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Dance type codes and descriptions

code description
This dance is a social partner dance with no specified genre or type of music. If you find out, let us know.
- This dance requires you to use the calendar link above if there are dates shown on the left, if not, there are none scheduled.
? This dance is tentatively scheduled. Please call ahead before committing expenses or to travel.
A This dance is an Argentine Tango Milonge or practica.
B This dance is a black tie optional dinner dance.
b This dance is a social ballroom dance featuring smooth, rhythm, and club dances. The mix varies with the DJ.
C This dance is a California mix - hustle, Latin, West Coast, Swing, & some ballroom smooth.
c This dance is a mix of Country, Swing, Latin, Club, and Ballroom smooth dances.
D This dance is a principally a dinner dance.
d This dance is primarily disco - hustle.
E This dance includes eats in the form of a buffet that may include pot-luck dishes to share.
e This dance includes a light fare dinner, special performances by professionals and or students, and general dancing.
F This dance is a fund-raiser benefit with auctions, food, demonstrations, music, entertainment, and dancing.
f This dance is a fund-raiser benefit event.
G This dance is a mix of Swing and Ballroom.
g This dance is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, and straight friends event with mixed styles.
H This dance is primarily Lindy Hop and Swing.
h This dance is primarily Salsa, Swing, and Hustle.
I This event features music for dances taught by the instructor, for dances selected by the DJ, and for dances requested.
J This dance is a live music performance that features the Champagne Jam dance band.
j This dance is a live music performance that features Jurango - Jazz and Tango - partner dance lessons and improvisational dance.
L This dance is primarily Latin - featuring salsa, merengue, cha cha, samba, rumba, and possibly bachata and bolero.
l This dance is a mix of Latin and swing.
M This dance music varies with the DJ - contemporary, pop, rock, oldies, swing, Latin, & ballroom.
m This dance is a mix of swing, hustle, Latin, Night Club two step, ballroom smooth, tango, country, etc.
N This dance features a mix of Rhythm and Smooth dances.
n This dance features live or recorded Big Band, blues or Jazz combo music.
O This dance features smooth music for elegant and graceful smooth dancing.
o This dance is a promotion event in a public thoroughfare featuring impromptu dancing, demonstrations, and teaching.
P This dance is a primarily a Polka dance with a few other dance genres occasionally provided
p This dance is a practice session.
Q This dance features the Quintessential Dance DJ Brain playing mixed ballroom, Latin, and other genres.
q This dance features small ensembles of players with varying instruments performing mostly folk and original music.
R This dance is a mix of mostly Retro Pop & Rock, & ballroom that varies with the DJ.
r This dance is a mix of Rueda, Swing and Argentine Tango.
S This dance is primarily swing.
s This dance is principally Salsa featuring largely lively Latin rhythms cha cha, and merengue, and possibly rumba.
U This dance is a USA Dance chapter event featuring smooth, Latin, and swing dances.
u This dance is a USA Dance Underground Ballroom event.
V This dance is a live music event featuring ballroom smooth, Latin, and swing dance music.
v This dance features live music by a jazz, swing, or big band combo or orchestra.
W This dance is primarily West Coast Swing.
w This dance is a mixture of swing, Latin, hustle, and Argentine Tango.
X This dance has been canceled - NO DANCE THIS DATE
Y This dance is an all Country mix of two-step, waltz, polka, Country Line-dances, etc.
y This dance is a mix of Ballroom, Country, Latin, Swing, and club dances.
Z This dance is a dinner cruise party with dancing somewhat limited by the small dance floor
z This dance Features the Greg Nazarian Dance Band playing favorite foxtrot, waltz, swing, cha cha, tango, rumba, and polka music.


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