Public dances

The 449 Club: 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Saturdays, Zion Lutheran Church, 4634 Alger St., Everett. Alcohol-free R&B music and dance; $6 cover. Call 425-445-5224 or email the449club@comcast.net.

Ballroom dance: 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesdays, Northshore Senior Center, 10201 E. Riverside Drive, Bothell; dance lessons with extra charge and dancing with a live band; $4 members, $6 nonmembers; 425-487-2441; www.northshoreseniorcenter.org.

Checkerboard Squares: Square dance lessons from 6 to 8 p.m. Sundays at the Masonic Hall, 515 Dayton St., Edmonds; $5.Dress is casual. Call Sheryl at 425-772-8085 or Roy Johnson at 425-338-2255 or 206-949-0114.

Dance party classes: Learn the party dances you need to know for weddings, reunions and cruises; instructor is Eleanor Leight, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays, Snohomish Senior Center, 506 Fourth St., Snohomish; all ages, no partners needed; $25 a month; 360-568-0934.

Darrington Community Dances: 5:30 p.m. potluck, 7 p.m. instruction, 7:30 dancing on the second Saturday; Mansford Grange, 1265 Railroad Ave., Darrington. 206-402-8646; $7 requested donation. Decon and DeJah Leger Play March 9.

Edmonds Senior Center: Fling dance with live bands, 1 to 3 p.m. Fridays, Edmonds Senior Center, 220 Railroad Ave.; $3 donations, no partners necessary; $5 sampler class on Monday afternoons with foxtrot, swing, waltz; 425-774-5555.

Everett Senior Swingers square dancing: 1 to 3 p.m. Fridays with caller Doug Coleman, Everett Senior Center, 3025 Lombard Ave., Everett; donation suggested; 425-257-8780, 425-334-2919.

Fidalgo Fogcutter Plus Square Dance Club: 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. first and third Fridays from September to June with a varity of callers, Skagit Valley Grange, 21273 Cook Road, Sedro-Woolley, 2.5 miles east of I-5 at exit 232.

Freewheelers Square Dance Club: 7 to 10 p.m. first, third and some fifth Sundays at Lake City Community Center, – 12531 28th Ave. NE, Seattle (a nice wood floor). A new 14-week dance classes will be held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays from Jan. 16 to April 17. Plus classes will be held the same nights from 6:30 to 7:30p.m. Cost is $6 per dance night, $5 per class night. Partners are not required; singles and couples welcome. For more information, call Trisha at 206-523-1769 or Janice at 206-992-4932.

Happy Hopper Square Dance Club: 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. first and third Saturdays from September to June. Families and observers are welcome and dancers 17 and under are free. Variety of local and national callers. Stillaguamish Senior Center, 18308 Smokey Point Blvd.; 360-387-8727.

Hayloft dances: Various dance lessons, workshops and dances. No partners or experience needed; cost varies. The Hayloft, 15320 35th Ave. W., Lynnwood. Call 425-743-6180 or email hayloftdance@gmail.com.

Lake Goodwin Community Club: 17323 42nd Ave. NW, Stanwood; 360-435-5874; www.considerthisministries.org. Dance to live music from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. every third Saturday. $10 suggested donation includes snacks and beverages. Clean and sober.

Line dance lessons: Edmonds, Wednesdays, beginner lessons start at 10:30 a.m., intermediate at 11:15 a.m.; prices vary; Harbor Square Athletic Club, 160 W. Dayton St., Edmonds. Four-week sessions begin Feb. 6, March 13 and April 10. Call instructor Kathy Leone at 425-205-0870.

Normanna Hall: 1 to 3:30 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, Normann Hall, 2725 Oakes, Everett. Dance to Bob’s Swing Band; $5.

Skandia Folkdance Society: First Friday dance, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. lesson, 8:30 to 11 p.m. dance, first and third Fridays, Cedar Valley Grange, 20526 52nd Ave. W., Lynnwood; $10 nonmembers, $7 members; www.skandia-folkdance.org or 206-784-7470.

Sky Valley Whirlwind Square Dance Club: Round dance workshops, 7:30 p.m., plus mainstream dances, 8 to 10:30 p.m. third Fridays, $6. Tri Way Grange, 35th and Seattle Hill Road, Mill Creek; 360-794-8240.

Sno-King International Folk Dance Club: Folk dance, 7 p.m. Saturdays and 7 p.m. Wednesdays, Cedar Valley Grange, 20526 52nd Ave. W., Lynnwood; $5 for members and $7 for nonmembers on Saturdays, $5 on Wednesdays; 425-385-2088, 425-889-0541; www.sno-king.org.

Sons of Norway: 9910 270th NW, Stanwood. 7:30 p.m. lesson, 8:15 to 10:30 p.m. general dancing, third Friday of the month. Country two-step in January. No partner necessary; $8 admission includes the lesson and dance.

Veterans of Foreign Wars dances: Potluck dinners 6 to 7:30 p.m. last Saturdays; $5; free lessons 6:30 p.m., music and dancing 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesdays, Eddy Fukano Band performs; $5; VFW building, 2711 Oakes Ave., Everett; year-round; 425-252-2100.

Whirlybird Square Dance Club: The Hayloft, 15320 35th Ave. W., Lynnwood. Cost is $5. For more information, call 425-308-9559 or 425-806-8423 or go to sqdance.org/clubs/whirlybirds.html.

Woodinville Square Crow Dance Club: Dances at 7:30 p.m. first and third Fridays at the Sammamish Valley Grange Hall, 14654 148th Ave NE, Woodinville. Call Alice at 425-319-1093 or go to www.squarecrows.org.

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