Public dances

Published 2:48 pm Thursday, February 18, 2010

Snohomish, Island counties

Ballroom dance: 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesdays, Northshore Senior Center, 10201 E. Riverside Drive, Bothell; dancing with a live band; $4; 425-487-2441.

Ballroom lessons and dances: 5 p.m. teen dance lessons, 6 p.m. Latin lessons, 7 p.m. ballroom lessons, 8 p.m. swing dance lessons Mondays; 1 to 3 p.m. lesson and open dance Tuesdays, for all four types; Antheia Ballroom, 213 Ave. D, Snohomish; private lessons, wedding dance preparation and other activities; $10 to $11 lessons and open dances; private lessons have other costs; 425-530-9952; www.antheiaballroom.com.

Camano Community and Senior Center: 606 Arrowhead Road, Camano Island; 360-387-0222; www.camano center.org. All classes last six weeks; call for cost details.

Country-western dances: 5:30 p.m. potluck dinner, 6:30 p.m. instruction, 7:30 p.m. open dancing first Fridays, Deer Lagoon Grange, 5142 Bayview Road, Langley; country and western, other steps; $5 per person per hour of instruction, $5 per person for evening of dance; 360-341-1860, 360-678-6326, 206-414-6447.

Dance with live bands: 1 to 3 p.m. Fridays, South County Senior Center, 220 Railroad Ave., Edmonds; enjoy music for foxtrot, swing, waltz; $3 to $4 donations, no partners necessary; 425-774-5555.

Everett Senior Swingers square dancing: 1 to 3 p.m. Fridays, Everett Senior Center, 3025 Lombard Ave., Everett; all are welcome; 425-257-8780, 425-334-2919.

Folk dance: Skandia Folkdance Society, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. lesson, 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. dance, first and third Fridays, Cedar Valley Grange, 20526 52nd Ave. W., Lynnwood; $10, $7 members unless otherwise noted; some events at other sites as noted; 206-784-7470; www.skandia- folkdance.org;http://www.skandiaÃ⅛ƒÆ’Ã⅛ˆ¢Ã¢â€šˆ¬Ã…ˆ¡Ã⅛ƒâ€šÃ&frac18. Skandia Vinterdans Weekend, 8 to 11 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19 through 21, costs vary for workshops, dancing to live music and other activities; $8 to $40 per person.

Folk dance: 7:30 p.m. Saturdays, Sno-King International Folk Dance Club, Cedar Valley Grange, 20526 52nd Ave. W., Lynnwood; $5 and $7 donations requested; 425-454-6529; www.sno-king.org. Feb. 20, an Eastern European Jewish couples dance.

Freewheelers Square Dance Club: Dances 7 to 10 p.m. first and third Sundays, beginners’ classes 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Lake City Community Center, 12531 28th Ave. NE, Seattle; $5 per dance night, $6 per class; 425-337-5441, 425-673-0858.

Grange dances: 7:30 p.m. lessons, with dances to follow 8:15 to 10:30 p.m. third Fridays, South Camano Grange, 2227 S. Camano Drive, Camano Island; $8; steps include swing, ballroom, Latin and country; 360-387-6842.

Lake Goodwin Community Club: 17323 42nd Ave. NW, Stanwood; 360-435-5874; www.considerthisministries.org. Dances 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. third Saturdays, February through November, $10 suggested donation.

Line dancing lessons: Four-week beginner series, 11:15 a.m. Wednesdays, four-week intermediate series noon Wednesdays; new series begin monthly through March, Harbor Square Athletic Club, 160 W. Dayton St., Edmonds; beginners and intermediate; $25 members, $30 nonmembers per series; 425-2025-0870.

Line dancing lessons for beginners and intermediate: 6 p.m. Tuesdays, Camano Country Club, 1243 S. Beach Drive, Camano Island; beginners and intermediate; $25 members, $30 nonmembers per four-week series, which start monthly through March; 425-205-0870.

Normanna Lodge weekly dances: Jack’s Swing Band’s big band, 1 to 4 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays; $5; various bands, 7:30 to 11 p.m. fourth Fridays, 2725 Oakes Ave., Everett; 425-252-0291.

Scottish country dancing: No partner needed, Wednesdays, Rosehill Community Center, 304 Lincoln Ave., Mukilteo; 425-438-8977.

Sky Valley Whirlwind Square Dance Club: Brush-up lessons, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Tri Way Grange, 35th and Seattle Hill Road, Mill Creek; $5. Dances 8 to 10:30 p.m. third Fridays; $6; 360-794-8240.

Square dance lesson sign-ups: Checkerboard Squares’ beginner and brush-up lessons, 6 to 8 p.m. Sundays, Edmonds Masonic Lodge, 515 Dayton St., Edmonds; first lesson free, then $5 per person; 425-745-5303, 425-776-4442.

Strictly Ballroom: 7 to 9 p.m. fourth Saturdays, The Hayloft, 15320 35th Ave. W., Lynnwood; $12 per person, smart casual dress required, no rubber-soled shoes allowed; 425-776-4007.

Tango lessons: 6 p.m. Wednesdays, 1 p.m. Saturdays, small donation, Everett Senior Activity Center, 3025 Lombard Ave., Everett; 425-257-8780.

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.

Whirlybirds Square Dance Club: Beginners’ classes, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, The Hayloft, 15320 35th Ave. W., Lynnwood; first lesson free, $5 per dance after that; 425-353-3471.