New Orleans Clandestino Recess
New Orleans, LA
April 15th - 17th, 2016
REGISTRATION OPEN!
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Picture this: A bus load of blues and fusion dancers descend upon New Orleans. The Smoking Time Jazz Club, Bon Bon Vivant, and other local musicians conspire for a weekend of swinging, stomping, and groovingly good times. A vintage ballroom ornamented with crushed velvet and peeling plaster walls welcomes you to a weekend unlike any other. A late night warehouse fills with impromptu music jams and DJs from around the country. Hidden dance parties nestle themselves in City Park. We dance through the streets. We boil crawfish. We second line in a parade before swing dancing to our hearts content or tangoing to nuevo and alternative tandas in a classy Jazz venue.
Recess dance events are beginning to span the globe with a Do-It-Ourselves community structure of cooking for each other, skill sharing, and creating and tearing down venue spaces. Usually put on outside of city landscapes, we are leaving the forests and mountains for New Orleans' special ambiance and musical spirit.
Here’s some video tasters to inspire and entice. Past all “forms” of dancing, we look forward to bringing our communities together to rejoice in the connection and love of music, dance, and, well, letting the good times roll!
Blues:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pooeS-nu1GM&index=3&list=LL4wbg8O2sNxEHa7lbqP4JSQ
Fusion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcHzVmMLBEk&list=PLWUa-hHu9mLrWIhaLwnmo5z7b__w6Pdoz&index=7
Swing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kkt1EL0XaQ
Alt Tango:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbt0cVqCycU
Everything Else:
This will be an all levels, all dancers kind of event. Bring your own dance, what inspires you, and get ready to get down!!
Recess dance events are beginning to span the globe with a Do-It-Ourselves community structure of cooking for each other, skill sharing, and creating and tearing down venue spaces. Usually put on outside of city landscapes, we are leaving the forests and mountains for New Orleans' special ambiance and musical spirit.
Here’s some video tasters to inspire and entice. Past all “forms” of dancing, we look forward to bringing our communities together to rejoice in the connection and love of music, dance, and, well, letting the good times roll!
Blues:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pooeS-nu1GM&index=3&list=LL4wbg8O2sNxEHa7lbqP4JSQ
Fusion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcHzVmMLBEk&list=PLWUa-hHu9mLrWIhaLwnmo5z7b__w6Pdoz&index=7
Swing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kkt1EL0XaQ
Alt Tango:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbt0cVqCycU
Everything Else:
This will be an all levels, all dancers kind of event. Bring your own dance, what inspires you, and get ready to get down!!
Event Pricing: Sliding Scale
Please pay at the upper end of what you can afford to help make this event
affordable and accessible for everyone in the community.
Can't Afford A Low-Income Ticket? Fill out a scholarship form*
$45 Low-Income Ticket
$65 Mid Income Ticket
$85 Upper Income
If buying a ticket ahead of time sounds scary don't worry, we still want you to come dance with us! $10 drop-in for the Friday dance, the other dances we are asking for sliding scale $5-$10 at the door.
affordable and accessible for everyone in the community.
Can't Afford A Low-Income Ticket? Fill out a scholarship form*
$45 Low-Income Ticket
$65 Mid Income Ticket
$85 Upper Income
If buying a ticket ahead of time sounds scary don't worry, we still want you to come dance with us! $10 drop-in for the Friday dance, the other dances we are asking for sliding scale $5-$10 at the door.
Event Schedule (Stay Tuned for Updates):
Friday Night: 7:30pm-12am: Vintage house party (1476 Marais St). Start the weekend off right in a custom refurbished ballroom of crushed velvet and peeling plaster faded decadence. Dress fancy! $10 single night tickets available at the door for non-weekend pass holders. Intro blues lesson from at 7:30 included. **Live music from The Smoking Time Jazz Club.**
Friday Late Night: 1am-3am: Late night dance (2120 Port St)
Saturday: Afternoon: street dancing to buskers in the French Quarter.
Saturday Evening: 6pm-10pm: BBQ, craw-fish boil, music and dance in the park. (location TBA). **live band- The No Counts.**
Saturday Night: 11pm-3am: Warehouse dance party (2120 Port St) with **live band- Bon Bon Vivant.**
Sunday: 12pm -4:00pm: Checking out the Second Line parade, a proud New Orleans tradition—booty shaking brass band style.
Sunday Night: 8pm-11pm: Allways Lounge swing/blues dance (2240 St Claude Ave). We are joining up with the New Orleans weekly swing dance to dance to a live band playing swing and blues at a favorite local venue.
Sunday Late Night: 12am-3am: Late night dance (2120 Port St)
Friday Late Night: 1am-3am: Late night dance (2120 Port St)
Saturday: Afternoon: street dancing to buskers in the French Quarter.
Saturday Evening: 6pm-10pm: BBQ, craw-fish boil, music and dance in the park. (location TBA). **live band- The No Counts.**
Saturday Night: 11pm-3am: Warehouse dance party (2120 Port St) with **live band- Bon Bon Vivant.**
Sunday: 12pm -4:00pm: Checking out the Second Line parade, a proud New Orleans tradition—booty shaking brass band style.
Sunday Night: 8pm-11pm: Allways Lounge swing/blues dance (2240 St Claude Ave). We are joining up with the New Orleans weekly swing dance to dance to a live band playing swing and blues at a favorite local venue.
Sunday Late Night: 12am-3am: Late night dance (2120 Port St)
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Paying with DWOLLA
DWOLLA registration option: to pay with DWOLLA, create an account using the Recess Link below, then use the drop down links below.
Setting Up A DWOLLA account: We offer payments through DWOLLA. It's a secure online payment system that allows for direct transactions between banks (or local credit unions!) that offer a great work-around that avoids extortive credit card fees. It takes a bit of set-up; but if you opt to pay with DWOLLA, we'll give you 10 business days to get your account verified and balance transferred. Additionally, DWOLLA just enabled a "guest checkout" so anyone can now use DWOLLA to pay!
Setting Up A DWOLLA account: We offer payments through DWOLLA. It's a secure online payment system that allows for direct transactions between banks (or local credit unions!) that offer a great work-around that avoids extortive credit card fees. It takes a bit of set-up; but if you opt to pay with DWOLLA, we'll give you 10 business days to get your account verified and balance transferred. Additionally, DWOLLA just enabled a "guest checkout" so anyone can now use DWOLLA to pay!
