Saturday night, November 21, is the WCS dance at Cheryl Burke Dance in the Drew Lachey room located at 1500 16th Street @DeHaro, San Francisco (one block away from the old Metronome). Dance will be upstairs on the left. Please note that in November and December, this dance will be the third Saturday of the month. There is a beginner/intermediate lesson from 7:00-8:00 pm with Kim Sifter. Dance from 8 to 11 pm with DJ Tom Paderna. Lesson and dance is $14. Dance only will be $8. For information, please call (415) 252-9000 or contact info@cherylburkedance.net.

Sunday, November 22, is Lakeside Swing at the Veterans Hall at Lake Merritt in Oakland now held on the fourth Sunday of the month from 7:30-10:30 pm. This is a Next Generation Club Night Out. There will be an intermediate WCS lesson/workshop from 6:30-7:30pm with John Lindo. DJ Mike Pyle then presents a great mix of swing, hustle and more for general dancing. This is a great room and floor for WCS dancing! Details and directions at www.lakesideswing.com. If you would like to be on Mike’s list directly, please contact him at mike@audiopyle.com . Oakland Veterans Hall, 200 Grand Ave. at Lake Merritt in Oakland.

Tuesday, November 24 is a dance with a live Big Band in Novato. The People of Note, a 15 piece band, present their Tuesday Big Band Dance at the Margaret Todd Senior Center in Novato, 1560 Hill Road, from 7:30 to 9:30. Admission is only $5. The center has a nice, large dance floor. This band plays a mix of general ballroom, latin, and medium swing, much of it WCS friendly. Range of attendees is seniors to teenagers. Best to bring a dance partner. For more info or directions, call the Center at 415-893-7940.

New night, Tuesday nights in Novato, at the WnY Warehouse in Novato from 6:30-10:30 pm. Open dancing from 8:00-10:30pm. For more information, contact Yenni at dance@wnywarehouse.com, 415.828.3408 or check the website www.wnywarehouse.com . Location is WnY Warehouse, 64 Digital Drive, Novato, CA 94949, Enter from the front of the building, the door to the warehouse is on the left hand side next to the roll up door/loading dock.


Saturday night, November 28, will be the Redwood Empire Monthly Swing Dance at Odd Fellows Hall at 545 Pacific Avenue in Santa Rosa. Included at the dance is a free beginner lesson from 7:00-8:00 pm with Susan Conway. Dance also starts at 7:00 pm and continues to 11 pm. RESDC members are your DeeJays for the evening. For information, please go to www.resdc.org or call (707) 762-8928.

Sunday, November 29, is Lakeside Swing at the Veterans Hall at Lake Merritt in Oakland with a special 5th Sunday of the month dance from 7-10:30 pm. There will be an intermediate hustle lesson from 6-7pm with Raul Ante. DJ Mike Pyle then presents a great mix of swing, hustle and more for general dancing. This is a great room and floor for WCS dancing! Details and directions at www.lakesideswing.com. If you would like to be on Mike’s list directly, please contact him at mike@audiopyle.com . Oakland Veterans Hall, 200 Grand Ave. at Lake Merritt in Oakland.

Saturday night, December 5 is the Next Generation Swing Dance Club monthly dance at Allegro Ballroom in Emeryville. The DJ is Rupert Schroeder. Dance starts at 6:00pm. There is a WCS lesson from 7pm -8pm in the back room with Samantha Buckwalter. Please note that Next Generation gets to stay in the main ballroom for the entire evening from 6pm until late! It helps Next Gen if you arrive before 9pm. Details and directions at www.nextgenswingdance.com .

Friday, December 11, Bay West Ballroom presents an evening of west coast swing with U.S. Swing Champion, Kelly Casanova. Kelly will teach an intermediate workshop from 8-9pm. There will be an all west coast swing dance from 9pm – 11pm. This venue has a great sprung wood floor. Bay West Ballroom is located at 1133 E. Francisco Blvd. #D (second floor) in San Rafael. Details and directions at www.baywestballroom.com or 415-457-4619

Sunday, December 13 is Kelly’s Swing Dance Party on the second Sunday of the month dance at Ellington Hall in Santa Rosa. Guest DJ and instructor is Samantha Buckwalter. The beginning lesson is from 5-6pm followed by an intermediate lesson from 6:00-6:30pm. Open Dancing from 6:30-10:00pm. Details and directions at www.kellydance.com or call 707-838-0388 or email kellycdancer@aol.com

Saturday night, December 19, is the Saturday WCS dance at Cheryl Burke Dance in the Drew Lachey room located at 1500 16th Street @DeHaro, San Francisco (one block away from the old Metronome). Dance will be upstairs on the left. Please note that in November and December, this dance will be the third Saturday of the month. There is a beginner/intermediate lesson from 7:00-8:00 pm with Kim Sifter. Dance from 8 to 11 pm. Lesson and dance is $14. Dance only will be $8. For information, please call (415) 252-9000 or contact info@cherylburkedance.net.

Sunday, December 20 is Mike Pyle’s Bayside Swing at the Just Dance Ballroom in Oakland which will be held every third Sunday of the month from 7:00-10:30 pm. Special guest DJ is Melissa Rutz. Intermediate WCS lesson from 6-7pm with Melissa Rutz. SPECIAL NOTE! This is a large wood floor for WCS dancing. Details and directions at www.baysideswing.com or //audiopyle.com/dances.html or www.justdanceballroom.com. Just Dance Ballroom is located at 2500 Embarcadero, Oakland, CA 94606.

NO Redwood Empire Monthly Swing Dance in December.

Sunday, December 27,  is Lakeside Swing at the Veterans Hall at Lake Merritt in Oakland now held on the fourth Sunday of the month from 7:30-10:30 pm.    There will be an intermediate WCS lesson/workshop from 6:00-7:00pm with Samantha Buckwalter. DJ Mike Pyle then presents a great mix of swing, hustle and more for general dancing. This is a great room and floor for WCS dancing!   Details and directions at www.lakesideswing.com.   If you would like to be on Mike’s list directly, please contact him at mike@audiopyle.com . Oakland Veterans Hall, 200 Grand Ave. at Lake Merritt in Oakland.

If you know of any other events of interest to West Coast Swing dancers, please feel free to leave a comment to this post. Thanks!