Thanks to Thomas Vuong for our excellent DJ music at our 6-23 dance.  

Gilbert Hwang will provide our DJ music the week after next on Tuesday, 6-30-2026, after the fifth dance lesson in Foxtrot (starting at 12:45 until 1:30 pm.)   We will then enjoy dancing from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm.

We had 67 attendees and 5 board members at our 6-23 TGA dance. 

Fred Fang taught our fourth International Foxtrot dance lesson with a review of our previous steps and a foxtrot routine which can be repeated many times during a dance.

 (You can view a video of the lesson for our 6-23 TGA Dance lesson on our TGA website: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EkDPgqop4Y&list=PL5Vgy0cIHag_o1fFtzrzrqJxV0cYhf7st and at:https://www.tgasantaclaraseniorcenter.com/

The dance lessons are meant to be interactive, so don't hesitate to raise your hand and ask questions at any time during the lessons.

Our Dance party videos can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeUnK-Gsl0k&list=PL5Vgy0cIHag_zk2aaYCGogcdVNsd9xHhq and also at: https://www.tgasantaclaraseniorcenter.com/

 

The plan is to change the lesson each month throughout the year.

April             West Coast Swing

June             Foxtrot

July              Cha Cha

August         Rumba

September   Bachata

 

The new TGA dancing schedule is as follows:

12:45 pm to 1:30 pm:  Dance instruction   June lessons will be Foxtrot  Fred Fang instructor.

1:30 pm to 3:30 pm:  2 hours of dancing to the music of DJs and occasionally to live bands

 

A little background about Fred Fang, our dance instructor:

He started dancing @ 18 years old. In 1999, he started taking private lessons in the USA from professional teachers.  He started teaching dancing from 2001 in the Bay Area at many places. He is still learning, taking private and group lessons from world champion teachers in Taiwan over the last three years.

 

Thanks to Lisa Chen for creating our monthly flyers.

 

Upcoming DJs in June:

6/2        Thomas Vuong    Foxtrot, Fred Fang

6/9         Jeannie Lin         Foxtrot, Fred Fang

6/16       Sam Tran            Foxtrot, Jiangjie Zhan

6/23       Thomas Vuong    Foxtrot, Fred Fang

6/30       Gilbert Hwang     Foxtrot, Fred Fang

 

TGA Website info 

TGA has a new web site at: https://www.tgasantaclaraseniorcenter.com/

You will enjoy checking out this excellent new site.  Just click the link to go to the new website.

The new site contains a playlist of videos of recent dances plus the videos of past lessons.

 

Lost and Found items are retained in the dance hall in the coat rack area to the left of the entry doors to the dance.  Also, some items can be claimed from the Santa Clara Senior Center front desk during their open hours:  M-W: 7 am-7pm; T-Th 7am-3pm; Sat: 8am-12pm  Sunday closed. 

 

NOTE to all TGA Dancers:

Please be careful to not spill any liquids on the dance floor or in the seating areas.  Also do not allow any powder or other substances to be placed on the floor.

 

We invite all to share any dancing experiences, photos etc.

 

Jeanne Wood contributed a poem celebrating TGA Dance:

   Welcome friends and neighbors,

   so dear,

   We're happy to have you here,

   We'll play some music, dance,

   have fun.

   When we end we want to say,

   We hope you had a wonderful day.

 

At TGA the dancers are very welcoming with a very pleasant social atmosphere.    You are welcome to bring a younger partner or instructor who would not normally meet SCSC minimum age requirements.  All are welcome.

Looking forward to dancing!!!

Alan TGA Board Member, Social Media