{"id":2,"date":"2016-12-20T23:41:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T07:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafesimcha.org\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-06-28T10:38:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T17:38:53","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cafesimcha.org\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>WE WELCOME BEGINNERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We have been known as the friendliest Israeli dance session in the US.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We dance every Wednesday night at the Arlington Community Church,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">52 Arlington Ave, Kensington CA, 94707.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We&#8217;re closed on the night before Thanksgiving and the week between Christmas and New Year, as well as for some Jewish holidays that fall on a Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidbergen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BGBGBG.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-401\" src=\".\/About Us \u2013 Cafe Simcha_files\/BGBGBG-300x9.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.davidbergen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BGBGBG-300x9.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.davidbergen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BGBGBG-768x23.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.davidbergen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BGBGBG-1024x31.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.davidbergen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BGBGBG-1140x34.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/www.davidbergen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BGBGBG-552x17.jpg 552w\" alt=\"\" width=\"734\" height=\"22\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A Typical Night\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nAdmission: $8<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>7:45 \u2013 8:00 pm:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Basic Israeli dance steps and a dance that uses them are taught.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>8:00 \u2013 8:30 pm<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Beginner\u2019s teaching session.\u00a0Easy to follow dances are played at this time for warm up. Beginners should come at this time for an introduction to Israeli Dancing. One classic\/beginner\u2019s dance is usually taught during this time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>8:30 \u2013 9:00 pm<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Regular teaching session.\u00a0One circle dance and one partner dance are typically taught at this time. These dances will either be one of the newest dances, or classic dances that people can use a review on. These dances tend to have more parts and more advanced steps then the beginner dances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>9:00 \u2013 11:30pm<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Request dance party.\u00a0Throughout the night we program a mix of the new, popular dances and classic, old favorite dances. Partner sets are usually three dances long, and our group generally mix partners. We have a request sheet at the front.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidbergen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BGBGBG.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-401 aligncenter\" src=\".\/About Us \u2013 Cafe Simcha_files\/BGBGBG-300x9.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.davidbergen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BGBGBG-300x9.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.davidbergen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BGBGBG-768x23.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.davidbergen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BGBGBG-1024x31.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.davidbergen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BGBGBG-1140x34.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/www.davidbergen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BGBGBG-552x17.jpg 552w\" alt=\"\" width=\"734\" height=\"22\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Contact Us At:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>dpbergen@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(510) 386-3155<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidbergen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BGBGBG.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-401 aligncenter\" src=\".\/About Us \u2013 Cafe Simcha_files\/BGBGBG-300x9.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.davidbergen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BGBGBG-300x9.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.davidbergen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BGBGBG-768x23.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.davidbergen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BGBGBG-1024x31.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.davidbergen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BGBGBG-1140x34.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/www.davidbergen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/BGBGBG-552x17.jpg 552w\" alt=\"\" width=\"734\" height=\"22\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\" class=\"post-excerpt\">WE WELCOME BEGINNERS We have been known as the friendliest Israeli dance session in the US. 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