Archive for the ‘Cat's Corner’ Category

Cat’s Corner in the Montreal La Presse

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

Last Friday, Cat’s Corner was featured in a full page article in La Presse, in the Arts and Entertainment section.

Marie-Hélène Papillon, the writer of the article, is very involved in the Montreal social dancing community, and her monthly articles are doing wonders to revive the social partner dancing scene in the city.

Thank you Marie-Hélène!

Class review video for Intro to Swing August 13th, 2007

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

Class review for our 4th week of Intro to Swing at Cat’s Corner. The slower song is “I’ve heard that song before” by Harry James on Trumpet Blues and the second/faster song is “Viper’s Moan” by Willie Bryant.

Teaching the Big Apple jazz routine at Sunday open practice

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Last weekend, we had a great open practice at Cat’s. A lot of students showed up - it was fun!

Yoann brought his copy of Steven Mitchell’s “Going to Church” DVD, so Marie and Amanda learnt one of his groovy jazz routines.

We also did two Big Apples, and then ended up teaching the abbreviated version (la petite pomme as we call it here in Montreal) to some of the students. It was cool! If you want to see the full version, check out this clip from Keep Punchin’.