10 REASONS WHY WE THINK YOU MIGHT LIKE TO PARTY WITH USAT DECADANCE,THIS SATURDAY 29TH NOVEMBER!
1. Great Music – We play music you love dancing to and interpreting across a wide variety of genres (jive, swing, west coast, blues, tango, salsa, soul, rnb, reggae)
2. 2 good sizeddance areas– Both are bigger than our regular venue, for those of you who like to stretch out a bit more. We play more uptempo music in the main room, with a completely separate, more intimate room dedicated to Tango + Blues.
3. Quality + Variety of Dancers – On Saturday we expect to be very busy with over 100 people. We attract great dancers of many different styles. Many of the best local dancers, plus lots who come to us each month from different areas. On Saturday we will have dancers from at least 8 different counties and more than 30 people booked on for their first DecaDance. There is always someone new and interesting to dance with!
4. Relaxed Friendly Atmosphere – We don’t tolerate cliques or snobbery. It’s a fun inclusive night. We welcome beginners and introduce them to the best dancers and also point them in the direction of good teachers and classes.
5. Outstanding Professional Cabaret – You will see a first class fully costumed cabaret from two of the worlds finest Argentine Tango dancers – Alexandra Wood and Stefano Fava. They will be performing traditional Tango and Milonga.
6. Inspiring Live Music – One of the best Saxophone players around, Leroy Horns returns to jam over the dj’d tracks. Leroy breathes new life into familiar tunes and just makes you want to dance!
7. Late night Dancing + Bar – We dance right through from 9pm until 2am. The venue has a well stocked bar at pub prices.
8. Easy Parking – There is some off street parking plus loads of space at Hove Station Car Park (30 seconds walk)
9. Great Value – It’s just £8 if you prebook before midnight 28th Nov. Email us ( ) and we add your name to pre-booked list. Otherwise it’s still just £9 on the door.
10. It’s our birthday! – We will celebrate our first year of decaDance. Thanks to all of you for supporting our events.
DECADANCE 'WALK OUT TO WINTER' SATURDAY 29TH NOVEMBER
To celebrate our 1 year birthday and the last weekend of Autumn, we invite you to join us and 'Walk out to Winter'. This is our first Saturday full fat decaDance and we are in a different venue, because our regular venue - 'The Loft'is unavailable on Saturdays.
We move to another of our favourite venues, Ralli Hall, Hove.We have a great night lined up for you including all the regular decaDance features - 2 rooms of music, dancing till 2 am, full bar, great dancers, relaxed atmosphere. In addition as its a special night we have extra special guests performing.Main man 'Leroy Horns' is back to jam over the dj'd tunes in the main room.Our fantastic TangoBootCamp teachers Alexandra Wood and Stefano Fava will performa stunning Tango cabaret. If you have not seen them before you are in for an absolute treat. If you like what you see you can even join them on the sunday for our TangoBootCamp 'Walk out to Winter' workshops and CreamTea Dance. If you wantto stay the weekend, we haveagreed some good deals with local hotels/b&bs.More info at
Don't forget this timedecaDance is ona SATURDAY andwe are upstairs at the Ralli Hall, Hove. For a map of location please go to 'Location' page on this website
DECADANCE 'HALLOWEEN THRILLER'-BIG NIGHT PLANNEDAT THE LOFT (31st October)
' It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark...... '
Not long to go before ournext full event- decaDance back at the Loft in a 'Halloween Stylee'. Top dancers from all over the south of england once again descending on Brightonfor alate night of fun, relaxed partner dance.
2 rooms of great music. Main room west coast, swing, jive, salsa, nuevotango, jazz, blues, reggae, show tunes etc. Smaller room Tango Milonga and late night slow blues
Very pleased that we have Alto Sax player 'Dutch Courage' as our special guestjamming over the dj'dtoons in the main room. Plus Lizzie and Sussex Swing will perform and do a cool stroll to Michael Jackson's Thriller. Fancy dress is entirely optional but if you need inspiration just take a look at the mj video on youtube
Frid October 31st - decaDance Halloween Thriller
The Loft
10 Ship Street
Brighton BN11AD
9.00pm-02.00am (or later!)
DECADANCE WILL SCRUB UP NICELY ON OCTOBER 4TH AT BOW TIES AND TIARAS BALL
Our next event is a real biggy. We will be joining dance-infinity for one of their legendary Worthing Balls.These are always verywell attended(as many as 350people)and full of great dancers.The dancefloors are spacious and well air-conditioned, there is loads of seatingaround them as well. Plusparking is no problem with a massive free car-park.DecaDance willtake residency in the smaller Richmond Room and will be rinsing out the usual cross section of your favourite decaDance tunes (west coast, blues, swing,salsa, tango, reggae etc). Despite being dressed in our smart gear you can be sure we will still be getting down and dirty with the music! Miss C will be dj'ing in themain room with a great set ofmore uptempomodern jive classics.Also on the bill are the fabulous Nigel and Nina who will beperforming2 new cabaret numbers. This is a potential sell-out so make sure you get your tickets in advance. We have had lots of peopleenquiring about tickets. We aren't actually selling them butto book in advance it's dead easy. Just callColleen on 07960973115. You can then pre-book for collection on the night, guaranteeing your entry and saving some money as well (it's £11 in advance). So dust of your dicky bow, polish your shoes, get your ball gown out of the wardrobe and join us for a great night.
Bow Ties and Tiaras Ball
Saturday 04th October
Worthing Assembly Halls
Stoke Abbott Rd
Worthing, BN11 1HJ
DECADANCE 6 WAS A REAL SIZZLER
What a lovely crowd we had in for our decaDance 6 'September Sizzle'.It was a busy night andthanks to everyone who made the effort to join us. Special thanks to the wonderful ladies from Academia Flamenca andthelocal tango community for anice milonga vibe. Will have a fuller report soon and of course we will upload photos later in week. If you want to see them sooner, don't forget they always get posted first at facebook.It just takes a few seconds tojoin our 'decaDance' facebook group.
BRIGHTON WEATHER IS CURRENTLY 'SCORCHIO' AND WILL BE FOR NEXT FEW DAYS
To fit our 'September Sizzle' it looks like the weather is going to be nice and fine. Why not come down earlier and chill out in Brighton before decaDance. Or join us after decaDance when we go to Buddiesfor late night drinks and food andwatch the sun come up over the sea!
FANTASTIC FLAMENCO DEMOAT DECADANCE 6 ON SEPTEMBER 19
Once again we have a special treat lined up for you atdecaDance 6. Probably our most ambitious demo yet!Joining us onour 'September Sizzle'night we will havesome great flamencodancers from'Academia Flamenca'. We recently visited their personal studio and can guaranteethey will provide some sexy foot-tappingaction to further inspire us! All the usual good stuff of course including 2 rooms of gorgeous music, fantastic dancing and a friendly chilled vibe. Also plan to squeeze in another quick fun quiz decaDanceoff and a couple of birthday groups in the house+ lots of new dancers. Don't forget if you pre-book you save money. Just email us and we will put you on prepaid list and you pay just £7 on the night.
'TEXTBOOK'NIGHT AT DECADANCE5 -THANK YOU!!
What a brilliant night! Nice and busy, loads of regulars back from hols plus a ton of new people. Big thanks to all those who made the effort to comesome dstance.The vibe right from early on was really buzzing and it was always going to be a special night. Obviously, Leroy Hornswas a major highlight. That man is so talented and he just added a whole new layer to a lot of our favourite decaDance tunes. We will definately be looking to get Leroy back in the future if we can get into his diary! Special mention to all thelovely ladies we had in the house. Lookingultra sexy and dancing beautifully. Never seenthe guyswork so hard to cover the floor! Chim'spicturesare alreadyup in thefacebook 'decadance' groupand we will have themonthe sitesoon (it takes ages to upload!). Definately going to have our work cut out to make decaDance 6 even better but you know we will give it our best shot. Its certainlygoing to be one hot'September Sizzle' on 19th Sept!
FREE DECADANCE TICKETS
Based on prebookings and the general vibe this friday is going to be BUSY! Whilst it is fine to do the fashionably late thing, why not get there a bit earlier, nab the best comfy seats and get dancing. Freeentry to the firstcustomer through the doors and also as it's our fifth event to the fifthcustomer through the doors on Friday 29th August. Doors open 9.00pm. Nocatchesbut when they're gone, they're gone!
Also dont forget if you book TangoBootCamp before 31st August, you will get two free tickets foruse at eitherthe 29th August or 19th September decaDance!
LEROY HORNS TO APPEAR AT DECADANCE 5 FRIDAY 29th AUGUST
We always love to bring you something different at decaDance and we are delighted that talented localsaxophone player Leroy Horns will be joining us. We have heard Leroy play a number of times andcan guarantee you are in for a treat.He basically plays any type of music (blues, jazz, pop, soul,swing, reggae,)and at decaDance he will play a few setsimprovising over the regulardj'd music in the main room for an hour or so.This is not a performance to watch, its an accompaniment to Dance to!We reckon this will bea fantastic way to breathe some new life into your fave decaDance tunes and to inspire you to dance even more.
DECADANCE5 FRIDAY 29th AUGUST PLUS FUTURE DECADANCE DATES
Come and enjoy an evening of summer chill with us at decaDance. Lovely dancing, great company, cool venue! To help you plan your late summer/Autumn eveningswe can also share our future decaDance dates. Please click the link below to go straight to 'Diary' page.
Go to 'Diary' page
TANGOBOOTCAMP IS BACK
Following the amazing success of our first TangoBootCamp we are going to be doing it all over again on October 25/26.This is a course aimed at total beginners andthe first one sold out! We are also running a separate event on5th October, designed for those people who already attended TangoBootCamp 1.To find out more pleasego toourwebsite Promotion: 2 free tickets to decaDance (worth £16) if you book TangoBootCamp before 31st August!
CHARITY EVENTS
Don't forget that Ann is organising a Charity event for the ICT on Saturday 9th August at HoveTown Hall. It is nowa strictly dance night, 8pmstart,music by Andy from Rocsters. Tickets £15 on door. Good luck to Ann.Flyers are available at most local dances.Good luck Ann. Also well done to Tim Eady for organising the recent Firefighter's Ball. We had a great time and Tim raised a load of money for the charity.
DECADANCE4 FRIDAY 23rd MAY
Thanks to everyone who came to decaDance 4. Totally rocking night withloads of regulars +lots of new faces. Not to mention a brilliant salsa demo - thanks toGabriel + his lovely girlfriend plus Dominique for organising. Also great to seefab brazilian/salsa dancerRicardo in the house.Unfortunately no pictures from this one (we forgot to organise.....sorry!)
DECADANCE3 REPORT-FRIDAY 28th MARCH
This was our busiest and best night. Big thank you to everyone who attended and helped create such a nice vibe. Check out the photos in gallery 2.Many different groups and dance styles came together and truly enjoyed each other's company and danced their socks off . We also had a number of peopleat decaDance 3totally new to partner dance who left energised,wanting to start learninglocalclasses.
The small room came alive this time round with some fabulous tango dancing early on followed by great blues/wcs later in the evening. The main room was busy all night with a varied mix of styles/music rotated through the night. Great to see so many people trying something new. Salsa guys dancing some jive/wcs (+ vice versa), tango dancers dancing some reggae,swing dancers dancing everything......
Kirsty and Anthony provided us with a fabulous tango demo to acouple of pieces of beautiful music.This was apreciated by a very receptive crowd. This time wechose to postponethe decadanceoff even thoughwe had a great 'musical'one lined up for you.The vibe was so nice in both roomsthat we feltit would be a shame to interrupt the natural flow.Willdefinately run it next time.
Thanks to the regulars and more experienced dancers for making newer people so welcome and of course thanks to the decaDolls and Dons for making sure the door, cloakroom andeverything elseran smoothly. Due to various weekenders, dance events, compsand of course tangobootcamp we will take a break forApril. We will let you know the date of the next decaDance shortly.If you aren't on the mailing list email us at to make sure you get all the latest info. Also don't forget you canalso findus on facebook
to decaDance group
to tangobootcamp group
DECADANCE 3 PHOTO's NOW IN GALLERY2
We have now posted the photos from Friday night in the gallery. Report to follow.
FANTASTIC TANGO DEMO AT DECADANCE 3, FRIDAY 28th MARCH
This friday we will have Kirsty and Anthony Howell from Kijutango doing a short demo for us at decaDance 3 in Brighton. Anthony is a top london tango teacher who was also formerly a professional ballet dancer. Kirsty is Brighton's leading proponent of Argentine Tango. They dance beautifully together and its a priviledge they will be performing.
We run milonga in the small room from 21.00 -23.15 then its slow blues, wcs etc. Then add to that the rest of the music mix in the main room(jive, swing, salsa, west coast, blues, jazz, soul, rnb, reggae...), dancing till 2am plus some of the friendliest dancers you can find. Its a great night in a really cool venue.
PREBOOK VIA EMAIL + SAVE MONEY
To prebook decaDance 3 just send us an email and we will putyour name and any guestsdown on the prebook list. It then only costs £7 on the night. We will cutoff prebook prices on wednesday. After that you can still pay on the door but at the full price of £8.
DECADANCE 3 -FRIDAY 28th MARCH
Didn't get to decaDance 2.Well put the date in your diaries, tell your friends, book the babysitter.....just don't miss decaDance 3.It's going to be our best yet! All roadson 28 March lead to The Loft.Got some great music lined up and of course the usual favs like the decadanceoff and blues room.Gotsome really special demos lined up as well.
DECADANCE2 -FRIDAY 22nd FEBRUARY
Wewere very busy despite awcs weekender and a major event in London. Lots of familiar faces from decaDance 1 plus many new people trying us for the first time. Once again we had lots ofvisitors from far away including midlands, bedford, home counties + london. Thanks to everyone who made the effort to support us- it is so appreciated.
There was a really nice party vibe all night. Loads of dancing of course but also lots of socialising, chilling and the highlight for many people a great, authentic blues set from our man Vinny. It takes a special talent to keepa roomful ofavid dancers away from the maindancefloor but Vinny kept them engaged with his great singing, playing and charisma. Some of us even braved a bit of freestyle dancing to his whimsicalstories. The one about the train going up the hill was particularly challenging...!
We hada great decadanceoff with loads of people gettin down to the 'fever' cover versions, some awesomedancing+ musical interpretation all night. Also mustn't forgetLee's birthday (yes we will celebrate and play your requests..). There were plenty of stalwarts who stayed dancing till the end.Then the hardcore breakfast clubmade the short walk round to Buddies for what can only be described as ...all night debauchery.Special mention of course must be made to theoriginal stamina daddy, CerocRichard who manages to stayvaguely sensible despite downing 7 pints and 2 bottles of wine (he wasn't driving!).
Big thanks to allthelocalpromoters for their pre eventsupportand many also attended.Of course a major thanks to the decadolls and decadons for helping the night go smoothly (and wearing their sexy tangobootcamp tshirts!).