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AoD students: This is a great place to go and practice what we’ve been working on, and to meet other students of dance. I have been to the dance in Belvidere many times and enjoy it for not only its beautiful venue (newly redecorated!) but for the energy, enthusiasm, and welcoming environment provided by the many people who attend. I usually expect to see over 100 people at the dance!

Doors for the 4th Saturday dance open at 6:45 PM with the lesson starting at 7:00 PM. The 4th Saturday dance is held every month and includes a group lesson from local professional ballroom dance instructors and generally includes a mid-evening showcase put on by the evenings instructor, the instructors’s students or other members of the local ballroom dance community. In addition we have one or two dance mixers as part of the evenings schedule.

Belvidere is only a few tolls into IL, just past the familiar “Belvidere Oasis” freeway overpass convenience station. It only takes about an hour & fifteen minutes to get there from Madison, and it is well worth the journey!

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Attend the first dance of Madison’s new ballroom dance organization: USA Dance–Madison. Join us for the first of many monthly ballroom dances.

USA Dance is a national non-profit organization that promotes ballroom dancing. USA Dance-Madison is a local chapter of that national organization. The new Madison chapter will hire numerous area instructors, offer dance workshops and intensives, and provide a positive smoke-free alcohol-free social dance every month.

At this first dance, Art of Dance will teach different two beginning lessons.

Dance demonstrations and social mixer dances will occur throughout the evening.

Schedule:
– 7pm: Beginner Swing Lesson
– 8pm: General Dancing Begins
– 9pm: Dance Demonstrations, followed by a brief Merengue/Salsa lesson
– 9:30pm-11pm General Dancing and Mixers

Admission:
– $8 General Admission (Non-Members)
– $5 Members / Students
– FREE ADMISSION for everyone who joins USA Dance-Madison before or at the dance
– *Annual membership dues are $25*

USA Dance social dances are a great opportunity to put all of your dance moves into action! The mix of recorded music includes Waltz, Fox Trot, Tango, Salsa, Merengue, Rumba, Cha Cha, Swing, and many others!

Dress for USA Dance dances is dressy casual.

** ** Please bring non-street shoes to wear for dancing! ** **

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Dancing 7:00 – 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $17 at door, $15 in advance. Tickets may be purchased in advance at Drums-n-Moore in Madison, 6033 Monona Drive (M-F 11a-6p), or by contacting June Dalton at ladiesmustswing@yahoo.com.

Re-live the 1940s era by listening to big band music performed by Ladies Must Swing, a jazz band consisting of 19 energetic dames. Vintage wear is encouraged and there will be prizes for the best dressed couple and best dancers. The ladies will be performing 1940s tunes all night long – enjoy Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree, Seems Like Old Times, Leap Frog, In the Mood, and much more! Benefits to the Community Food and beverage proceeds will benefit the Community Action Coalition (cacscw.org), a local organization committed to reducing poverty in Dane, Jefferson and Waukesha counties. A portion of the door proceeds will benefit The Badger Honor Flight (badgerhonorflight.org), a local nonprofit that ensures WWII and terminally ill veterans from any war have the opportunity to see the memorials that have been erected in their honor.

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Lessons before the dance: Bolero
6:00pm – Intermediate level (must be familiar with the following moves: Basic and bolero timing, Cross-over breaks, Opening break/under-arm turn)
7:00pm – Beginning Level
$5 Nonmembers/ Free for club members
Taught by Sarah Calhoun

General Dancing continues 8:00pm-midnight
$2 Club members / $5 Nonmembers

UWMBDA dances are a great opportunity to put all of your new dance moves to use! They are open to both students and non-students, and play a mix of music that will include salsa, merengue, rumba, cha cha, waltz, fox trot, tango, swing, and many others!

Check the UWMBDA webpage for more details.

Dress for UWMBDA dances is casual–jeans and a T-shirt are normal. Please bring non-street shoes to dance in!

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Doors for at 6:45 PM with the lesson starting at 7:00 PM. (I don’t know what the lesson is this month.) The 4th Saturday dance is held every month. In addition we have one or two dance mixers as part of the evenings schedule.

Our carpool meets at the Stoughton Road Park and Ride at Stoughton Road and the Beltline in Madison at 5:30pm sharp. We will take as many vehicles as we need to accommodate everyone, leaving the rest of the vehicles at the park and ride. Please bring gas money for drivers.

Due to construction at the Belvidere Community Center, the USA Dance 4th Saturday dance is moving, (for several months). They have arranged the use of the Northeast Branch of the YMCA in Loves Park. It is located just north of Rockford, and near the Indoor Sports Center off of Riverside Ave. It only takes about an hour & fifteen minutes to get there from Madison, and it is well worth the journey!

I have been to the dance in Belvidere many times and enjoy it for not only its beautiful venue but for the energy, enthusiasm, and welcoming environment provided by the many people who attend. I usually expect to see over 100 people at the dance!

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Tropical Twist
Hawaiian Themed Cystic Fibrosis Benefit Dance

Lessons before the dance: Swing
6:00pm – Intermediate level (must know basics)
7:00pm – Beginning Level
$5 Nonmembers/ Free for club members
Taught by Sarah Calhoun

General Dancing continues 8:00pm-midnight
$2 Club members / $5 Nonmembers

UWMBDA dances are a great opportunity to put all of your new dance moves to use! They are open to both students and non-students, and play a mix of music that will include salsa, merengue, rumba, cha cha, waltz, fox trot, tango, swing, and many others!

Check the UWMBDA webpage for more details.

Dress for UWMBDA dances is casual–jeans and a T-shirt are normal. Please bring non-street shoes to dance in!

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Lessons before the dance: Cha Cha
6:00pm – Intermediate level (must know basics)
7:00pm – Beginning Level
$5 Nonmembers/ Free for club members
Taught by Darrell Dieringer

General Dancing continues 8:00pm-midnight
$2 Club members / $5 Nonmembers

UWMBDA dances are a great opportunity to put all of your new dance moves to use! They are open to both students and non-students, and play a mix of music that will include salsa, merengue, rumba, cha cha, waltz, fox trot, tango, swing, and many others!

Check the UWMBDA webpage for more details.

Dress for UWMBDA dances is casual–jeans and a T-shirt are normal. Please bring non-street shoes to dance in!

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Lessons before the dance: Nightclub Two-Step
6:00pm – Intermediate level (must know basics)
7:00pm – Beginning Level
$5 Nonmembers/ Free for club members
Taught by Darrell Dieringer

General Dancing continues 8:00pm-midnight
$2 Club members / $5 Nonmembers

UWMBDA dances are a great opportunity to put all of your new dance moves to use! They are open to both students and non-students, and play a mix of music that will include salsa, merengue, rumba, cha cha, waltz, fox trot, tango, swing, and many others!

Check the UWMBDA webpage for more details.

Dress for UWMBDA dances is casual–jeans and a T-shirt are normal. Please bring non-street shoes to dance in!

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Spring Kickoff Dance
Friday, Jan 29th
Memorial Union 8:30pm-midnight

Free Dance & Free Lessons!

Beginner Lessons:
8:30pm – TBD
9:30pm – TBD
Instructors: TBD

Performances by
TBD

General Dancing
8:30pm-midnight before and after the lessons

Hosted by Madtown Ballroom

UWMBDA dances are a great opportunity to put all of your new dance moves to use! They are open to both students and non-students, and play a mix of music that will include salsa, merengue, rumba, cha cha, waltz, fox trot, tango, swing, and many others!

Check the UWMBDA webpage for more details.

Dress for UWMBDA dances is casual–jeans and a T-shirt are normal. Please bring non-street shoes to dance in!

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Doors for the 4th Saturday dance open at 6:45 PM with the lesson starting at 7:00 PM. This December, Art of Dance’s owner, Darrell Dieringer, will be teaching a Rumba lesson at 7:00! The 4th Saturday dance is held every month. In addition we have one or two dance mixers as part of the evenings schedule.

Due to a construction at the Belvidere Community Center, the USA Dance 4th Saturday dance is moving, (for several months, most likely). They have been able to arrange the use of the Northeast Branch of the YMCA in Loves Park. It is located just north of Rockford, and near the Indoor Sports Center off of Riverside Ave. It only takes about an hour & fifteen minutes to get there from Madison, and it is well worth the journey!

I have been to the dance in Belvidere many times and enjoy it for not only its beautiful venue but for the energy, enthusiasm, and welcoming environment provided by the many people who attend. I usually expect to see over 100 people at the dance!

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