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FREE DANCE LESSONS!

Below you will find FREE dance lessons for all of the different dance nights we offer. Simply scroll down and look for the dance you are interested in attending and learn the dance styles or steps that are most popular in an evening at that particular dance. Learn the basic step and one or two moves to do in each style for that evening of dance. If you do, you will be ready to have lots of fun when you come! However, you don't need to know any dance styles nor do you need to have ever taken a dance learn in order to have fun at one of our dances. But if you know some steps before you come (especially to one of our Ballroom or Country Dances) it will make the evening much or enjoyable! So, take a look and have a FREE lesson or two or ten on us!

BALLROOM DANCE
Though our Ballroom Dance night consists of over 15 different dance styles, the styles listed below are done more often than the others. Thus, if you learn these styles you will be able to dance almost every song! If you don't have time to learn all these styles, learn them in the order that we have them listed since they are listed in the order of most danced.

FOXTROT          Basic Demonstration Video          FREE Lesson Video
WALTZ          Basic Demonstration Video          FREE Lesson VideoTO COME
EAST COAST SWING          Basic Demonstration Video          FREE Lesson Video
CHA CHA          Basic Demonstration Video          FREE Lesson VideoTO COME
RUMBA          Basic Demonstration VideoTO COME          FREE Lesson VideoTO COME
AMERICAN TANGO          Basic Demonstration Video          FREE Lesson Video
WEST COAST SWING          Find videos of this style under our "1st Friday Dance Mix" section of this page.
NIGHT CLUB 2 STEP          Basic Demonstration Video          FREE Lesson Video
SAMBA          Basic Demonstration Video          FREE Lesson VideoTO COME
SALSA          Find videos of this style under our "Salsa Dance" section of this page.

COUNTRY DANCE
Our Country Dances consist of many different line dances & partner dances. This can make Country Dancing something very hard to grasp and feel comfortable with. However, the terms listed below correspond with different patterns commonly used in country line and partner dancing. So, if you learn the patterns that go with these terms below you will be able to better understand the different dances and how they work! If you don't have time to learn all these terms, learn them in the order that we have them listed since they are listed by most important.

1. Walk Steps (Forward - Back - Side To Side)
2. Vine (Touch - Brush - Stomp - Turns)
3. Weave (Extension Of A Vine)
4. Shuffle (Cha Cha - Triple Step - Chasse)
5. Charleston
6. Jazz Box (Left Over Right & Right Over Left)
7. Kick Ball Change (Left & Right)
8. Rumba Box (Left & Right - Forward & Back)
9. Mambo (Forward - Back - Side)
10. Coaster Step (Left & Right)
11. Sailor (Left & Right)

Line Dance: Country As Can Be          FREE Lesson Video
Couples Dance: Long Long Way          FREE Lesson Video

SALSA DANCE
At our Salsa Dance parties you will pimarily dance Salsa the entire evening. So, if you only have time to learn one dance style before you come, learn Salsa. Salsa Dances are much easier to break into since you can learn one dance style and dance to almost every song. However the Salsa style is a fast dance, so if you have time to learn a little before you come that would give you a great head start!

SALSA          Basic Demonstration VideoTO COME          FREE Lesson VideoTO COME
BACHATA          Basic Demonstration VideoTO COME          FREE Lesson VideoTO COME

SWING DANCE
Though you can dance a number of different dance styles on our Swing Dance nights, there is only one style you need to know. If you learn Jitterbug you can dance to every song that is played in an evening. Once you get good with your Jitterbug, start to learn the other styles listed below and in the order we have them listed. Though you can dance Jitterbug to every song, some of those same songs actually make you want to dance one or more of the other styles. Though Jitterbugs can be fast you will find that breaking into our Swing Dances as a non-dancer is your easiest way into the dance world!

JITTERBUG          Basic Demonstration VideoTO COME          FREE Lesson VideoTO COME
BALBOA          Basic Demonstration VideoTO COME          FREE Lesson VideoTO COME
LINDY HOP          Basic Demonstration VideoTO COME          FREE Lesson VideoTO COME
CHARLESTON          Basic Demonstration VideoTO COME          FREE Lesson VideoTO COME
COLLEGIATE SHAG          Basic Demonstration VideoTO COME          FREE Lesson VideoTO COME

1ST FRIDAY DANCE MIX
At our 1st Friday Dance Mix you will pimarily dance West Coast Swing up to 1/2 the evening. So, if you only have time to learn one dance style before you come, learn West Coast Swing and it will be enough for you to have a great time! Hustle is another popular dance style at our 1st Friday Dance Mix, so if you have the time pick up on Hustle as well. The other half of the evening ends up with a mix similiar to our ballroom dances. So, go up to our Ballroom Dance section on this page and check out some of those styles as well!

WEST COAST SWING          Basic Demonstration VideoTO COME          FREE Lesson VideoTO COME
HUSTLE          Basic Demonstration Video          FREE Lesson VideoTO COME