Blues Roots with Kenneth Shipp

Name: Blues Roots with Kenneth Shipp
Start: 2025-09-19T20:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-21T13:00:00-04:00
Location: 2940 S Combee Rd, Lakeland, FL 33803-7339, United States

Schedule

Fri, 19 Sep, 2025 at 08:00 pm to Sun, 21 Sep, 2025 at 01:00 pm

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Location

2940 S Combee Rd, Lakeland, FL 33803-7339, United States | Lakeland, FL

Florida Blues Dance Society is excited to invite you to Blues Roots with Kenneth Shipp! Please join us for a full weekend of learning, dancing, and socializing as we dive deeper into the history and foundations of Blues dancing across idioms and decades.
Kenneth Shipp hails from St. Louis, MO as an instructor who grew up dancing hip-hop and DJing breaking comps before jumping into blues. He has spent the past few years passionately studying the family of blues idioms, incorporating his nerdy personality along the way. Kenneth’s life experiences inform his dancing and teaching style so that students walk away with a better historical and contextual understanding. With every class and practice, he'll encourage you to approach social dancing with coolness, relaxation, or in other words “Chill The F$%& Out.” When he’s not dancing, you can likely find him ranting about the latest blockbuster movie, game, or nerd convention, or desperately trying to dismantle toxic institutions.
SCHEDULE
September 19th
8 pm - 9 pm: Slow Drag Workshop
9 pm - 12 am: Social Dancing
September 20th
10 am - 2 pm: Individual & Small Group Privates
3 pm - 4 pm: Ballroomin’ Idioms Deep Dive
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm: Jookin’ Idioms Deep Dive
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm: Funky Butt Workshop
9 pm - 1:00 am: Disco Fever hosted by LKLD Lindy Hop and and Buena Market
September 21st
Will be updated soon.
LOCATION
Uno Dos Tres Studio
2940 S Combee Rd, Lakeland, FL 33803
COST
Full Event (all workshops + social): $80
Friday Workshop + Social: $35
Saturday Workshops: $60
Friday Social: $15
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
* Tickets for Disco Fever must be purchased separately. A link will be posted soon.
*If cost is a barrier to your attendance, please reach out to one of the organizers. We are always looking for volunteers and would love to find a way for you to attend.
*If you are traveling from out of town, there might be an opportunity for housing with local dancers. Please be aware that this is quite limited, but we are happy to try and help. Please reach out to one of the organizers.
We can't wait to see you in September for this incredible opportunity to learn from one of the top Blues instructors!