JANUARY, 2010 EVENTS AND CLASSSES

FIRST NIGHT BLOG A behind the scenes look at First Night 2010!

Click on the link Dec. 28: New Soul Line Dancing in the Steel City

New Year’s Eve December 31, 2009

Pittsburgh’s Largest Soul Line Dance Party

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:30 - 8:00 pm and 8:45 – 9:15 pm

Location: 9th and Penn Parking Lot Downtown (Outside)
Genre: Dance

Age Group: Everyone

Join Roland Ford and the Soul of Pittsburgh Steppers for fun and exercise with music and dance. No experience or special skills needed. Great fun for all ages. We will teach you each dance step by step, including the Steel City Slide, created especially for First Night. You’ll be amazed at what you can do!

A First Night Button is your passport to all of the wonderful things this night has to offer. Buttons are available for $8 at the Box Office at Theater Square (655 Penn Avenue), online at pgharts.org, and at participating Giant Eagle stores. Kids 5 and under are admitted free.

For information, please call Roland 412-225-9190

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Smooth Jazz Friday’s New Year’s Day Event

Make plans to come out and celebrate with Club Duo on
New Year’s Day at Smooth Jazz Fridays, January 1, 2010!

Holiday Inn University Center Oakland

Check out Live jazz with Hubb’s Groove from Cleveland, OH.

Sly Jock on the one’s and two’s

Roland Ford & Soul line dancing starts the evening at 8:00 pm

Admission: $10

Friday evening January 1


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The Schenley Annual All Class Reunion

Saturday, January 2, 2010 .

9:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

New Greater Pittsburgh Coliseum

7310 Frankstown Avenue in Homewood

Donation $15- tickets can be purchased at the door.

BYOB. DJ-Sly Jock.

Soul line dancers and Detroit Ballroomers will be in the house.

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Project HealThy Self 2010

Step In The Name of Life

Click on the Facebook link

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=220492816234#/group.php?gid=226573307247&ref=mf

Join the MOVEment
Take Steps to Accelerate (XLR8) A Healthier Lifestyle!
No special training needed to start.
Just a desire and determination to improve your health in 2010.

Free to join but you will need to invest in a good quality durable pedometer
Count every step each day and make every step count.

Be willing to participate as a member of a TEAM and be willing to share your results with team partners. Get up and Move every day – Walk, Run, Dance, Bike, Swim

We will share information on:
diet, nutrition, exercise, strength and flexibility, cardio and resistance training, illness and injury prevention, skin and hair care, motivation, etc.

Benefits: look and feel better, reduce stress, gain self-confidence, reduce the severity of illnesses, improve strength and stamina, lose weight and inches.
Have fun and get fitter.

For information and registration contact:
Roland Ford (412) 225-9190 or rollinstone352@live.com

Registration forms and info available on Saturday January 2, 2009
See Roland at the Wilkins School Community Center
7604 Charleston Ave, Swissvale PA
between Noon and 4:00 pm

or with Project Partners/Advisos
Leslie Askerneese
at The Ultimate Beauty Spa
2015 Murray Ave, Squirrel Hill 412-421-7100

ROLAND FORD, THE DANCING DJ, MAKES THE NEWS!!

Soul Pitt Congratulates Pittsburgh's own Roland Ford who we all know as the man that keeps us dancing, aka the "Dancing DJ", the man who has everyone in Pittsburgh line dancing, for his upcoming award nomination at The 2nd ANNUAL "I AM KENNY J" R&B/SOUL LINE DANCE SYMPOSIUM * COMPETITION AND SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS CEREMONY on August 28 & 29 at the Holiday Inn Select in CLAYMONT, DELAWARE.
This will be A fun filled weekend of R&B/Soul Line Dancing highlighting an All-Star Instructor line up from across the United States.

This year's nominees are....
Aline Goodman and 381 Productions out of Philadelphia, PA
Jamie Gant - Step in The Name of Life out of Miami Florida
Roland Ford - Pittsburgh Soul Line Dancing with Roland Ford out of Pittsburgh, PA

Congrats and Good Luck Roland!

Today is the first day of the rest of my life

Yesterday October 4, 2008 was my birthday. I have just turned 60 years young. Yes, that's right, I said young! I still feel like I am in my 30's (many people have remarked that I still maintain a very youthful appearance). I have tried to live a healthy lifestyle and that has paid big dividends for me in the way I look and feel.



For me living a healthy lifestyle has always included the basics: eating lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, drinking lots of water, and engaging in some form of exercise on a regular basis. I have been an avid runner for over 30 years and I've participated in all kinds of races and running events from races on the track to the marathon. In the last couple of years I have developed a new passion - soul line dancing.



I did not know that there was such a huge variety of interesting and exciting dances out there until I was invited by a friend from my running team to join her at a class almost two years ago. Since then I discovered with soul line dancing that I can maintain a very high level of fitness with much less wear and tear on my body than other forms of exercise. I'm told that we can burn between 250 and 300 calories in one hour of dancing. I've also found soul line dancing to be a lot of fun and very enjoyable and the fun and enjoyment gets multiplied when dancing with a group.



Now we are adding one or two new dances a week to the 80 plus dances we are teaching in classes and events in Pittsburgh. And we have started to network with people in other cities and states around the country who enjoy soul line dancing as much as we do. It has grown to the point locally where we now DJ a lot of our own events so that we can keep the vibe going with so many great new dances.



We would love to hear from you about your experiences with soul line dancing. We will soon post videos and photos of dances we are doing in the 'Burgh. We are very interested in knowing what some of the hottest and most popular soul line dances are in your area. We want to establish links with dance groups in other cities.



You can see some of the dances we do in Pittsburgh on our new website which is still very much a work in progress: Rolandfordlinedancing.com.



In the meantime remember to "love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching."



Roland Ford - The Dancing DJ