Announcing LatinMX starting Tuesdays starting Sep 23. Weekly dances and classes in all kinds of Latin
dancing, including salsa, samba, merengue, cha cha, as well as lesser known dances like rueda, mambo,cumba, bachata,paso doble, zouk, and lambada. Latin dance mixers, latin line dances,
birthday jams, and introducing a flirtatious rumba, "The Havana". 2 hours of introductory and intermediate classes from 7 to 9, and dj latin dancing from 9 to 11. |
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Friday Night Waltz is a high energy dance that features mainly waltzes in the dances and classes, along with other dances like polka, one step, swing, cha cha, Lindy, schottische, mazurka, merengue, samba, and tango. People are friendly, and the atmosphere is warm and welcoming. Attendance is between 130 and 190. Average age is about 30. People from San Francisco, Berkeley, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, and Oakland.Richard Powers youtube videos Friday Night Waltz emailist Pictures: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 flickr New Year's Eve Ball 6th Anniversary Dance Congress of Vienna Video Bohemian National Polka Video Friday Night Waltz tribe San Jose Mercury article about Friday Night Waltz Yelp Trade free admission for a few minutes of help. Contact ScottFNW@pway.com 650 326 6265. First and Third Fridays in Palo Alto and Second and Fourth Saturdays in Oakland. |
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Fri Sep 5 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
djs Waltz and polka music from
9pm to midnight. $12 for both the classes and the dance. $8 dance only. No partner necessary. All Ages. Casual comfortable attire. Under 18 must be accompanied by parent or guardian. First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, CA. Upstairs, Fellowship hall, entrance on right of courtyard, facing away from street. |
Sat Sep 13 Oakland Friday Night Waltz Crepes Musette |
Crepes Musette is back! Rave reveiws from each of their appearances at Friday (Saturday) Night Waltz. Waltz and polka music from 9 to 12 midnight. Sylvia Herrold, Charlie Hancock, Shira Kamen, Chuck Ervin. Crepes Musette played waltzes, polkas, tangos, and swing in Oakland Veterans Hall on December 22 and May 24. What a great evening! Some comments "/Best night dancing ever" "Their Congress of Vienna puts them in a class by themselves" "Where can I buy their cd" (This is only the second time they have played together!) "I loved the dance-singalong to Edelweiss" "They played 'Its a small world' which was great but now I can't get it out of my head!"/ "/excellent!"/ "/..played very tight, not one missed note" "when are they coming back?""great great great" /and many more positive comments.
For sixteen years Herold toured and recorded with popular Bay Area swing trio CATS & JAMMERS. The Cats enjoyed a full schedule of festivals and concerts including multiple ppearances at Strawberry Music Festival. Herold was a five-year member of the Django Reinhardt-inspired HOT CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO, appearing at the Jazz at Filoli Concert Series and the San Francisco Jazz Festival. Herold currently performs with WAKE THE DEAD, a band that melds traditional Celtic music with songs of the Grateful Dead. Their concert list includes the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, KMVR Celtic Festival and the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco. In 2005 Herold released her third solo CD, Lovely Nancy, with the newly formed, café-style combo EUPHONIA. In addition to Herold on guitar and vocals, the high-energy collection of traditional folk songs features Paul Kotapish (Wake The Dead) on mandolin, Charlie Hancock on accordion and piano, and Brian Rice (Wake the Dead) on percussion. Chuck Ervin joins the group on double bass and vocals.
Shira Kammen plays violin, vielle and a mean English country dance fiddle. She's the founder of Class V Music, an ensemble dedicated to performance on river rafting trips. Shira has performed and taught all over the world with groups ranging from the medieval ensemble Fortune's Wheel to a new music group, Ephereros, to Trouz Bras, which plays dance music of Celtic Brittany. /Shira's Webpage/ <http://www.shirakammen.com>Intermediate Waltz class from 7 to 9 pm. Tom Hill teaches an introductory waltz class from 7 to 9 pm in the downstairs room. To get the most from this class, try to start at 7pm. Excellent first time class Oakland Veterans Hall, 200 Grand Avenue Oakland CA X Harrison .A beautiful dance hall, with 3,500 square foot hardwood floor, extra room for socializing and meeting new people, easy access, great parking.$15 for both the classes and the dance. $10 for students. Sorry, due to live band no separate price for dance only. No partner necessary. All Ages. Casual comfortable attire. Under 18 must be accompanied by parent or guardian. |
Fri Sep 19 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
djs Waltz and polka music from
9pm to midnight. $12 for both the classes and the dance. $8 dance only. No partner necessary. All Ages. Casual comfortable attire. Under 18 must be accompanied by parent or guardian. First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, CA. Upstairs, Fellowship hall, entrance on right of courtyard, facing away from street. |
| Tue Sep 23 LatinMX |
Tonight: introductory and intermediate salsa classes from 7 to 9. dj dancing 9 to 1. Every Tuesday. Announcing LatinMX. starting Tuesdays starting Sep 23. Weekly dances and classes in all kinds of Latin dancing, including salsa, samba, merengue, cha cha, as well as lesser known dances like rueda, mambo,cumba, bachata,paso doble, zouk, and lambada. Latin dance mixers, latin line dances, birthday jams, and introducing a flirtatious rumba, "The Havana". 2 hours of introductory and intermediate classes from 7 to 9, and dj latin dancing from 9 to 11. at First United Methodist Church more information |
| Sat Sep 27 Oakland Strauss Waltz Ball Brassworks |
Anne Botelho teaches intermediate Viennese Waltz from 7 to 9 pmIntroductory waltz class from 7 to 9pm casual attire. $13 general, $8 students.. Under 18 must be accompanied by parent or guardian. Oakland Veterans Hall, 200 Grand Avenue Oakland CA X Harrison .A beautiful dance hall, with 3,500 square foot hardwood floor, extra room for socializing and meeting new people, easy access, great parking. |
Fri Oct 3 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
Richard Powers teaches intermediate dance classes from 7 to 9, and djs Waltz and polka music from
9pm to midnight. $12 for both the classes and the dance. $8 dance only. No partner necessary. All Ages. Casual comfortable attire. Under 18 must be accompanied by parent or guardian. First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, CA. Upstairs, Fellowship hall, entrance on right of courtyard, facing away from street. |
Sat Oct 11 Oakland Friday Night Waltz |
Dj waltz and polka from 9 to 12 midnight. Intermediate Waltz class from 7 to 9 pm. Tom Hill teaches an introductory waltz class from 7 to 9 pm in the downstairs room. To get the most from this class, try to start at 7pm. Excellent first time class Oakland Veterans Hall, 200 Grand Avenue Oakland CA X Harrison .A beautiful dance hall, with 3,500 square foot hardwood floor, extra room for socializing and meeting new people, easy access, great parking. $12 for both the classes and the dance. $8 dance only or students. No partner necessary. All Ages. Casual comfortable attire |
Fri Oct 17 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
Richard Powers teaches intermediate dance classes from 7 to 9, and djs Waltz and polka music from 9pm to midnight. $12 for both the classes and the dance. $8 dance only. No partner necessary. All Ages. Casual comfortable attire. Under 18 must be accompanied by parent or guardian. First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, CA. Upstairs, Fellowship hall, entrance on right of courtyard, facing away from street. |
Sat Oct 25 Oakland Friday Night Waltz |
No Dance tonight- go to Gaskells! |
Fri Nov 7 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
djs Waltz and polka music from
9pm to midnight. $12 for both the classes and the dance. $8 dance only. No partner necessary. All Ages. Casual comfortable attire. Under 18 must be accompanied by parent or guardian. First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, CA. Upstairs, Fellowship hall, entrance on right of courtyard, facing away from street. |
Sat Nov 8 Oakland Zydeco+ Waltz |
Tonight a very unusual dance - Live music *Tom Rigney*, the fiery, electrifying violinist/composer, joins forces with some of the finest musicians on the San Francisco roots music scene to form* Tom Rigney and Flambeau*, a band that will tear the roof off of anyplace that has one and raise the spirits of everyone around. Rigney, after fifteen years at the helm of The Sundogs, has stepped out into the spotlight with a vengeance. Flambeau showcases his passionate, virtuoso fiddling, his commanding stage presence, his range, depth, and originality as a composer, and of course, those notorious red boots. His bandmates are veterans of the great bands of Charles Brown, Queen Ida, Roy Rogers, Clifton Chenier, and others, and together they generate enough heat and energy to ignite a dance floor or lift an audience to its feet. "Flambeau specializes in fiery Cajun and zydeco two-steps, low-down blues, funky
New Orleans grooves, and heartbreakingly beautiful ballads and waltzes. Most of
the repertoire is composed by Rigney, but they also mix in a few classics from
the Cajun/zydeco/New Orleans songbook. And if, along the way, you pick up a
trace of Rigney’s Irish roots or a little Swing and roots Rock and Roll, it just
makes the musical gumbo that much tastier. In the past few year’s Rigney’s
skills as a composer have broadened and deepened, and he is today writing some
Zydeco originated in the call and response vocal music of the multiracial French speaking Creoles of south and southwest Louisiana Usually fast-tempo, and dominated by the button or piano accordion and a form of a washboard known as a rub-board or frottoir, zydeco music was originally created at house dances where the people of south Louisiana would gather for socializing. As the Creoles further established their communities and worshiped separately
as well, the music moved to the Catholic church community center and then later
to the rural dance halls and nightclubs. As a result, the music integrated
waltzes, shuffles, two-steps , blues , rock and roll , and most dance music forms of the
era. Zydeco is one of the easiest and simplest of dances to learn. Oakland Veterans Hall, 200 Grand Avenue Oakland CA X Harrison .A beautiful dance hall, with 3,500 square foot hardwood floor, extra room for socializing and meeting new people, easy access, great parking.$12 for both the classes and the dance. $8 dance only or students. No partner necessary. All Ages. Casual comfortable attire. Under 18 must be accompanied by parent or guardian. |
Fri Nov 21 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
djs Waltz and polka music from
9pm to midnight. $12 for both the classes and the dance. $8 dance only. No partner necessary. All Ages. Casual comfortable attire. Under 18 must be accompanied by parent or guardian. First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, CA. Upstairs, Fellowship hall, entrance on right of courtyard, facing away from street. |
| Sat Nov 22 Oakland Thanksgiving Waltz Brassworks |
introductory waltz class from 7 to 9pm casual attire. $13 general, $8 students. sorry due to live band no separate price for dance only. Oakland Veterans Hall, 200 Grand Avenue Oakland CA X Harrison .A beautiful dance hall, with 3,500 square foot hardwood floor, extra room for socializing and meeting new people, easy access, great parking. |
Fri Dec 5 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
The church is not available this night. We will relocate. Check in November for location. djs Waltz and polka music from
9pm to midnight. $12 for both the classes and the dance. $8 dance only. No partner necessary. All Ages. Casual comfortable attire. Under 18 must be accompanied by parent or guardian. First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, CA. Upstairs, Fellowship hall, entrance on right of courtyard, facing away from street. |
Sat Dec 13 Oakland Friday Night Waltz |
Intermediate Waltz class from 7 to 9 pm. Tom Hill teaches an introductory waltz class from 7 to 9 pm in the downstairs room. To get the most from this class, try to start at 7pm. Excellent first time class Oakland Veterans Hall, 200 Grand Avenue Oakland CA X Harrison .A beautiful dance hall, with 3,500 square foot hardwood floor, extra room for socializing and meeting new people, easy access, great parking. $12 for both the classes and the dance. $8 dance only or students. No partner necessary. All Ages. Casual comfortable attire. Under 18 must be accompanied by parent or guardian. |
Fri Dec 19 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz Holiday Dance |
This is our Holiday/Xmas/Festive/Winter Solstice party. Cheesecakes, strawberry pies, Praline pecan ice cream, Double layer Chocolate cakes, Peppridge Farm cookies, more. $12 for both the classes and the dance. Due to special holiday dance, no separate price for dance only. No partner necessary. All Ages. Casual comfortable attire. Under 18 must be accompanied by parent or guardian. First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, CA. Upstairs, Fellowship hall, entrance on right of courtyard, facing away from street. |
Sat Dec 27 Oakland Friday Night Waltz |
No Dance tonight- go to the Friday Night Waltz New Year's Eve "Over the Rainbow" Waltz Ball! |
| Wed Dec 31
New Year's Eve "Over the Rainbow" Waltz Ball |
Plenty of street parking, as the students have left for the holiday vacation. Also several paid parking lots within 2 blocks. |
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