Monday is beginner day at the Spokane Valley Senior Center, 2426 N Discovery Pl,. The 1:30 pm Slow & Easy class is an absolute beginner class, geared to new dancers and senior dancers who want a slower pace. The 2:15pm Beginner class is a little more challenging and faster paced.
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Monday AB/Beginner - Spokane Valley Senior Center 1:30 - 3:20 pm
12/16 Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree /Jingle Bell Rock Calum's Rise/It's a Heartache I Close My Eyes/DHSS Better Together - Grace David /Feliz Navidad Made in Mexico Memory Lane/Baby Boots AB Highs & Lows/You & Me Belong Cruisin' - Mary Did You Know? Baby Doll Waltz/Looking at You Dolly Would/Broken Stones Heaven's Jukebox/DHSS Fun Factory/A Bar Song
Tuesday at Western Dance Center - 11am-1pm
December 17, 2024 1. Waltz Across Texas 2. A Rattlesnake Kiss 3. Midnight Stroll 4. Crispy Chicken 5. Love Somebody 6. Rio 7. Liquor Talking 8. Big Red Balloon 9. ‘Til You Can’t 10.The Jester & the Joker 11.Half Past Nothin’ 12.Memory lane 13.Roots 14.Bethlehem Child 15.Quarter After One 16.Washed Up In Austin 17.Baby Doll Waltz 18.Had Some Help 19.Turn Down the Lights 20.Calum’s Rise 21.Dust To Dust 22.In Walked You 23.Imelda’s Way 24.Bosa Nova 25.Don’t Cha 26.Telling On My Heart 27.Blue Night Cha 28.Broken Stones 29.Dim the Lights 30.Homecoming
Thursday North Spokane Dance Center Practice 5:30pm - Class 6:30-8:30pm
12/19 We Pray - Van de Pol & Richard Them Boots - Anna & Jo Thompson Szymanski Bethlehem Child- Verdonk, Holtland & José Miguel Fun Factory - Dahlgren, David & Leibing Highs & Lows - Maggie Gallagher Devil in a Dress - Niels Poulsen
Friday Trutina Beginner - Closed Neighborhood Group
Friday 12/20 Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree It's a Heartache DHSS Better Together Made in Mexico You & Me Belong Together A Bar Song Cruisin' Looking at You Waltz
Friday Improver/Intermediate - Spokane Valley Senior Center 1:30-3:30pm
12/20 Better Together/Feliz Navidad Fun Factory That Blue Moon Until It Fades Big Red Balloon Bethlehem Child Bringing it Back Love Somebody A Rattlesnake Kiss Baby Doll Waltz - Bass You're My Religion Codigo Highs & Lows Fool 4 You Until It Fades Southern Gospel
Friday at Western Dance Center - 11am-1pm
December 20, 20241. Simplemente 2. Steamboat Queen 3. Dancing In the Country 4. My New Life 5. Love Somebody 6. Other Side Of the Tracks 7. Country Rock & Roll Waltz 8. Bethlehem Child 9. Amame 10.Runaround Sue 11.Sky Full of angels 12.A Bar Song 13.Stripes 14.Girl Crush 15.True Love 2 Step 16.Hot Kisses 17.Fiona 18.Jerusalema 19.Just Add Moonlight 20.A Little Bit Gypsy 21.One More Silver Dollar 22.50 Ways 23.Liquor Talking 24.She Cares 25.Face the Music 26.Right Foot First 27.Train Wreck 28.Senorita La La La 29.The Bull 30.Be Strong
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Tuesday & Friday WDC
The Tuesday & Friday classes at the Western Dance Center, 1901 Sullivan Rd, Spokane Valley, are from 11am-1pm. They provide an opportunity to practice the dances you know. There is an occasional teach, but the main focus is dancing. The lists are posted in the blog and emailed the week ahead. There are usually about 30 dances. No walk through unless requested. This class is led by Mary.
Thursday NSDC
The Intermediate class at North Spokane Dance Center, 7424 N. Freya St, Spokane, meets on Thursdays from 6:30-8:30 pm. Doors open at 5:30 for practice.
Annmarie teaches this class.
Friday PM
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The Line Dance Plus class at the Spokane Valley Senior Center, 2426 N Discovery Pl, is for dancers with experience. Dances are mainly at the improver and easy intermediate level. We do a variety of new dances and old favorites.
The Line Dance Plus class meets on Friday afternoon from 1:30-3:30 pm. Some dance experience is beneficial as this class is faster paced with more challenging dances than the Tuesday beginner classes. Judy leads this class.
JAMM LineUp
JAMM Line Up is a monthly social dance usually held on the 3rd Saturday of each month from 6-9pm (2-5pm for the winter months) at the Western Dance Center at Sullivan Park in Spokane Valley. Some months the date may vary depending on availability of the facility or the JAMM facilitators (Judy, AnnMarie and Mary). We email the dance list (consisting of about 30 dances) at least a week in advance. Dances are a mix of levels, Absolute Beginner, Beginner, Improver and Intermediate, so that every one can participate. We often have floor splits so that beginners have the opportunity to dance an easy dance while the more experienced dance at a higher level. Facilitators lead the dances, and will do a walk through if necessary. We normally teach 2 easy dances during the first hour. Cost is $5 cash at the door. Snacks are welcome, but no peanut products due to allergies.
About
JAMM Country Line Dancing provides free classes at the Spokane Valley Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons from 1:30-3:30pm. On Tuesdays and Fridays from 11a -1 pm there is a dance review class at the Western Dance Center at Sullivan Park in Spokane Valley. Cost is $5. The Thursday evening North Spokane Dance Center class is from 6:30-8:30 pm, but the doors open at 5:30pm for practice. Cost is $5. The goal of these classes is to encourage people to remain fit and active in a fun social setting.
The benefits of line dance include:
Boosts memory
Improves balance and flexibility
Reduces Stress
Improves mood
Strengthens your heart
Increases energy and metabolism
Fun social activity
If you are mobile, can clap in time to music and like to have fun, you will love line dancing.
(We all make mistakes so you need to be able to laugh at yourself.) Join us and give it a try!
The benefits of line dance include:
Boosts memory
Improves balance and flexibility
Reduces Stress
Improves mood
Strengthens your heart
Increases energy and metabolism
Fun social activity
If you are mobile, can clap in time to music and like to have fun, you will love line dancing.
(We all make mistakes so you need to be able to laugh at yourself.) Join us and give it a try!
Team
Judy
Spokane Valley Senior Center Line Dance Leader
My spouse and I moved to the Spokane area from Texas in June of 2020 to be closer to family. I began teaching at the Spokane Valley Senior Center in October 2021 when it opened up after Covid. Prior to that, I taught line dance for 10 years at churches and recreation centers in Arlington, Texas, from basic beginner to Intermediate/advanced levels. As a member of the Board of the North Texas Line Dance Association, we sponsored the North Texas Line Dance Classic, a 2 day dance event in Farmers Branch, Texas. It has been a joy to sponsor groups to many line dance events including H.O.T., Texas Line Dance Jamboree, Line Up & Dance, the Vegas Dance Explosion, and a Caribbean Cruise. I have also hosted workshops, taught/led dances at many line dance events, and participated in several flash mobs. I look forward to sharing many more fun years of line dancing here in the Spokane area.
Annmarie
North Spokane Dance Center Line Dance Leader
Annmarie loves to line dance and is always promoting events for us to attend and sending out new dances for us to teach. She teaches the Thursday night class at the North Spokane Dance Center. She also has a horse and a sailboat that keep her busy when she is not at her full time job. You will recognize her because she is tall and dances in shorts or a skort, probably because of hot flashes. :)
Mary
JAMM Coordinator & Western Dance Center Leader
Mary hasn't given me any information to put here so I will make something up. Mary has been line dancing most of her life. She knows dances most of us have never even heard of, if she can just remember how they start. She likes to wear dresses and has a closet full from her working days. She also like cowboy boots. If there is an outdoor event with a band anywhere nearby, Mary will be there dancing, but you won't know who she is so I took her picture so you can recognize her.
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- Spokane Valley Senior Center, 2426 N Discovery Pl, Western Dance Center, 1901 Sullivan Rd, Spokane Valley, North Spokane Dance Center, 7424 N. Freya St, Spokane