Contra weekend for experienced dancers.
January 12-14, 2018 @ Daytona Beach, Fla.
About the Orange Blossom Ball 2018
Orange Blossom Ball contra dance weekend is a zesty, urban-style dance weekend featuring great music and friendly, competent calling. Half the dance sessions will feature “dual callers” with alternating male/female voices to enhance the dancers' experience. There will be no contra teaching, very limited dance walk-throughs, and many no-walk through dances. We're gender balanced, so please try to sign up accordingly.
Featuring:
- swing dance sessions
- song swap
- yoga workshop
- waltz karaoke
- grid squares
- plus daily contra medleys
Where and when
This all happens in sunny South Daytona, Florida, on a SPRUNG DANCE FLOOR.
- January 12-14, 2018, Martin Luther King Jr. weekend.
- Gold Star Ballroom 3100 S. Ridgewood Ave., South Daytona, Fla. (For GPS: enter 3090 S. Ridgewood Ave, S. Daytona, 32119; this will take you to the corner of South Ridgewood Avenue and Venture Drive.)
The callers:
Seth Tepfer
Donna Hunt
Janine Smith
English sessions with Randy Thorp
The bands:
Lift Ticket
The Morrison Brothers
Sound Traveler Band
Accommodations
Bargain Housing
Available: 30-minute drive from the dance offered by the kind generosity of The Chapel of Divine Mercy, Deland, FL. Separate female and male sleeping areas, shower areas, restaurants
nearby. (Sorry, no coed.)
Cost: $30 includes both Friday and Saturday,
paid by check or money order through OBB. Call or email for details. Contact David at orangeblossomball@yahoo.com or
954-918-5884. (If you can't attend OBB V after registering, the $30 for this housing is non-refundable. Consider it a contribution.)
Nearby motels
(Note: We have not stayed at these places but have called to ask for OBB discounts.)
3247 S Atlantic Ave, Daytona Beach Shores,
386-761-8450
2 beds, full kitchen $63.96
Perry's Ocean Edge has
a beautiful landscaped oceanfront lawn, 2 outdoor pools, an indoor heated pool and hot tub, activities program and complimentary homemade donut, juice and coffee every morning.
1. Oceanfront guestroom
accommodations with a balcony facing the ocean: 2 queen beds, a table and chair seating area and a kitchenette for $129
2. Non-oceanview
accommodations facing the indoor pool: 2 queen beds, a seating area and a full kitchen for $109
(formerly Rodeway Inn)
Ocean Front, 1503 South Atlantic Avenue Daytona
Beach, FL 386-255-3617
Continental Breakfast 7-10 a.m.
OBB rates: $55 basic (side view, 22 rooms) $65 (Ocean
View, 5 rooms), 16 rooms have kitchenette 26 rooms (20 non-smoking). 5.5 miles to dance, on the ocean.
A small motel with a colorful past, has basic rooms
(no breakfast) about 4 miles from the dance. 5964 S. Ridgewood Ave Port Orange FL 386-308-1901
Noted for its convenience and cleanliness where you
can relax by the pool or sit under the palm trees and watch the waves lap onto our wonderful beach. You may have a cookout in our barbecue area.
2315 S Atlantic Ave, Daytona Beach, FL
32118
(386) 253-8185 ask for Andrew or Dave.
(386) 253-8185 ask for Andrew or Dave.
Located on the mainland at 1245
S Ridgewood,
(386) 255-5540 Ask for Shamila; mention OBB. 5 minutes from
dance venue. Completely remodeled with new furniture. Continental Breakfast, pool. Rate: $69.99 per night.
mainland, 544 S Ridgewood Ave, Daytona Beach,
386-255-4500 $72, includes breakfast. Will discount if multiple rooms are booked by group. 3.6 miles to dance.
Rates: From $79.95. Award winning, safe and
close.
Three basic
motels on the mainland that might be less if booked in December or January if vacancies are available. (Owners are reluctant to discount this far ahead.) No breakfast or pool, but fridge and
microwave in rooms.
- Budget Inn, 640 S Ridgewood Ave, Daytona Beach $59 regular rate. 3.5 miles to dance
- Super Inn, mainland, 1515 S Ridgewood Avenue, Daytona Beach FL 386-258-5742 20 rooms, 2 double beds each room. Rate: $60, will discount if multiple rooms are booked. 2.4 miles to dance.
- Sunshine Inn, (not beachside) 1234 S Ridgewood Ave, Daytona Beach, 1234 386-258-6997 $55 2.7 miles to dance
Bed-and-breakfasts
Charming B&B with 5 rooms, $99 a night including
breakfast. They have a piano in the parlor! Rhonda & Steve will discount more if 4 rooms are booked by the OBB group. 3 rooms have queen beds, one has a queen bed and a roll-away. One
room with a full size bed, private porch and bath ($89), is in the Carriage House.
Short walk to the beach.
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