA Tour National Champion of 2012, runner-up in 2013, and has also placed third in the NASDE (National Association Of Swing Dance Events) Jack and Jill Final Standings. She currently competes in the All-Star division throughout the nation, consistently placing in the top 5. Your entire teaching staff is available for private lessons throughout the week. For more information or to schedule a lesson, talk to us at class or call 281.815.7208 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FUNdance is all about real social dancing. We’re here to bring you quality instruction from top professionals in a non-competitive environment. If you have any suggestions on how we can better serve you or make our classes better and more accessible, please email Mario directly mario@fundancehouston.com. MISSION STATEMENT FUNDance Houston is all about teaching social dancing. Our goal is to provide a fun, relaxed yet professional atmosphere. Our group classes focus on social, leadable material that works and can be danced with everyone, not just those attending the class with you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FunDance Houston
Mario and Stephanie Robau 281-815-7208
www.FUNDanceHouston.com
May 14 2019
Class Dates June, July, August 2019
Full information on classes and times below. Please note our pricing and class times.
We now offer two levels of West Coast Swing on Wednesday night. Intermediate begins @7pm and Advanced begins @8pm. Cost for the 4 week series is $50/person, $20 for drop in single classes, or $25 for drop in both classes. We also offer an Unlimited Pass for $75 for those interested in taking both classes!
Don’t forget we also have social dancing before, in between, and after classes so you can practice all those great moves from class!
QUICK FACTS ABOUT CLASSES:
DATES – June 5, 12, 19, 26 – July 10, 17, 24, 31 – August 7, 12, 21, 28
TIME – Intermediate @ 7pm, Advanced @ 8pm
PLACE – OMNI SALSA – 5615 Richmond Ave #150, Houston, TX 77057
Doors open and music starts @6:30pm. Practice time until 9:30pm.
For more information, please call 713 898 8253 or email marioswingdaddy@yahoo.com OR lotusteph@yahoo.com
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