This schedule is subject to change.
Thursday, April 5 Pre-Party at Vintage Lounge
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8:30pm to 12:30
Vintage LoungeFeaturing Anna Washenko, Daniel Repsch, Susan Olson, Paul Loschak, and guest DJ Kenneth Shipp!Kick off bluesSHOUT! 2018 weekend with us at Vintage Lounge with our first ever Thursday night DJ Party! This year let's show our DJs some dance party love! They're going to break it down for us with 4 hours of foot tappin', head bobbin', booty shakin' music. You'll hear great blues tunes of course, but even more awesome, our DJs will be mixing in some classic R&B and soul to spice things up and get us hyped for the weekend.
There's no cover, so come hungry and/or thirsty and grab a bite and a drink..
There is metered street parking, and some free parking on side streets..
Restaurant website: https://www.vintageontaylor.com/
Friday, April 6
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8:30pm to Midnight
Salvage OneFeaturing The Cash Box Kings!
Registration check in starts at 8:15pm. You can check in, grab your wristband, competition bib number, and t-shirt during the main dance until 11:00pm
Band starts at 9:00pm! Band breaks and competitions will be DJ'd by Paul Loschak
9:45pm All Star Strictly Prelims
10:45pm All Star Strictly Finals -
12:30am to 4:00am
Shapiro BallroomFeaturing DJ'd music from Anna Washenko and Dan Repsch!
Registration check in is open from 12:00 - 2:30am.
1:30am Performances by Flour Evelyn, Jenn Martinez, and Youngdon and Dawa
Saturday, April 7
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9:30am to 6:00pm
Chicago HS for the ArtsSaturday Workshops
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- 9:45am Class Period 1
- 10:30am Level Auditions
- 11:30 - Assembly
- 12:15pm Class Period 2
- 1:15pm Lunch
- 2:15pm Class Period 3
- 3:30pm Class Period 4
- Competition Prelims
- 4:40pm Contestant and Judges Meeting
- 5:00pm Newcomer MnM prelims (Gallery) DJ'd by Susan Olson, Open MnM prelims (Gym) DJ'd by Dan Repsch. Note that these competitions occur simultaneously in different rooms.
- 5:30pm Solo Cuttin' Prelims DJ'd by Paul Loschak
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8:30pm to 4am
Irish American Heritage CenterFeaturing the Gerry Hundt Trio!
Dance starts at 8:30pm! Band Breaks and competitions will be DJ'd by Anna Washenko
Cash Bar
9:45pm Newcomer MnM
Finals 11:00pm Open MnM Finals
12:00am Late night
Featuring DJ'd music from Dan Repsch and Susan Olson
1:10am Solo Cuttin' Finals DJ'd by Dan Repsch
Sunday, April 8
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11:00am to 6:00pm
Chicago HS for the ArtsSunday Workshops
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- 11:00am Class Period 1
- 12:15pm Class Period 2
- 1:15pm Lunch and Learn
- 2:15pm Class Period 3
- 3:30pm Class Period 4
- Competition Prelims
- 4:40pm Contestant and Judges Meeting
- 5:00pm Open Strictly Prelims DJ'd by Anna Washenko
- 5:30pm All Star MnM Prelims DJ'd by Anna Washenko
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8:30pm to Midnight
Irish American Heritage CenterFeaturing the Joel Paterson Quartet!
Band starts at 9:00pm! Band Breaks DJ'd by Susan Olson and Competitions DJ'd by Paul Loschak and Susan Olson
Cash Bar
9:45pm Open Strictly Finals
10:45pm All Star MnM Finals -
12:30am to 5:00am
Dance Center ChicagoFeaturing Fantastic DJs!
Paul Loschak will get us started and we will dance to 5am while all 4 of our DJ's throw down.
1:30am Performances by The B-Sides, Cierra Ruffin, and Sarah Lokay and Andi Hansen