St. Louis Ballroom Dancers » Dancers in the Wild http://stlbd.org Promoting amateur ballroom dancing in St. Louis since 1986! Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:55:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 April showers… http://stlbd.org/2010/04/april-showers/ http://stlbd.org/2010/04/april-showers/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:35:36 +0000 jason http://stlbd.org/?p=144 The weather is warming, nature is in full bloom, it’s a perfect time to dance… outside.  The St. Louis area is a rarity in the United States.  We have large, active ballroom, latin, and swing groups that infiltrate and accentuate the various other cultural events St. Louis has to offer.  Of those offerings, the wineries in the Augusta / Defiance and Ste Genevieve areas serve up a plethora of opportunities for a relaxing weekend.

What You’ll Find

Great wines, relaxing atmospheres, live music, and lots of smiles

What You Won’t Find

Large, wooden floors, or strict tempo ballroom music

About the Music

The majority of the music at the various wineries in the area is going to be by local folk bands who play a mixture of rock, country, bluegrass, and pop hits from the 60′s, 70′s, 80′s, and sometimes 90′s.  Occasionally you will find someone as popular as Hudson and the Hoo Doo Cats making an appearance.  It’s doubtful that you will be exercising your waltz or fox trot skills, but you can often find people swing dancing, will sometimes see a rumba, cha cha, or mambo, and the occasional meringue will even surface.

Popular Hot Spots with Live Music Regularly

  • Sugar Creek (http://www.sugarcreekwines.com/)
  • Blumenhof (http://www.blumenhof.com/)
  • Mount Pleasant (http://www.mountpleasant.com/)
  • Montelle (http://www.montelle.com/)

Personally, I’ve had the most dancing luck at Blumenhof, though Sugar Creek has live music (and my favorite wine) nearly every weekend during the season.

Be sure to call ahead or check out web sites before embarking if dancing is your goal.

]]> http://stlbd.org/2010/04/april-showers/feed/ 0 Show Me St. Louis Segment http://stlbd.org/2010/01/show-me-st-louis-segment/ http://stlbd.org/2010/01/show-me-st-louis-segment/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:18:37 +0000 jason http://dev.stlbd.org/?p=35 A few of the club members recently appeared you KSDK’s Show Me St. Louis to talk a bit about the club and show off some of their skills.  You can read the write-up on KSDK’s web site by clicking here, and see the video below:

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