September/October Special Events:

    LEARN THE GIT UP

Dance Zone will host a special country evening on Saturday, September 21 - learn the steps to the GIT UP, the latest super country/hip hop dance hit by BLANCO BROWN.  We will also practice the dance at the line dancing class (Tuesdays, 4 PM and Thursdays, 6 PM) for the following two weeks.  You can also learn the dance from Blanco Brown's You Tube video 

   JOIN THE GIT UP CHALLENGE

Gonna do the two-step then cowboy boogie / Grab your sweetheart and spin out with 'em / Do the hoedown and get into it / Take it to the left now and dip with it / Gonna throw down take a sip with it / Now lean back, put your hips in it.                                        The Git UP, Blanco Brown May 2019.

Are you up to the Challenge? Dance Zone will teach the Git UP in September and then host Marquette's Git UP Challenge in October.  Learn the steps to the latest Country/Hip Hop dance to go viral, Blanco Brown's The Git UP.  Dance Zone will be teaching The Git UP on September’s country night—Saturday, September 21 and practicing it at Line Dance classes for the next two weeks.  You can also learn on-line at:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76IAnVEwT5Q

• Learn the Dance. 
• Get your friends together (or do a solo). 
• Add your favorite moves and
• Join the challenge. 

Dance or just have fun watching. 

NOTE:  Line dance classes are at Dance Zone Tuesdays, 4 PM and Thursdays, 6 PM. 

Prize for the best dance entry.

Admission:  $3 per adult; $1 per child; plus $2 entry fee for each dance group.

  Dances:

• Saturdays- Line and Country Dancing;  $3 admission, 7:30-9:30 PM.  Learn and practice line dances and other country-style dancing.  No partner or experience is necessary.
  • September 21 - Learn Blanco Brown's Git UP.  If time permits, we will also practice Old Town Road by Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus.
  • October 5 - The Git UP Challenge. Perform or watch your friends and neighbors participate in their versions of the popular new dance the Git UP.
  • October 19 - Review the Git UP and Old Town Road as well as learn other country dances.

• Saturday, September 14 - Sock Hop, 7-10 PM.  Come to Thursday evening Ballroom dance class on September 5 and 12 to learn the Jitterbug/East Coast Swing.

• Thursday, October 31 - Hallowe'en dance with Black Pearl, 7-10 PM; only $10 per person ($7 if you wear a costume).  NOTE:  No 4th Sunday dance in October.

  FREE EVENTS:

   September Specials:

• TRY IT FREE DAY - Tuesday, September 10 - all class sessions are free:  Parkinson's dance, 2 PM; Line Dancing, 4 PM; Salsercise, 5 PM; International Folk Dancing, 7:15 PM.

 Special Offers:

1.  Check out 100.3 The Point for discounted (45% discount) tickets for any Dance Zone activity:

  What can you get for a $20 certificate?

• A month's worth of Salsercise lessons for one person.

• A month's worth of Square Dance sessions for a couple.

• 2 tickets to a monthly dance plus some extra DanceZone credits.

• A 50-minute private lesson for two.

• Any class or activity worth $20.

• Note:  If you use less than $20 at any session, you will get credit for the remainder as DanceZone credits. 

Inclement Weather Policy:  Dance Zone is closed whenever Northern Michigan University is closed due to the weather.

Ongoing Events:

• SALSERCISE:  Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5-5:45 PM.  $3 per session.
• Square Dancing (no lessons): Mondays, 7:00 PM. $3 per person per session.
• Beginning Ballroom Sessions - weekly - learn the basics to ballroom dance - Sundays, 7:30-9 PM; $3.
• International Folk Dancing: 
  • Tuesdays, 7:15 PM, free.
  • Fridays, 7 PM, $3
• Hula:  Fridays, 5:30-6:45 PM; $3 per session.
• Line Dancing Class:  Tuesdays, 4 PM and Thursdays, 6 PM.  $3 per person.

4th Fourth Sunday Dances, 2-5 PM.  $8 per person:

• Jan 27  Red River
• Feb 24  Black Pearl
• Mar 24  Angels & Outlaws
• Apr 28  Blue Champagne
• May 26    No dance; May 11 instead
• June 23  The HartBeats
• Jul 28   Blue Champagne
• Aug 25  Angels & Outlaws
• Sep 29  Black Pearl
• Oct. 27   No dance;
• Thursday, Oct. 31—Black Pearl, 7-10 PM
• Nov. 24  Blue Champagne
• Dec. 15  Angels & Outlaws

• Belly dance class Wednesdays, 7-8:30 PM.
• Club Social - The public is welcome; $3 for non-members. ($10 on live band nights);
  • 7 PM - lesson in featured dance style, followed by two hours of open dancing.
    • June 8 - featured dance is Rumba
• Thursdays, 7-8:15 PM - Ongoing Ballroom dance class; $5 per session.

• Movement and Dance for Those with Parkinson's - Tuesdays and Fridays, 2-3:15 PM; Saturdays, 1-2:15 PM.  FREE.  Caregivers and families are encouraged to attend.  Donations gratefully accepted.