A Singles Dance Club in Anchorage, Alaska

Charity Support

Member purchase of raffle tickets supports on-going donations to the following charities: American Lung Association, Anchorage Domiciliary (veterans in rehabilitation), AWAIC, Beans Cafe, Covenant House, Food Bank of Alaska, Gospel Rescue Mission, Intervention Hotline, Kids Kitchen, Light the Night (blood cancers), prostate cancer research, Safe Harbor Inn, Special Olympics, STAR, St. Jude's Children's Hospital, Victims for Justice, Women's Run for Breast Cancer research, and phone cards for troops.

Community Service

1. working with children at Fairview Recreation Center (3:30-8:00 pm) - homework, computers, reading/writing/math, eating dinner/social skills, indoor sports/games;
2. collects (ongoing) men's clothing - coats, sweaters, warm hats, gloves, socks, dress pants, shirts, suits/sports jackets - given to homeless veterans, those living at the Anchorage Domiciliary (rehab facility), and those who qualify for the Dress for Success ready-to-work program;
3. recycles (on going) glass, cardboard, plastic, aluminum cans;
4. serves meals at Beans Cafe
5. will be visiting veterans in hospitals;
6. will be adopting one of our member's 2 sons and a daughter-in-law that will be serving in Iraq;
7. collects used postage stamps (for veterans who are stamp collectors;
8. make patriotic momentoes presented to veterans on vets night;
9. collects women's ready-for-work clothing for the Women's Resource Center;
10. members make home/hospital visits, cook meals, provide transportation for other members;
11. held a canned food dance for the Food Bank of Alaska;
12. collects eyeglasses (ongoing) for the Lions
13. delivers food items to Safe Harbor Inn
14. collecting items for troops in Iraq: baby powder, foot powder, sun tan lotion, yo yos, books, hard/gummy candy, beef jerky, slim jims, Kool aid powered mix, floss, tuna, magazines, silly string, Frisbees, kites, gum, sunflower seeds, sports/news updates, protein bars, cards, bandanas, cash for postage. 35+ Singles Club members will pack boxes in January at Am Vets Post #2 with their members TBA)

Dance Floor Etiquette

The dance floor is divided into concentric lanes like the picture above. The outside lane is the FAST lane.

Traffic moves around the dance floor in a counter-clockwise direction. f you are going slow, stay in an inner lane and let people pass you on the outside. The closer you go to the center, the slower you may go.

If you are doing stationary dances such as a line dance or swing dance instead of a progressive dance, you should dance in the center area of the floor.

Line dancers should never line up clear out to the rail and block progressive dancers. This gives line dancing a bad reputation. Even if the DJ called a cha-cha or an electric slide, somebody else might want to do a two-step.

If there are just a few popular line dances done where the floor gets filled up, it is probably better for the progressive dancers to let the line dancers have the floor.

Line dancers should also be aware of those around them and aware that progressive dancers may be coming around the edge of the floor. The faster the song, the smaller the steps! In other words, be careful not to hit someone in the head or step on someone’s foot so they can’t dance next weekend.

It is not cool to stand on the dance floor to socialize. Most newbies who do this stand around inside the rail. This is the FAST lane.

Nothing looks worse than great dancers bumping into other people because they REALLY should know better! Since the man is leading, it is his job to keep an eye out for traffic. If you do cause a wreck, smile and apologize. You will usually get a smile in return.

If you are a beginning dancer, remember that everyone out there has probably experienced that same sweaty palm, stiff-as-a-board, first-time-around-the-floor feeling. It will pass if you can get past the urge to argue with your partner about who blew it. If someone makes a mistake, the best thing is to just smile and keep going! Everyone came to have fun.

Single ladies talk about how hard it is to get asked to dance. Try standing near the opening to the dance floor, smile, tap your foot, look around behind you, and get a look on your face that really NEED to dance to this song. Dance with the first person who asks. Once you get out there a couple of times with different partners, the available dance partners know you won’t turn them down.

Invite your single friends to come with you to the dance.
Enjoy the live music and food while making new acquaintances
in a safe, clean, friendly atmosphere.

Live music, dancing, food, beverages, free dance lessons (that change each month),
and good company every Saturday night in Anchorage

35 Plus Singles Club
Carpenters Hall, 407 Denali St. (4th & Denali)
907-279-0097 Saturday night only, any other time Jim Anderson(President) 907-952-0751