Waltz etcetera

Every Monday night: a warm, welcoming dance

February classes: Swingin' Cha-cha

Swingin' Cha-cha is cha-cha with a twist, or rather just a bit of a cool swing; you dance it to swinging, bluesy music rather than Latin music, tunes that have a nice mellow groove, the kinda music that makes up a good portion of the etcetera part of Waltz etcetera's music. Swingin' Cha-cha is intuitive and easygoing; you can quickly pick up enough of the basics to have a great time dancing it, even if you're not an experienced dancer. If you already know any cha-cha moves, they'll fit right in, as will many swing moves; you can easily go back & forth between Swingin' Cha-cha and tripletime swing. Plus, you can easily make Swingin' Cha-cha travel around the room, which is a total hoot. More info on Swinging Cha-cha | Watch a video of us dancing it

Class details: You can drop in anytime. No need to sign up, just show up. Classes are 6:30 - 7:30 pm every Monday, $15 per class, right before the dance, at the Lake City Community Center. No partner required; we rotate partners frequently. The dance afterward always includes plenty of music for you to practice what you got in the class. In all our classes we teach humane, egalitarian leading & following, lead-follow dancing that's 100% voluntary for both partners, rather than shoving your partner around, however gently, or being shoved. Everybody dances; nobody gets danced; partner dancing's more fun if no one's in charge.

Our music

We have a great collection of music for dancing; just ask any of our regular dancers. We're always on the lookout for new music, searching for songs that move us, music that makes us want to dance, and when we find something promising, we try it out to see how the dancers respond. Lots of times what seemed like such a promising new song doesn't end up being a hit with the dancers; we learn as we go. We play the stuff that does turn out to be a hit with the dancers, and so voilĂ , the dancers love our music!

Dancers at Waltz etcetera (lots more pix here)
Dancers at Waltz etcetera
Dancers Waltz etcetera