Monday Nights, National Champion, Melissa Rutz teaches West Coast Swing Lessons followed by a Dance Party every other week at The Dance Loft, 2475 3rd Street near 22nd Street, Suite #311, San Francisco, CA  94107, 415-846-3154.  Event is every 2nd and 4th Monday.  Two classes:  Beginning WCS from 7-7:45pm and Intermediate WCS from 7:45-8:30 pm. Dance Party 8:30-11:30pm.  Cost (cash only) $20 for two classes including the dance. $15 for one class, $10 Dance Only.  Please be aware that since the dance is at a city loft, the front door of the building will be locked.  So you’ll have to knock at the door and someone will let you in and guide you upstairs to the loft. There will be someone available at the door around 6:45pm to start letting people in for the lesson.  Plenty of street parking. Light Snacks Provided.  Contact Melissa Rutz at mmrutz@aol.com or www.melissarutz.com/thedanceloft

Monday nights, BayWest Ballroom offers a beginning WCS lesson with Mark Nelson-Novak (Director) and Fujiko Sakata from 7:00-8:00.   Classes are $15 each on a drop-in basis or $12 with card.  Location is 1133 East Francisco Blvd. Suite D, (2nd Floor).  For more information, call  415-457-4619 or www.baywestballroom.com

Tuesday nights in Novato, COME AND PRACTICE, ASK QUESTIONS… at Warren and Yenni’s Warehouse in Novato from 6:30-10:00 pm.  Here is the current schedule
7:30-8:00 FREE BEGINNER LESSON W/ DANIEL & JANELLE 6:30-7:15pm FLOOR DRILLS, TECHNIQUE {WITH YENNI} 7:15-8:00pm INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED WCS, MINI QUASI ROUTINE, FUN SOCIAL DANCE PATTERNS{WITH SEAN & YENNI 8:00-11:30pm OPEN DANCING FOR EVERYBODY; $5/PERSON Work on your dance technique or make it like a small social dancing night. T 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.

Tuesday nights at the Monte Cristo Club in San Francisco, Michelle Kinkaid continues her Tuesday night intermediate and advanced WCS classes. Intermediate lesson from 7:30-8:30pm and Advanced lesson from 8:30-9:30pm. Location is 136 Missouri Street between Mariposa and 17th.  For more information www.michelledance.com/classes.html

Kelly Casanova  continues to teach her Tuesday night beginner and intermediate classes in Mill Valley at the Almonte Clubhouse and her Wednesday night classes in Santa Rosa.  Beginning lesson from 6:30-7:45 pm, open dancing from 7:45-8:15, intermediate lesson from 8:15-9:30pm.  For more information, www.kellydance.com or call 707-838-0388

Tuesday nights at the Flamingo Hotel in Santa Rosa, there are WCS lessons and dancing.  Kyoko teaches a beginning WCS lesson from 8:00-8:30pm followed by an intermediate class by Edna Lucero and Dick Jenson from 8:30-9:15pm.  Then there is open dancing until 11:15 pm to DJ Fred Loebenstein.  Contact person:  Fred Loebenstein 707-778-1197.  The Flamingo is located at 2777 Fourth Street, On Fourth and Farmers Lane, Santa Rosa.

Top of Beardsley’s at the Peninsula Social Club, 100 North “B” Street in San Mateo.   Open dancing from 9-11:30pm to pre-recorded music preceded by beginner lessons from 7-8pm and intermediate lessons from 8-9pm.   Details at www.michelledance.com/TOB.htm Directions at bdsweb.ballroom.com/images/bstreet.gif  Questions can be directed to Ed Cirio at (510) 886-3487 or Phil Trau at (925) 462-7920

Kelly Casanova continues Thursday night west coast swing lessons at Allegro Ballroom at 5855 Christie Avenue in Emeryville on the East Bay.  The schedule is an intermediate class from 7:30pm to 9pm and then open dancing from 9pm until 10pm.  Classes are $20 each for non-members on a drop in ($16 for members) basis payable to Allegro.  Please contact Allegro at 510-655-2888 or www.allegroballroom.com for more information or try  www.kellydance.com

Thursday nights, there are two options for WCS lessons and WCS dancing in San Rafael.

Thursday nights, WnY Warehouse - 64 Digital Drive - Novato, Ca will be the location for beginning and intermediate WCS lessons by Jason Wayne, Yvonne Benavidez-Wayne, Nick Jay,  Joanna Meinl.  Beginner lessons Level 1 and Level 2 from 6:30 pm- 7:30 pm.  Intermediate lesson (whole floor) from 7:30pm-8:30pm.  Then Open Dancing follows from 8:30pm-11:30pm.  For more information,   www.wcsstars.com

Thursday nights, Kelly Casanova continues west coast swing lessons at Allegro Ballroom at 5855 Christie Avenue in Emeryville on the East Bay.  The schedule is an intermediate class from 7:30pm to 9pm and then open dancing from 9pm until 10pm.  Classes are $20 each for non-members on a drop in ($16 for members) basis payable to Allegro.  Please contact Allegro at 510-655-2888 or www.allegroballroom.com for more information or try  www.kellydance.com or Kelly at 707-838-0388
Thursday nights, BayWest Ballroom in San Rafael offers an intermediate WCS lesson with Elizabeth Mustaro from 7:30-8:30.   Classes are $15 each on a drop-in basis or $12 with card.  Location is 1133 East Francisco Blvd. Suite D, (2nd Floor).  For more information, call 707-953-2800, emustaro@gmail.com or 415-457-4619 or www.baywestballroom.com

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Please consider joining either of the two local Bay Area Swing Dance Clubs – Next Generation in San Francisco or Redwood Empire in Sonoma County.  Annual membership at either club is a modest amount.  Both clubs have informative websites and send out monthly newsletters with useful information re swing dancing in the Bay Area and the competitions across the country.  You can contact them via their websites (www.nextgenswingdance.com  or www.resdc.org) or join at one of their monthly dances mentioned above.  If we want to have the resources available to us, we need to support the organizations that sponsor them.

Happy dancing!!