Public dances

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

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.

Checkerboard Squares: Square dance lessons from 6 to 8 p.m. Sundays at the Masonic Hall, 515 Dayton St., Edmonds; $5. Dress is casual. Call Sheryl at 425-772-8085 or 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.

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 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; 425-257-8780, 425-334-2919.

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

Freewheelers Square Dance Club: 7 to 10 p.m. first, third and some fifth Sundays at Lake City Community Center, 12531 28th Ave. NE, Seattle (a nice wood floor). Cost is $6 per dance night, $5 per class night. Partners are not required; singles and couples welcome. For more information, call Trisha at 206-523-1769 or Janice at 206-992-4932.

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.; 360-387-8727.

Hayloft dances: Various dance lessons, workshops and dances. No partners or experience needed; cost varies. Country dance with DJ Robb Bryan, June 14 (7:30 to 9 p.m. lesson, 9 to 11:30 p.m. dance); $10. Zumba Neon Party, June 15 (7 to 8:30 p.m. lesson, 8:30 to 9 p.m. Filipino food; 9 to 10:30 p.m. social dance with Merly, M-Force); $10 includes food. The Hayloft, 15320 35th Ave. W., Lynnwood. Call Aileen at 425-478-7483.

Line dance lessons: Edmonds, Wednesdays, beginner lessons start at 10:30 a.m., intermediate at 11:15 a.m.; prices vary; Harbor Square Athletic Club, 160 W. Dayton St., Edmonds. Call instructor Kathy Leone at 425-205-0870.

Line dance lessons: Stanwood, beginner lessons, 4 to 4:45 p.m., imtermediate lessons, 4:45 to 5:30 p.m.; $5 for both lessons; Leatherheads Pub &Eatery, 10209 270th St NW, 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. Mainstream dance lessons start at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19. 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 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). Social dancing with DJ Bill Quemel, 7 to 9:30 p.m., $12. The Verve Ballroom, 19820 40th Ave. W, Suite 102, Lynnwood. Call 206-628-8939 or email info 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.

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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