Organizations/Links

The following organizations make more dancing possible in Minnesota. Please support them. Oh yes - volunteer opportunities are always available! These are non-profit associations. Go to Venues/Maps for info on how to get there, or for other for-profit studios.

U of Minnesota Ballroom Dance Club Lessons 7:00 PM. Dance 8:30 PM to 12:00 am. $6 BDC members, $8 University students, $10 BDC guests. Location: 42nd Ave Ballroom, 705 N 42nd Ave, Minneapolis (corner of N Lyndale and 42nd Ave).

USA Dance - US AMATEUR BALLROOM DANCE ASSN. National organization that promotes ballroom dance. Local website. Dances on the Third Saturday of the month, plus lots of great special events like competitions and performances. Locations vary. Great newsletter, Great Hotline: 651-483-5467 Mike Jone, President

SINGLES ALL TOGETHER (S.A.T.) Large multi-interest singles group based out of Colonial Church of Edina. For those interested in learning to dance, weekly very basic lessons on Monday evenings at the Lennox Center (approx. 1/2 mile west of Hwy 100). Lessons run for several weeks per dance type. Very large group. Cost is $5 for walk-ins, $4 for S.A.T. members. For more information call 612-926-1160.

TANGO SOCIETY OF MINNESOTA The Tango Society of Minnesota (TSOM) is a membership organization with the mission of promoting and expanding Argentine Tango in Minnesota. Dances held on the Second Saturday of the month, 8:00. Annual dues are$23.00 For more information, contact (612) 822-8442. http://www.mntango.org

TGIS Dances have been sponsoring upgrade dances for singles in the Minneapolis - St. Paul area for over 20 years. Dance dates are always in place at several different Twin Cities locations including The Thunderbird Hotel in Bloomington, the Medina Ballroom in Hamel, the Prom Center in Oakdale, and various other locales. TGIS Dances feature top live bands playing a wide variety of music from the '40s through the '90s 763.503.5444

B-Dale Club See: MN West Coast Swing Dance 612-724-6765 Dances every other Friday (2nd and 4th) at the B-Dale Club, Roseville, 7:30, plus extra dances. Jim Fergen, Presiden

Gopher State Clogging Association- group for MN cloggers. Clogging is a very fun type of dance which you can do solo or with a partner - there are lots of groups in the area and they host fun dances for all to come try it out. Website is Http://www.gopherstateclogging.org

MINNESOTA WEST COAST SWING DANCE CLUB Hotline: 612-724-6765 Dances every other Friday (2nd and 4th) at the B-Dale Club, Roseville, 7:30, plus extra dances. Lessons by Loren Greenburg Tuesdays at Camel Club. . Jim Fergen, President

MINNESOTA CAJUN AND ZYDECO MUSIC AND DANCE ASSN. (MCZMDA) Members called "Krewe de Walleye." Promote local dance events, sponsor Louisiana traveling bands to Twin Cities for dances. Two potlucks and dances in January and February; Louisiana bands appearing April 9 and July 16. Single membership = $30, Family membership = $50) Call Linda at (612) 729-1129 or Chris Gellerman at 612-978-3126 for more information.

3M DANCE CLUB Promoting social dancing of all types for the 3M Community! Purpose: Social exercise that can energize not only personal lives but performance at work. Intra company new friendship and personnel contacts. "Singles" to meet other "singles". Learning and developing dancing skills. Sponsor both lessons and dances. Membership open to non 3M'ers.

Rebels West Coast Swing Dance Club Email Info@tcrebels.com Hotline: 612-941-0906 Dances every other Sunday at Harmonies Dance enter, southwest corner of France Ave & Old Shakopee Road in Bloomington Soon to move to Eagles Club, 25th and 25th, Mpls, MNÃ‚Â– 10726 France Ave S approx. 3 miles south of 494 on France.

Dance Email Lists:

MAIL LISTS: to get regular emails about dance events

General Information Dancer's Listserv. includes swing, ballroom, country, salsa, etc. allows for widespread distribution of information on all kinds of dance in Minnesota. You can send messages to all the other subscribers, any of whom may answer to the group. This is useful to find out where others are going to dance, or to tell about a great place you've found, offer your items for sale, or to offer your opinion on dance. Several people use this list to send out their calendars. Moderator approval is lightly employed to keep up the quality of posts and weed out spam. Visit http://donnay.net/mailman/listinfo/dancers_donnay.net to sign up. Includes Trisha's list, TC Rebels, MNWCS, and Lynn's list.

Trisha's Email list: (also sent out through the Dancers Listserv): Send an email to TriciaDancer@aol.com

MinnesotaSwingDance (listserv) (http://groupsyahoo.com/group/minnesotaswingdance/) Crossroad Swing Dance (www.crossroadswingdance.com)

Julie E's list: Mostly live music, mostly swing. Lots of emails as people discuss where they are going. Send email to: Julieslist@donnay.net

Go4 Dancers - very comprehensive, including lots of information on live music venues. The calendars focus on live music dancing opportunities and usually include the name of band, type of music, location, name of venue and street address, phone number, email or webaddress, info on lessons, dance time, cover charge amount, contact person or email if known For more information or to get on the mailing list, contact go4dancer@hotmail.com

TSoM-Announce is a service of the Tango Society of Minnesota providing information on Argentine Tango dance and lesson opportunities. To unsubscribe or change subscription options: visit http://www.mntango.org/mailman/listinfo/tsom-announce

Michael Adegoke at salsadancefiesta1@hotmail.com operates a salsa list, one of the only ways to get up-to-date salsa information. There is a calendar of salsa related activities in the Twin Cities, but it is not very active. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/salsaminnesota/

www.about-arts.com Dance resources - directory of dance related websites and discussion groups

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