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12th Street Lounge
Usage: venue
Music: ballroom, swing, classic rock, Latin most any request
Floor: Hardwood, very nice, about 40x20, when cleared
Looks: Classy, clean, light
CategoryPage(s): Ballroom,Swing
Note: Marriot Hotel on 12 th street, between Central and Wyandotte, in downtown KC. Fridays and Saturdays dance to the music and singing of Kristy Lynn and Robert Allen. They will play your dance favorites.
Visit: Very nice floor in the medium to small size (roughly40 x 20). Okay for dance shoes. This is a hotel lounge. Some singles but you might want to show up with a partner.
Adams American Style Ballroom
Usage: link,lesson
CategoryPage(s): ballroom,lessons
Note: Dancing Lessons on Videotape. Steps and Routines for the Fox Trot,Waltz, Rumba, East Coast Swing, Cha Cha, Polka, Tango, and West Coast Swing directly on the site. By Will and Eleaner Adams of Liberty, MO.
American Ballroom Dance Studio
Usage: studio,lesson,link
Music: ballroom
Floor: hardwood - very nice
Crowd: 30's to Retirement
Looks: very classy
CategoryPage(s): ballroom,swing
Lessons: any ballroom
Age Policy: all ages
Ages: ...Minimum=...To enter=...To drink=
Note: Non-Contract ballroom studio owned by Alfie McKie. Quality teaching.
American Legion Post 21
Usage: venue
Music: big-band, country
Crowd: 50's-60's
CategoryPage(s): country,swing
Age Policy: 21 To Drink
Ages: ...To drink=21
Note: 40 Highway, Independence (between Noland Road and 291). The Country Western group Reddymen plays every 2d and 4th Saturdays (since 1984). They have a year-long dance schedule available. Doors open 6 p.m., Beverage/Snack bars 6:30pm, Dance at 8 p.m.
American Legion Post 499
Usage: venue
Music: Big Band, Swing, Ballroom
Floor: Vinyl, Main banquet room
Crowd: 40's and older
CategoryPage(s): swing,ballroom
Note: Joe Walker Big Band plays here every second tuesday of the month except for some months when the day conflicts with major holidays(i.e. Mother's Day). The dancers number at least 200 or more each time. Mostly older crowd but anyone is welcome. Cover about $3. The band is good and the music takes you back quite a few years.
Visit: Joe Walker Big Band plays here every second tuesday of the month except for some months when the day conflicts with major holidays(i.e. Mother's Day). The dancers number at least 200 or more each time. Mostly older crowd but anyone is welcome. Cover about $3. The band is good and the music takes you back quite a few years.
America's Pub
Usage: venue
Days:
Tue: Retro
Wed: live rock
Thu: ladies night
Music: new disco, retro, rock, $3cover - til 3am M,T: DJ, no cover
Floor: hardwood 15x35
Crowd: very 20's
Looks: casual dress, dark wood
CategoryPage(s): rock
Age Policy: 21 Minimum 21 ToEnter 21 To Drink
Ages: ...Minimum=21...To enter=21...To drink=21
Note: ladies on thursday. MonTue: DJ. Wed: live rock & roll, party wih 98.9 'The Rock.' Thu: ladies night, Fri: party with mix 93.3 from 7-12, dance until 3am. Sat: the ultimate dance party. (510 Westport Road - SW corner of Westport and Mill St.)
Visit: New disco music with varied mix including rock.easy toswing, rock, cha-cha to. The floor is dark hardwood which has been there for some years getting considerable use. It shows on the surface which is alright but not in top form - not as slick as a good ballroom floor.
The floor is in the back half of the nightspot and in a sunken well area of irregular shape but you could say it is about 15x35 feet in size with a pole in the middle.There are a couple banks of televisions on the walls and standard effects from lighting and smoke generators. The crowd is solidly 20's.
Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City
Usage: venue
Looks: very classy stage/arena
CategoryPage(s): Ballroom,Swing
Note: Depot #9 Saloon and Stage: Free Live Entertainment weekly Wednesday through Sunday. Local Favorites will be featured 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The 1,384-seat Star Pavilion plays host to headline entertainers. -435 north to 210 east (exit 55B), then 1 mile to Station Drive - (Formerly: Station Casino)
Visit: NO MORE SWING SUNDAYS: When this was Station Casino this was like stepping into a dance scene in a 30's or 40's movie and with great music featuring Dave Stephens.
Antoinette's
Usage: venue
Days:
Sun: 7:30pm-11pm
Music: Mix, country/rock, danceable no cover FriSat: 9:30pm-2:30am
Crowd: 20's-50's+
Looks: working class bar and restaurant, casual
CategoryPage(s): country,rock
Age Policy: 21 To Drink
Ages: ...To drink=21
Note: Sun 7:30-11 dance floor, wood, no cover, 4545 N Brighton, from I-35, take the Brighton exit (west of I-435 and Worlds of Fun) south about 0.4 miles to 46th Street. Antoinette's is on the east side of the road. Lounge and restaurant open until 3am. Serve full menu in both restaurant and lounge.
Visit: Super place! Very danceable music. Obviously a popular place. A full house. Good dancing crowd - they actually get up and dance for everything. This is a working crowd, casual dress, a parking lot full of cars, pickups and a few Harleys. They play hard.
We had a good time dancing. The dance floor is big enough to mean business and a lot of couples get on it but is not too crowded to move freely. The building is divided by a wall into two sections, a restaurant in the west half and a lounge in the east half. And no small matter - they have a full restaurant menu available until closing and served in either section of the building.
Ararat Ballroom Dancers
Usage: venue
Music: ballroom (Latin, foxtrot, swing, tango, waltzes, etc.)
Floor: large, hard surface
Crowd: studio and dance club ballroom dancers
Looks: elegant, dress your best evening wear
CategoryPage(s): ballroom
Age Policy: 21 To Drink
Ages: ...To drink=21
Note: $7 tickets, reservation only, you can get tickets from Fred Witt (541-0773) - Pres., 12614 West 85th Place, Lenexa, KS 66216.
Live music by the Ed Smith Band playing Latin, Fox trot, west coast swing, waltzes, and other ballroom.
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Tea Dances are held on a monthly basis beginning in February and continuing
through November each year. 7/9/1999, 8/6/1999, 9/17/1999, 10/1/1999, and 11/5/1999
Open to the public. 7:30 - 10:30 PM. $5 cover. Reservations on a first come, first serve basis by phoning Mrs. Helen Bealer at 913.831.0505/913.831-0120 or Mrs. Nola Wesley at 816.741.6617.
More info: The Ararats, c/o Denny Moore, Route 4 Box 364, Oak Grove, MO 64075, 816.690.5946
Visit: This is a really nice dance, one of the best ballroom dances in KC. Very elegant with perhaps 400 ballroom dancers.
Balanca's and Balanca's Pyro Room
Usage: venue,link
Days: Retro music with DJ in Pyro room: gay/straight/swi
Fri: Bands in Balanca's Pyro room. Doors open at 10pm
Sat: Retro music with DJ in Pyro room: gay/straight/swi
Music: Retro
Floor: tile on concrete section of main floor
Crowd: gay/straight/swingers - very diverse, 20's-30's
Dine&Dance: kitchen open until 2am
Note: From their website: 'Balanca's is a place for everyone regardless of lifestyles, ethnicity, or sexual preference. Gay, Straight, Swingers, Rock'n Roll, Goth: everyone always feels WELCOMED!! Kitchen open to 2AM, Bar, Grill, Dance Club, Gay, Lesbian, straight, Live Music'
Blayney's
Usage: venue
Music: rock, blues 9pm-1am+
Floor: room-floor in: flooring (tiny) out: brick patio
Crowd: 20's-50's
CategoryPage(s): blues
Age Policy: 21 Minimum 21 ToEnter 21 To Drink
Ages: ...Minimum=21...To enter=21...To drink=21
Note: below street level on the Westport Road Side. Either inside in a long strip or outside on a back patio (depending on weather). 415 Westport Road
Visit: Not much in the way of dance areas but a lot of fun withgood music, rock on the patio and blues inside. Since most of the patrons (30's to 50's) were not dancing there was room to dance for us. Actually we didn't see anyone else dancing.
On the patio you may need to find your own area, on the patio in front of the band (brick floor) or back behind (rough wood steps leading out of patio pit) or on a rough cement walkway to the patio and behind the patio fence (Danced in sneakers). Inside there is a small smooth area of floor between the band and the first tables (could fit two, maybe three couples) or boogie in the rear in the open area which is part of the corridor.
Blue Room, The
Usage: venue
Music: jazz, blues
Floor: vinyl, portion of regular floor
Crowd: upper middle, musicians
Looks: classy, neat like a museum
CategoryPage(s): jazz,blues
Age Policy: 21 To Drink
Ages: ...To drink=21
Note: This is a part of the Kansas City Jazz Museum and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. No smoking, Wet Bar. No Cover. Wander around the next-door museum rooms. Part of the historic 18th and Vine jazz district.
Visit: Smart, smoothly warm and friendly atmosphere. Fabulous music but not a lot of dancing. You might find a few persons who can W.C. but you might bring along your own partner, expect to W.C. swing and expect to be about the only ones dancing. Enjoy. The finest jazz and blues musicians in the city show up here to perform and to jam.
Because it is a museum the Blue Room is kept neat in a manner that makes you think of a museum exhibit, everything in place and no extra thingies strewn around. You can almost start thinking the entire crowd is an exhibit.
Camelot - Dance Academy (Lawrence)
Usage: venue,lesson,studio,rent
Days: Open for Rentals
Sun: Salsa and Swing dance - open to public
Thu: Salsa and Tango
Sat: Open for Rentals
Music: ballroom, swing, salsa
Floor: 1,500 sq. ft hardwood tiles
Crowd: teens to retireds and all mixing nicely.
CategoryPage(s): Ballroom,swing,latin
Lessons: group and private - ballroom, swing, Latin
Note: This is a commercial dance studio in Lawrence which also functions as a public ballroom. They are on the main street in downtown Lawrence at the south end of the business area (west side across from the courthouse).
Visit: Beautiful wood floor with the boards laid in a hexagonal pattern. Regular bandstand. They have DJ and live bands and their dances are open to the public. You will really enjoy this place. The room is nice, they have pop and some snacks. Great place to just dance, without smoke in your face or drunks stumbling on you.
Camelot Ballroom (OP, KS)
Usage: venue,lesson,studio,rent
Days: Open for Rentals
Sun: Dance 2-5pm- open to public lesson at 1pm
Fri: Dance 8-12, lesson at 7pm
Sat: Open for Rentals
Music: ballroom, swing, salsa, latin
Floor: 6,000 sq. ft hardwood tiles
Crowd: teens to retireds and all mixing nicely.
Looks: New, classic ballroom, large space, great floor
CategoryPage(s): Ballroom,swing,latin
Lessons: group and private - ballroom, swing, Latin
Dine&Dance: Dinner with sunday dance, various dine and dance occasions
Note: Camelot Ballroom is an 11,000 sq. ft. building that includes a 6,000 sq. ft. octagon shape floating hardwood dance floor. We seat up to 537 guests and have over 300 parking spaces with an easy access from 151 St. & Glenwood in Overland Park, KS. We offer group and private lessons, weekly dances, special events, and Ballroom rental. Built to suit people from all different walks of life. Located 3 blocks east of Metcalf on 151st Street, in Overland Park - Phone: (913) 897-4622
Visit: Beautiful wood floor with the boards inlaid with two Octagonal pattern areas. Regular stage-width bandstand. They have DJ and live bands and their dances are open to the public. You will really enjoy this place. The room is nice, they have pop and some snacks. Great place to just dance, without smoke in your face or drunks stumbling on you.
City in Motion Dance Theatre, Inc.
Usage: link,org,studio,lesson,danceco
Music: ballet,modern,jazz,etc
Floor: hardwood, former church
Crowd: Children to Retireds
CategoryPage(s): dance,performance,ballet,modern
Lessons: jazz, tap, ballet and various workshops by outside teachers
Age Policy: all ages
Ages: ...Minimum=...To enter=...To drink=
Note: From their site: City in Motion is a school of dance, centrally located in Kansas City, that is built on the philosophy that everyone is a dancer. For over 17 years, it has boasted a professional faculty, offering a wide assortment of dance, movement exercise techniques, and providing classes for all levels of dancers – novice through professional.
(east side, 2nd floor, above Rentacolor). Please park at area provided in BACK of building (entrance is in front)
Visit: Non-Profit organization devoted to dance of various sorts, usually ballet, jazz, modern and various others.
Class Reunion Lounge
Usage: venue
Music: rock
Floor: wood parquet tiles, about 13x30
Crowd: 20's to 40's - packed
Looks: casual, nice looking
CategoryPage(s): Rock
Age Policy: 21 To Drink
Ages: ...To drink=21
Note: Take Hwy-7 exit in Blue Springs, go to the north side, turn east toward the Ramada Inn. Class Reunion is to the north of the Ramada behind the convenience store/gass staion in a strip mall. Music is loud, danceable rock, on CD.
Visit: Placed is packed on Saturday's, maybe 200-300. Floor was too packed to swing, just sway. Lighting is coffee-house bright and area is maybe 60x150 feet, big lounge. Bar is on raised area to the left, most of the club is lounge area with cafe tables. Music is danceable but the crowd may be too packed for partner patterns.
Dance floor is along rear wall to the center right. Elvis Posters and memoriabilia are on the walls and the DJ booth is actually a pink Cadillac convertible, big fins and all, (fiberglass version) on a platform to the back of the dance floor.
Clay - Platte Senior Dancers
Usage: venue
Days: First & Third saturdays of the month
Sat: First & Third saturdays of the month
Music: general ballroom
Floor: Vinyl, meeting room
Crowd: Seniors, mostly retired
Looks: church meeting room, high ceiling
CategoryPage(s): Ballroom,swing
Note: Willie Flobert, President 452-5782
Dances at Northcross U.Methodist unless otherwise noted on their schedule which can be obtained at any dance. $5 donation, bring snacks to share.
Club NV
Usage: venue,link
CategoryPage(s): salsa house
Note: Downtown nightclub on the north side of the downtown loop. Two levels. Available for rentals for events. Various events through the week.
Cross Currents
Usage: link,org
Music: country, folk
CategoryPage(s): folk barn contra
Note: CrossCurrents sponsors TWO great monthly dances! Merriam Barn Dance on the 2nd Saturday of every month: Merriam Community Center, 5701 Merriam Drive, just northwest of I-35 and Johnson Drive. (directions) AND
Midtown Barn Dance on the 4th Saturday of every month: Jack-o'-Lantern Ballroom, Westport Road & Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri (directions) This lively type of dancing is done to live fiddle-style music. Great exercise and good fun, it enjoys a wide popularity around the world, including right here in Kansas City! It only takes a few minutes and one simple lesson to learn the basics--then you can dance the night away! Beginner class: 7:00 PM; Dance: 7:30 - 10:30 PM Admission - $7 - includes lesson!
All dances are taught and called. Please wear clean, soft-soled shoes to protect the floor - no flipflops, please. Non-smoking, alcohol-free event For information, call Laura at 816.353.5815 or Larry & Betsey at 816.444.9686; or e-mail lbogue@kc.rr.com.
Dance Club International
Usage: studio,lesson,link
Music: ballroom
Floor: hardwood
Crowd: 30's to Retirement
CategoryPage(s): ballroom
Lessons: ballroom
Age Policy: all ages
Ages: ...Minimum=...To enter=...To drink=
Note: Contract studio teaching a range of ballroom, swing, salsa.
dancewithme Productions
Usage: link
Mobile DJ for all occasions. Dances, parties, receptions. Wide range of music. Very capable DJ, Mark Harris. Phone: 816-665-6275 (mark).
(Area: local,Lawrence, Kansas,Missouri) (Category pages: swing,ballroom,Latin)
Dancing Up a Storm
Usage: lesson,teacher,link
Music: country,swing
CategoryPage(s): country,swing,line
Note: Karen Hedges teaches dancing at various locations - swing, country, line-dancing.
Dave Stephens Band, The
Usage: music,band
Music: swing,ballroom,big band
Crowd: all ages: teens to long retireds
CategoryPage(s): swing
Visit: This is a local band with a national following as well. Dave Stephens gained a great deal of renown as a swing band in various configurations including the Dave Stephens Orchestra and in a mixture of lounge styles, The Continenal Affair. One of the best bands in the area and a great favorite of dancers. Always a good show and a fun time.
Davey's Uptown Rambler's Club (expanded)
Usage: venue
Music: rock, alternative Thur/Fri/Sat 9:30pm-2:30am
Crowd: 20's-30's+
Looks: hometown cafe like
CategoryPage(s): metal
Age Policy: 21 Minimum 21 ToEnter 21 To Drink
Ages: ...Minimum=21...To enter=21...To drink=21
Note: 3402 Main. Tuesdays DJ. Ray Velasquez ( Dance Electronica ), Fridays (6-9pm) Mr. Marco's
Visit: Davey's is divided into two main rooms. You enter througha bar and dance in a the second room on the north side. The entire second room has hardwood flooring in good shape. The room is about 20x40 feet with a band platform at the street end and table seating in the opposite half of the room. They recently added a bar area off the back side of this room. The remaining strip of space (mayber 8x15 in front) is the danceable area of floor.
The crowd seems mainly there for the music with a few people getting up and single-person dancing. We kept as small a pattern as possible to make room for the others. Davey's is a well-known music venue and watering hole. Check the groups playing.
Denim and Diamonds
Usage: venue
Days:
Wed: Ladies nite $2 cover for guys
Music: country western, swing hip-hop
Looks: Western
CategoryPage(s): Country
Lessons: Wednesday thorugh Saturday 7:30-8:30
Age Policy: 21 To Drink
Ages: ...To drink=21
Note: North Kansas City at 1725 Swift, (downtown NKC, just about three blocks south of Armour on the east side of the road). Wed. Ladies night, Thur. all ages (over 21 free), Fri/Sat. Party Nights. Full kitchen, breakfast, sandwiches, special, finger foods.
AGE: 21+, 16-20 with parent or guardian. D&D used to be one of the really nice spots for teens and whole families to go, especially on Sundays. The owner is very strongly commited to places for youth to go. Unfortunately, and much to their disgust, North KC refused to allow them any teen nights or family hours.
Visit: Nice dance floor, large to medium and rectangular,maybe 30 feet by 50 feet. Good dance shoes are just fine (or boots). Sometimes too much powder on the floor making it too slick in places but not for long. Lots of dance partners. Very active place with a lot of clientel. Good mix of music and when the line dancing is on you can find room in the corners or sides to swing with a partner.
Diana Roberts
Usage: lesson,teacher
CategoryPage(s): ballroom
Lessons: ballroom,social
Note: Private teacher for International style and social dance working out of Walters Dance Center
Don Bosco Senior Center
Usage: venue,lesson
Days: 0
Wed: lessons
Fri: lessons, dance one friday a month
Music: ballroom
Floor: vinyl tile (main floor area)
Crowd: Seniors
CategoryPage(s): ballroom
Note: Senior Center with various activities just off the downtown loop (north of the northeast corner of the loop). They have twice weekly ballroom dance lessons and a regular dance once a month on a friday (not the same friday).
Don Lipovac Band
Usage: band
Note: This band started in the early 1950's Over the years they have played for dances, wedding receptions and other events. They always draw a large audience. although billed as a polka band they play a lot of types of music. Everyone dances to Don Lipovac.
El Caribe Restaurant and Lounge
Usage: venue
Days: Salsa musice 10pm-2am
Thu: Lessons 8:30-10:00pm, $10, Instr: Carlos
Fri: Every Friday Night Dance Party Music 10pm-2am
Sat: Salsa musice 10pm-2am
Music: Caribean, Latin, Salsa, Reggae, Merengue, Cumbia
Floor: vinyl, middle of floor and areas between tables
Crowd: mixture 20's - 60's
Looks: Caribean decor, very colorful
CategoryPage(s): Latin,salsa,merengue
Lessons: Thur: 8:30-10:00pm, $10, lessons by Carlos
Dine&Dance: Carribean cuisine
Age Policy: 21 To Drink
Ages: ...To enter=...To drink=21
Note: Closed Mondays, Tue-Thur 11-2, 5-9; Fri 11-2, 5-midnight, Sat 11 am to midnight. Music 10pm-2am
Two blocks west of Quivera, right off 87th (location of the former Juanchito's)
Catering available. Private parties can be arranged. Anna Molina is the owner
Visit: Anna Molina loves to dance. A place to Dine and dance was one of the goals she had in mind when starting El Caribe. The cafe has good food at reasonable prices and has a wonderfully colorful decor. Lots of good fun, and good dancing.
El Grupo Folklorico Atotonilco
Usage: lesson,danceco
Music: Mexican folklorico
Lessons: folklorico for youth and for adults
Note: El Grupo Folklorico Atotonilco, the dance and performance company of Guadalupe Center, Inc. (GCI), teaches Latino children and youth about their culture and history through dance. Participants study traditional Mexican dance, Caribbean dance and the cultures from which these dances developed.
Visiting artists who are specialists in a particular dance form are brought to the Center. The participants, most of whom are teenagers and from low-income families, practice one to five times per week and perform at festivals year-round throughout the county. There is an open enrollment policy; new young people join classes, which are organized by age and experience, all the time.
El Grupo puts on 3 major performances and some 45 other performances a year. According to Bernardo Ramirez, GCI's director of development, 'El Grupo's excellent reputation and extremely high level of instruction has allowed several longtime participants to spin off and form their own dance groups.' The Guadalupe Center, Inc. is a multiservice center.
El Torreon Ballroom
Usage: venue,link
Music: punk, ska, indie, hardcore, & metal artists
Floor: hardwood
Age Policy: All ages
Ages: ...Minimum=...To enter=...To drink=
Note: punk, ska, indie, hardcore, & metal - From Their Site: 'Located on Gillham Plaza at 31st, the El Torreon opened December 15, 1927. Victor Recording artists, the Coon-Sanders Night Hawks returned to Kansas City from Chicago to headline the gala event. The El Torreon sported a Spanish Mission motif with floating clouds and glittering stars on the ceiling accentuating the exotic atmosphere of a Spanish courtyard. A 'crystal ball' with 100,000 mirrors illuminated a dance floor that could accommodate 2,000 dancers.'
Elm's Resort
Usage: venue
Music: ballroom, swing
CategoryPage(s): ballroom,swing
Emily A. Silverman Memorial Fund
Usage: link,org
CategoryPage(s): ballet tap jazz modern
Note: Quoted from the web site: created not only as a tribute to Emily's life, but also as a way to turn her passion for dance into opportunities for others. Through this fund the Silverman family hopes to be able to provide financial and start-up assistance for students with financial limitations and children who want to pursue dance at any level.
Entertainment & civic links in Kansas City
Usage: link
(Area: Kansas City,local, Kansas,Missouri) (Category pages: links)
Fat Chance Bar and Grill
Usage: venue
Days: live music, no cover
Tue: country (and line-dance lessons)
Thu: Ladies night, $1 draws or well drinks
Fri: live music, no cover
Sat: live music, no cover
Music: country, classic rock
Floor: wood, across SE corner about 12x25
Looks: clean, well kept
CategoryPage(s): country
Lessons: Country (line): tuesdays 7pm-9pm
Age Policy: 21 To Drink
Ages: ...To drink=21
Note: Take 291 exit north from I-70 (by Independence Center Mall). From 23rd St. head south on 291 just about 3-tenths of a mile. Fat Chance is on the west side of the road. It is a white and red building squarish building.
Visit: Dance floor is wood parquet tiles about 20 x 40 feet in an oblong shape. It is stretched diagonally across the SE corner of the room in front of the bandstand. It is a nice floor with a lot of room. The folks here were very nice and hospitable. Crowd is nice-sized and friendly.
Filling Station
Usage: venue
Music: Punk, hip-hop, Mix(alternative/old rock, etc.) DJ every Fri/Sat 9pm-3am
Crowd: 20's, some 30's
Looks: more like the inside of a garage
CategoryPage(s): rock
Age Policy: 21 Minimum 21 ToEnter 21 To Drink
Ages: ...Minimum=21...To enter=21...To drink=21
Note: no cover, 11515 Hickman Mills Road (just off of 71 and just north of Longview Road) on the east side of the road.
Visit: There is plenty of room here (which is not obvious from the outside) No one was dancing but there were few persons here on a Friday night. Just music from the DJ stand and guys playing pool.
The dance-floor area is actually an area in which it looks as though the vinyl floor tile was removed down to the concrete to make outline a dance area.
Friendz Dance Club
Usage: venue
Days: Top 40 Dance, Friendz Social!
Sun: closed
Mon: Open Mic, Live R&B/HipHop, Top 40 Dance Music
Tue: closed
Wed: Open Mic, Live R&B/HipHop, Top 40 Dance Music
Thu: Top 40 Dance, Ladies in Free, Ladies Night
Fri: Top 40 Dance, Friendz Social!
Sat: Top 40 Dance, Friendz Social!
Music: Top 40 Dance, R&B, Hip Hop, Pop
Floor: Huge Dance floor, mirrors, lights, excellent sound
Crowd: Elite clientele, dress to impress
Looks: Open, holds 400+, great location for dancing
Dine&Dance: 31 menu items
Age Policy: 21+, dress to impress
Ages: ...Minimum=21...To enter=21...To drink=21
Funky Town
Usage: venue
Days:
Mon: Mon. Night Football
Wed: 80's Ladies night
Thu: Swing Night - 7-11pm, DJ, no cover
Music: retro, DJ, swing, disco, dance
Floor: hardwood 25x25, very nice floor, slightly elevated
Crowd: mostly 20's-30's and some boomers
CategoryPage(s): Swing
Age Policy: 21 To Drink
Ages: ...To drink=21
Note: Just inside the northeast corner of I-435 and Hwy 350 Blue Parkway - you can get here from I-435 by taking either the 350 highway exit or the 63rd st. exit. Hours: open 11 am close 1:30 am, stage show about 9 pm Fri/Sat's
DJ for music, plan to have concerts in the future. Dress Code: no ball caps, no tank tops, no baggy clothes, no athletic gear, shirts must be tucked in. Lunch from 11 am to 2 pm, dinner from 5 pm to 9 pm - deli sandwiches to KC strip steaks.
Visit: Bright cartoonish colors and large cartoon murals with a cartoon cityscape. The main room has the dance area in the north half. Their is a bar to either side of the dance floor and a stage behind it. The front corners of the dance floor have slightly raised dance platforms. The south half has a bar, social tables with seating, some booths, a few games and a couple of pool tables. The sound is fairly loud but not killing although the acoustic surfaces are hard enough that the combined sound of music and crowd has a factory-noise type quality, even with good amplifiers and speakers.
Harling's Upstairs
Usage: venue
Days: Mama Ray and the Rich Van Sant band 2-6pm
Tue: Big Band Swing (live)
Wed: Eddie Delahunt, wed-thur, 9pm-1am
Sat: Mama Ray and the Rich Van Sant band 2-6pm
Music: blues, swing, Irish, rock
Floor: hardwood areas of the main floor
Crowd: 30's-60's
CategoryPage(s): blues
Note: An L-shaped front area leads to the band area and beyond the band area is another room which in turn is next to a large party room. The entire floor is hardwood and you just need to choose an area of the floor to dance (see visit note).
Visit: Filled with sinners - folks who actually sit down when there is great, foot-moving music played. Saturday afternoons the jam session with Mama Ray and Rich Van Sant has great kickin' music which richly deserves good swing dancers. And durn it, the folks here don't seem to be dancers. They need some of us swingers to get in there and show 'em!
Harrah's Casino
Usage: venue
Music: varied groups 8pm - midnight
Floor: ceramic-tile /Bsidewalk/b
Crowd: anybody walking by
Looks: casual, lobby area
CategoryPage(s): concerts,casino
Note: They don't have dancing but the list of groups they hire regularly for Friday and Saturday evenings are blues, zydeco and classic rock type of bands that are being danced to elsewhere in the area. The band sets up on a stand behind the sports bar and grill in the center of the lobby.
This is in front of the main ticket windows. The 'sidewalk' floor in front of the band area can be used for dancing. Basically it is a matter of showing up on the sidewalk (interior sidewalk) in front of your favorite band and dancing on the ceramic tiles.
Harrah's Voodoo Lounge
Usage: venue,link
Days: 0
Thu: Ladies Night
Music: swing, rock
CategoryPage(s): swing,rock
Age Policy: Must be 21 or over
Ages: ...Minimum=21...To enter=21...To drink=21
Note: Then VooDoo Lounge is a concert hall with an intimate setting and a nightclub. Want more info? Check out www.voodookc.com for upcoming events, photos, a drink menu and more. Sign up to receive email updates and find out the latest on what's happening at the VooDoo Lounge!
Heart of America DanceSport Championships
Usage: link,org
Music: ballroom, dancesport
CategoryPage(s): dancesport
Note: This is a Kansas City event which is one of the major national ballroom events in the country. It is the sixth of nine annual competitions and seminars leading to the finale at the Dancer's Cup in January of the following year.
Quot from the Site: As one of the longest running competitions in the United States, Heart of America provides a great environment for every type of dancer. Join us and experience our great competition, as well as our dance seminars, Saturday night show, and the farewell after party. We look forward to seeing you in August. - LeRoy & Ginny Walters
Heart of America Federation of Square Dance Clubs
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Long list of Square Dance Clubs in and around the greater Kansas City metro area including a number of clubs in outlying areas. Email to: mailto:dandy512@earthlink.net Phone: 816-252-1753, Fax: 816-252-1272
(Area: Kansas City,local, Kansas,Missouri) (Category pages: country,square,square dance,local) Heartland Dance Festival in October
Usage: link
The Heartland Dance Festival is every October and is one of the largest dance workshops/competitions in the area.
(Area: Kansas City,local, Kansas,Missouri) (Category pages: swing,country)
Isle of Capri Casino
Usage: venue
Music: classic rock
Crowd: 30's and up
CategoryPage(s): casino,concerts
Note: (Former Flamingo Casino) - Some of the best danceable rock music in the area. Classic acts brought to KC on a regular basis. The only pity is the lack of any kind of real dance area. If the music weren't so good they would be worth talking about for dancers. You'll just have to go for the music and make do for dance spaces.
Most of these are outdoor concerts and the only place to dance is on grass or on a patio area near the top of an embankment. On rain dates there is a wood floor inside behind the bar/lounge area or just expect to dance on carpet around the top of the gambling area.
Visit: Some of the best danceable rock music in the area. Classic acts brought to KC on a regular basis. The only pity is the lack of any kind of real dance area. If the music weren't so good they would be worth talking about for dancers. You'll just have to go for the music and make do for dance spaces.
Most of these are outdoor concerts and the only place to dance is on grass or on a patio area near the top of an embankment. On rain dates there is a wood floor inside behind the bar/lounge area or just expect to dance on carpet around the top of the gambling area.
J.A.D.
Usage: venue
Music: Juke Box Selections
Crowd: 20's - 30's
Looks: not fancy, working class bar
CategoryPage(s): nightclub
Note: Did have live swing. Dropped live music for lack of crowds. No DJ. Juke Box Selections. Not fancy in looks. Could describe it as a working class bar with pool tables, bar area, sitting tables all in an L-shaped area. J.A.D. is the former 'Helen's'. It is next door to McDonalds and right near a Total gas station with a convenience store at the intersection of Armour and Vernon (across the road from Payless Cashways) about 1/4 mile east of I-29.
Visit: Good sized meeting-room area in a section of bar for entertainment with a 15 foot wide stage with a dance area across the front. Most of the room is now filled with six pool tables on carpeting. They open at 10am and close at 3am. Serve food from 11am until about 2:30am. Basket meals ($5 and $5.50 - burgers, chicken, quesadillas)
Jersey's Sports Cafe
Usage: venue
Music: rock, classic and danceable (works for swing)
Floor: hardwod about 12x15, mirror on wall nice
Crowd: 20-50's
Looks: sports bar, casual dress
CategoryPage(s): rock,swing
Note: On 24 Hwy about 0.6 miles east of 291 up front in the Susquehanna Shopping Center. Fri-Sat 9pm-1am.
Visit: Band sets up in the dart area adjacent to and slightly above the dancefloor. Neighborhood crowd mixing 20's to 50's+. They do get on the floor and move around here. Framed Chief's jerseys around the walls, and other sports bar trappings: team logos, pictures, emblems. Sectioned into a bar area with pools tables and an island bar, and two seating areas at different levels then a dancing and dart-band area. Nice club for dancing. Both EC and WC although we found West Coast swing worked better for most of the music.
John Knox Village Pavilion
Usage: venue
Music: ballroom,swing,oldies,Latin
Floor: hardwood 50x50 - one of the finest in the area
Crowd: older, largely retired
Looks: very nice, modern, airy
CategoryPage(s): ballroom,swing
Note: John Knox Village is a non-denominational, not-for-profit retirement community. They usually have one dance a month in the pavilion. It is an open dance with a band.
Visit: The Pavilion is a large, pyramid-shaped event hall - a single large room with a big stage and a 50x50 foot (or so) hardwood dance floor - very nice floor. This is one of the nicest dance floors in the entire area. The room itself is a beautiful space for ballroom dancing with its large clear space - no columns - almost pristine in appearance.
Johnny O'Quigley's
Usage: venue
Music: Retro
Crowd: lates 20's to mid 40's
Looks: casual, upper middle
CategoryPage(s): rock
Note: Highway 45 (64th street) exit. On the south side of the road, take a turn south on N. Chatam road (at the Texaco) and make a right turn behind the Texaco and Blockbuster's and go to the end of the lot (careful, lots of road traffic and traffice into and out of the Hen House grocery). Saturday's they have live music for dancing and a little karaoke. The floor area is small (10x10) but quite nice. The corwd is late 20's to mid 40's. If you know how to partner dance the floor is pretty much yours.
John's Big Deck
Usage: venue
Days:
Thu: Ladies night and karaoke
Music: Rock, contemporary bands, Fri/Sat
Floor: room flooring inside: cement out: deck planking
Crowd: 20's
Looks: casual
CategoryPage(s): rock
Note: Happy hour specials 4-6 pm. The second floor (concrete floor space pushed away from the tables for some dance space) and above the second floor on an outside wooden patio deck, also a small amount of space but no dedicated dance floor as such. Downtown, 928 Wyandotte. Bands Fri-Sat, Tue., Wed-Sat.
Visit: Dancing is in an area of patio-type deck-planking on the roof, between the large amount of table seating and the bandstand in the SW corner of the roof deck. I've been there before when there was almost no room to dance. Otherwise they pull the tables back a little farther for dancing room for several couples.
The deck planking is pretty uneven though and tilts slightly to the north so ease up on spin things and wear street shoes (you might want to think twice about spike heels as well). They also use the second floor for private parties or dancing (especially in inclement weather). This is mostly a yuppies-type 20's crowd but anyone can join in.
They have a couple of regular panhandlers on the street with sort of regular spots around there and some who also find their way into the club and who will approach you in the corridor up to the deck. They are not really a threat but you should say no - firmly.
John's Food & Drink / The Deck
Usage: venue
Music: Rock, contemporary bands, Fri/Sat
Floor: room flooring inside: cement out: deck planking
Crowd: 20's
Looks: casual
CategoryPage(s): rock
Note: the second floor (concrete floor space pushed away from the tables for some dance space) and above the second floor on an outside wooden patio deck, also a small amount of space but no dedicated dance floor as such. Downtown, 928 Wyandotte. Bands Fri-Sat, Tue., Wed-Sat.
Visit: Dancing is in an area of patio-type deck-planking on the roof, between the large amount of table seating and the bandstand in the SW corner of the roof deck. I've been there before when there was almost no room to dance. Otherwise they pull the tables back a little farther for dancing room for several couples.
The deck planking is pretty uneven though and tilts slightly to the north so ease up on spin things and wear street shoes (you might want to think twice about spike heels as well). They also use the second floor for private parties or dancing (especially in inclement weather). This is mostly a yuppies-type 20's crowd but anyone can join in.
They have a couple of regular panhandlers on the street with sort of regular spots around there and some who also find their way into the club and who will approach you in the corridor up to the deck. They are not really a threat but you should say no - firmly.
Joshua's
Usage: venue
Music: rock, disco, retro, country, variety
Floor: hardwood 12x18, plus 6x8 platform
Crowd: 20's-30's local and hotel guests
Looks: upscale rich wood decor
CategoryPage(s): rock
Note: Off south 71 highway east of the Longview Road exit in the north side of the Holiday Inn. DJ is Mike Hess who is also the manager. The dance floor is in good shape and is real hardwood planking with a DJ stand on the wall side. Plenty of room to dance and enough tables around.
Visit: Nice neighborhood crowd. Occasional freestyle dancers. Mostly they sit and stand around. The music is danceable. Count on a basic retro core with a variety of other music. Works for swing.
Kacico Dance
Usage: link,studio,teacher,danceco,troupe
Music: modern
CategoryPage(s): modern
Lessons: modern
Note: Kacico Dance is a professional contemporary modern dance company in the Kansas City area seeking highly talented dancers to fulfill its mission: to create and present the best in contemporary dance to audiences in Kansas City and beyond in a variety of presentational forms from formal theaters to arts festivals. Artistic Director is Michelle Diane Brown.
Kansas City Ballet
Usage: link,org,lesson,danceco
Music: ballet
Lessons: ballet, via the KC Ballet School
Kansas City Lindy Exchange - (785-393-9425 (Mia), 913-403-8218 (Scott)) -
Usage: link
The Kansas City Lindy Exchange (KCLX - URL: www.kclx.com) is being handled by local dancers within a few different groups. So, there is no formal organization 'running the show' but mainly just dedicated dancers working together. It is an enterprise self-funded through ticket sales and sponsorships. Hopes are always that it will break even or get away with a few hundred extra as seed money for the next event. Whether formally incorporated or not, exchanges are non-profit events.
Exchanges began around 5 or 6 years ago with a true 'exchange' of dancers between Chicago and San Francisco,
(Area: Kansas City, local, Missouri, Kansas, MO, KS)
Kansas City Lindy Hop Society
Usage: link,org
Music: Swing, Lindy
Note: This is a club for Lindy in Kansas City.
Kansas City Swing Dance Club
Usage: venue,lesson,org,link
Days:
Sun: Sunday afternoon WC LESSONS, nights out: Roxy
Mon: Argentine Tango lessons and night out at RG
Wed: WC lessons evening
Thu: Special Lesson Series
Fri: open dancing in clubhouse
Music: Swing
Floor: suspended hardwood with air blown under - GOOD
Crowd: all ages
Looks: clean, nice, no smoke, air filters
CategoryPage(s): Swing,tango,west coast swing
Lessons: Sunday afternoons, Wednesday evenings, workshops, other classes
Note: Friday night dances in the club house. This is one of the nicest dance floors in the area. It is on bumbers above the floor with air blown underneath to control temperature and humidity. Members put in the floor themselves with plenty of sweat equity. $3 for members (special events or DJ nights may be more). 8:30 pm to midnight. 6101 Martway, Shawnee Mission.
The Argentine Tango group has been going since 1996 and is now well established.
Visit: Mondays the largest Tango lesson series in town (since 1996)
KC Folk Calendar
Usage: link,org,site
CategoryPage(s): folk,contra
Note: Marion MacDonald's calendar of International folk dancing and contra dance
KCBallroom - (913-963-3855) -
Usage: link
KC Ballroom educates students of all levels in the most progressive and up to date standards in ballroom dance technique, taught in private and group class instruction, for social, Wedding first dance, American and International style Ballroom and Latin dancing.
(Area: local, local) (Category pages: ballroom lesson,instruction,link,social) KCBallroom, Sergei Gerasymov - (913-963-3855) -
Usage: link
KC Ballroom educates students of all levels in the most progressive and up to date standards in ballroom dance technique, taught in private and group class instruction, for social, Wedding Dance Instruction, American and International style Ballroom and Latin dancing. For information call Sergei Gerasymov 913-963-3855.
(Area: local, local) (Category pages: ballroom lesson,competition,instruction,link,local)
KU Ballroom Dance Club
Usage: link,org,lesson
CategoryPage(s): ballroom
Note: Student club teaching ballroom lessons at $25 a semester. Ballroom Dance Lessons will be 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. on Sundays. Sunday ballroom dance lessons will focus on both beginning social dancers. We will then have a half an hour of free dance in which to practice our newly acquired moves and have fun. The class on Sundays which will be fairly varied and will have a different dance every one or two weeks. It will first focus on the beginning dance moves for each style, and then build up to more advanced techniques.
KU DanceSport
Usage: link,org,lesson
CategoryPage(s): ballroom
Note: The purpose of KU DanceSport is to encourage participation in dance sport, to help University of Kansas students/faculty develop skills and technique of dance sport, to participation in collegiate or amateur level dance sport and to prepare them for a leadership role in teaching the formal United States Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association (USABDA) syllabi. The coach is Perry Gingerich of Ballroom Unlimited in Overland Park. Coaching on Wednesdays: 08:00 - 10:00pm Hashinger Hall's Dance Room. Practices on Tuesdays: 10:00 pm - 12:00 am Aerobics Room, Rec Center
La Fonda El Taquito
Usage: venue
Music: Ranchera, Salsa, Tejano, Merengue
CategoryPage(s): Latin
Note: Carry out and private parties. Live entertainment on weekends. Friday dance music. Saturday Salsa. Medina Family Proprietors
Lafferty's Lounge
Usage: venue
Days:
Mon: mellow
Tue: karaoke
Wed: disco and retro rock
Thu: karaoke
Music: Mixed country, rock, dance, oldies etc. (DJ and live)
Floor: 10x15 parquet
Crowd: varies
Looks: casual
CategoryPage(s): Country,Rock
Lessons: Tuesdays, line dance with Karen
Note: Dance floor is about 10x15 give or take of wood parquet tiles. Take the exit from I-435 to 350 Highway, head east about half a mile (6301 Blue Parkway). Lafferty's is on the south side fo the road. Karaoke on Tue/Thu.
Visit: A friend of mine who doesn't have parties in bars told me, 'If I had a party in a bar, I think I would have a party at Lafferty's.' It is a fun place with a crowd that has middle-class mixed flavor to it. In other words, real folks with an appropriate number of suspected eccentrics sprinkled in. The owner/DJ Lin Wong plays wide ranging music, from retro to hip-hop to swing, and all of it danceable. The crowd dances, mostly free style and line dance. They have line dance instruction on Tuesdays!
Latin Rhythm Dance Company
Usage: link,studio,lesson,teacher,danceco
Note: Josu� Hern�ndez and Katia Burkhardt co-founded Latin Rhythm Dance Company in the spring of 2002. Latin Rhythm Dance Company is comprised of professionally trained dancers and teachers, who share the founders� passion for the art of dance.
Styles featured in our Salsa syllabus have their foundation in the Caribbean Style, Miami Style, New York On-2 Style, Los Angeles Style, American Rhythm Ballroom Mambo, and South American Cumbia Style.
Our instructors have expertise and experience in performance, choreography, and instruction of Salsa, Casino Rueda, Guajira/Cha Cha, Swing, Mambo, Rumba, Bolero, Merengue, Bachata, Flamenco, Brazilian Samba, Jazz, Hip Hop, Ballet and Modern Dance.
We have instructors who speak English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and French.
Lawrence Barn Dance Association - ((785) 749-1356) -
Usage: link
Dances on third saturdays, second sundays and fifth Saturdays ("Bloo Moon Advanced Dances") in and around Lawrence, Kansas. At the Lawrence Arts Center Dance Annex, 205 1/2 West 8th street, red-brick building, upstairs, between Vermont and Kentucky (downtown). For information call (785) 749-1356
(Area: Lawrence,local,regional, Kansas,Missouri) (Category pages: folk,contra)
Leigh's School of Dance
Usage: link,studio,lesson
Days:
Wed: adult and teen Ballroom, Latin, Swing and Country
Music: swing,jazz,tap,ballet
CategoryPage(s): ballet,tap,jazz,swing,ballroom
Note: We teach continuously each Wednesday, and have special dances (for holidays like Valentines) also. Leigh's School of Dance offers Wednesday night adult and teen Ballroom, Latin, Swing and Country dance lessons in:
Foxtrot, East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, Nightclub Two-Step, Rumba, Cha Cha, Bolero, Mambo, Salsa, Samba, Waltz, Viennese Waltz, Country Two Step, Country Nightclub 2Step, Country Cha Cha, Country Waltz, Polka, Lambada, and Hustle
Classes are tailored for both beginners and intermediates. We teach from 30 to 40 patterns per dance, so there is plenty of opportunity to learn.
Classes meet Wednesdays from 7:30pm to 9:00pm at Leigh's School of Dance, 13490 S. Arapaho Dr., Olathe, KS 66062 (913) 764-4146, http://www.LeighsSchoolOfDance.com
$5 per lesson or $20 per individual per month. Class is for teenagers and adults. No previous experience required. No partner required. No contracts, no commitments, just great classes!
Class time 7:30pm. Beginners ALWAYS welcome.
Tell your friends that the 1st class is free! Hope to see you! Invite your friends too! :)
Visit: The lessons are enjoyable and fun. Leigh is an energetic redhead who is always in the center of the mix.
Levee, The
Usage: venue
Music: rock, Mon/Tue, Thur-Sat 5pm-8, 9-1am
Floor: rough-plank flooring
Crowd: 20 - 40+
Looks: rough hewn
CategoryPage(s): jazz,blues
Dine&Dance: separate restaurant area and food served in bar/dance area
Visit: The dance area is uneven plank flooring and cramped with posts and gouged areas you can trip on. Where the floor is not gouged it is out and out slick from years of polishing from just the actions of peoples feet.
The Levee is a long-time and very popular watering hole. Mostly 20's-30's crowd. Few seem to know much about partner dancing. If it is partner dancing you want this is not it. But if you want to dance anyway, and enjoy a famed KC meeting place, visit and dance. Depending on the crowd there will be dancers.
Liberty Hall
Usage: venue
CategoryPage(s): Swing
Lucky Brewgrille
Usage: venue,link
Days: Entertainment
Wed: Entertainment
Fri: Entertainment
Sat: Entertainment
Music: rock,swing,house,dance
CategoryPage(s): nightclub
Dine&Dance: Full Menu and space to dance
Note: a lot of fun and always a lot of people. 20's-30's mainly. Larger than it looks with and upstairs and a downstairs and entertainment on both levels.
Visit: There are two dance areas, upstairs and downstairs. The upstairs front is part of the north side of the strip mall along Johnson Drive. The room is about 80 x 60 feet or so with the front divided by a line of booths and ending at the south in a bar. The floor area between the west and center booths gets cleared of the tables there to open up the dance space which is a vinyl-tile floor over concrete. Dance space maybe 20x20. The floor was a bit catchy (or draggie). The band set up in the front window.
Manos Rojas Escuela de Flamenco
Usage: link,studio,lesson,teacher
Days: Flamenco Classes: 11am, 12 noon, 1:30pm
Sat: Flamenco Classes: 11am, 12 noon, 1:30pm
Music: flamenco
Floor: hardwood, suspended
CategoryPage(s): Flamenco
Lessons: Flamenco
Note: A school for Flamenco dance and guitar. Quoted from the website: At Manos Rojas, our mission is to bring world music and dance experience to Kansas City. Our goals are to ensure quality artistic and educational programs, with increased opportunities to study with guest artists through special sessions and workshops. We feel strongly it is important to know the culture and history of an art form, and why it is so pertinent to the human condition.
Marcy's Restaurant and Lounge
Usage: venue
Music: country (5 nights) Wed-Sun 9pm-2am
Floor: vinyl tile 15x20
Crowd: 30's+
Looks: friendly unclassy
CategoryPage(s): country,rock,swing
Note: basement, under the restaurant, at the S.E. corner of Antioch and Vivion (out front of K-Mart and next to Parts America [former Western Auto] ). Restaurant and lounge number: 816.452.0103.
Visit: Neighborhood bar. Looks a bit unkempt (a bit doubtful)as you enter the basement but the warm and friendly folks won us over right away. Definitely earns the 'neighbor' in our description. Dance floor is about 15 x 20 or more (vinyl tile type), in the corner near the entrance in front of the band. Mostly C&W we were told. Have not visited during a band's performance. Mostly 30's - 50's crowd. Looks like a fun and warm-times type of place.
Mardi Gras Cafe
Usage: venue
Music: Blues and Jazz Tue: 8pm-midnight FriSat, 9:30pm-1am Sun 6-9pm jam
Floor: 6" ceramic tiles about 12 x 16
Crowd: variety
Looks: Casual dress, very nice decor, very clean and neat
CategoryPage(s): cajun,zydeco,blues
Note: floor about 12 x 16 in front of bandstand at the center rear of the cafe. Sundays blues jam from 6 pm to 9 pm. They have a full menu of New Orleans style food (Cajun, Creole, Southern, French) and a full bar. Very nice spot in the Englewood shopping center in the central portion of the north row of shops (facing south).
Happy hour is 3-7 pm with appetizer specials. New Orleans menus. 420 N.W. Englewood Road, Kansas City, MO 64118 Have game and party room and take large-party reservations. To get here from downtown, take Broadway north over the Broadway bridge, to 9 and then straight north to 169. The Englewood exit is the first intersection north of the I-29/Vivion Rd/169 exchange.
Visit: The dance floor is fairly easy to dance on. We found that we had the floor pretty much to ourselves and the blues band (Mamma Ray) played music for us.
Marta Elder
Usage: teacher
Music: Country western, Ballroom, Latin, Swing, Hustle
CategoryPage(s): Country western, Ballroom, Latin, Swing, Hustle
Note: Master Level Dancer, Country western, Ballroom, Latin, Swing and Hustle. Professional Instructor 20 years. Judge, Competitor, Performer. Private Lessons. Group Classes, Workshops. Gift Certificate available
Beginner to advanced - social dancers. Competitive coaching: all divisions.
McCoy's Public House
Usage: venue
Floor: Hardwood, main floor with tables pulled back
Looks: modern brew pub
CategoryPage(s): nightclub,salsa,tango
Note: heart of Westport area. normally no dancing but occasional live bands. They did have regular Sundays for Latin but no more. Nice hardwood floor, makes an ideal dance floor.
Michael and Lila Shultz
Usage: Social and performance quality instruction
Days:
Mon: Social Group Class in July
Lessons: Social, group and competitive
Note: Lila Shultz
Is a social and competitive dance teacher for children and adults.
LIla was World Professional American Smooth rising star
finalist 2006 and backgrounds in ballet, jazz, tap, and figure
skating. Skated with 'Disney on Ice' from 1998-2001
Member of USISTD and NDCA
Michael Shultz
Is a teacher and coach who has provided instruction for
thousands wishing to learn social or competitive dancing,
Michael was World Professional American Smooth rising
star finalist in 2006 as well as Top Teacher awards
throughout his carrer Member USISTD and NDCA
Midwest Singles
Usage: venue,link
Days:
Sun: 7 pm to 11 pm (bring a new guest and get $2 off)
Fri: 8 pm to 12 am, ladies get in for $3 before 8 pm
Music: rock, retro, swing
Crowd: 30's to 50's +
CategoryPage(s): rock,swing
Note: Although this is a singles dance couples may also come. This is held in various locations around the Kansas City area. Call their hotline number to be sure of where they will be.
LOCATIONS: The Doubletree Hotel is south in Overland Park at 69 highway and College, The Raddison Hotel is Johnson County at 87th street and I-35, The Adams Mark is east at I-70 and Stadium Drive, Park Place Hotel is north east on Front St. and I-435, Finnigan's Hall is in North Kansas City in the south side of the downtown area at 503 E 18th Ave, the Marriot in Overland Park is at I-435 and Metcalf, The Olathe Holiday Inn is on the south side of Olathe along 159 highway south of the Mall of the Great Plains.
Visit: Generally very well attended. Floor is made of standard portable hotel ballroom sections. Some there to dance, and others looking for contacts. There is a cash bar. The dance floor is usually about 25x25 feet give or take.
The groups play classic danceable rock, retro. The crowd is from 20's to 50's and more.
New Runaway Bar & Grille, Inc., The
Usage: venue
Music: rock, general, Fri: Karaoke, Sat: live band, 8pm/9pm to 1am
Floor: carpeted area in far corner with banc
Crowd: 30's-40's
Looks: casual
CategoryPage(s): nightclub
Note: in the Crestridge Center strip mall (and west of highway 9 about a mile). The mall has bright blue top on the front side and a Circle-K just off the west end. This is in Parkville. Busy working-class bar with friendly 'down-to-earthers.'
Nritya Dance
Usage: lesson, school, link
Music: indian classical Bharathanatyam
Note: Quoted from the Nritya site about page: 'Nritya was established in Kansas City in 1988 by Mrs.Hema Sharma at the insistence of several community members who wanted her to promote classical Indian dance in Kansas City. ... She has been Ethnic Commissioner from India on the Mayor's Ethnic Enrichment Commission for 11 years and especially enjoys teaching the younger generation of Kansas City about India. Within the dance school, she holds annual summer workshops for 8-10 days and regularly holds free concerts wherever she teaches to showcase the talent and accomplishment of her students. Nritya is currently looking forward to celebrating her 18th anniversary in October of 2005. '
' For information on Carnatic Vocal, Mridangam, Sitar and Veena lessons, please call 913-696-0213 or e-mail at hemavathisharma2001@yahoo.com'
Oasis
Usage: venue
Days: Tropicali and Salsabor, Merengue, American
Sun: Ranchera
Tue: Phat Tuesday, LA club night, hip-hop
Thu: Ranchera
Sat: Tropicali and Salsabor, Merengue, American
Floor: wood platform
Looks: clean, open, inviting disco like
CategoryPage(s): Latin
Lessons: Fri. 10-11pm, Salsa with Sue Williamson
Age Policy: You must be 21. No minors.
Ages: ...Minimum=21...To enter=//21...To drink=21
Note: Blue building at 2805 Southwest Boulevard, about a block or so north of Margarita's and Ponak's. 9pm to 3 a.m. Strict dresscode on weekends: no sneakers, no shorts, no hats, no cowboy boots and no T-shirts. Cover: $5. (Formerly Kashmir's)
Visit: Varied crowd mostly from 20's and 30's to 50's or older mainly Latino. Latin disco look. Open with a large wood dance floor maybe 15 x 30 feet. Cafe-type seating on the south in a slightly raised area and a tables on a raised area to the west with the standing and sitting area to the north.
They have good security on the doors, with hand-held metal detectors. They are careful and the place is fun and friendly. The music is constant so you can dance till you drop, or all night, whichever is sooner.
Olde Mill Catering
Usage: venue,link
Music: rock, swing, blues
Floor: Hardwood, very nice about 20x30 expandable
Looks: Clean
CategoryPage(s): swing
Dine&Dance: kitchen for catering on site
Note: Located in historic Parkville, MO, ten minutes from KCI and downtown Kansas City, MO. Easy access from I-29, I-635 and I-70. Busses welcome (with 48-hour notice).
Visit: Very nice location. Clean and neat. The hardwood floor has room and is in excellent condition. Nice menu of appetizers for late night with prices from $2.50 to $7 and a combo for groups at $9. There is a lot of room here and good acoustics.
Orlando
Usage: venue,link
Music: hip-hop, dance, house, country, rock, salsa - 9pm-2am
Floor: 25x25 tile
CategoryPage(s): Country,Rock,Salsa,Latin,Merengue
Note: West side of road across from Antioch Shopping Center at Antioch and Englewood. Next to UPS Store and north of Radio Shack. This is Orlando's new second location. Used to be Mustang Sally's and before that Ruby's Roadhouse and Ruby's Roadhouse North and a few others.
Orlando's Nite Club
Usage: venue,link
Days: drink special all night - Hip-hop, dance., house
Mon: ladies wet t-shirt contest
Wed: all ladies get in free
Thu: ladies best butt contest
Fri: ladies get in free with college ID
Sat: drink special all night - Hip-hop, dance., house
Music: hip-hop, dance, house, country, rock, salsa - 9pm-2am
Floor: hardwood ballroom
Crowd: 20's-30's-50's+
Looks: very nice
CategoryPage(s): Country,Rock,Salsa,Latin,Merengue
Note: Olathe at the intersection of I-35 with Santa Fe in the south east corner - head for a strip mall behind the Backyard Burger stand and just beyond the ice cream store - look for the cars. Snack bar: nachos, popcorn, chicken fries, hot wings, chick strips, jalopena poppers, cheezy tator, frenchfires, onion rings, stuffed pizza rolls, mushrooms, shrimp.
Visit: Very nice hardwood floor in superb shape perhaps 40'x35'or more. Nice decor and furnishings. Crowd from 20's to 50's and more with predominance of 20's into 30's. A lot of dancers and a lot of energy. Clean. Nice crowd and good place to go. Louie and Wendy Orlando care about dancing and you can really see that emphasis in the crowd they attract the upkeep of the floor and the interior of the club.
Oz Swing Club
Usage: link
in Wichita (A lot of download overhead, music and images. Click on lessons and events pages for quicker download just to get to them - however they also play music at you) : - Events http://www.ozswingclub.com/events.html
(Area: Wichita,local, Kansas,Missouri) (Category pages: swing)
Park Place Hotel
Usage: venue
Floor: wood parquet in semi-circle around bandstand
Looks: nice lounge
CategoryPage(s): rock,swing
Note: couples doing west coast. The floor is in a semi-circle around the band's stage which juts out into the room. Wed-Sat evenings. Wed/Thu. 8pm-12midnight, Fri/Sat 9pm-1am. In the north east industrial district near I-435 and Front Street. Take the front street exit from I-435 and head east to the intersection heading north to the hotel (you will be able to see the hotel from front street).
Visit: Crowded dance floor. Mostly 'boomers.' Lots of fun and convivial atmosphere. Definitely get in for Way Back Wednesdays with Dick Wilson. It makes for a friendly party.
Paula Marie
Usage: lesson,teacher
CategoryPage(s): swing
Lessons: Swing and social dancing
Note: Teaches swing and social dancing in various venues. Also sends out belly dancers (ala singing telegrams) for birthdays, events, etc.
Perry Gingerich
Usage: teacher
Music: ballroom,tango
Floor: hardwood - studio
Crowd: 30's to Retirement
Looks: very nice
CategoryPage(s): ballroom,dancesport,swing,tango,more
Lessons: all ballroom
Age Policy: all ages
Ages: ...Minimum=...To enter=...To drink=
Note: Tango teacher, ballroom teacher. Owner of Ballroom Unlimited in Merriam, KS., a non-Contract ballroom studio owned by world-class champion Dancesport competitors Perry and Diane Gingerich.
He has been a finalist in the major ballroom championships and held many major titles including: Florida State Champion, Heart of America Champion, Virginia State Champion, Southern States Champion, Yankee Classic Champion, Eastern United States Champion, Southeastern United States Champion, Triple Crown Champion and North American Champion.
Perry is a master adjudicator with Pan-Am NADTA and is an associate with the ISTD. Perry was elected president of the Professional Dancers Federation in March 1996.
Phoenix, The
Usage: venue
Music: jazz
Floor: no dance floor, carpeted room
Crowd: varied
Looks: classy groove
CategoryPage(s): Jazz
Note: jazz club, very popular nightspot, but no one cares enough about dancing to have a dance floor or at least a danceable area of the room floor.
Quixotic Performance Fusion
Usage: link,danceco
Music: modern, ballet, fusion
CategoryPage(s): modern ballet
Note: Created in 2004 by Keelan Whitmore (Kansas City Ballet dancer and choreographer) and Anthony Magiano (graphic designer and musician). Quixotic is a collaborative ensemble of artists from various disciplines: dance, multimedia: film, music, fashion and visual art - creating dynamic performace experiences.
Visit: Performance Group
Rainbow Center
Usage: venue
Music: Spanish, Salsa, Merenge, Mexican, general mix
Floor: Smoothed concrete slab (main building floor)
Crowd: 20's, 30's Latino (helps to speak Spanish)
Looks: Like an aircraft hanger with tables and chairs
CategoryPage(s): Latin
Note: You are into highway engineer revenge-on-lost-persons territory. From Kansas City take Kansas Ave straight west to just over the Turner bridge across the Kansas River. Take the short right turn at the end of that bridge onto 59th st. lane (turns back under the end of the bridge and goes south). Stay south on 59th St. Lane until it turns rightward (west) and becomes Kansas Ave. again. 62cnd St and Rainbow Center are only a couple of blocks past this turn. Look to the north (right) side of the road.
Cover varies widely depending on the band, could be $25-$30 dollars or even $3 to $10.
Visit: This is a BIG room. Capacity is 960 persons. Some 15 or 16 rows of tables are set down each side of the room with seven to eight chairs per table (450 give or take). The dance area is in the middle aisle of about 35x100+ feet and the band stage is across the far end of the room. The building is not high, maybe 12 to 15 feet but the ceiling has metal spanning the distance between walls.
Food is catered. The Rainbow Center is also available for rental for special events. It is run by Paulo and Frank Ramirez who operate La Unica (618 Kansas Ave, 371-1700) which sells CD's, Cassettes, Stereos, amplifiers, fancy boots and sombreros among other items.
Raouls Velvet Room - Lawrence
Usage: venue
Days:
Sun: Sin Night
Tue: Soul Check
Thu: Pure Velvet
Fri: Disco Dick
Music: swing, jazz,, funk, cajun 50
CategoryPage(s): Swing,jazz
Replay Lounge
Usage: venue
CategoryPage(s): nightclub
RG's Lounge
Usage: venue
Days: bands
Mon: West Coast Swing
Tue: dance lessons
Wed: Karaoke
Thu: dance lessons
Fri: bands
Sat: bands
Music: danceable Rock, Rhythm & Blues Fri/Sat 9-1
Floor: wood parquet around band area
Crowd: 30's-50's
Looks: Clean, nice bar, nice area to sit
CategoryPage(s): Country,swing
Lessons: Tuesdays, Thursdays 7pm
Note: just barely east of Blue Ridge Cutoff and on the north side of 40 highway facing east).
Visit: This is a nice clean bar and lounge. Three pool tableson the left, a bar as an island in the middle and the right side is filled with small lounge tables leading up to the bandstand and the hardwood (parquet tiles) dance floor. The floor is wrapped around the three sides of the bandstand to a width of about 8 to 10 feet with the longest stgretch at about 25+ feet.
Good danceable rock with a crowd starting mostly in their thirties and running up to 40-50's and more (sometimes much more). Had a fun time here. No cover. They also serve food as well as drinks and at reasonable prices.
Rhythm & Brews
Usage: venue
Music: Live band, rock, r&b Fri/Sat. 9pm-1am
Floor: wood parquet about 12x12 clean, not slick
Crowd: 30's-50's
Looks: informal (very)
CategoryPage(s): rock
Note: band most Fri/Sat nights until 1am. 6720 Kaw Dr (K-32 in KC, KS)
Visit: Floor is maybe 12x12 or a little more, not in the bestshape as far as finish and polish go but they make an effort to keep it clean (while we were there someone spilled drinks and they were right there to clean the floor). Had a good time dancing to a live band (almost, we came in at the tail end of their gig), another old-guys-with-day-jobs band - one of my favorite kinds.
Their technique may not have been without mistakes but their drummer kept a beat to dance by. The decor is a bit rough hewn. This is not a formal place. Jeans, cut-offs, t-shirts etc. and a light sprinkling of some Harley gear.
Rite of Danse
Usage: link,org,danceco
Note: Rite of Danse is a non-profit arts organization whose goals are to create and present dance productions that utilize multiple art forms and honor cultural differences.
River Aces
Usage: venue
Music: rock, blues
Floor: vinyl area between bar, tables and DJ/band area.
Crowd: 20's to 60's
CategoryPage(s): rock
Visit: Small bar, maybe 30x40 feet with about 1/5th of the room available for dancing. Tables full of folks but you might want to show up with your own dance partner during a dance-floor hopping night.
Rockwood Country Club
Usage: venue
Music: Ballroom dance (by Island Heat) Fri 8-12
Crowd: 50's+
Looks: Sunday nice but comfortable
CategoryPage(s): Ballroom
Note: have been their band for a long time), Dance floor is about 15x30 hardwood. It is older but well polished with a very fine surface. Don't have to be a member for the dances. Rockwood CC is on Maywood one block south of 23rd St. Maywood is about 2 miles east of I-435 where it crosses 23rd St. Bob's Market is at the corner of 23rd St. and Maywood.
Rookie's Bar & Grill
Usage: venue
Music: blues, old rock no cover FriSat: 9pm-1:30am
Floor: small floor
CategoryPage(s): rock
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Siham Ali and Co
Usage: link,teacher,danceco
Music: Middle Eastern, belly dance
CategoryPage(s): belly middle eastern ethnic
Visit: Siham present seminars and lessons. She has a number of events each year which bring in Middle Eastern dancers from the entire area.
Singles On The Go
Usage: link
A super resource for Singles in Kansas City who are in search of Singles Groups, Singles Events and Activities
(Area: Kansas City,local, Kansas,Missouri) (Category pages: singles,dating,partners,local)
Smuggler's Inn
Usage: venue
Music: Wed/Thr/Fri 7pm - close
Looks: nice lounge
CategoryPage(s): nightclub, restaurant
Note: a nice restaurant and lounge. Dance music Wed/Thu/Fri from 7pm to close. Sat is Karaoke. In the north east industrial district near I-435 and Front Street. Take the front street exit from I-435 and head east to the intersection heading north. Take the exit to the right, before getting to the hotel. Follow the road all the way around. It will take you right to Smuggler's Inn.
Visit: Dance floor is about 12x12 feet wood parquet tiles in front of a DJ stand on the north wall of the lounge. The lounge is to the left as you enter and the restaurant is on the right.
Spirits Lounge (American Inn motel)
Usage: venue
Music: Fri: DJ Sat: Live 9pm-1am
Floor: wood parquet 8x12
Crowd: 30's-50s+
Looks: clean and neat, casual, local crowd
CategoryPage(s): country,rock
Note: the southeast corner of I-70 and Noland Road in the American Inn motel (4140 S. Noland Road, Independence, MO 64055). Floor wood parquet about 8x12 at the end of a long room with a pool table, bar and lounge area, then the dance floor and band stand. Fridays DJ. Saturday Live band. 9pm-1am. Head into the font lobby of the motel. The lounge door is just to the right of the front desk (there is a large neon sign over it in the lobby).
Visit: Mostly a local crowd with some spillover from tired travelers.Dress is casual, place is neat and clean, middle class. The dance floor is a nice little space way up front next to the bandstand. The saturday night we were there there was live music, fairly full room and the patrons knew the band which plays there regularly. Still, you won't get crowded off this dance floor they didn't seem to be big on dancing. Floor is in good condition. The location seems well kept up and clean and neat.
Square Dance
Usage: link
in Leavenworth-Lansing email and phone-number connection
(Area: Leavenworth,Kansas City,local, Kansas,Missouri) (Category pages: square,square dance)
Stonecrest Dance Studio
Usage: studio,lesson,teacher
Music: ballroom
Floor: hardwood, spacious
Crowd: 30's to Retirement
Looks: very classy
CategoryPage(s): ballroom,swing
Lessons: any ballroom
Age Policy: all ages
Ages: ...Minimum=...To enter=...To drink=
Note: Non-Contract ballroom studio owned by Rick Stone. Rick posts the prices on his door and teaches both groups and privates. Groups are by arrangement rather than a regular set of on-going groups.
Visit: Very nice studio. Rick has done a good deal of the work himself including re-working the floor of the former print shop. Beautiful job!
Störling Dance Theater
Usage: link,danceco
Note: Störling Dance Theater is a part of Culture House which is a Christian "faith-based arts organization promotin excellence, health, and responsibility in the performing and fine arts."
From Their Site: "...Störling Dance Theater ... S.D.T. is best known for their powerful story telling pieces based on both factual and fictional characters that audiences find very accessible and inspiring. Incorporating Corporeal Mime, Störling Dance Theater can delve more deeply into the lives of the characters they portray..."
Studio Restaurant and Bar
Usage: venue
Floor: hardwood
Note: The Studio will host entertainment every week starting with Karaoke Thursday nights from 9pm 1am, courtesy of Stars & Bars Music. Live stage shows on Friday and Saturday nights from 8:30pm 12:30am. Opening act entertainment will also be featured. All of the musical acts will offer top-quality music and dancing.
downtown at 1118 McGee in the new entertainment district of Kansas City. The building is the historic Louis Curtis Studio building and is two blocks north of the new Sprint Center and six blocks east of the downtown Marriott.
Swing Out KC
Usage: link,lesson
Music: swing
CategoryPage(s): Swing
Lessons: swing, lindy swing, west coast swing
Note: About Us: Chrissy has over 7 years experience teaching and competing Lindy Hop and Ballroom. Oscar is one of Kansas City's best leads who's energy and technique has helped him place at competitions nationally. Oscar and Chrissy also travel extensively and study with master dancers and coaches to bring new and exciting material back to KC
tangoKC - Argentine Tango in Kansas City
Usage: link
Kansas City has a friendly and growing argentine tango community. If you have already danced here, you know what we are talking about. If not, then you really should come to visit. You will have a great time! - This is a one-stop shop for Kansas City Tango with a nice layout and a comprehensive calendar for Kansas City.
(Area: Kansas City, local, Missouri,Kansas) (Category pages: Argentine Tango)
Tasso's Greek Restaurant
Usage: venue
Music: Live, variety by request, Greek, swing, ballroom
Crowd: full range, local, international, young, old
CategoryPage(s): swing,rock
Note: Greek restaurant for dinner and dancing: They have a belly dancer who does acts as well as Vasilis Vargas (vah SEE lee VAR gus) who is a one-man band, and who does a darn good job of playing just about anything.
No cover. The menu is sumptuous, appetizers are around $5, entrees from around $10 to around $15. and of cource three kinds of Metaxa Ouzo
Restaurant hours 11am to 11pm, Fri/Sat 11 am - 1:30 am
Music Mon-Fri 6-10or10:30, Sat 6:30-Midnight
Visit: This place will knock your socks off. Dinner, dancing and an warm, effusive atmosphere. If you ever want to look up the definition of HOST, forget the dictionary and come to Tasso's.
Here life has feeling, flavor, intensity. This is a can't-miss evening. Zaïna Alï, the belly dancer puts on a marvelous show. Tasso Kalliris is more host and patriarch of a grand family party than a mere MC of a show. You will feel the richness of family and community even though you may never before have seen any of the other diners.
For a ballroom dancer the dance area of the floor is not what you might like. It is a bit sticky. But the atmosphere is so great you can easily forgive that. Remember, this is SOCIAL dancing. (NOTE: Zaïna both performs and teaches belly dancing. call 816-941-2131)
Toi Shaw
Usage: lesson,teacher
CategoryPage(s): swing,tango,ballroom,Latin and Argentine Tango
Lessons: Swing, Ballroom, Latin and Argentine Tango
Note: Toi is the teacher for, the KC Swing Dance Club as well as a private teacher working out of Walter's Dance Center. Her Argentine Tango Class at the KC Swing Dance Club is the largest in the city and has been ongoing since 1996.
Toi has taught American and International Standards for 27 years and competed in both professionally and pro-am competitions for 19 years. Toi teaches private lessons out of Walters Dance Center, teaches more that seven hours a week of group lessons from beginner to advanced at the KC Swing Dance Club where she has been the club teacher since 1994 and she still choreographs for pros and ams.
Tootsie's
Usage: venue
Music: mix, DJ Fri/Sat 8:30pm-3am
Floor: superb hardwood dance floor (about 20x40)
Crowd: gay (mostly women), 20's-40's+
CategoryPage(s): gay,rock,dance,house
Note: Nice interior. Superb hardwood dance floor about 20x40, one of the nicest I've seen. Congenial atmosphere and classy decor, although the area around Tootsie's is not the best (more than one person at a time is better). 1818 Main Street.
Touch Dance
Usage: studio,lesson
Music: ballroom, Latin, swing
Floor: hardwood, full studio dance floor
Note: From their brochure: Touch Dancing is an exciting club concept offering expert dance instruction, a variety of dance programs and memberships to fit every budget. As a school we teach you to dance with the best of them and as a Club we provide you with the best of them to dance with.
Visit: Location: At the intersection of Highway 152 and North Oak Streets. Take the exit to the northeast corner of the intersection area. The studio is on the north-east strip mall, facing west [across from a Wendy's]. They have privates, classes and parties and have available a bronze, silver, gold awards level curriculum.
University of Kansas Ballroom Dance Club
Usage: link
(USABDA Chapter in Lawrence, KS)
(Area: Lawrence,local, Kansas,Missouri) (Category pages: ballroom)
Vesper Hall Community Center
Usage: venue
Days:
Tue: line dance 2pm
Wed: line dance practice 2pm
Thu: ballroom dance 1pm
Fri: 1st and 3rd fridays for square dance and lessons
Music: ballroom, country
Looks: very nice building, country-club grounds
CategoryPage(s): Ballroom
Lessons: Karen Hedges Sun 7-8:30pm 2-step, Wed 1-2pm line dance: Garry Cox, Thur. 10-11am, 7-8:30pm
Note: This is a Blue Springs municipal building, a 14,000 square foot community center for persons age 50 and older open Monday thorugh Friday 8 am to 5 pm.
Weatherbee's
Usage: venue
Music: retro, contemporary dance, singles mingle
Looks: casual, bar pub, upscale lived in
CategoryPage(s): nightclub
Note: Corner of Antioch and Vivion (across the street from Sunfresh). Open 4pm to 3am - Mon-Sat. Jan and Carolyn's country kitchen open late.
Visit: First crowd comes in by about 11:30-12 and heaviest crowd about 1-1:30am. Snacks available. Cocktails and dancing, darts and pool. Live entertainment.
Whiskey Tango
Usage: venue,link,lesson
Music: Country (Just say redneck, proudly)
Floor: hardwood, 4300sqft, about 43x100
CategoryPage(s): retro,techno
Lessons: karen Heges: Thu, Fri, Sat
Note: Regular dance lessons with Karen Heges every Thursday, Friday and Saturday Night.:
(formerly NoPlace, formerly Shooters 21) - same owers: Mike and Vicki. Valley exit from I-70, go to the frontage road on the south side of the exit and head east four-tenths of a mile. Turn right into the lot.
Wichita Push Club
Usage: link
(Area: Wichita,local, Kansas,Missouri) (Category pages: swing)
Winslow's BBQ
Usage: venue
Music: Blues, Jazz, Rock
Floor: Concrete and brick outside, tile inside
Looks: rustic BBQ
CategoryPage(s): rock,blues
Note: just north of the downtown I-70 / I-35 loop). blues, jazz, rock.
Visit: Very popular night spot. The outside performanaces during warm weather are on the north side of Winslows, on the open court area of the City Market. The dance surface is the brick sidewalk. This is downright slick brick. Wear your street shoes to dance or even very used sneakers. Spins and turns are almost slippery on the brick. It forms an uneven, up and down surface and you are constantly doging the wait staff and other persons traveling back and forth. If you are in to this kind of real it is a lot of fun. Just don't expect ballroom conditions. Have a good time
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