Get Your Chicago Wedding Dance on Video

Angela and Matt preparing for their wedding while taking ballroom dance lessons

Tip of The Day Get Your Chicago Wedding Dance on Video. Listen up all you engaged couples for 2014. Its time to think about getting your first dance on video. Even if you didn’t budget for a professional videographer to capture your wedding dance, today’s technology will allow you to get some video on a…

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Dancing is Like Dreaming with Your Feet

Ballroom Dance Studio at 410 S Michigan Ave

This morning just so happens to be my birthday and a new journey for me. I found this quote today on Google. It said, “Dancing is Like Dreaming with Your Feet.” I think this is a pretty accurate description of the past year and where we have come in such a short period of time.…

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Crystal Ball 6.12.14

Crystal Ball Chicago

Well it’s that time of the year. Crystal Ball, one of Chicago’s ballroom dance competitions, starts today. Friends of Windy City Wedding Dance will be competing for the next 4 days in the following dance styles, American Rhythm, Smooth, and Standard. American Rhythm includes Bolero, Rumba, Cha Cha, and East Coast Swing. American Smooth Styles…

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Social Ballroom Dance Event

Ballroom Dance Frame

Tired of dancing alone? Looking for a social ballroom dance event? Come join Windy City Wedding Dance and Tommye Giacchino at the Drake Hotel for live music and social ballroom dancing on May 10th. The live band starts at 9pm and we encourage all of our students to attend and bring guests. If you are…

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Wedding Dance Boot Camp

Attention all Chicago Wedding Couples! Wedding Dance Boot Camp has just arrived. Because of the late arrival of Spring we have noticed some panic in the wedding industry. Some of your wedding tasks may have been pushed off due to the weather and unforeseen circumstances. Do you feel behind like you may not have time…

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Chicago Wedding Dance

Chicago Wedding Dance Bride 2014

In the last few years The Chicago Wedding Dance has an entire new meaning. As we continue to see more and more couples invest in technology, photography, and video, it’s all the more reason to make sure you are investing in your Wedding Dance. Your First Dance will be recorded and someone is likely to post…

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Healthy Benefits of Dancing

Tommye Giacchino

I thought I would share some of the healthy benefits of dancing. When is the last time you said to your self, “I can’t wait to go to the gym and run like a hamster on the treadmill?” There are those of us who like to run and then there are those of us who…

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Olympic Gold Medalists – Thank Ballroom Dance

Future Ballroom Dancers

United States Ice Dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie white won gold in Ice Dancing this Winter becoming the first US Olympic couple to win a gold in the sport. The routine was danced to music from My Fair Lady and was inspired by the ballroom dances Quick Step and Foxtrot. The Olympic Gold medalists thank…

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Non-Traditional Wedding Ideas – Nail Art

Twist on French

Now-a-days brides are getting more and more creative with their weddings and opting for a more non-traditional wedding. May it be a non-religious ceremony, having a funky first dance or a bouquet of broaches instead of flowers even the smallest of details are thought of. However something most brides don’t put much thought into is…

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Columbia College Dance Concert

Team Giacchino

The last few weeks have been very busy for Chicago’s wedding dance specialist, performing at the Athenaeum Theatre on February 14th and competing in the Midatlantic USA Dance championships on Feb 16th.  Windy City wedding Dance, members of Team Giachinno, will be performing for the 8th Annual Columbia College Alumni Dance Concert at Hamlin Park Field House at 3035 N.…

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