OC Dance Links

• Places to Dance
• Lessons
• Events
• Dance Clubs
• DJ's
• Misc. Dance Links
• Bands

Places to Dance

• Press Box     Westminster Lanes, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday nights, west coast swing
• The Clubhouse in Placentia, lessons, full service dance studio
• Hacienda at LAX/Double H Club     El Segundo,  DJ,  dancing most nights, lessons followed by open dancing (open dancing is usually free)
• The Clubhouse Placentia  west coast swing, ballroom, salsa, country, lindy and more
• Diamond Swing Dance  4th Saturday West Coast Swing dance in Lomita
• DanceSport Ca   Signal Hill, Latin, west coast swing
• Memories   Whittier  1940's style supper club, now in Riverside too
• Atomic Ballroom     Irvine
• Fullerton Dancesport  previous location of Imperial Ballroom, under new ownership, socials several nights a week
• South Bay Dance Center / Regency Ballroom  Lomita, CA
• Clay's Stage, underground dance venue for hustle Costa Mesa
• Starting Gate     Los Alamitos, live bands, mostly freestyle
• Khoury's     Long Beach,  live bands, mostly swing dancers, check with them first, they have dropped some dance nights
• Golden Sails Hotel     Long Beach, PCH Club
• Cowboy Country     Long Beach, all cowboy, all the time,  live bands
• Montana's     San Dimas,  the wilder side of country
• Temecula Stampede, Temecula
• Borderline Bar & Grill   Thousand Oaks
• Alpine Village     Torrance, live bands, big floor, different styles each night, check their schedule
• Prince O Whales, Playa Del Rey, live band Friday and Saturday, new country night on Thursday, free line dance lesson
• Brandin' Iron Saloon and Dance Hall    San Bernardino
• In Cahoots     Fullerton  714 441-1666
• Texas Loosey's     Torrance, country  310 540-9799
• The Derby   Los Feliz
• Rusty's Rhythm Club:  Wednesday nights, live bands, Playa Del Rey
• Phil Trani's      Long Beach, restaurant, good band, small dance floor, bring your own dance partner
• Salsaholics  listing of places to find Salsa dancing
• Latin Dance Forever   listing of Latin dance lessons in LA
• Dance Palace classes and socials in Aliso Viejo, group & private lessons in all partner dances for all ages and partners are not required. Also offered are exercise dance classes such as Latin Aerobics, Zumba and Belly dance.
• Let's Eat, Oc     listing of OC nightclubs by city

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Lessons

• Phil Adams and Mindia Robin ,  Hacienda by LAX, Memories in Whittier, Lancaster
• Country Dance Sport, Michele Adams, Long Beach and Placentia
• The Clubhouse in Placentia, lessons, full service dance studio
• Dance Sounds     Patty Straight, Costa Mesa
• DanScene     Martin Parker, Costa Mesa
• Dance Today     Lisa Narita & Eric Myers,  Avant Garde Ballroom, Newport Beach
• Atomic Ballroom, Irvine
• Ben Morris , various locations
• Carrie Lucas     Avant Garde, Newport Beach, Press Box
• Jerry Dawson    Tuesdays and Fridays at Press Box
• Club One Studio  Costa Mesa
• Long Beach Dance Center/ Belmont Shore Chalet
• Dance Chatter  Trish Connery, San Diego, Hacienda by LAX
• 5678 Dance Studio,  Buddy Schwimmer, Redlands
• The Dance Family Studio, Pasadena, Francisco and Stacey Martinez
• DanceSport California  Garden Grove
• Avant Garde Ballroom, Newport Beach
• Fullerton Dancesport  previous location of Imperial Ballroom
• Defore Dance Studio, Costa Mesa
• Swing World    Skippy Blair, Downey
• Mike Miller,  Long Beach
• Cindy's Dance   Mission Viejo, Laguna Hills, Dana Point, San Clemente
• Hacienda at LAX/Double H Club   El Segundo
• Street Swing, Sonny Watson, Northridge
• Psalms 30:11 Long Beach
• Luis Crespo
• Londance Studio,  Laguna Niguel
• Mary Ann Nunez    
• OC Swing   East Coast, Lindy
• Lindy By The Sea   Rusty Frank, El Segundo
• Latin Hips, Salomon Rivera
• Salsera   Alma Fey, salsa lesson
• Esteban Conde, salsa Costa Mesa
• Marcelo Rivero, salsa lessons in Orange County
• We Love to Dance     Hollywood Park, Bennie Corpos
• Starlight Dance Studio     Michael Kiehm, San Diego
• Ultimate Dance Studios    Aliso Viejo
• Steppin' Out     Cindy Roberts, Riverside 951 785-1674
• Pasadena Ballroom Association
• The Dance Zone   Gene DeWald, Ballroom, Duarte
• Fullerton Dancesport  previous location of Imperial Ballroom, under new ownership
• The Ballroom Way  Orange County  private, group, wedding dance, various locations
• Bella Ballroom  locations in Newport Beach, Laguna Hills and San Juan Capistrano
• Rhythm Addict Dance  Rancho Cucamonga
• Stephen Thomas & Angel Dumapias  Newport Beach, ballroom
• Ray Moose private lessons for beginner or intermediate west coast swing (Long Beach area)
• South Coast Dancesport  Laguna Hills, classes and dances, ballroom
• Century Dancesport, Tustin
• Dance Persuasion  Trevor Luff, Ballroom in OC
•  LA Dance Central classes at Red Hot Ballroom in Studio City and Westmore Ballroom in Los Angeles
• Phill's Ballroom Dance Studio in Orange  over 30 years in OC
• Bram Morris Tarzana
• Dance All You Can  Oleg Suvorov & Tatiana Pavlova

kids

• OCDTA   Costa Mesa
• Linda Buell's Dance Studio  Lakewood
• Global Rhythm Dance Studio in Huntington Beach and Mission Viejo
• Freckled Frog Learning Center,  dance, music, art  Yorba Linda 

Dance Clubs

• Orange County West Coast Swing Dance Club (OCWCSDC)  Jack Smith, Top Cats in Placentia
• West Coast Swing Dance Club, Jerry Dawson, Friday nights at the Press Box
• LA Swing Dance Club    Golden Sails in Long Beach, 1st, 3rd and 5th Sundays, always a live band
• The Swingpit   Lindy   2nd Saturdays at the Clubhouse in Placentia
• Orange County Ballroom Association
• South Bay Dance Club    based in El Segundo, a club to promote ballroom and social dancing
• Valley Swing Dance Club, Sonny Watson, San Fernando Valley
• Caltech Ballroom Dance Club, Pasadena
• Inland Empire Swing Dance Club, 5678 Dance Studio, Redlands, call Buddy Schwimmer at 909 335-0721
• Central Coast Swing Dance Club, John Wheaton, Santa Maria
• Innovations   San Diego
• Hustle Dance Club  San Diego
• Desert Swing Dance Club, Palm Springs   Sunday dances at Billy Reed's
• Poinsettia Dance Club/Connexions   Ventura County
• The Next Generation Swing Dance Club  San Francisco
• Redwood Empire Swing Dance Club  Santa Rosa/Sonoma County
• Santa Cruz Swing Club
• Greater Phoenix Swing Dance Club  Phoenix, AZ
• Rhythmic Souls   Las Vegas, NV
• Las Vegas West Coast Swing Dance Club  Las Vegas, NV
• Seattle Swing Dance Club  Seattle, WA
• Portland Swing Dance Club  Portland, OR
• Milwaukee Rebels Swing Dance Club  Milwaukee, WI
• Madison West Coast Swing Dance Club  Madison, WI
• Dallas Push Club   Dallas, TX
• Gotham Swing Club, New York
• Charleston Shag Club  Charleston, SC
• DC Hand Dance Club   Washington DC

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Events

• USA Swing Dance Network --  Listing of dance events across the country
• Monterey Swingfest  Monterey  January
• Capital Swing Convention, February
• High Desert Dance Classic,  Lancaster, Ca  March
• Novice Invitational Houston March
• Boston Tea Party, Danvers, MA  March
• Seattle Easter Swing  April
• Reno Dance Sensation, Reno, April
• Swing Dance America  swing/hustle in Milwaukee 
• SwingDiego    San Diego May
• USA Grand Nationals, Atlanta, Ga  May
• Frezno Dance Classic     Fresno  May
• Jack & Jill O'Rama  Hyatt Regency, Garden Grove, June
• Liberty Swing, Newark, NJ 
• Greater Phoenix Dance Club 4th of July Convention  July
• Summer Salsa Mambo Festival, July
• Summer Dance Camp     Palm Springs, Renaissance Hotel, Aug
• Arizona Dance Classic,  Hilton Squaw Peak   UCWDC Aug
• South Bay Dance Fling     San Jose Sept
• Dallas D.A.N.C.E.  Sept
• Desert City Swing, Phoenix  Sept
• Bridgetown Swing  Portland Sept
• Boogie by the Bay   San Francisco,
• Paradise Country Dance Festival,  Pomona, Oct 
• Halloween Swingthing     Irvine Hyatt Regency, October
• US Open     Marriott Burbank Airport  November
• Las Vegas Dance Finale  last chance to qualify for Worlds, UCWDC, Dec
• Swingin' NYE Dance Camp  Palm Springs Dec
• Worlds  UCWDC Country Dance World Championships, Orlando,   Jan

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Dj's

• Jumpin Jack     Jack Smith, Irvine
• Helen Tocco
• Mark Lester
• Golden Mike DJ Entertainment  Mike Vaillencourt, full service DJ, wedding, special events, President of So Cal Chapter of Amer DJ Assoc.
• Brett Kahn  mobile DJ

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Misc. Dance links

• Global Dance TV www.globaldance.tv the first internet television programming dedicated to dance
• Jordan and Tatiana
• Kyle Redd and Sarah Vann Drake
• Robert Cordoba and Deborah Szekely
• Gary Jobst
• World Swing Dance Council
• UCWDC United Country Western Dance Council
• USA SwingDance Network
• LatinDance.com
• DancePartner.com    find a partner that shares your passion, search by style, height, location, list yourself for free
• Ballroomdancers.com
• Notably Unique    clothing, jewelry, shoes, dance cd's, accessories, store in Anaheim
• Dance Spots Network   locate dance spots and teachers throughout the US and Canada
• People Who Dance  social dance group dedicated to fun and learning. includes Palm Springs Dance Camp, has a great links page
• Strictly Westie  based around NY, covers WCS nationally
• Tango Afficionado  Los Angeles online tango resources
• Online Guide to Tango, Charleston and Other Styles of Dance

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Bands good for WCS

• Breezin
• Caliente
• 2000 lbs. of Blues
• Neil Morrow
• Sound FX

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