Just some updates since the February=20
e-mail:
1. Error in February dance =
e-mail: =20
There is no English Country Dancing on February 27th, =
although=20
it is shown on the calendar at the end of the e-mail. The next and last =
ECD in=20
February is on Monday the 13th.
2. This Saturday, =
February=20
11th: There is a new=20
ballroom dance club at UNLV, with open membership to =
the=20
public. The Ballroom Dance Club of Las Vegas will be =
having their=20
first dance party on Saturday, February 11, 2006, from =
2:00-=20
5:00pm in the McDermott Complex Dance Studio, Room 302. Admission is =
free.=20
When questioned whether their party would require Student ID to get =
in to,=20
Danika (the president) said dancers just have to tell the front =
desk at=20
McDermott PE that they are there for the dance =
party. Maps of the UNLV=20
campus are at: http://maps.unlv.edu/dow=
nloadPrint.html.=20
McDermott=20
PE is building 45. If you have any =
questions=20
about the dance party or the club in general, please email ballroomclublv@yahoogroups=
.com.=20
Thanks to JB for passing on the info.
3. Contra Dance Calling=20
Workshop: Some folks have expressed interest in calling=20
dances. I'll hold a calling workshop on Saturday February 25, from =
9 to 12=20
noon, in the northwest part of town. Please let me know if you are=20
interested in attending, or if this is not a good day, that you are =
interested,=20
and we'll see what would work for you. Reply by e-mail.
4. Ethnic Express's Night =
Out at=20
Magura's, the Bulgarian restaurant, 7 pm. An evening of =
tasting=20
the great Bulgarian dishes of this establishment, plus international=20
dancing. 1305 Vegas Valley Drive, east of Maryland Pkwy, between =
D.I. and=20
Karen.
4. Febraury 16th: =
Accoustic=20
Routes welcomes =
back their=20
favorite guest at An Evening with James Lee Stanley, =
Freelance=20
Human Being, Thursday, February 16th, at 8 PM at the =
Highland =
Office Center, 2753 South Highland Ave. Tickets are $11 in advance =
ordered=20
online, or $15 at the door.=20
( www.acousticroutes.com
)
Not only does James write beautiful, intelligent, well-crafted =
songs, but=20
he sings and plays the guitar so well he makes the whole thing look =
effortless!=20
In addition, he punctuates his performance with sidesplitting repartee =
between=20
numbers, as you might expect from someone who toured for several years =
as the=20
opener for comedian Stephen Wright.
As an artist, James had a Top-5 hit with Coming Out of Hiding. =
He also=20
scored the Emmy-winning Cathy specials for prime time CBS. With more =
than 20=20
albums to his credit, this remarkably talented singer-songwriter has =
garnered=20
some incredible praise over the years. FI magazine hailed his solo album =
Freelance Human Being as a masterpiece and listed it as one of the top =
200 CD's=20
of all time. James just completed a new musical, Sex and the Single Mom, =
which=20
is scheduled for release in winter of 2006.
His most recent project, a joint effort with longtime friend =
and=20
collaborator John Batdorf, is All Wood and Stones. It's a collection of =
acoustic=20
versions of classic Rolling Stones songs. The reviews have been =
outstanding and=20
all the songs have been getting great airplay, particularly on XM =
Satellite=20
Radio. The independently produced CD was also recently picked up by =
AEZRA/EMI=20
for worldwide release.
"So where have they been hiding James Lee Stanley? We could say =
that=20
James Lee Stanley is probably the last great undiscovered =
singer-songwriter in=20
America. But true as that =
may be=20
let's say something else, let's say that a diamond has been smuggled =
into the=20
wasteland=85and here is where the wasteland ends" - Tom Robbins, Author =
of Even=20
Cowgirls Get the Blues