Bolo Newsletter – November 22

 

 

This Weekend at  Club Bolo

Friday

 

 

7 pm- 8pm: classes

Beginner Class: Urban Life, teacher: Marc
Review: What Makes You Country

Intermediate Class: Turn Me Loose, teacher: René
Review: Half Past Tipsy

 

8pm – 10:30pm: dance evening

 

Management: Dorian
Reception: Pierre
Bar: Josée & Jocelyn
DJ: René

 

List of dances, videos, step sheets for the fall session:  clubbolo.com/danses/

Sunday: Challenge Workshop

1:30 pm- 4:30pm: Hillbilly Girl, teacher: René

Wanted

Wanted: 6 dancers (intermediate level) for performance and coaching. The teachers (Paul and Diane) will do the animation and dance classes for UBISOFT. The event takes place Friday, December 6, at TAZ, 8931 Papineau Ave., Montreal, from 8pm to 11pm. There will be 2,500 participants. We’ll be dancing to our own music (a playlist will be prepared for the event). It’ll be similar to what we’ve already done on the Esplanade de la Place des Arts, with our own music and DJ. Monetary compensation will be awarded to dancers and teachers. To participate, please contact Diane at
vice-president@clubbolo.com Cell. 514.942.8832

Upcoming Events
Christmas Party: Saturday, December 7
Salle Rougier at the Union française de Montréal, 429, rue Viger Est, Montréal (QC) H2L 2N9

On the menu:
– Starter: Gemelli pasta salad with green peas, celery, red onions, cranberries, fresh mint, parsley and basil pesto
– Main course: Whole turkey, brown sauce and cranberry jelly with orange and rosemary OR Cannelloni stuffed with sweet potatoes and mushrooms
– Dessert: Holiday cake and coffee

Party starts at 7:30 p.m. Surprises, door prizes and dancing until midnight.
Cash bar on site. Tickets on sale here: clubbolo.com/en/tickets/

IAGLCWDC Convention in Reno, Nevada, USA – October 9 to 12, 2025

Club Bolo has been a member of the International Association of Gay and Lesbian Country and Western Dance Clubs (http://iaglcwdc.org) for over twenty-five years.  Each year the association holds a convention that is hosted by the member clubs.  Club Bolo hosted the association twice, once in 2003 and then in 2015.  Throughout the years we have always attended the conventions with anywhere from one to 25 attendees and we have always had a great time!

The 30th annual convention of the International Association of Gay/Lesbian Country-Western Dance Clubs (IAGLCWDC) is being hosted by the Sundance Association (San Francisco) and the International Gay Rodeo Association in Reno, Nevada, October 9 – 12, 2025. They will have four nights of dancing in up to two rooms, three days of dance workshops in up to three rooms, dance exhibition performances, and more!

Here are some of the highlights of what is planned:

    • Four nights of dancing, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We will have a second room open for line dancing and west coast swing on Friday and Saturday nights, or possibly all four nights, depending on attendance.
    • Late-night west coast swing Friday and Saturday nights.
    • Dance workshops in three rooms running simultaneously during the day Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
    • Premium (small-group) workshops in a fourth room.
    • IAGLCWDC dance contest Friday evening at 7:00 pm.
    • IAGLCWDC delegates and general membership meetings, times TBD.
    • Possible women’s/trans/nonbinary social and Stompede reunion social TBD.
    • Screening of the documentary: Last Dance at the Sundance Stompede.
    • World Gay Rodeo Finals all day Saturday and Sunday
    • The Great Italian Festival all day Saturday and Sunday

Registration is planned to open in January 2025.

Hotel

There are two host hotels that are interconnected, Circus Circus and Silver Legacy, part of a trio of hotels collectively known as “The Row.” The Row offers 25 restaurants, 23 bars and lounges, entertainment venues, 11 nightspots, immense casino spaces, and a luxury spa, all right in the heart of the Biggest Little City in the World.

    • Circus Circus offers rates of $39 We-Th-Su and $119 Fr-Sa.
    • Silver Legacy offers rates of $49 We-Th-Su and $149 Fr-Sa for a deluxe room and $169 Fr-Sa for a premium room (higher floor).
    • Rates listed do not include a discounted $25 “resort” fee (normally $35), $3 city tourism fee, and 13.5% tax.
    • A refundable deposit for the first night will be charged immediately.
    • Cancel without penalty up to 48 hours prior to arrival.

All of the dancing will take place in the ballrooms of the Silver Legacy. Circus Circus is only a few minutes’ walk away via an internal walkway.

Hotel reservations are open now!

Workshops

There will be three rooms of workshops running simultaneously during the day on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. They are planning instruction for all levels, from beginning to advanced, and all kinds of dance styles, including two-step, waltz, east coast swing, west coast swing, line dancing, and more.

For further information you can go to the Sun Dance Association web page (https://sundancesaloon.org/reno.html) where you will find more details including the link to reserve a hotel room.

If you have any questions or inquiries do not hesitate to ask at info@clubbolo.com or at the Club on a Friday night.

Alan Gaudet

President

Club Bolo