Dance

This is a listing of dance societies and clubs, and recurring events.

Dance Societies and Clubs

Athens Folk Music & Dance Society: Memorial Hall Ballroom, University of Georgia. Dances are 8:00 - 11:30 pm, beginners' lessons at 7:30 pm. Info: 706-613-8287 or bbenson@piedmont.edu.

Atlanta Cajun Zydeco Association: $30 annual dues, members receive a $3 discount off the price of admission to all ACZA live dances. See website at www.aczadance.org.

Atlanta Cajun Dance Association: Knights of Columbus at 2620 Buford Highway, NE, Atlanta. Dance begins at 8:00 pm, beginners' workshops at 7:00 pm. Cajun food (~$3/serving) and cash bar (no BYOB) at all dances. Door prizes. For information on the dances, music workshops, Cajun accessories, etc., call ACDA at 770-552-6041.
Chattahoochee Country Dancers: Morningside Baptist Church Gym, 1700 Piedmont Avenue, near Ansley Mall, Atlanta (midtown). Info: Call the Atlanta Dance Hotline at 404-634-2585, or visit www.contradance.org.

Charleston SC Folk- 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month at North Charleston's Park Circle Felix Davis Community Center at 8:00pm - Admission is $8. See www.ecmm.biz/contra.

English Country Dance Atlanta - Monthly, usually on the second Sunday.: Life Enrichment Center at Mason Mill Park off Clairmont, just south of the North Druid Hills/Clairmont intersection. Info: Everett Lunsford at eplunsfo@yahoo.com or Christine McKay at chrstnmckay@comcast.net.
Royal Scottish Country Dance Society - Thursdays weekly: Atlanta Class: Covenant Presbyterian Church 2461 Peachtree Rd, Atlanta - 7:00-9:30 pm. Contact Trish Bolton (H) 770-442-5423; Marietta Class: First Presbyterian Church of Marietta at 189 Church Street, Marietta - 7:30-9:30pm. Contact Sylvia Priest at (C) 770-377-5114 or (W) 770-422-7520. Please call the contact person prior to attending a class for the first time. Click the link to the organization's website to see more information about events, membership, classes in other Georgia cities, etc.

Savannah Folk Music Society - Monthly dances at the Frank Murray Center on Whitmarsh Island, Savannah, Georgia. See www.www.savannahfolk.org.

Weekly and Monthly Events

International Folk Dance - Mondays: Leafmore Clubhouse, 1373 Altamont Street, Decatur. 8:00 - 10:30 pm. Info: 404-292-7178.
Zydeco Dancing - Tuesdays: Klassics Nightclub, Atlanta Highway, Athens. Free. Beginners welcome. 7:30 - 9:00 pm. Info: 706-613-8287.
Advanced Contra Dancing - (Some) Tuesdays: Atlanta Messiah Lutheran Church, 465 Clairemont Avenue (at Erie), Decatur. For those who know the basics. Call a dance or sit in with the band. 8:00 - 10:30 pm. $3. Info: www.contradance.org.
International Folk Dance - Thursdays: St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, 2566 Briarcliff Road, Atlanta. 8:00 - 10:30 pm. Info: 404-378-1254.
Contra Dance - Fridays: Morningside Baptist Church Gym, 1700 Piedmont Avenue, near Ansley Mall, Atlanta (midtown). Newcomer sessions at 7:30 pm, dance starts at 8:00 pm. Info: Call the Atlanta Dance Hotline at 404-634-2585, or visit www.contradance.org.
Chattanooga Traditional Dance Society - 2nd and 4th Saturday: All Saints Academy, 310 East 8th Street, Chattanooga. From 8:00 pm. $5. Info: 706-937-4991 or 423-876-7359, or email busman71@catt.com.