Community dance clubs and classes

Community dance clubs and classes

The 449 Club: 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Saturdays, Zion Lutheran Church, 4634 Alger St., Everett. Alcohol-free, R&B music and dance; $5 cover; 425-343-3232 or www.the449club.org.

Arlington Community Dance: 6:30 p.m. third Saturday of the month, Sisco Heights Community Center, 13527 99th Ave. NE, Arlington. No partner or lessons needed. All ages welcome. Live band and caller will teach all dances. Contra, lines, circle and square dance. Cost is $5 per person, $15 family; 425-232-7237.

Ballroom dancing: 1 to 3 p.m. every fourth Saturday through October, Carl Gipson Senior Center of Everett, 3025 Lombard Ave., Everett. Must be 50 or better to dance to the music of Lauren Petrie. Admission is $4; 425-257- 8780.

Camano Center: 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island; 360-387-0222. Sock hop, 5 to 8 p.m. May 7, with music by Kentucky Rain with professional Elvis tribute artists. 1950s diner-style food available for purchase. Cash bar. Tickets $20.

Dance party classes: Learn the party dances you need to know; instructor is Eleanor Leight, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays, Snohomish Senior Center, 506 Fourth St., Snohomish. All ages, no partners needed; $25 a month; 360-568-0934.

Dudes and Dolls Square Dance Club: Square and round dances; Cedar Valley Grange, 20526 52nd Ave. W, Lynnwood Dances are 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. second, fourth and fifth Fridays; www.dudesanddolls.org or 206-423-6193.

Edmonds Senior Center: Fling dance with live bands, 1 to 3 p.m. Fridays, Edmonds Senior Center, 220 Railroad Ave.; $3 donation, no partners necessary; $5 for a sampler class of foxtrot, swing and waltz on Monday afternoons; 425-774-5555.

Fern Bluff Squares: Square dance lessons for beginners, 7 to 9 p.m. Thursdays, East County Senior Center, 276 Sky River Parkway, Monroe. Ray Gallagher is the instructor. First lesson is free; 425-334-5184 or email lovedogs1940@live.com.

Fidalgo Fogcutter Plus Square Dance Club: 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. first and third Fridays through June with a variety of callers, Skagit Valley Grange, 21273 Cook Road, Sedro-Woolley, 2.5 miles east of I-5 at exit 232.

Freewheelers Square Dance Club: Freewheelers’ dances are at the Mountlake Terrace Community Senior Center, 23000 Lakeview Drive. Dances are 7 to 10 p.m. first, third and some fifth Sundays. Cost is $7. Singles and couples welcome. A beginner’s dance classes is offered Wednesday nights, 7 to 9 p.m. $7 per class. Contact Trisha, 206-523-1769 or seattlesquare@aol.com for classes or Janice, 206-992-4932 or freewheelerssquareedance@gmail.com for dances.

Happy Hoppers Square Dance Club: Square and round dances, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m., first and third Saturdays, Stillaguamish Senior Center, 18308 Smokey Point Blvd., Arlington. Guest callers and cuers. Singles and couples welcome; 425-397-0535 or email squaredancelessons@gmail.com.

Hayloft Dance Hall &Event Center: 15320 35th Ave. W, Lynnwood; www.hayloftdance.com. West Coast Swing with Scot McKay and Wren Newmen, 6:15 p.m. Tuesdays; $12 or $50 for five classes.

Normanna Hall: Ball room dance 1 to 3:30 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays; dance to Bob’s Swing Band; $6; Normanna Hall, 2725 Oakes, Everett; 425 252-0291.

Northshore Senior Center: 10201 East Riverside Dr., Bothell; 425-487-2441; www.northshoreseniorcenter.org. Line dancing is 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Thursdays. Ballroom dancing, 1 to 3 p.m. first and third Wednesdays.

Royal Scottish Country Dance Society: Northwest Ballet Studio, lower level of Lake Forest Park Towne Center, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Bothell; www.rscds-Seattle.org. Class meets on Wednesdays through June 8 from 7:15-9:30 p.m. Beginners welcome, partner not necessary. Members $8, non-members $10. First class free if new to Scottish Country Dancing.

Stillaquamish Senior Center: 18308 Smokey Point Blvd., Arlington; $3 per class (first is free); 425-232-7237.

Skandia Folkdance Society: First Friday dance, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. lesson, 8:30 to 11 p.m. dance, first and third Fridays Cedar Valley Grange, 20526 52nd Ave. W., Lynnwood; www.skandia-folkdance.org

Sky Valley Whirlwind Square Dance Club: Round dance workshops, 7:30 p.m., plus mainstream dances, 8 to 10:30 p.m. third Fridays, $6. Tri Way Grange, 35th and Seattle Hill Road, Mill Creek; 425-377-0756.

Veterans of Foreign Wars dances: Potluck dinners 6 to 7:30 p.m. last Saturdays, $5; free lessons 6:30 p.m., music and dancing 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesdays, Eddy Fukano Band performs, $5; VFW building, 2711 Oakes Ave., Everett; year-round; 425-252-2100.

Washington Dance Club: Ballroom dancing, introductory lesson, 8 to 9 p.m., $12, social dancing 9 to 11 p.m. Fridays, $12, free with dance lesson. The Verve Ballroom, 19820 40th Ave. W, Suite 102, Lynnwood; 206-628-8939.

Whirlybird Square Dance Club: 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. dance, third Saturdays, through June, The Hayloft, 15320 35th Ave. W., Lynnwood; $8; 425-308-9559 or 425-806-8423 or www.sqdance.org/clubs/whirlybirds.html

Woodinville Square Crow Dance Club: Plus dances at 7 p.m., mainstream dance at 7:30 p.m. fourth Saturdays at the Sammamish Valley Grange Hall, 14654 148th Ave NE, Woodinville; www.squarecrows.org. Lessons from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., $7 per class. First lesson is free.

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