GLASGOW SHAG FESTIVAL GUIDE 5th- 8th JULY 2019

GSF 2019 Schedule

FRIDAY 5TH JULY Venue: Glasgow University Union - Debates Chamber (2nd Floor) 19.00 – 24.00 19.15 Beginner Shag Crash Course, 20.15 Welcome Party, Teacher Intro’s, Live Music

th SATURDAY 6 JULY Venue: Glasgow University Union Rooms: Debates Chamber Reading Room Dining Room Drawing Room 10.30 – 12.00 Bunny Kangaroo Grasshopper 11.00 – 12.00 Ladybird 12.00 – 13.30 Lunch Time 13.30 – 15.00 Grasshopper Kangaroo Bunny 14.00 - 15.00 Ladybird 15.15 – 16.15 Taster Class: Themed Class: Taster Class: St. Louis Shag & Switching 16.30 – 17.15 Competition Prelims 20.30 – 01.00 Tropical Beach Themed Party, Live Music Competitions, Performances, Prizes

SUNDAY 7th JULY Venue: Trades Hall Rooms: Reception Room Grand Hall Robert Adam Room Saloon 11.00 – 12.30 Grasshopper Kangaroo Bunny 11.30 – 12.30 Ladybird 12.30 – 14.00 Lunch Time 14.00 – 15.30 Grasshopper Kangaroo Bunny 14.30 – 15.30 Ladybird 15.45 – 16.45 Taster Class: Themed Class: Taster Class: Peabody Shag from Vintage Movie LA Lindy Clips Venue: St. Andrews In The Square 17.00 – 21.00 Sunday Tea , Homemade Cakes, Tea & Coffee and Live Music. Massage for £10. Venue: The Flying Duck 21.30 – 12.30 Social Dancing, Live Band. Dinner buffet for those who have purchased it.

th MONDAY 8 JULY Venue: Pollok House 13.00 – 17.00 Buffet lunch, Murder Mystery On The Dance Floor, Gin tasting, Social Dancing (Monday Tickets booked separately via GSF Website: https://www.glasgowshagfestival.com/ ) Venue: Malone’s Irish Bar 18.30 – 21.30 Wrap up party for all: social dancing Teacher Line Up

Fancy & Steve

Steve and Fancy began dancing shag together in 2009. Soon after winning their first Camp Hollywood shag competition in 2010 they began teaching and building the shag scene in LA and southern California.

Together they worked on creating new moves and patterns that have become standard for shag dancers all over the world.

Jim & Nicky

Based in Gloucestershire, Jim & Nicky have been teaching Dancing on a weekly basis for over 20 years.

Collegiate Shag is their passion and have made the dance their speciality, teaching weekly shag classes in Gloucestershire as well as teaching at many of the dance camps in the UK including Hullzapoppin, Hepcats Holiday, Rock Bottoms, Jumping at the Woodside to name but a few and have been familiar faces on the teachers line up at Twinwood. Jim and Nicky are well known for their fun and relaxed style of teaching.

Teacher Line Up

Peter & Aila

Peter and Aila love exploring the wide range of music, styling, and speeds and moves that Shag enables. Their deep knowledge and passion for the dance has taken them teaching, performing, and DJing for shagsters all over the UK and Europe.

The duo have been dancing Shag and other swing for over 10 years.

Peter set up London's ‘Shag Pile’ after running an unofficial week of Shag in Herrang. The group exists to grow the local scene through high quality weekly classes, workshops and events. As a performer, he has danced in films including ‘Gambit’, ‘Me and Orson Welles’ and ‘Avengers 2’.

Aila’s professional dance experience and training bring a solid and technical knowledge to her teaching. She is artistic director and choreographer of the internationally renowned flapper troupe 'The Bee’s Knees' and leads Shag Pile's performance troupe - The Shag Pilots!

Rebecca & Adam

Rebecca and Adam's Shag journey started with a chance encounter at University of Swing 2015 - after spotting another couple doing this crazy dance they were hooked, and since then have pushed themselves to master as much as they can!

Despite being relat