January 23 2017--the Start of a Great Week at Modern Steps!

It's a beautiful week in Southwest Florida and we want to see you smiling!  Here are the great activities happening at Modern Steps this week that are sure to put a smile on your face:

Tonight, Monday, January 23 and next Monday, at 7pm, Jim is teaching a Technique Group Class--this is a great opportunity to learn from one of the best dance instructors in SW Florida.  Group Classes are $25 per person and there is no partner required.  All levels of dancer are welcome!

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings at 10am we hit the Barre with Eden to get those long and lovely muscles moving and grooving.  All are welcome!  Ballroom students $10/others $15.  If you are slipping in your New Year's resolutions, this is a great week to get back on track with this fun class!

Wednesday at 6pm--Attention Couples!!  Come to the first Couples' Class with Tammy!  This first class will be an Introduction to Formation Dancing and Ballroom Technique for Couples.  Come see what all the excitement is about!  All levels of dancers welcome.

Thursday Night is Girls' Night Out!  We will be meeting at Thelma Negley's home at 5:30 for a fun appetizer/potluck and a movie night!  Please call the studio for directions and let us know what you will be bringing (you know-so we don't all bring popcorn and have to send out for pizza!)  GNO is always a great time and you don't want to miss this!

And of course, be sure to come to our weekly Saturday party from 7-9pm.  Social dancing at it's best on our beautiful floor in our friendly club-style studio.  Wine, refreshments and great music always make it a happy place for friends to meet.  $15/person

PS--No group class this Saturday--Watch next week for our February Calendar when Saturday classes start again!

He Dances, He Sings, He's our very own Jim Clemens!

Sometimes we have diamonds in our very own backyard and we never really see them.  One of our shining, multi-faceted diamonds is Jim Clemens, owner and instructor at Modern Steps School of Dance.  You have probably seen Jim at the studio teaching lessons, or dancing at a competition, winning great accolades with his students and for the studio.  But you may not know that he is also a popular singer with a local group of entertainers called the Consecutones.  The trio of Jim, Antoine "Motown" Walker and Steve Fenntiman perform a wide selection of favorites from the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's and you can see them on Friday nights in July at Bill's Steak and Seafood Restaurant, located at the corner of Lakewood Blvd and Tamiami Trail East in Naples.  Not only can you get a great meal at Bill's, but you can enjoy this talented group of gentlemen as they bring back oldies and our favorite love songs from 6:30-9:30pm.
Social dancing is one of Jim's passions, and you usually see him on Friday night dancing with students at Bill's and enjoying the music from the dancer's shoes he wears so well.  He has another side that we don't see as often, but his wonderful renditions of our favorite songs are a testimony to the shiny facet that you don't want to miss on this gem we are proud to call one of ours

Jim and Tammy before the show.

Steve Fenntiman and Antoine "Motown" Walker are
the other two thirds of The Consecutones.

The Consecutones at Bill's Steak and Seafood Restaurant

In addition to enjoying the great music, friends get together to dance and enjoy an evening out at Bill's.  You will often see students and friends of Modern Steps out enjoying the music and dancing around town at various venues.  Social dancing is just that--a great way to meet friends, dance and feel the joy of the music, all wrapped up in one great package.

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