Today Bees’ Knees Dance is participating in a special one-day offer through Groupon. This was a little experiment and it’s proving to be wildly popular! It’s 2:20pm and we’ve had nearly 250 passes sold. And there’s still 9 hours remaining! Unbelievable!

The Groupon-coupon is designed for new students who are absolutely Beginners. We look forward to making the new people feel welcome in the non-intimidating and fun way that we believe in at Bees’ Knees Dance.

How Groupon works:

1. Each day they feature something cool to do at an unbeatable price.
2. You only get it if enough people join that day… so invite your friends!
3. Check back the next day for another awesome Groupon!

http://www.groupon.com/deals/bees-knees-dance/posts

Well a lot of people seem to want to learn to Swing Dance – who can blame them? – so this is working out really well. Get ready for a busy fall at the studio, and welcome to all of our new dancers!

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I’m helping to recruit for some ESL Instructor positions in Korea. Having danced and taught Lindy Hop in Korea, and also having taught ESL abroad in a city with a growing Lindy Hop community (St. Petersburg, Russia) I can attest that this is a terrific ch

Please spread the word! Exciting opportunities available for Lindy Hoppers, or for the energetic friends of Lindy Hoppers.

Teach English in Korea!

Did you know that Korea has one of the biggest Lindy Hop scenes in the world? That’s one of the reasons why we think swing dancers would really excel in one of these teaching roles.

We are looking for Native English speakers to teach English in Korea.

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Job Description:
* 2.1 to 2.5 million KRW ($2,000 ~ $2,300 CDN/Mon)
* Accommodation provided
* Round trip airfare to and from your Korea will be provided by the employer. (After successful completion of 1year contract, return ticket will be provided.)

*Location: Seoul or Kyung-gi do(1 hr from Seoul)
*Age of students: 5 to 10 yrs old
*School type: private language school
* Extra overtime payment
* 50% of medical insurance reimbursement

Requirements .Bachelor’s degree

* Korean Embassies ask for official bachelor degree transcripts to apply for E2Visa. .Native English speakers from U. S. A., Canada, U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Irelands, or South Africa only according to the Korea government’s immigration policy. .No criminal record

* Submission of Criminal Record Check is required to get a VISA from the Korean Government

* Flexibility in locations.

For more information, please contact Mandi: info@beeskneesdance.com or visit our Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=140894605927531&v=info&ref=ts

https://www.beeskneesdance.com

Hello friends!

I’m pretty excited to be doing the choreography for a show at this year’s Toronto Fringe Festival!

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For Immediate Release:
Please add to your listings/announcements

From the folks who brought you All Hams on Deck
Brock & John Productions presents:
Joe White and the Seven Divorcées
a new musical comedy
book by John Mitchell
music & lyrics by Brock Simpson

Joe White and the Seven Divorcées is the story of an innocent confronting jealousy, a mirror, a poisoned apple, and seven seriously unhappy women. Joe’s father wants to kill him. The divorcées want to help him. Ultimately, Joe must find his own destiny.

The cast features two of the final five contestants in How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? – Janna Polzin and Marisa McIntyre. Marisa graced the Toronto stage in Mamma Mia and is joined by fellow alumni Denise Oucharek, Nadine Roden, Nicole Robert and Graham Coffeng, who plays the title character. Denise and Janna were recently in the run of The Sound of Music, Janna as the Maria alternate. Rounding out the musical veterans is Opera Atelier favourite Curtis Sullivan, also known to Toronto audiences for his role in Sondheim’s Passion.

They are joined by film and television veterans Jeanie Calleja and Catherine Bruhier. Jeanie is best known to Toronto audiences for her work in the comedy troupe The GTOs (nominated for a Canadian Comedy award) and the shows The Trial Of Thumbelina & Pond Life with her husband Gord Rand. Catherine is best know for her role in the internationally syndicated show Due South and as co-host on Polka Dot Door, as well as her theatre work across Canada, most notably in Toronto in Andrew Moodie’s Riot. Also in the cast is Jonathan Crombie, who most recently played Man in Chair on Broadway and in the first national tour of The Drowsy Chaperone. He is also known for his television work in Slings & Arrows and the Anne of Green Gables series of telefilms
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Brock Simpson & John Mitchell were a popular musical comedy duo in the 90’s. Their first show was at the 1991 Fringe, An Evening With Brock & John. They have since collaborated on several musicals, including: Honest Ed, The Bargain Musical (with Drowsy Chaperone lyricist Lisa Lambert), People Park (2000 Fringe), and All Hams On Deck (chosen one of the outstanding productions of the 2005 SummerWorks Festival, which included Jeanie Calleja and Jonathan Crombie in the cast).

Brock Simpson’s critically acclaimed musical This Could Be Love (directed by Mitchell) garnered a Dora
nomination for lead actress Krista Sutton. It was remounted at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, and was recently produced at Lunchbox Theatre in Calgary. Simpson has written several musicals for the Fringe, most recently Lust Labour’s Lost. Mitchell was instrumental in the initial creative development of The Drowsy Chaperone and originated the role of The Groom. He went on to become associate director in charge of musical staging for two Toronto productions, including the Mirvish production under director Daniel Brooks. Mitchell is currently finishing production on his first documentary (with collaborator Jonathan Crombie), Waiting For Ishtar.

Joe White and the Seven Divorcées
presented by Brock & John Productions
as part of The Toronto Fringe Festival

Book by John Mitchell, Music & Lyrics by Brock Simpson
produced by John Mitchell and MK Piatkowski
Directed by John Mitchell, Musical Direction by Brock Simpson

The Bathurst St Theatre
736 Bathurst (the SW corner of Bathurst and Lennox)

Wednesday June 30 @ 10:30pm
Saturday July 3 @ 11pm
Monday July 5 @ 4:45pm
Wed July 7 @ 9:15pm
Thurs July 8 @ 1:45pm
Friday July 9 @ noon
Saturday July 10 @ 7:30pm

All tickets $10 at the door, or book in advance by calling the Fringe Hotline at 416.966.1062 or online at www.fringetoronto.com
Fringe Passes are also available after June 5, 2010, for more info visit www.fringetoronto.com

For show info please visit www.joewhite7.com

Media Contact:

Brock & John representative: jmit65@gmail.com, 416.921.5623 or
Fringe representative: fringe@flip-publicity.com, 416.533.7710 X231

Swinging on the 24th!
Celebrate Saint-Jean-Baptist Day with Swing!

• Dancing in the street with Bees’ Knees Dance! All welcome! We’ll be dancing from about 1pm to 3pm. Join us!
  
• “Faceination”, amazing make-up artists from Montreal doing some very special face and body paint from noon until about 6pm
• The amazing and talented Sean Byfield will demo some Hip-Hop and engage people from the street.

And at night: 8pm at the Heliconian club there will be a wonderful performance by “Les Imporsteures” de Montréal.  This is a band extraordinaire made up of 4 musicians and singers who will invite us to swing along during a wonderful concert followed by a bar, noshes and CDC sales.

All day activities are Free of Charge and the special concert is just $20/person!

For more info:

–   Maquilleuses – http://www.faceination.com

– Chanteuses – http://www.christinetassanetlesimposteures.com/index.htm

– Musiciens – Jacques Mindreau (violon)/Ronen Segall (accordéon)