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‘Steps’ launch party and free ballet class at eXit SPACE

Green Lake’s eXit SPACE School of Dance (414 NE 72nd St) is hosting a launch party for new business book Steps on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 at 7 p.m. The event will include a free ballet class and a reading from the book by author Patricia Vaccarino. Manny Frishberg describes Steps this way: The title of Patricia Vaccarino’s new book Steps is a mixed metaphor. There are the stair steps up in her grandmother’s house, which she mastered decades ago; there are the steps of a ballet class – the central metaphor of the book. Also, the steps of growing a business and a brand – the…

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Green Lake kids dance in ‘Nutcracker’

Two Green Lake kids are in this year’s production of the Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Nutcracker.  Annika Greening is dancing in the role of Teenager and Emily Doak is dancing in the role of Baby Mouse: Performances of Nutcracker are running through Tuesday, Dec 27, 2011 at Seattle Center’s Marion Oliver McCaw Hall.    

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Roosevelt High School Thriller Club available for October events

Margaret Kahn, the president of the Roosevelt High School Thriller Club, says that the club is looking for haunted houses, schools, parties, festivals or trick-or-treat events that will need entertainment this fall. The RHS Thriller Club is comprised of approximately twenty students that learn and perform Michael Jackson’s Thriller dance in full zombie regalia. In addition to performing at events, the students participate in a yearly worldwide simultaneous Thriller dance that has broken world records. The group is available on Friday afternoons, Friday evenings and weekends during October, 2011. There is a negotiable $25 charge per performance. For more information, contact Margaret at  madgetown [at] gmail.com.

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Free outdoor contra dances planned for Green Lake Park

Three free outdoor contra dances are planned this summer. Dance instruction will be provided, and all dancers are welcome. There will be an “open band” format, and musicians are asked to bring their own chairs. A battery-operated sound system will be provided for callers. The dances will take place on three Wednesday evenings, weather permitting. Participants are asked to meet at 6 p.m. for a picnic. Dancing will begin around 7 p.m. and will continue “until darkness or exhaustion sets in,” according to dance organizer Valerie Cohen. The first dance will be on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 and will be led by Mike Schuh…

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East Coast Swing and Beginning Lindy Hop classes coming to Green Lake’s eXit SPACE School of Dance

Lilli Ann Carey of Dance for Joy! wrote to let us know about two dance classes beginning tomorrow (Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010) at eXit SPACE School of Dance (414 NE 72nd St, one block east of Baskin-Robbins). Singles and couples are welcome to register.  “The classes are a wonderful way to meet people,” says Lilli Ann.  “Folks with two left feet are welcome!” There are 2-for-1 and half-price discounts for new dancers.  Register at danceforjoy.biz. 10/20- 12/1 (6 Wednesdays) 7:00-8:00 pm- Beginning East Coast Swing B Starting from scratch, learn the basics of Six-count Swing through the beginning movements of…

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