Do Your Own Swing

🌈DYOS Info: August 27, 2026
The Gibson Spectacular!

📚 Instructors
L2-L4: Alison Gibson (she/her) + Joel Gibson
L1: Jake R + Sean L

🎶 saumya b (she/they) will be your DJ tonight!

💸There won’t be a change bag at the front desk tonight, so please bring exact change, pay via Zelle or VenMo, or wait to pay in cash next week!

😷 Masks will be required for classes; STRONGLY encouraged & optional for social dancing
Note: COVID is currently HIGH at ALL Santa Clara County sites.

🌈 See you soon!

Save the Date:

Thursday, September 17th
Medieval Fantasy Night!

Join us for a loose genre night of dungeons, dragons, pagan witches and warlocks, elves, mythological creatures, and even a touch of renaissance for some era-fusion!

Classes will involve Riley casting some spells on the dancers!
Social dancing will involve festival games and some horse* riding!

*Not real live horses, but you will have an opportunity to dance some pony swing.
If you know, you know. If you don't, you will.

🌈DYOS Info: Aug 6, 2026 feat. Natasha + Joel!!!

📚 L3-L4 Class Topic: Turns
Here’s what Natasha shared about the class topic:
Hey all, looking forward to seeing some of you for classes tonight! Since we’re expecting a slightly smaller crowd due to folks already heading to Swingtacular, Joel and I have planned level 3 & 4 class content to take advantage of having a slightly less crowded room: we’ll be working on turns, including exploring different types of turn preps (contrabody vs same-side). We’ll have our usual format for level 2, so bring any questions or topics you’d like to work on together. Hope to see you there!
📚 Instructors
L2-L4: Natasha F + Joel Gibson
L1: TBD + Alex G

🎶 DJ Joel will be spinning the tunes!
NOTE: Tonight’s social will end at 10:30pm

😷 Masks will be required for classes; STRONGLY encouraged & optional for social dancing
Note: COVID is currently HIGH at ALL Santa Clara County sites. With summer heat and Studio M not having AC, I’m going to keep masking encouraged & optional for social dancing during this summer wave. That said, if you can tolerate wearing a mask, I really recommend it.
🌈 See you soon!

🌈 DYOS feat. Rosemary Whitson!!!

📚 L3-L4 Class Topic: Contrast
Rhythmic vs Smooth, Internal vs External, Slow vs Fast
Tonight’s class topic will be all about contrast! Moving from one extreme to another for musical expression. Conceptual, high energy, and lots of music and movement!

📚 Instructors
L2: Riley (they/them)
L3-L4: Rosemary (they/them)
L1: Alison Gibson (she/her)

🎶 There’s been a change in the schedule and our DJ for the night is DJ PRESTON!

😷 Masks will be required for classes; STRONGLY encouraged & optional for social dancing
Note: COVID is Medium or HIGH throughout Santa Clara. With summer heat and Studio M not having AC, I’m going to keep masking encouraged & optional for social dancing during this summer wave. That said, if you can tolerate wearing a mask, I really recommend it.

🌈 See you soon!

🌈DYOS Info: July 23, 2026

📚 L3-L4 Class Topic: Let it Breathe 🫁
📚 Instructors
L2-L4: Riley (they/them)
L1: Jake R + Alex G

🎶 There’s been a change in the schedule and our DJ for the night is DJ SAUCY!
aka saumya b (she/they)

😷 Masks will be required for classes; STRONGLY encouraged & optional for social dancing
Note: COVID is Medium or HIGH throughout Santa Clara. With summer heat and Studio M not having AC, I’m going to keep masking encouraged & optional for social dancing during this summer wave. That said, if you can tolerate wearing a mask, I really recommend it.

⚡NEXT WEEK: Special guest instructor Rosemary Whitson!!!
🎶Feat. DJ Preston

🌈 See you soon!

🌈DYOS Info: July 16, 2026

📚 L3-L4 Class Topic: “🦆s & 🎢s, pt. II”
📚 Instructors
L2-L4: Riley (they/them)
L1: Alison Gibson (she/her) + Sean L

🎶 Your DJs for the night:
9:15-9:45 Alex G w/ a French language set in honor of Bastille Day!
9:45-10:00 Riley w/ Riley Picks (music you probably haven’t heard before)
10:00-10:30 Reece
10:30-11:30 Andrew Roth

😷 Masks will be required for classes; STRONGLY encouraged & optional for social dancing
Note: COVID is Medium or HIGH throughout Santa Clara. With summer heat and Studio M not having AC, I’m going to keep masking encouraged & optional for social dancing during this summer wave. That said, if you can tolerate wearing a mask, I really recommend it. Getting COVID is *rough* on the neurovascular system long term, even when the short term cold-like symptoms are mild.

🌈 See you soon!

🌈It’s the grand finale week of PRIDE MONTH!

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Rainbow & Flag Night
Wear rainbows, bright colors, or whatever feels like Pride to you!
Bring your own Pride flags so we can make a flag tapestry on the back wall during our social dance ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤍🖤

📚 L3-L4 Class Topic
Discover a New Path, The Sequel: Woah, Double Rainbowwww

🧑‍🏫 Instructors
L2-L4: Riley (they/them)
L1: Will Ho (he/him) & Sean L

🎶 Social music from q***r artists

😷 Masks will be required for classes; encouraged & optional for social dancing
(current levels: COVID, Flu, and RSV are a mix of Low & Medium in Santa Clara County)

🌈 See you soon!

🌈It’s week TWO of PRIDE MONTH!

⚡️💡✨ Glitter & Glow Night
Wear glitter, sparkles, white, and/or neon!
Note: There will be black lights during the social dance tonight

☀️ ️Warm weather tip: Bring a water bottle, personal fan, deodorant, and a change of clothes!

📚 L3-L4 Class Topic: “Discover a New Path”
🧑‍🏫 Instructors
L2-L4: Riley (they/them)
L1: Joel Gibson & saumya b (she/they)

🎶 Social music from q***r artists

😷 Masks will be required for classes; encouraged & optional for social dancing
(current levels: COVID, Flu, and RSV are a mix of Low & Medium in Santa Clara County)

🌈 See you soon!

🌈It’s week one of PRIDE MONTH!

👕 Tonight is DYOSpirit Night (wear your DYOS merch!), plus we have a silly Luck o' the Draw contest tonight 🤪

☀️ ️Warm weather tip: Bring a water bottle, personal fan, deodorant, and a change of clothes!

📚 L3-L4 Class Topic: “The Rainbow Games”
📚 Instructors
L2-L4: Riley (they/them)
L1: Jake R + Alex G

🎶 Your DJ will be Riley, featuring music from q***r artists

😷 Masks will be required for classes; encouraged & optional for social dancing
(current levels: COVID, Flu, and RSV are a mix of Low & Medium in Santa Clara County)

🌈 See you soon!