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We’ve got a fun special event at our next dance, 3 – 5 p.m.Sunday, Oct. 18.

Dance with a Pro lets you pay for dances with some of your favorite dance teachers.

Participating male pros are Joseph Chavez, JW, Nic Rael, and Tyler-Ryan. Female pros are Cristel Pike, Brittany Sanchez, and Michiko Sibley.

Dances cost $5 for one or $10 for three. Participants are limited to two dances per pro. (And, sorry, no refunds.)

Get there early, as signups will start shortly after 2 p.m. Dance with a Pro will take place only during the first set, which ends at about 4 p.m.

Move your feet and free your hips for Samba Sunday at USA Dance this Sunday, Sept. 20.

The dance is 3 – 5 p.m. (Note that we have returned to our afternoon schedule.)

Come early for our great lessons, all of which are included in the admission price.

All lessons will focus on samba. Teaching the main lesson is Michiko Sibley of Arthur Murray.

Join us for an afternoon delight this Sunday, Sept. 6, as USA Dance resumes its afternoon dance schedule.
Our dances return to the traditional time of 3 – 5 p.m., with lessons beforehand.

The line dance lesson will start at 1:45 p.m. The main lessons, for beginners and intermediate/ advanced dancers, kicks off at 2:15 p.m.

Sunday’s featured dance is foxtrot. Rosie Harper will teach a foxtrot line dance, and Beth Ciccone will teach the beginners lesson.

Next Sunday’s dance features one of our funnest events of the year … the Jack & Jill competition.

We’ll pair leaders (Jacks) and followers (Jills) at random. The newly constituted couples will then dance an East Coast Swing, waltz, and cha cha.Tyler Ryan — who will also teach our main lesson — and Cristel Pike will judge the contest and choose the top couples.

Interested? Of course you are! Sign up at the dance.

Wasn’t that a time! Thanks to everyone who came to our 20th Anniversary Dance earlier this month, featuring the High Desert Big Band.

Our next dance, at the spacious, air-conditioned Albuquerque Square Dance Center, is Sunday, Aug. 2 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Come early for the lessons: Line dance at 5:15 p.m., and the beginner and intermediate/advanced lessons at 5:45 p.m.All lessons will focus on hustle. Rosie Harper will lead the line dance and beginner lessons.

Patti Smith, owner of CSP Dance Studios, will teach the intermediate/advanced hustle lesson.

Doug McClellan is the DJ, and will play favorites alongside some new ballroom and Latin tunes.

This year marks our 20th anniversary, and we are celebrating in style. Join us for our Birthday Bash this Sunday evening, July 19, featuring the live music of the High Desert Big Band!

We’ve tweaked the time of the dance to 6 – 8:30 p.m. There will be no lessons or performances. Guest DJ Lynn Horton will play dance music in-between band sets.

We will offer light refreshments and door prizes, and we’ll do some line dances when the band is on break.

Admission for this special dance is $15 for USA Dance members, dance instructors, and students with ID, and $20 for others.