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Ballroom Dancing: A fun Way to Meet New People NOTE: Please tell your friends about this series of articles, which are provided through courtesy of http://www.FunSinglesParties.com By visiting FunSinglesParties.com your friends can sign up to receive information about all the singles events and parties in the Sacramento area. - - - Ballroom dancing is a fun way to meet new people. In Sacramento, one of our favorite places is: The Ballroom of Sacramento 6009 Folsom Blvd Sacramento, CA 95819 (916) 737-7929 NOTE: we have no business relationship with the Ballroom of Sacramento, so you can be sure this is the truth and not just not advertising fluff. Here are some things we like about this ballroom: * The hardwood ballroom dance floor is huge, so even though there is a large crowd of people, there is plenty of room to dance. * Seating is convenient. You can sit at tables, sip coffee or bottled water and eat the free healthy snacks provided. (Some other locations post signs forbidding you to come near their pristine dance floor with food or drink.) * Warm, friendly atmosphere. For the most part the dancers are friendly and welcome beginners. There are always snobs everywhere, especially those intermediate ballroom dancers who think they know everything. But for the most part, the dancers at the Ballrom of Sacramento are very nice and are willing to dance with beginners and help them learn. * The cost is a mere $7 for a ballroom dance lesson and an entire evening of ballroom dancing. Very good beginning and intermediate group dance lessons are available. This beats the $25 to $30 cover charge at some singles clubs we know of. * There is a practice area upstairs, where you can practice your steps. You are not hassled (like at some other Sacramento ballrooms) to pay a $10 practice fee. *The Ballroom of Sacramento is very supportive of single people. Lessons are designed so that you do not need a partner, for example. And they have special tables labeled "For My Single Friends." Although you may want to sit for a while at one of these tables and chat with other singles, we suggest that you don't stay there all night. Instead, stretch your legs mingle, eat some snacks, get some water and stand or sit near the dance floor. We recommend you take a class on Saturday night at 8 PM. Then after the class hang out at the dance party for a while. You will notice that the dance style for each dance is posted on a board. For example, if a cha-cha is playing, you will see "Cha-cha" on the board. Other dances will include rumba, bolero, waltz, Foxtrot, hustle, East Coast swing, West Coast Swing, and so forth. If you have just had a rumba lesson at the drop in lesson, you can enjoy dancing to it when a rumba dance comes on. If the dance is salsa, and you don't know it, and some one asks you, a good thing to say is: "I don't know this dance yet, but I'll try if you will teach me." or "I don't know this dance yet, but I would be happy to dance rumba when that dance comes on. I just learned it tonight." A word about refusing a dance is in order, here. This is not a singles club where people need to hookup quickly. So accepting a dance doesn't mean that you particularly like someone or want to date them. You can accept a dance knowing it will be over in 3 minutes. After that you can thank the individual and then (if you are a lady) you can start to walk back off the dance floor. If you are a guy, an old school approach is to offer your arm and escourt the lady back to her seat or wherever she was when you asked her to dance. Ladies generally love this. Refusing a dance is NOT considered polite behavior at a ballroom dance unless you have a valid reason, like for example, you just don't know how to dance salsa (or whatever the dance is). If you meet someone you really like and would like to get to know, be careful about asking for a phone number right away at a ballroom dance as this may be perceived as being too fast or "fresh." It's better to get to know the person through repeated contacts at dance lessons or ballroom parties. Then after you have established a friendship, a good approach is to invite the person to another dance event -- for example, a salsa lesson at another location. It might then be appropriate to exchange contact information to facilitate meeting up at th new location. If you can offer a ride,it's also a good idea to ask if the other person needs a ride to the new location. [NOTE: the above advice doesn't really hold if you are attending a "singles party." That is, a party designed especially for singles. In that case asking for a phone number or email address is more the norm.] In future articles we will be tell you about other cool locations for ballroom or partner dancing that we think you will enjoy. To make sure you are notified about the latest Sacramento Singles articles, please visit: http://www.FunSinglesParties.com Please invite your friends to do the same. The more, the merrier! Thanks for your interest in... Ballroom Dancing: A fun Way to Meet New People |