Details for FloorPlay Travel Club 1st Annual Swingin’ ‘Camp-Play’ Party

Labor Day Weekend, Friday Sept 3rd @ 3pm thru Sunday Sept 5th at 1 pm.

STRICT LIMIT OF 100 TICKETS WILL BE SOLD!

Event Wristband : $30.00/pp which includes:

* Admission to Friday Night Dance including pizza party during the dance in the Nova Family Campground Rec. Hall  (air conditioned).

* Also all of our dancing Saturday and Night.

* Breakfast Buffet in the Rec. Hall, Lunch AND Dinner cook-out on Sat, Sept. 5th. Water provided.

That’s right, we feed you all day!

* Yes, there will be chocolate involved.

* All Pool Privileges during the Event (open all night). Don’t get your shoes wet!

* Games for Prizes ( Bean Bag Toss, Horseshoes & Shuffleboard Tournament) maybe others as time permits.

This replaces the First Friday FloorPlay Dance @ the Ormond Moose Lodge.

Does Not Include: Campsites, RV Sites or Cabins.

BYOC (Bring Your Own Cooler) of Adult Beverages.

Come have fun with some friends,  breakfast, beverage, swimming, beverage, lunch, beverge, play som gams, buhvergie, have some dinner, beevergesses, titstime toooouuu….hic….uhh….whers my…dancr thingys?…… kant find my chews…….ok……..wets BuugGy!…………oooohh…birdday cak!,      oops  bervberguesse

Late night campfire, tables all around, slurred conversation, a couple burnt fingers roasting m’mallows (one guys search for sympathy), a few snores, dumb jokes everybody laughs at, someones sneakin’ off, nobody notices cause theyre all impaired….ah what the hay-ll………… bareveggies!

Should be Fun!

Mark

*** Additional details to follow ***

We have all 8 available cabins reserved for our group. Full facilities, kitchen, bath, but must bring own linens. Whoever reserves them first, secures them with a $50 deposit per night to Floorplay.

Make checks payable to:

FloorPlay Dance Club

1120 Harms Way

Pt. Orange, FL 32129

Trailer 2 – Queen, Full, 2 – Twins – (sleeps up to 8)……$81. per night

Holiday – 2 Full ……………reserved……………………………$54. pn

Supreme – 2 Full ……………………………………………………..$54. pn

Cabin 3 – Queen, Full……..reserved ……………………………$81. pn

Cabin 13 – 2 Full, 2 Twin …..reserved …………………………$81. pn

Cabin 14 –  2 Full, 1 Twin……reserved…………………………$58. pn

Cabin 15 – 2 Full, 1 Twin………reserved……………………….$58. pn

JB – Full…………………………..reserved ………………………$50. pn

**We receive a 10% discount from Campgrounds posted prices on ALL sites and Cabins.

If reserving a spot be sure to say you’re with the FloorPlay group.

I have also scouted the campground and found the best areas / sites for different types of camping. Please check the campground website for the locations and you can decide which area you like. They are a bit more either secluded, shaded &/or near our general festivities area ( 718-723 ).

The site #s are : 29A – 32, 166-171, 201,202, 206 – 209

www.novacamp.com

http://www.facebook.com/?sk=events#!/event.php?eid=133065106732457

This is week 2 to cover Nightclub 2-Step. The first half to review basics, make sure everybody’s on the same page and add a new step or two, and 2nd half to add an intermediate step and/or maybe make what youre doing work a little smoother. Open dance to follow.

Hope you will join us!

WE WILL START PROMPTLY AT 7:30

It’s a very affordable, fun night out. You get 1 ½ hrs of learning each Tuesday over 6 weeks for only $35. You can dance another couple hours to a variety of great music after class. You get 2 drinks included with the $6. club door charge. You’re having fun and making new friends while getting some terrific mind & body exercise in a friendly atmosphere, with a great group of people all learning and enjoying arguably the best social activity you could ever be a part of. Don’t just watch any longer!

Mark’s 34 years of Dance Instruction experience, approach and constant upgrading of new teaching techniques to WCS makes understanding and executing the dance easier than ever. All instruction is explained in simple terms and all of the steps are socially leadable. Marks approach is for everybody to enjoy this great Dance form without being limited to Competition rules. For the Social dancer, especially for WCS, everything should be leadable, self interpretive and FUN! This is the class for you!

WCS being the most versatile of all, as well as most fun once ‘under control’, takes a little longer to get there. We spend more time learning it because we the better you know it, the more fun it becomes.

For those who have already taken a Basics class, it’s always good as you know to repeat the class to be sure your fundamentals are strong. And you’ll always pick up some info you may have missed the first time that will continue to improve your basics. Without them everything else will end up being, and maybe has been, a struggle. Make sure you’re complimenting your partners and making your dance experience fun for you both.

Continuing classes keeps you up to date, active, the mind sharp, involved and more apt to quickly become proficient and in demand on the dance floor instead of watching everyone else having the fun. Once your Basic techniques, especially lead & follow are under control, everything else comes easy. Are all your leads precise so your partner isn’t ‘guessing’? Can you ‘read & react’ to everything without having to fake your way through it all? Floor time, attending dances and events, practice thru classes make it happen. NOBODY gets it all right away or even the first time thru the session.

We have a good and growing ‘base’ of dancers now with the local WC dance community here and the best way for it to grow as it has everywhere is thru those involved ‘spreading the word’.

The more partners we all have the better! Dancing is, and always will be a fun, healthy, social exercise for everybody to enjoy!

West Coast Swing is without question the most versatile social partner dance form there is whatever your music preference may be…

Join Marks WCS Basics 1 and add WCS to your dancing capabilities. You’ll be very glad you did! It’s smooth, it’s stylish, sexy, fun, and easier than you think….it’s whatever you want it to be…and it’s what everybody is learning and doing! No partner is necessary. Come be a part of the next dance craze!

(Private lessons and coaching are available for those who wish to compete, or just want to be very good!)

At: The Rockin Ranch – 801 S. Nova Rd. Ormond Bch., FL

Tuesdays are Swing Night at the Ranch!

Begins: Tuesday July 20th at 7:30pm till 9pm. Lots of Open dancing & practice after class.
6 weeks – only $35. per person…(save $7. over the weekly rate)
** Please come in close to 7pm the first night for sign-up before class.

Thanks for your supprt.

Hope you will join us!

Start telling your friends who’ve been waiting that WCS Basics will be starting soon!
In 2 weeks on  July 20^th – 6 weeks, $35.
Tues. July 6^th
$7. per person
7: 30 till 9 pm with lots of open dancing & practice time following
At: the Rockin Ranch, 801 S. Nova Rd., Ormond Bch., FL 32174

Tuesdays are Swing Night at the Ranch! Yet we play a wide variety of great dance music.

At the Whirl ‘n Twirl – 6949 Venture Circle, Orlando, Florida 32807
This Sat. June 19^th
Free Workshop at 7:30pm
Open dance follows till ?…..$10.

Check of the Orlando Monthly Dance page for more information

December 30, 2010 to January 2, 2011

The Best New Years Party in the ‘Best Vacation Location in the Nation’!

$125 Full Event Pass includes:

• Hosted by Robert Royston!
• All Workshops!
• Second ballroom for competitions and workshops
• New Years Eve Dinner, Dance and Show
• The Floorplay Original Dance Forum
• 3 Nights of Great Social Dancing
• Midnight Champagne Toast
• Great Pro Exhibitions
• Pizza Party

West Coast Swing Dance Competitions:

• New This Year – Pro-Am Competitions!
• The 8th Florida State Swing Dance Championship
• WSDC sanctioned Jack n’ Jills on 4 levels
• Cash prizes and Certificates awarded at each level.

Pro Staff includes so far:

• Robert Royston – Emcee
• Nicola Royston
• Mary Ann Nunez
• Michael Kielbasa
• Jen Deluca
• Danielle Blouin
• Stephen White
• Trish Berlanga

DJ’s so far:

• K-Mac (Kevin McDeed)
• April Prince

Accomodations:

• Rosen Plaza Hotel
• 9700 International Dr., Orlando, Fl. 32819 (map)
• Reservation Phone Number: (800) 627-8258 or 407-996-9700

Be sure to mention ‘Floorplay New Years Swing Vacation’ for the low rate of only $105. per night

Free Event Parking!!

Get your reservation soon,
the hotel sells out every year.

And our great staff will be on hand to make you feel welcome and comfortable!

For more information contact the event director, Mark Traynor:

• Email: mark@floorplayswing.com
• Hotline: 407-973-9674

Event tickets payable to:

Floorplay Dance Club
1120 Harms Way
Port Orange, Fl. 32129

Seats & tables assigned on first payed, first seated basis

RESERVATION FORM:
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$125. single……..$1125. reserved table of 10*……..$100. New Years Eve only

Name (s):_____________________________________________

Address: _____________________________________________

City :________________________State__________Zip________

Club Affiliate:__________________________________________

Email address:_________________________________________

Total enclosed: $_____________________

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* Reserve a table and get a single Week-End Pass, payment must be made in full.

(Please have your mail-in registrations post-marked no later than December 15th.  You may still pay at the door.)

Proud member of the World Swing Dance Council and National FastDance Association.

Mark and Trish had a good time this year seeing all their friends and performing for them. This year, Mark had Jack-N-Jill Productions as a vendor to do all the videography. This is a clip from the Exhibition & Forum DVD. In addition to Mark and Trish’s dance, all of the other professionals at the event showed their stuff and can be seen on the DVD as well. Enjoy the video.

The FloorPlay Events work because of the overall dance community’s support, our very capable staff, and most importantly because they are geared toward maximum Open Dance time and not Competitions. Yes we conduct a few and this year had about 160 total participants which helps add to the ‘show’, but this is, and always will be a ‘Party’ event with a premium on everybody dancing and having fun. Total time dedicated to competition and awards amounted once again to only about 6 hours. That’s it. And a good portion (3.5 hrs.) of that was in the afternoon and not ‘prime time’ evening dancing.

Our DJ’s play a nice variety of WCS music as well as other dances that make for a great mix and the Pro dance staff all conducted a very good variety of workshops as well and were very well attended.

Thanks to our teaching and Performing Staff Michael Kielbasa, Jen Deluca, always a delight to have, in putting on a great show along with our other Professionals from around Florida, Danielle Blouin, Trish Berlanga and John & Mary Jane Harris and for their very well attended and received workshops along with judging some very closely contested competitions. Thank you also to Rodney Moore & Joanna Matsis from New Zealand for adding to our show on New Years Eve with some East Coast/Lindy and conducting a workshop in the same.

A Special Thanks to Nicola Royston whose professionalism, talent and beauty added class to the event, and for bringing along that ‘other guy’, her husband Robert Royston…Robert was, as he is everywhere, the consummate Professional. Always entertaining, he kept the contests running smooth and pretty close to always on time. I have great respect for his multiple abilities and he deserves the title of ‘Best in the Business”….of course he owes all of his success to Nicola. ( I think I’m off the hook now) And I’m very pleased to report that they both will be returning next year!

Kevin McDeed, April Prince and Earl Yeomans for their terrific DJ work, great mix of music and April’s choices of competition music that made it fair for all competitors. Without the DJ’s great music we would all just be ‘dancing mimes’.

And, Cherry Taylor’s Master Dancefloor was, as always, a delight to dance on.

The problems? Very few again this year. Although the first night was a little warm in the ballroom we were able to get it taken care of the rest of the way. The Rosen Plaza, though not ‘perfect’, is always accommodating to our needs and we’ll happily be returning again next year. A few leaks in the ballroom were a surprise but fortunately they were not extensive nor interfered with any of the festivities. Other than that we ran pretty smooth.

The New Years Eve dinner was tremendous as always and they again allowed us to have the pizza party inside due to some very cool weather. And, as always we provided a bottle of Champagne on every table for the midnight celebration. Every year we try and will continue to fix any problems we can to make your event experience as pleasant as possible.

I would advise those who wish to secure a table for next year to do so early this year. Several already have. With our planned expanded advertising coverage, enhanced program ( Pro-Ams to be included along with another ballroom) and upgraded online websites we expect a continued growth in attendance. Almost all events had experienced a drop in attendance this past year due primarily to the economic problems but most hope, and expect things to get much better as 2010 unfolds.

Thank you one and all for your support and helping maintain our reputation as the ‘Friendliest Club and WCS Event’ on the circuit.

And a final HUGE Thank you to our staff below whose tireless, all important contributions to the Event make it all possible:

Kevin McDeed – simply cant say enough…he’s irreplaceable…The ‘right-hand Man’ of FloorPlay…I (especially), the Club and the dance community in general owe him a great deal of gratitude…the great, constantly updated music, sound system, video screen, the Laser light system, always terrific DJ work, coordination and numerous other contributions along the way…our yearlong FloorPlay club DJ both weekly and at our big monthly dance.

Amy Palmer running the front desk (probably the most difficult job of any event) with the help of experienced Staff members Bill & Julie Galbraith ‘covering’ for any mix-ups, and coordinating the efforts of our other terrific volunteers who worked so hard…, Linda Murphy, Meagan Thomas and her mom Marilyn, Denise Kirsop, Cindy Winternitz, Janie Morningstar, Ginger Rosacia, Irene Gomulka. All of whom helped with many other things also.

Ed Sullivan & Nora Batts – taking care of Security, workshops, tickets, handling all of the informative signs posted and seeing to it everyone who entered the Ballroom felt welcomed and comfortable.

Diane Scott – who has been on staff since the beginning in many capacities and fills in anywhere needed to keep things running smooth…and me out of as much trouble as possible.

Bill Bray & Maria Hardy, staff members from the Daytona & Tampa areas who have helped greatly on our cruises as well as the event.

Tagg Leduc – FloorPlay’s newest staff member as website coordinator and Videographer whose Jack-N-Jill Productions w/ Darla Martinelli did a terrific job shooting this years event. Check their website to get a copy.

I’m sure there are several others who volunteered some of their time to help each ‘station’ and to each I say “Thank you” and sorry for not having all of your names to mention.

Next year as mentioned we return to the beautiful Rosen Plaza and will begin the Event again on New Years Eve (friday) and continue thru Sunday night Jan. 2nd. (Although there may be an ‘Early Bird’ Dance Thursday evening). We have lots of ideas on how to continue to add to the event experience to keep it fresh and ‘unpredictable’. Beginning with the addition of Pro/Am Competitions.

HOPE YOU’LL JOIN US!

Thank You All.
Sincerely,
Mark Traynor
FloorPlay Club Director

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Feliz Navidad, Mele Kalikimaka, Buone Natale, Happy Kwanza, Joyeux Noel, Froehliche Weihnachten, God Jul, Srozhdestoom Kristovym”…( I’m sure I missed several, sorry )

Hope you can join us for our FloorPlay Holidays Dance this Friday, December 4^th, as we will host our newest monthly Dance for the Fun Coast area!  Lots of prize drawings and chances for a yearly pass.  The Moose Lodge in Ormond Bch. is a great place to get together, have some fun, socialize and dance every month in a safe, smoke free atmosphere. And yes, they have a bar with reasonably priced drinks.

We have been approved to bring in ‘snack’ type foods to share. This means desserts generally – cakes, cookies, brownies etc. No wings, sandwiches, Swedish meatballs or pizza etc. So thank you in advance for anyone who wishes to participate.

Hope you will join us!

There will be a NC2 class (know the few basics) at 7:30pm. Dance immediately following till 11:00…ish…good mix of music for many dances

$10. admission includes workshop at the Moose Family Center – 601 W. Granada Blvd. in Ormond Beach

***From Orlando take I4 to I95 North…proceed about 4-5 miles to Ormond Beach, Granada Blvd., Rt. 40 exit. Turn right on 40 heading east and proceed about 4 miles to the Moose lodge on the left.

*** From Palm Coast, Jax direction…same exit from I95