JAMM Country Line Dancing -

JAMM LineUp - Western Dance Center - Saturday, July 13, 6-9 pm Cost $5. Snacks welcome(no nuts). Click for Dance List.

Tuesday is beginner day at the Spokane Valley Senior Center. 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 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 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.

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Friday Afternoon Class

The Line Dance Plus class at the Spokane Valley Senior Center 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 40 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, but normally no dances are taught. Cost is $5 cash at the door. Snacks are welcome, but no nut products due to allergies.

Tuesday AB/ Beginner

7/2 Looking at You Waltz - Rodgers It's a Heartache - Cairns DHSS - Teather Had Some Help - Valcalda Homecoming - Hamilton Better When I'm Dancing - Jennings 6/25 Rocket to the Sun - Glover Let Me Down Easy Holcomb Broken Stones-Musk Crash and Burn- Vestergard Funky Shuffle- Szymanski Homecoming-Hamilton Dance Around the Fire - Armstrong Heaven's Jukebox -Jose Miguel

Trutina Beginner

Friday 6/28 Ready for It - Van Scoyk Baby Boots AB - Holley Let Me Down Easy - Holcomb K is for Kicks - Gonzalez DHSS - Teather It's a Heartache - Cairns Hello Dolly - Kurtela

Friday PM Improver/Intermediate

7/5 NO CLASS The Spokane Valley Senior Center will be closed. that day. 6/28 Drive You Out of my Mind- Schneider Turn Down the Lights - Dornstedt Here We Go - O'Reilly/Gallagher Blessed -Ries Breathe - Ward Bringing It Back -Whitehouse Straight Line-Gallagher Washed Up in Austin-Glover Johnnie Walker Blues- Glover Waltz Across Texas - Nielson Chicken Fried - Wilson

Tuesday 7/2 Western Dance Center

Country Rock & Roll Waltz 2. Sweet Little Things 3. Don’t Cha 4. Sexy Lady 5. Do a Little Life 6. Face the Music 7. A Creepin’ 8. Straight Line 9. Lay Low 10. Homecoming 11. Bringing It Back 12. Telling On My Heart / EZ 13. Ghosted 14. Big City Summertime 15. Ready For It 16. Around the Fire 17. Johnnie Walker Blues 18. It’s a Heartache 19. Washed Up In Austin 20. Had Some Help 21. Drinkin’ Problem 22. Heaven’s Jukebox 23. Drive You Out Of My Mind 24. Turn Down the Lights 25. Havana Cha 26. Steamboat Queen 27. Come Dance With Me 28. Dust to Dust 29. Cruisin’ 30. Save It For a Sunny Day 31. One More Silver Dollar 32. Dreams of Martina

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 on break for the summer. The goal of these classes is to encourage people to remain fit and active as we age. With this in mind, we do a mix of new dances and old favorites.

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

I am a retired RN/Health Care Educator having taught in a variety of nursing & allied health settings including a magnet high school. 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. I took my first line dance class in 2010 and was hooked. A group of ladies in my Sunday School class talked me into starting an easy class in the church gym while I was still a beginner myself. I have been teaching line dance ever since. I taught line dance as a volunteer for 10 years at churches and recreation centers in Arlington, Texas. I have taught all levels of line dance from basic beginner to advanced. For two years, I served on the Board of the North Texas Line Dance Association which sponsors the North Texas Line Dance Classic, a 2 day dance event in Farmers Branch, Texas. I have sponsored 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 and taught/led dances at many line dance events, participated in several flash mobs and performed at nursing homes. I look forward to many more years of fun line dancing here in the Spokane area.