Winter Wonderland Blues 2023

Winter Wonderland Blues
14.12.-17.12.2023
Erlangen, Germany

 

Winter Wonderland Blues is an event where Blues dancers come together to improve their dancing and enjoy each others company in a festive atmosphere, We want to celebrate our reunion, dance together and enjoy a wonderful feast.

For teaching we present to you the amazing Vicci & Adamo, two of the best Blues dance teachers in Europe.

Come and celebrate with us in Erlangen!

Yours,
Kim, Andreas and Veronika for the 1. Boogie Woogie Club Nürnberg e.V.

 

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT:

  • The most cozy Blues dance event you can imagine to end the year with wonderful people
  • 5 hours of Blues dance classes by your finest teachers Vicci & Adamo
  • 4 parties with the best Blues dancing and live music including a festive banquet
  • Lots of mulled wine, christmas cookies and other festive treats
  • 4 local christmas markets including the famous Christkindls Markt in central Nuremberg

 

REGISTRATION

Registration will open here Sunday the 24th September 2023 at 19:00 (CET)

FESTIVE BANQUET AND PARTIES

Join us on Saturday for a grand holiday banquet. There will be Blues dancing with live music and amazing international DJs.

  • amazing holiday food (buffet that serves all food restrictions)  
  • a festive atmosphere in a beutful wine cellar
  • live music 
  • included in all passes

There are even more parties that you can look forward to:

  • Thursday 14.12. – House preparty at Andreas‘ place (max 20 people so please register)
  • Friday 15.12. – Big Reuninon party
  • Sunday 17.12. – Cozy, snuggly Fare well party

TRACKS

Two Blues dance workshop tracks with 5 hours of classes each are waiting for you at Winter Wonderland Blues:

  • Intermediate track
  • Advanced track.

What track is the right one for me?

Our teachers have provided a guideline for you to determine where you are standing:

Intermediate:

You have taken blues classes before, dance blues socially and have attended a few (or more) workshops. You’re ready to develop your understanding of the blues, improve your technique and widen your dancing vocabulary!

Advanced:

You go to regular blues classes, have attended international workshops and you dance blues regularly. You have a sound understanding of the blues and solid technique and you’re ready for more!

What do I do if I am a beginner?

We recommend, get yourself a Party ticket and book a private class with Vicci and/or Adamo. When you are at the beginning of your journey into Blues dancing having a private class with lots of personal feedback from these great teachers will bring you from zero to hero.

Privates can be booked in the registration form.

TEACHERS

From https://www.adamoandvicci.com/about-us/ about Vicci Moore and Adamo Ciarallo:

Adamo

(is dedicated to nurturing, developing, and promoting the blues scene in Europe. Thanks to his impressive linguistic abilities he can offer classes in English, Spanish, Italian and (passable) French!

Adamo has a professional qualification in teaching adults and he sees his role as teacher to facilitate the classroom in response to learner’s needs, enabling all students to achieve their potential. His classes focus on highlighting the relationship between the dancers and the music and the importance of personal expression and creativity.

He loves social dancing, teaching, competing, and listening to music, and spends his ‘spare’ time reading and learning about the history of the dance forms he loves so much.  What makes Adamo’s dancing life worthwhile is the commitment, enthusiasm, and energy of his students and everybody else in what he describes as “this beautiful community of dancers”.

In addition to teaching classes around the globe Adamo is the co-founder and organiser of The Blues Room online dance school, Bluesology Teacher Training (Valencia, Spain) , The Jump dance training (Valencia, Spain), Good Time Blues Fest (Guglionesi, Italy) and co-organiser of ESpanish Blues Festival (Madrid, Spain).

 

Vicci

(pronounced Vicky, but spelt strangely!) is a professional dancer, specialising in blues dance.

Whether it is doing it, teaching it, watching it, researching it, performing it, filming it or talking about it, there is nothing Vicci loves more in the world than dancing! She trained in a number of solo dances before discovering partner dancing in her twenties, has a diploma in Anatomy and Physiology, a first class honours degree in Dance and Choreography, accredited training in teaching adults and a Masters degree in Education.

Vicci demonstrates this wealth of experience and knowledge in her classes, where she strives to help her students become ‘thinking dancers’, giving them the tools to create and improvise, and find their own voice in the dance.

In addition to teaching classes around the globe Vicci is the co-founder and organiser of The Blues Room online dance school, Bluesology Teacher Training (Valencia, Spain), The Jump dance training (Valencia, Spain), and co-organisers of ESpanish Blues Festival (Madrid, Spain).

As a teacher not from the African American culture that created Blues dance, Vicci is dedicated to educating herself about the history, cultural values and the social context of the dance in order to honour the art form and the people who created it. She strives to pass on what she learns in every class, as well as in her ‘Discover The Blues‘ blog.

SCHEDULE

We are currently only offering a rough schedule. More details and items will follow soon:

Thursday
Evening – Pre-Houseparty in Erlangen

Friday
During the day – get together with mulled wine drinking at the christmas market
Evening – Big Reuninon Blues Party in Erlangen

Saturday
Late morning to early afternoon – Advanced level Blues classes with Vicci and Adamo
Lunch – (Order in registration form)
Afternoon – Intermediate level Blues classes with Vicci and Adamo
Evening – Festive banquet with party afterwards with live music

Sunday
Late morning to early afternoon – Intermediate level Blues classes with Vicci and Adamo
Lunch – (Order in registration form)
Afternoon – Advanced level Blues classes with Vicci and Adamo
Evening – Cozy fare well party

FOOD

Festive Dinner

The festive dinner will be a buffet. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free food options will be included.

During all parties we will be offering a selection of mulled wine, christmas cookies and other festive treats.

Lunch catering

In addition to the festive dinner you have the option to order a catered lunch during the registration for Saturday and/or Sunday. This will give you more time to rest and hang out with the other participants during the break time. Each day you get a small salad to your menu.

On Saturday options are:
   1. Pumpkin curry with different vegetables and basmati rice (vegan+gluten free)
or: 2. Spinach-goat cheese strudel in creamy tomato sauce (vegetarian)
On Sunday options are:
   1. Ratatouille with Polenta (vegan+gluten free)
or: 2. Vegetarian Lasagne with mozarella (vegetarian)

VENUES AND TRAVEL

All venues of the event are in Erlangen, Germany.
We recommend to find accomodation in Erlangen in the rough center. We also offer ~20 spots for hosting (people on helper tickets will be favored).
It is possible to book a room in the Hotel Bayerischer Hof, where the banquet and Saturday party will be.
The closest hubs for transport are Erlangen train station and Nuremberg airport.

Workshops will take place at:

Sunday morning workshops: Kulturforum Logenhaus, Universitätsstraße 25, Erlangen
Parties

COSTS

We are keeping costs as low as possible to enable as many of you to attend. This is a non-profit event, so all proceedings go into it.
180€ full pass (including 5 hours of classes, all parties and the Saturday banquet)
150€ low income ticket and price for members of the 1. Boogie Woogie Club Nürnberg e.V. (includes all items from the full pass)
75€ helper tickets (a subsidized ticket that includes all items of the full pass, for people otherwise not be able to attend. We expect holders of helper tickets to help more than other participants during the event.)
90€ party pass (all items of full pass except the classes. It also includes the Saturday banquet)

Refunds

We can refund up to 50% of the Full Pass up until the 31.10.2023 if you cancel until then. After that point we cannot provide any refund for Full Passes, but you are welcome to sell the ticket to another person and contact us with their information. Also we might be able to find you someone who needs a ticket.

Party Passes cannot be refunded at all, but can also be given to another person. Money for catering can be fully refunded if you cancel before the 31.10.2023. After that point we cannot refund any money for catering.

Code of Conduct

Have you read about our values in our dancing scene and how we wish to create a welcoming and safe environment for all dancers?
thatswing.de/code-of-conduct

CONTACT

Do you have any questions, ideas or suggestions? Please let us know and send an email to: blues(at)boogie-woogie-club-nuernberg.de

This event is presented by
1. Boogie Woogie Club Nürnberg

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