I. THE YAHOO GROUP
Click Here to view announcements in the ‘PhxDance’ Yahoo Group.- Click Here to view the ‘PhxDance’ Yahoo Group’s home page.
- FYI: Once you are on the Yahoo Groups site, you can use the “Conversations” link at the top {under the left corner of the header image} to view the announcements; or you can use the “About” link to view the home page.
II. ORGANIZATION of this page:
- This remainder of this page gives you some ballroom, country, and swing dance links for Phoenix, Arizona.
- The groups are listed in the following ORDER:
- Section AA lists ‘Aggregation Sites‘, that link to MULTIPLE groups
- Section BB lists Permanent Dance Studios EAST of Central Ave (the eastern side of Phoenix)
- Section CC lists Permanent Dance Studios WEST of Central Ave (the western side of Phoenix)
- Section DD lists ‘Dance GROUPS & Organizations (with no permanent location)
- Section EE lists ‘Dance INSTRUCTORS & Events (no permanent location) (organized more-or-less by instructors last name)
- Section FF lists Nightclubs w/Country-Western Dancing
- Section GG lists some Closed Clubs and Links That No Longer Work
- Section HH lists some Miscellaneous Links.
III. LIST OF GROUPS, STUDIOS, AND INSTRUCTORS:
====== AA. AGGREGATION SITES (sites that link to MULTIPLE groups) ======
- Merrymakers Ballroom Dance Club: DanceMM.com
. . . Merrymakers list of permanent dance studios (pdf format)
. . . Merrymakers Schedule of all RV park dances (pdf format)
. . . Merrymakers list of RV park dance locations (pdf format) - Dancing In Mesa – DancingInMesa.com
- Leon Raper’s Swing Dance Corner, Phoenix: SwingDance.com/clubs/usaclubs.html#usaaz
- Round Dancing Links – List of cuers and classes at gphurd.com/flyers/mesacuers.pdf (round dancing is essentially cued ballroom dancing)
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==== BB. PERMANENT STUDIOS – EAST of Central Ave ====
. - Chandler: Apollo’s Ballroom, ApollosBallroom.com , Apollo’s Ballroom Facebook Page
- Chandler, Paradise Valley, Scottsdale: Fred Astaire Studios, FredAstaireAz.com (for all 4 valley studios)
- Mesa: Arthur Murray Mesa, ArthurMurrayMesa.com
- Mesa: Dance Doctors East, DanceDocs.com
- Mesa: Dance FX Studios (Adam and Nicole Dekavallas), DanceFXstudios.com
- Phoenix: Academy of Ballroom Dance (Jim & Jenell Maranto), MarantoBallroom.com
- Phoenix: Alemana Dance, AlemanaDance.com
- Phoenix: Arizona Sun Dance, AzSunDanceStudio.com
- Phoenix: Arthur Murray, ArthurMurrayPhoenix.com
- Phoenix: Dance Starz AZ, DanceStarzAZ.com
- Phoenix: Exquisidance Ballroom, Exquisidance.com
- Phoenix: Fatcat Ballroom Dance, FatcatBallroomDance.com
- Phoenix: Planet Dance (Laurie Kauffman), LaurieKauffmansPlanetDance.com
- Scottsdale: Ambiant Dance, AmbiantDance.com , also GaineyDance.com
- Scottsdale: Arthur Murray Scottsdale, ArthurMurrayScottsdale.com
- Scottsdale: Dance Time Studio (Bridgette Maria, Jaime Rivera), DanceTimeStudio.net . Also Arizona Salsa network: AzSalsa.net . Also the Phoenix Salsa Meetup Group: meetup.com/salsa-181
- Scottsdale: Dance Zone, facebook.com/Dance-Zone-113568985386505
- Scottsdale: EuroRhythm Dance Studio, EuroRhythm.net
- Scottsdale: Imperial Ballroom Dance Center, ImperialBallroomDance.com and ScottsdaleBallroomDanceStudio.com
- Scottsdale: Scottsdale Dancesport (Mick Milligan): DancingInScottsdale.com
- Tempe: Devil DanceSport, DevilDanceSport.com , the Latin and Ballroom dance sport club at Arizona State University
- Tempe: Paragon Dance Center, ParagonDance.net
- Tempe: Stars Ballroom, StarsBallroom.net
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~~~~ CC. PERMANENT STUDIOS — WEST of Central Ave ~~~~
. - Glendale: Fred Astaire Glendale, FredAstaireAz.com (for all 4 valley studios)
- Peoria: Avalon Ballroom, AmbiantDance.com (same URL as Ambiant Dance studio)
- Sun City: Arthur Murray Arrowhead, ArrowheadArthurMurray.com
- Surprise: Dance Doctors Surprise, DanceDocs.com
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~~~~ DD. DANCE GROUPS & ORGANIZATIONS (no permanent location)~~~~
. - Desert City Swing: DesertCitySwing.com (Sun night at Arthur Murray Phoenix)
- Greater Phoenix Swing Dance Club gpsdc.com or GreaterPhoenixSwingDanceClub.com (Sun night at Phoenix VFW on E Thomas Rd)
- Phoenix Hustle Club: PhoenixHustle.blogspot.com . Also Phoenix Hustle and Disco Dance Meetup Group: meetup.com/phoenix-hustle
- Sun City Grand Dance Club: ScgDanceClub.org
- USA Dance, Phoenix Chapter: PhoenixUsaDance.org
- Valley of the Sun Swing Dance Meetup Group,Phoenix: meetup.com/Valley-of-the-Sun-Swing-Dance-Meetup-Group
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~~~~ EE. DANCE INSTRUCTORS & EVENTS (no permanent location) (organized more-or-less by instructors last name)~~~~
. - Arizona Dance Classic (Mona Brandt), USWDC Aug. Event), ArizonaDanceClassic.com
- Phoenix Lindy Exchange, PhoenixLindyExchange.com
- Mona Brandt – Shall We Dance Phoenix: ShallWeDancePhoenix.com , also meetup.com/DancingArizona
- Michael & Amber Cross – Welcome To The World of West Coast Swing: WcSwing.biz
- Mary Lou Kaye – Learn Social Dancing: LearnSocialDancing.com
- Laina Lee – Dance Lane: DanceLane.com . Also East Valley Kickers Meetup Group (Country Dancing, Mesa: meetup.co/EastValleyKickers
- Dwight & Sandi Nelson – Dance Schedule at crystalwarebelts.com/NewsPage.htm (this link may be corrupted; appears to be trying to install malware as of 12/3/2015)
- Ross Pearce – Make Me A Dancer: MakeMeAdancer.com
- Bob Pendleton – Facebook page at facebook.com/bobpendletondancefunphx
- Wild Bill & Carole Spotts – The Prince & Princess of Pattern Dancing: WildBillCWdance.com
- Maggee Tennessen – Maggee’s Dance Studio /Az Dance Club: AzDanceClub.org (lessons at Buffalo Chips saloon, Cave Creek)
- Ryan Yoder – Ballroom, Latin, Swing, and Social Dance Lessons, 480-980-0656 (no web page currently)
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~~~~ FF. NIGHTCLUBS W/COUNTRY-WESTERN DANCING ~~~~
. - Buckeye: Waddell’s Longhorn Corral, WaddellsLonghornCorral.com
- Cave Creek-Buffalo Chips, BuffaloChipSaloon.com
- Cave Creek: Harold’s Corral, HaroldsCorral.com
- Chandler: Bourbon Jacks, BourbonJacksAz.com
- Chandler: Tom Ryan’s, facebook.com/TomRyansSaloon
- Glendale: Stingers Sports Bar, StingersSportsBar.co
- Goodyear: Romans Oasis, yelp.com/biz/romans-oasis-goodyear
- Mesa: Denim And Diamonds, DenimAndDiamondsMesaAz.com
- Phoenix: Bourbon Jacks, BourbonJacksAz.com
- Phoenix: Fatcat Ballroom Dance, FatcatBallroomDance.com (copied from above)
- Phoenix: Romans County Line, yelp.com/biz/romans-county-line-phoenix-2
- Queen Creek: Nortons Country Corner, facebook.com/NortonsCountryCorner
- Scottsdale: Handlebar J’s Nightclub, HandlebarJ.com
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..~~~~ GG. CLOSED CLUBS/OUTDATED LINKS ~~~~
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- List of Closed Clubs and Links That No Longer Work
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…~~~~ HH. MISCELLANEOUS LINKS ~~~~
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- Youtube Video from Instructors Rich & Ginna Mitch’s May 2015 Carnival Dance Cruise. Click Here to view Picasa photo album.
- DanceLiteracy.com – links page for Meridian Manor (Apache Junction) couples dance practice sessions.
- ColoradoChaCha.com – Youtube Videos & Steps for ‘Colorado Cha Cha’ couples pattern dance.