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. Call 425-343-3232 or visit 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 for family. For more information, call 425-232-7237.

Ballroom dance: 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesdays, Northshore Senior Center, 10201 E. Riverside Drive, Bothell; dance lessons with extra charge and dancing with a live band; $4 members, $6 nonmembers; 425-487-2441; www.northshoreseniorcenter.org.

Dance party classes: Learn the party dances you need to know for weddings, reunions and cruises; 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.

Darrington Community Dances: 5:30 p.m. potluck, 7 p.m. instruction, 7:30 dancing on the second Saturday; Mansford Grange, 1265 Railroad Ave., Darrington. 206-402-8646; $7 requested donation.

Dudes and Dolls Square Dance Club: Square and round dancers; Cedar Valley Grange, 20526 52nd Ave. W., Lynnwood; $6 at the door. Lessons 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays starting Sept. 8 and 15. $90 for 16 lessons or $6 per lesson. www.dudesanddolls.com. 206-369-7131.

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

Everett Elks: The Everett Elks is sponsoring “An Evening of Remembrance &Hope,” a dinner and silent auction with music and dancing at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Elks, 2802 Hoyt, Everett. All proceeds will go to Seattle’s Children’s Hospital uncompensated care fund. Presale tickets are available at the Elks for $20. Music and dancing begins at 9 p.m. For more information, call 425-252-4179.

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. Partners are not required; singles and couples welcome. A beginner’s dance classes will be offered Wednesday nights, 7 to 9 p.m. $7 per class. For more information, 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 dancers, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m., first and third Saturdays, Stillaguamish Senior Center, 18308 Smokey Point Bvd., Arlington. Guest callers and cuers. Singles and couples welcome. For more info, call 425-397-0535. Square Dance Lessons, 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 21 at Totem Middle School, 1605 7th St., Marysville. First class is free; $6 per lesson following. No partner needed. For more info, call 425-334-4374 or email squaredancelessons@gmail.com.

Hayloft Dance Hall: 15320 35th Ave. W., Lynnwood; www.hayloftdance.com.

Line dance Stanwood: Lessons on Thursdays. Beginners, 3 p.m., intermediate, 3:45 p.m.; Studio Z, 7009 265th St. NW, No. 105, Stanwood. Call instructor Kathy Leone at 425-205-0870.

Line Dance Edmonds: Lessons on Wednesdays.

Normanna Hall: 1 to 3:30 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays; dance to Bob’s Swing Band; $5; Normanna Hall, 2725 Oakes, Everett.

Sit Down and Tone Up: Chair dancing is a seated exercise program that combines the health benefits of a total workout with the fun of moving to music. Classes offered Monday and Thursday, 1 to 2 p.m. at the Stillaquamish Senior Center (18308 Smokey Pt. Blvd, Arlington). $3 per class (first free). For more information, call 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; $10 nonmembers, $7 members; www.skandia-folkdance.org or 206-784-7470. Oct. 2: Music by the Skolkis. Workshop with Jerry Walsh and Judy Patterson. For directions and more information, email music@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; 360-794-8240.

Sno-King International Folk Dance Club: Folk dance, 7 p.m. Saturdays and Wednesdays; Cedar Valley Grange, 20526 52nd Ave. W., Lynnwood; $5 for members and $7 for nonmembers on Saturdays, $5 on Wednesdays. For more, call 206-524-7360, 360-387-9923 or 206-524-7360; or visit www.sno-king.org.

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. Call 206-628-8939.

Woodinville Square Crow Dance Club: Dances at 7:30 p.m. first and third Fridays at the Sammamish Valley Grange Hall, 14654 148th Ave NE, Woodinville. Call Alice at 425-319-1093 or go to www.squarecrows.org.

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