Tuesday AB/Beginner - Spokane Valley Senior Center 9:30am

10/15 A Bar Song - Murphy Good to be a Cowboy-Ogaar Rocket to the Sun - Glover That Honky Tonk Highway-Shipley Had Some Help - Valcalda Dancing Queen-Tait Poco Loco -Steve Dessert Calum's Rise -Ghys Made in Mexico - Glover Memory Lane - Petrocelli We Can't Wait - Gallagher Homecoming- Hamilton Looking at You Waltz - Rodgers

Tuesday Western Dance Center - 11am-1pm

October 15, 2024 1. Country Rock ‘n Roll Waltz 2. In Walked You 3. Beautiful Woman 4. Right Foot First 5. Hit the Road Jack 6. Holding On To Yesterday 7. Hot Dog Boogie 8. Ticket To Ride 9. Memory Lane 10. Rock Your Body 11. Roots 12. We Can’t Wait 13. It Ain’t My Fault 14. Sky Full of Angels 15. Drinkaby 16. The Jester & the Joker 17. Runaround Sue 18. ‘Til You Can’t 19. Lonely Blues 20. Knee Deep 21. A Honky Tonk Highway (alt. music) 22. Ghosted 23. Had Some Help 24. Midnight Stroll 25. Drive You Out Of My Mind 26. Wonderland Waltz 27. Alabama Chasin’ 28. Amame 29. The Bull 30. Come Dance With Me 31. Codigo 32. Dream Lover

Thursday North Spokane Dance Center Practice 5:30pm - Class 6:30-8:30pm

Thursday10/17 Doors open at 5:30 for practice. I'm Haunted - McKeever A Rattlesnake Kiss - Glover Day of the Dead - Albro Chris Young & Saturday Nights - Heinrichs-Heisner Novocaine - McKeever In Walked You - Gallagher Dolly Would - Brown

Trutina Beginner - Closed Neighborhood Group

Friday 10/18 A Bar Song- Murphy Good to be a Cowboy - Ogaard Poco Loco - Steve Dessert Made in Mexico-Glover Rocket to the Sun - Glover Dancing Queen -Tait That Honky Tonk Highway-Shipley We Can't Wait - Gallagher Had SOme Help- Valcalda Looking at You -Rodgers (WW)

Friday Improver/Intermediate - SV Senior Center 1:30-3:30pm

10/18 Midnight Stroll - Metelnick Straight Line - Gallagher Chris Young & Saturday Nights- Heinrichs Love Somebody-Gallagher The Jester & the Joker-Gallagher Roots-Sarlemijn & Verdonk Southern Gospel-Glover Ghosted - Poulsen Memory Lane- Petrocelli In Walked You-Gallagher The Bomp-Kim Ray Johnnie Walker Blues-Glover

22Jul

Tuesday is beginner day at the Spokane Valley Senior Center, 2426 N Discovery Pl,. The 9:30 am Slow & Easy class is an absolute beginner class, geared to new dancers and senior dancers who want a slower pace. The 10 am Beginner class is a little more challenging and faster paced.

The beginner classes meet on Tuesday mornings from 9:30-10:50 am. We start with very easy dances for the first 30-40 minutes and then progress to a little more challenge, but still beginner dances. Judy Leads this class.

The Tuesday class at the Western Dance Center, 1901 Sullivan Rd, Spokane Valley, is from 11am-1pm.  It provides an opportunity to practice the dances you know. There is an occasional teach, but the main focus is dancing. The list is 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.

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. 

18Aug

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 Line Up is a monthly social dance usually held on the 3rd Saturday of each month from 6-9 pm 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 nut products due to allergies. 


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JAMM Country Line Dancing provides free classes at the Spokane Valley Senior Center on Tuesday mornings and Friday afternoons. On Tuesdays 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!

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.


  • 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