Weekend Top 6 Picks for July 30 and 31

Saturday July 30, 2016

8:30am to 11am Free. National Dance Day opening performances. Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Orlando, FL.

12:30pm to 8pm Free. National Dance Day Orlando South Campus. Marshall Ellis Dance School 1300 La Quinta Drive, Orlando, Florida. National Dance Day Orlando is thrilled to launch its fourth year of free dance programming with increased educational experiences and community engagement. NDDO is most noted for its free dance classes that engaged 1000+ Central Florida residents and tourists last year. The 2016 celebration has formed a new partnership with Marshall Ellis Dance School to offer more dance and healthy living opportunities through free classes taught by local Orlando dance company directors, choreographers, dancers, and fitness instructors.

FREE CLASSES

Saturday

Ballet Barre 12:30-1:30

Contemporary 1:45-2:45

Body Core/ Conditioning 3:00-4:00

Stretch 4:15-5:00pm

In addition to free classes offered at Marshall Ellis Dance School (South Campus for National Dance Day Orlando), there will be a free showcase from professional and pre-pro dance companies.

 7:30pm at ME Theatre. All classes are open to ages 7 to Adult.National Dance Day Orlando

National Dance Day Orlando is proud to announce its fourth year of free dance programming with increased educational experiences and community engagement.

Kick off the morning of July 30 at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts as they partner with Dizzy Feet Foundation for a dance extravaganza that will move and shake the heart of our city! The morning dance celebration will take place at Seneff Arts Plaza from 8:30-11AM. Cyrus “Glitch” Spencer from So You Think You Can Dance will lead the official National Dance Day routine for all ages and abilities to participate in together. Interactive dance programming, choreography demonstrations, and featured performances from Orlando Ballet, Dr. Phillips Center Florida Hospital School of the Arts, and many more will take the stage.

NDDO is most noted for its free dance classes that engaged more than 1000+ Central Florida residents and tourists last year. The 2016 celebration has formed new partnerships with Dr. Phillips Center Florida Hospital School of the Arts, Emotions Dance Studio, Marshall Ellis Dance Studio, and Studio K to offer more free educational opportunities to the Central Florida community. More than fifty dance classes of various genres and levels are available for non dancers and dancers to participate and celebrate together. Participants can register for free afternoon dance classes hosted at the four campuses below:

North Campus: Emotions Dance Studio

Central Campus: Dr. Phillips Center Florida Hospital School of the Arts

South Campus A: Studio K

South Campus B: Marshall Ellis Dance School

For more information regarding the Orlando Celebration at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

8pm to 11pm Free, but order food or drink. Jazz Saturdays. Cork & Fork American Grill5180 S. Conway Road, Belle Isle, FL. Jazz Saturdays will feature live entertainment by Jazzanova musicians.

Sunday July 31, 2016

All day. Free. Random Act of Kindness Day. Do something nice for someone you don’t know.

1pm to 5pm $50.  Pints for Pulse: a community event. Orlando Drink and Draw is being held at this event. Festival Park 2911 E. Robinson St., Orlando, Florida.

beer | art | music | you

A craft beer community event that raises moneys to help the pulse nightclub victims 80+ breweries, food trucks, food tents, burlesque shows, drag shows, and many more amazing and wonderful things – all to help raise funds for those affected by the pulse night club tragedy.

All proceeds from this event will go to OneOrlando

Where can I buy tickets?

Online pre-purchase only at the following link:What does my $50 ticket get me?

+Unlimited pours of beers from the breweries listed below

+Live Music

+Samples of small bites

+On site raffle of rare beers (1 raffle ticket included with entry)

+All proceeds of the entry will go directly to the pulse nightclub victims, victims families, and employees.

Food can be purchased on site from the following food trucks, all of whom will be donating a portion of their sales to OneOrlando:

+Da Kine Poke (Hawaiian poke bowls)

+Little Blue Donut

+Jamaica Jamaica (Jamaican jerk + curry)

+Treehouse Truck (burgers, cheesesteaks)

+Dixieland Diner (cajun cuisine) 

Raffle:

Various baskets containing rare beers will be raffled off donated by members of the Florida beer community. These baskets will include and not limited to beers like:

+Cigar City Hunahpu 2016

+Cigar City California Brandy BA Hunahpu

+Cigar City Kalvipoeg at the Gates of Hell

+Cigar City Cheers! b1 (2012)

+Cigar City Cheers! b2 (2015)

+Westvleteren 12

+Cantillon Iris

+Snowed In

+Last Snow

+2011 Black Ops

+2013 Black Ops

+2014 Black Ops

+Black Tuesday 2015 

Breweries:

+10 Barrel

+B Nektar

+Barley Mow Brewing Co.

+Barrel of Monks Brewing

+Bell’s Brewery

+Big Storm Brewing Co.

+Big Top Brewing Company

+Bold City Brewery

+Boulevard Brewing Company

+Bowigens

+Brew Bus Brewing

+Brew Hub

+Bugnutty Brewing Company

+Cask & Larder

+Central 28 Beer Co.

+Cigar City Brewing

+Concrete Beach Brewery

+Coppertail Brewing Co.

+Craft Brewers Alliance

+Crooked Can Brewing Co.

+Daytona Beach Brewing Company

+Dogfish Head Brewery

+Dunedin Brewery

+Elysain Brewing Company

+First Magnitude Brewing

+Florida Beer Company

+Goose Island

+Green Bench Brewing Co.

+Green Man

+Guinness

+Harpoon Brewery

+Highland Brewing Company

+Infinite Ale Works

+Intuition Ale Works

+JDub’s Brewing

+Keel and Curley Winery (Madman Ciders)

+Lagunitas Brewing Company

+Left Hand Brewing

+Lexington Brewing

+Lost Coast Brewery

+Magic Hat Brewing Company

+MIA Brewing

+Motorworks Brewing

+New Belgium Brewing

+Orange Blossom Brewing

+Orlando Brewing

+Oskar Blues Brewery

+Peak Organic Brewing Co.

+Persimmon Hollow Brewing

+Red Cypress Brewery

+Redlight Redlight Beer Parlour and Brewery

+Samuel Adams

+Sixpoint

+Southern Tier Brewing

+SweetWater

+Tampa Bay Brewing Company

+Ten10 Brewing Co.

+Tomoka Brewing Company

+Two Henry’s Brewing Company

+Uinta Brewing Co.

+Vermont Hard Cider (Woodchuck)

+Victory Brewing Company

+Wynwood Brewing Company

Peace, Love, Pulse!

10pm to Midnight Free. Comedy Open Mic. Austin’s Coffee, 929 W Fairbanks Ave, Winter Park, FL. Free comedy show! Come out and laugh, or give it a try yourself.