Attend a Line Dance Class!
At the bottom of this page, there is a detailed explanation of what you can expect from our Monday night class at Friendly Tavern. Just to give you an idea of how I run my classes...
Learn or Practice at Home!!!
Instructional Videos and Step Sheets!
Just click on the link for Instructional Videos to your left!! And get started right now!! This is only the beginning as it is my hope to have ALL our favorite and new dance instructions on video to help you!!!
Personalized DVDs
I will make you a DVD of the dances you want to learn!!
5 dances on a DVD - $10
10 dances on a DVD - $20
Private Lessons!!
I do offer private lessons. They are $25 an hour (for up to 3 people) if I can do them in my home. I charge a little more if I have to travel...depending on the distance. Here is what a couple of my private lesson students had to say about her experience! :)
I just finished Dancing With Patti, and I am positively thrilled. I have never been a dancer, and just trying to “pick-it-up” at the clubs was not working for me. The lessons have completely changed me! I have a clear idea of what I was doing wrong, and Patti’s patient instruction breaks each new dance down to the “newbie” level. Now, I have the confidence to dance, and try new steps. Thanks Patti!!
I just had my first private line dance lesson today and it was great! I'd highly recommend getting a private lesson to anyone who's struggling and especially for beginners like me. She was very patient and made sure to answer everything I had questions about. I am very excited to see how I do at the group classes now, and I feel much more confident now that I have a better understanding of the basic steps. For anyone having trouble or who is just starting out, getting some one on one guidance can really give you a boost, and Patti is an excellent teacher!
Private and Corporate Parties!!
How much fun to get a goup of your friends or co-workers together for a Line Dance Party!! This can be a fantastic Team Building activity as well!! Prices vary depending on what level of instruction is desired....let's talk about it!!
How I run my Classes~~
So...you'll know what to expect...
We have approximately a 2 hour class for line dancing on Mondays. I don't teach couples dances but Steve (and some of our other dancers who like couples dancing) stay after class and help people who want to learn or practice some basic couples dances. There are impromtu line dance lessons after 8:30 as well! People who are there very generously share what they know with new folks! So, if there are dances you are strugglin' with, staying after class just might get you a personal lesson from one of our more experienced dancers!!
During the actual class, I usually do an in-depth teach on 1 or 2 beginner dances. This is where I take my time and do alot of repetitions of the "verses" of 8 counts of the dance. We take time to work through the trickier parts of the dance. We then dance the dance to music and I try to always dance the dance again before the end of the night. There is no way to really learn the dances except through repetition. And practice. After I've taught a dance 2 (maybe 3) times, it then goes into the "open dance" rotation. That means I no longer spend much time breaking down the steps...we just put the music on and everyone does their best on the ones they know.
We have MANY, MANY dances that we've learned over the past year plus, so I can't do them all each Monday night. I try to rotate the favorites around...and if you let me know if there is one you want to be sure to do, email me and I'll make sure it gets on my schedule for the next Monday.
At 7:00ish, I also do an in-depth teach on a harder dance. Beginners are always welcome to attempt these dances 'cause you never know, you might just pick it up. But, often times, these dances can be a bit much for newbies. And, that's OK. That's a good time for you to hit the bar, get a snack...whatever.
Later in the evening, I often pick a dance that we've done before to do a "review". I don't do the kind of in-depth teach on it that I do the others. If ya don't know the dance at all, chances are that the review won't be enough for you to get it....or maybe it will.
Often I will do a "one wall walk through" of some dances. These are not designed to really teach the dance...but to kind of jump start dancers brains on which dance it is. (It is VERY normal to not remember from week to week!!)
Most all the dances we do have Instructional Videos on the "Instructional Video" page and so if you have a good internet connection, you can view teaches of them online. Or...you can order a DVD of the ones you really wanna learn.
It is my hope that I can provide creative ways for dancers to learn the dances they want to learn!! But, the motivation to hang in there and the showin' up to class have to come from you. :)
When in doubt, just DANCE~~
