Black and White Gala: A dress-up event with wine, local beer and small plates, and dancing to Shelby Earl and Joseph at 7 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Hartley Mansion, 2320 Rucker Ave., Everett. Sponsored by the Everett Music Initiative; tickets are $25 in advance through www.brownpapertickets.com.
The 449 Club: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Saturdays, Zion Lutheran Church, 4634 Alger St., Everett. Alcohol-free R&B music and dance; $6 cover. Call 425-445-5224 or email the449club@comcast.net.
Ballroom dancing: Dancing resumes in January, Carl Gipson Senior Center of Everett, 3025 Lombard Ave., Everett.
Checkerboard Squares: Beginner square dance lessons from 6 to 8 p.m. Sundays through June, at the Masonic Hall, 515 Dayton St., Edmonds. First lesson is free; after that, $5. Dress is casual. Call Roy Johnson at 425-338-2255 or 206-949-0114.
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. The Atlas String Band plays Nov. 9 and the caller is Suzanne Giradot. Call Matthew at 206-402-8646. Dances held September through April.
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 Senior Swingers square dancing: 1 to 3 p.m. Fridays with caller Doug Coleman, Everett senior center, 3025 Lombard Ave., Everett; donation suggested; no summer dances, starts again Sept. 20; 425-257-8780, 425-334-2919.
Happy Hopper Square Dance Club: 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. first and third Saturdays from September to June. Families and observers are welcome and dancers 17 and under are free. Variety of local and national callers. Stillaguamish Senior Center, 18308 Smokey Point Blvd., Arlington; 360-387-8727.
Hayloft dances: Group workshops with Lynda Zeman, American tango, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 2; $10. Social dance with DJ Terry “Wild Wild” West, 7 to 11 p.m. Nov. 2; West Coast swing lesson, 7 to 8 p.m.; dance, 8 to 11 p.m. $12. No partners or experience needed. The Hayloft, 15320 35th Ave. W., Lynnwood. Call Aileen at 425-743-6180.
Line dance lessons: Edmonds, Wednesdays, four-week beginner session, 10:30 a.m., intermediate sessions, 11:15 a.m. starting Nov. 6; $36 for four weeks. Harbor Square Athletic Club, 160 W. Dayton St., Edmonds. Call instructor Kathy Leone at 425-205-0870.
Line dance lessons: Stanwood, beginner lessons, 3:15 p.m., imtermediate lessons, 4 p.m.; $5; Studio Z, 7009 265th St. NW, No. 105, Stanwood. Call instructor Kathy Leone at 425-205-0870.
Normanna Hall: 1 to 3:30 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, Normann Hall, 2725 Oakes, Everett. Dance to Bob’s Swing Band; $5.
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.
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 7 p.m. Wednesdays, Cedar Valley Grange, 20526 52nd Ave. W., Lynnwood; $5 for members and $7 for nonmembers on Saturdays, $5 on Wednesdays; 425-385-2088, 425-889-0541; www.sno-king.org.
Sons of Norway: 7:30 p.m. lesson, 8:15 to 10:30 p.m. general dancing, third Friday of the month; no summer dances. No partner necessary. Mix of swing, ballroom, Latin and country music; $8 admission includes both the lesson and dance. 9910 270th NW, Stanwood.
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, Lynn-wood. Call 206-628-8939 or email info@washingtondance.com.
Whirlybird Square Dance Club: 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. dance, third Saturdays, September through June, The Hayloft, 15320 35th Ave. W., Lynnwood. Cost is $8. For more information, call 425-308-9559 or 425-806-8423 or go to www.sqdance.org/clubs/whirlybirds.html.
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