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Updated March 27, 2024.  Schedule subject to change.

The 2023 Emerald City Hoedown will feature over 35 hours of workshops, featuring guest instructors from all over North America as well as our regular Rain Country Dance Association instructors and favorites from the Northwest.  We will have three tracks of workshops on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in ballrooms and meeting rooms on two floors of the hotel — both Country Couples (two rooms, for different sized workshops) and Line Dance.

(Note: when we say “Couples” here, we mean partner dances like two-step, waltz, and swing, where you are dancing together with another person — as compared to the more solo line dancing, or square dancing where there are eight dancers in the gorup.  You don’t need to bring a regular dance partner or romantic partner to the hoedown in order to participate; you will easily be able to find someone to dance with in the workshops or the evening dances, and most of us dance with many different people across the weekend, both people we have danced with many times before and those we have just met!)

 

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THURSDAY
3rd Floor Foyer South Room East Room Lobby
Bar
Hospitality
4:00 pm         Welcome Social & Registration
4:00–6:00 pm
5:30 pm Women’s Meet & Greet
5:30–7:00 pm
6:00 pm  
6:30 pm
6:45 pm Registration
6:45–9:00 pm
7:00 pm Trail-In Dance
(Couples)

7:00 pm–12:00 am
DJ: Jim Drew
Trail-In Dance
(Line)

7:00 pm–12:00 am
DJ: TBD
 
8:00 pm
9:00 pm  
11:00 pm After Hours
11:00 pm–2:00 am
12:00 am    

 

 
FRIDAY
Madison Foyer Madison
(Couples)
East Room
(Couples)
South Room
(Line)
Hospitality
8:00 am   Eye Openers
8:00–10:00 am
8:45 am Registration
8:45–10:15 am
 
9:00 am Meet & Greet & Movement
9:00–10:00 am
Michael Sims
Dance Accessibility
9:00–10:00 am
Eva Doell & Only Bee
Line Dance:
Around the Fire

10:15–11:15 am
Michael Metzger
10:00 am  
10:15 am   Intro to West Coast Swing
10:15–11:15 am
Barb Buys
Musicality 1
10:15–11:15 am
Ingu Yun
Line Dance:
Bringing It Back and Amigos In Low Places

10:15–11:15 am
Juan Gonzalez
11:30 am West Coast: 2, 4, 6, Sometimes 8
11:30 am–12:30 pm
Michael Sims
Intro to Waltz
11:30 am–12:30 pm
Terry Felts
Line Dance: Domino
11:30 am–12:30 pm
Ain Milner
12:30 pm Lunch Break
12:30–1:30 pm
Trans/NB Social
12:30–1:30 pm
1:15 pm Registration
1:15–2:45 pm
   
1:30 pm Two-Step (SSQQ): Swing Walks
11:30 am–12:30 pm
Klint Kendrick
Cool Blues
1:30–2:30 pm
Michelle Badion
Line Dance:
Work It Out

1:30–2:30 pm
Eva Doell
2:45 pm   Musicality 2
2:45–3:45 pm
Ingu Yun
Intro to Lindy Hop
2:45–3:45 pm
James Romero
Line Dance:
Boom Boom Bam Bam

2:45–3:45 pm
Juan Gonzalez
4:00 pm Progressive Two-Step (QQSS)
4:00–5:00 pm
Michael Sims
Night Club
4:00–5:00 pm
Michelle Badion
Partner Dancing with TnT
4:00–5:00 pm
Léo Lumino
5:00 pm    
5:15 pm Dance Setup & Rehearsals
5:15–6:45 pm
DJ: Terry Felts
Wizard’s Reception (VIP Social)
5:15–6:45 pm
6:45 pm Registration
6:45–10:00 pm
   
7:00 pm West Coast Swing Explosion!
7:00–8:00 pm
DJ: Shana Glennon
Open Floor
7:00–8:00 pm
No DJ
Line Dance Reviews
7:00–8:00 pm
DJ: Terry Felts
8:00 pm Announcements & Performances
8:00–8:45 pm
8:45 pm Couples Dancing
8:45 pm–1:00 am
DJ: mr. kate
West Coast Swing Dancing
8:45 pm–1:00 am
DJs: Richard Dominguez, Ari Levitt
Line Dancing
8:45 pm–1:00 am
DJs: Terry Felts, Jim Drew
10:00 pm   After Hours
12:00–3:00 am
12:00 am
1:00 am  

 
Saturday
Madison Foyer Madison
(Couples)
East Room
(Couples)
South Room
(Line)
Hospitality
8:00 am   Eye Openers
8:00–10:00 am
8:45 am Registration
8:45–10:15 am
 
9:00 am Two-Step (SSQQ): Lead/Follow Swap
9:00–10:00 am
Klint Kendrick
Intro to East Coast Swing
9:00–10:00 am
Michael Sims
Line Dance:
Love Dive

9:00–10:00 am
Michael Metzger
10:00 am  
10:15 am   Waltz:
Tunnels & Turns
10:15–11:15 am
Jim Drew
Lindy Hop
10:15–11:15 am
James Romero
Line Dance:
Hey Cowboy & Montero

10:15–11:15 am
Eva Doell
11:30 am Inappropriate Moves in Two-Step (SSQQ)
11:30 am–12:30 pm
Klint Kendrick
Musicality in Lindy Hop
11:30 am–12:30 pm
James Romero
Line Dance:
Line ’Em Up

11:30 am–12:30 pm
Michael Metzger
12:30 pm Lunch Break
12:30–1:30 pm
Men’s Social
12:30–1:30 pm
1:15 pm Registration
1:15–2:45 pm
   
1:30 pm Intro to Night Club
1:30–2:30 pm
Roman Xi
The Art of Recovery
1:30–2:30 pm
Michael Sims
Line Dance:
So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings

1:30–2:30 pm
Sean Monaghan
2:45 pm   Intro to Shadow
2:45–3:45 pm
Rob Ollander-Krane
East Coast Swing
2:45–3:45 pm
Jim Drew
Line Dance: Iconic
2:45–3:45 pm
Ain Milner
4:00 pm Two-Step (QQSS)
4:00–5:00 pm
Roman Xi
Shadow
4:00–5:00 pm
Rob Ollander-Krane
Line Dance:
Creek Will Rise

4:00–5:00 pm
Sean Monaghan
5:00 pm    
5:15 pm Dance Setup & Rehearsals
5:15–6:45 pm
DJ: Ray Nutter
Women’s Social
5:15–6:45 pm
6:45 pm Registration
6:45–10:00 pm
   
7:00 pm West Coast Swing Explosion!
7:00–8:00 pm
DJ: Richard Dominguez
Open Floor
7:00–8:00 pm
No DJ
Line Dance Reviews
7:00–8:00 pm
DJ: mr. kate
8:00 pm Announcements & Performances
8:00–8:45 pm
8:45 pm Couples Dancing
8:45 pm–1:00 am
DJ: Shana Glennon
West Coast Swing Dancing
8:45 pm–1:00 am
DJs: Richard Dominguez, Terry Felts
Line Dancing
8:45 pm–1:00 am
DJs: mr. kate, Jim Drew
10:00 pm   After Hours
12:00–3:00 am
12:00 am
1:00 am  

 

 
SUNDAY
Madison Foyer Madison
(Couples)
East Room
(Couples)
South Room
(Line)
Hospitality
8:00 am  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eye Openers
8:00–10:00 am
10:00 am  
10:45 am Registration
10:45 am–12:15 pm
11:00 am Two-Step (SSQQ)
11:00 am–12:00 pm
Rob Ollander-Krane
No So Basic Bachata
11:00 am–12:00 pm
Carla Gonzales-Guererro
Line Dance:
Un Poquito & Grow Up To Be You

11:00 am–12:00 pm
Juan Gonzalez
12:15 pm   Waltzing in the Right Direction
12:15–1:15 pm
Danny Leong
Night Club 2 Step Fusion
12:15–1:15 pm
Ari Levitt
Line Dance:
This Dance Sucks

12:15–1:15 pm
Ain Milner
1:30 pm Intro to Shuffle
1:30–2:30 pm
Jim Drew
All the Ways You Can Waltz
1:30–2:30 pm
Ari Levitt
Line Dance:
Lil Bit

1:30–2:30 pm
Eva Doell
2:30 pm Registration
2:30 pm–3:30 pm
 
2:45 pm Couples Dancing
2:45–6:00 pm
DJ: Shana Glennon
Dance Floor
Tear Down
Line Dancing
2:45–6:00 pm
DJ: Terry Felts
3:30 pm  
6:00 pm Tear Down and Load Out

 

 
Workshop Levels
Couples & Swing Basic Basic+ Low Intermediate Intermediate Intermediate+ or Advanced
All Levels None Yet
  What do these levels mean for Couples and Swing dancing?  They will be different for each instructor and each dancer, but consider Basic and Basic+ to focus on learning the dance, everything from an intro to the dance thorugh all of its usual moves, patterns and concepts.  The Intermediate levels take that to the next (ahem) level — harder moves, new combinations, more advanced concepts, all the way to some of the fanciest moves you can reasonably expect to do on a busy hoedown dance floor.
Line Dance Beginner High Beginner

Improver
Low Intermediate
Intermediate
High Intermediate or Advanced
None Yet

 

Floor Plan