Presenting: an evening with Tara Trafzer 🍷🍾
Tara will be hosting a Waipiro and Korero session again this year (most likely with a wine in hand!) and you'll be welcome to bring your own kai or inu while you relax and listen.
If you joined this session last year, you'll know this wahine is hugely knowledgeable about WCS so it's definitely a session you'll want to attend.
Waipiro and Korero with Tara is at 6pm on Saturday evening (during the dinner break).
Photo by Sam Pugmire 🙏
Ōtautahi's favourite extrovert is back this year with another edition of Tom's Social Club: on tour!
Tom is so excited to show you the highlights of Ōtautahi and help you connect with other dancers!
The tour will kick off at 10am on Friday - more details to follow.
In the meantime, please register for the tour through Dance Convention so Tom can plan accordingly - just tick the 'Tom's Social Club: On Tour' box in the Weekend Pass section and you're in 🎉
Photo by Sam Pugmire 🤩
We've updated the draft schedule - please take a look to help you make travel plans!
Key things to note:
👉 We recommend you join us from Thursday evening - entry to the regular Code 03 Swing class is free for any Shakedown attendees!
👉Tom's Social Club still starts at 10am on Friday, and will finish around 1pm.
👉Mini private lessons with Advanced dancers go from 4:30-6:30pm Friday.
👉Floor trials will be at 6:30pm-7:25pm Friday - the ballroom will be closed to everyone except routine competitors at this time.
Check out the full schedule here: /shakedown_schedule
The schedule on the website is subject to change and will be kept up to date as we nail the deets. We'll release a final schedule on our social media in the weeks before the event in August.
We're working on some top-secret stuff for our 10 year anniversary - and we'd love your help, Shakedown whanau!
All you need to do is share a favourite memory, moment, or kōrero paki from the last 10 years of Shakedown. Just flick us a DM, or share the aroha and pop it in the comments below!
All will be revealed soon 👀😉
How good was that routine info session with Bameo? 😍
If you're feeling inspired, here's some things to know about the new routine division:
💃Floor trials will be held at 6:30-7:30pm on Friday (subject to change)
🕺🏻The division is open to anyone, with any combination of any level (including switching!) - as long as you have one lead and one follow at any point throughout the routine
💃You're can choose your own waiata, and cut it however you like, as long as it's between 2-3 minutes
You can find the full rules on this page: /shakedown_schedule
We'd love you to be part of our routine division - just sign up through DanceConvention!
Nga mihi to Sam Pugmire for the photo
Ōtautahi, Canterbury, and the South Island have some amazing things to see and do, if you're here before or after Shakedown!
Here's one of the Shakedown crew's top picks:
Mt Hutt skifield offers discounts for groups of more than 20 people - and luckily August is right in skiing season. Why not get a group together and make the most of it?
Check out our international visitors page for even more recommendations, and other important info - just head to our website (linked in our bio) and look for the 'International Visitors' page.
So excited we have a wharenoho RIGHT NEXT TO THE VENUE this year 🤩 Ka mutu pea!
If you want a convenient, affordable place to get about three hours of sleep, just visit www.hotelgive.nz and use ‘CODESWING’ for 10% off bookings between 20-25 August.
P.s. because we're right in the centre of the city, there's a heap of food options and other accommodation nearby, as well as being right across the road from Hagley Park! Couldn't ask for a more ataahua location!
Keen to enter our new routine division? Want to know a bit more about choreography? We have just the thing for you!
At 11am on Sat 25 April, Bameo (a.k.a Ben and Cameo McHenry) are joining us online to share their expertise and answer any questions you may have about choreography.
The Shakedown crew will also be available to answer questions about our new routine division.
You must have registered and paid for Shakedown to attend - but if you can't make it, just DM the Shakedown social media accounts and ask for the recording.
The link to the session will be posted closer to the time.
Bring your burning questions, and we'll see you there!
Join us for a very sophisticated tour of the new Shakedown venue, Black Box Theatre 🖤
There’s also on-site accomodation at Hotel Give 😱 Use ‘CODESWING’ for discounts on rooms booked for 20-25 August.
Newcomers - if you've been dancing for less than a year and have no WSDC points, we have a couple things on offer just for you!
A dedicated Newcomer Pass - just choose 'Newcomer Weekend Pass' when you're signing up on DanceConvention. All Shakedown passes include workshops, social dancing, and competition!
Newcomer J&J (pending numbers) - this isn't WSDC-pointed, meaning it's perfect for you to dip your toes into competing.
If you have any questions, chuck us a DM, leave a comment, or email us at [email protected] - we'd love to hear from you.
Are you joining us from overseas this year? We have some information just for you!
The most important thing to know is all overseas visitors - anyone who doesn't live in New Zealand - qualify for the international pass rate (this includes your WSDC Jack and Jill entry). Just choose the international pass in DanceConvention.
We reckon coming to Shakedown is also a good excuse to travel around our beautiful motu! We have heaps of information about Christchurch and the South Island on our website - link in bio, or type code03swing.com/shakedown into your internet browser.
