FNW going All Fridays in Palo Alto starting in September! Starting Friday September 4th, Friday Night Waltz will be weekly on Fridays in Palo Alto. We will probably close a few Fridays of the year: Friday after Thanksgiving, first Friday in December (Church uses the hall), and the last two Fridays in December (likely just before and just after Christmas). Check this website for actual dates. |
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Friday Night Waltz (also
called FNW) 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
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Contact ScottFNW@pway.com 650 ,.326` 6265. FNW First and Third Fridays in Palo Alto and Second and Fourth Saturdays in Oakland. Yes, Friday Night
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Fri Jul 03 Independence day party! ![]() |
Richard will be teaching "Gems from the 2009 Stanford Dance Weekend." He will be leading an easy sequence dance, during the evening dance to a rousing Sousa march tune. This should be lots of fun, a great way to start your Independence Day Weekend! 8pm - A recent request: "They always play several polkas at FNW but I only know the basic polka step. Could you teach us some more variations?" Yes! Here are a handful of easy ones, including some not taught before at FNW, like the Cross-Step Polka. Perfect for celebrating the 4th of July and the return of cooler weather after last weekend. Special 4th July music $12 for both the classes and the dance. $8 for dance only. $8 students. No partner necessary. All Ages. Casual comfortable attire. Under 18 must be accompanied by parent or guardian.
Cake and pies! celebration of the 4th! First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, CA. Upstairs, Fellowship hall, entrance on right of courtyard, facing away from street. |
Sat Jul 11 Oakland Baguette Quartette Bastille Day Waltz Ball |
Our annual Bastille Day Waltz Ball. Always fun.
8pm class: in the second hour combining them into a choreography that will move you from partner to partner. Knowing the rotary waltz will help you to learn these dances with more ease and...be prepared to spin! Please attend the first hour if you are not familiar with the musette dances.
This is a fun event, not to be missed. Very popular last time, with 200 attending and dancing. "French attitude admired not required!" $20 for dance and class, $12 for students. sorry no discount for dance only, as we have a live band tonight.
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. |
Fri Jul 17 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
$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 Jul 25 Oakland Friday Night Waltz |
Todi is back teaching tonight.Todi, long time waltz dance instructor for the Dickens2Deco waltz vintage dance classes in LA, will be teaching intermediate waltz classes in the main ballroom from 7 to 9pm. While at Yale Univeristy, she has introduced hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students from diverse fields to the waltz, boogie woogie, Charleston, lindy hop and other dances. During her summer and winter vacations, she gave lessons in waltz, polka, tango, fox-trot, salsa, cha cha and swing at the Living History Centre in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Waltz and Dj music from 9 to 12 midnight 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 $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. Oakland Veterans Hall 200 Grand Avenue Oakland CA X Harrison. |
Fri Aug 07 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
$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 Aug 08 Oakland Friday Night Waltz |
Todi is back teaching tonight.Todi, long time waltz dance instructor for the Dickens2Deco waltz vintage dance classes in LA, will be teaching intermediate waltz classes in the main ballroom from 7 to 9pm. While at Yale Univeristy, she has introduced hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students from diverse fields to the waltz, boogie woogie, Charleston, lindy hop and other dances. During her summer and winter vacations, she gave lessons in waltz, polka, tango, fox-trot, salsa, cha cha and swing at the Living History Centre in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Anthony is ourDj for waltz and polka dancing from 9 to 12 midnight 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 $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. Oakland Veterans Hall 200 Grand Avenue Oakland CA X Harrison. |
Fri Aug 21 Celebrating 7 years! Happy Birthday Friday Night Waltz! ![]() |
Our annual birthday party. 8 years old! Lots of dancers from previous years make it their one special occasion to re-visit old dance friends. $12 for both the classes and the dance. $8 students. Sorry, due to extra costs for birthday party, no special 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.
Chocolate cake, cherry pie, lemon meringue pie, raspeberry cheesecake to celebrate! and wholesome fruit and veggie plate. |
Our annual Hillbillies from Mars Contra+Waltz! Last time we had a packed house, with 230+ people. This time, more waltzes and polkas, per your request. About half the time is contras or line dances and half are couples dances like waltz, polka, or hambo.
Mike Richardson has played fiddle, called, and danced in the Seattle area since 1985. Mike has called and played at dances in 14 states, 2 provinces, 5 shires, 2 oblasti and 4 countries. A proponent of "no-fault" folk-dancing, he calls contras, squares, Irish set dances, French and English country dance, Australian bush dancing and Morris dancing. Mike has played with the bands Hands Four, Scotsbroome , and Bladerunners in Seattle and Childsplay on tour around the U.S., and has twice toured England on calling tours. Mike has played or called at numerous dance festivals throughout the U.S. and Canada. He was recently hired to teach American dance and fiddle at the prestigious Sidmouth International Festival of Folk Arts in England. He has also written a number of tunes and dances, some of which are collected in his book, Crossing the Cascades. He plays fiddle on the latest recording by Childsplay, called Twelve-Gated City. Mike is currently on the national board of the Country Dance and Song Society, and was founding Webmaster for CDSS, the New England Folk Festival Association, and the Northwest Folklife Festival. Between musical gigs, he teaches radiology at the University of Washington. Mike is also teaching a 30 minute introductory contra class from 8:30 to 9pm. This is a MUST class for all social dancers who want to enjoy the evening. We heard from many social dancers that they could have danced the contra dances much easier if they had some introductory class. We urge everyone to take the class. Mike has been teaching introductory contra class for many, many years.
The format for the evening is: first dance a waltz. the 6 to 10 sets of: contra dance, waltz, second social dance (polka, or hambo, or schottische or tango or swing or latin), with an additional waltz as the very last dance. Two hours of couples dance classes from 7 pm to 9 pm in the main ballroom $20 for the evening. $10 for students under 25 with id. No partner necessary. All Ages. Casual comfortable attire. Sorry due to live band, no discount for dance only. Under 18 must be accompanied
by parent or guardian. |
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Fri Sep 04 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
Intermediate classes from 7 to 9 pm. 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. |
Fri Sep 11 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
Intermediate classes from 7 to 9 pm. 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. |
Fri Sep 18 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
Intermediate classes from 7 to 9 pm. 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. |
Fri Sep 25 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
Intermediate classes from 7 to 9 pm. 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. |
Fri Oct 02 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
Intermediate classes from 7 to 9 pm. 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. |
Fri Oct 09 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
Intermediate classes from 7 to 9 pm. 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. |
Fri Oct 16 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
Intermediate classes from 7 to 9 pm. 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. |
Fri Oct 23 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
Intermediate classes from 7 to 9 pm. 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. |
Fri Oct 30 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
Intermediate classes from 7 to 9 pm. 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. |
Fri Nov 06 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
Intermediate classes from 7 to 9 pm. 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. |
Fri Nov 13 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
Intermediate classes from 7 to 9 pm. 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. |
Fri Nov 20 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
Intermediate classes from 7 to 9 pm. 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. |
Fri Nov 27 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
No Dance tonight- Thanksgiving weekend. Go to Dickens Christmas Faire opening weekend! |
Fri Dec 04 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
No Dance tonight- Hall used by Church for Christmas activities. We urge you to attend the Dickens Christmas Faire. Many dancers from Friday Night Waltz also dance at the Fezziwigs dance party. |
Fri Dec 11 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
Our annual Holiday dance! Dance perfomance, holiday themed music, Intermediate classes from 7 to 9 pm. Waltz and polka music from 9pm to midnight.
Cakes, pies, ice cream, Peppridge Farm cookies, shrimp platter, cold cuts platter, veggie platter and the usual selection of grapes, strawberries, mms, raspberries, blackberries, good'n'plenty, dots, gummies, chocolate malteds. $12 for both the classes and the dance. sorry no dance only pricing,due to extra cakes and performance. $8 students. 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. |
Fri Dec 18 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
Intermediate classes from 7 to 9 pm. 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. |
Fri Dec 25 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
No Dance tonight. Xmas! |
Thu Dec 31 New Year's Eve Waltz Ball |
Our annual New Year's Waltz Ball. Always fun, always packed with fun dancers. Formal attire- elegant evening wear. International House 2299 Piedmont Berkeley X Bancroft. Our
8th year. Waltzes, Polkas, and some latin, swing, and tango. Congress of Vienna, Bohemian National Polka. |
Fri Jan 01 Palo Alto Friday Night Waltz |
No Classes tonight - due to New Year's Day! However, we will have our usual DJ music from 9 to 12 midnight. For those who didn't get to dance in the new year! $10 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. |
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