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Best Ballroom Studio in Reno for Adult Dance Classes

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  Best Ballroom Studio in Reno for Adult Dance Classes?  Okay, let's not go there and make me say the best ballroom studio in Reno or Sparks is the one I teach out of.  I have no financial stake in the Ballroom of Reno but will tell you when I moved here to Reno I taught out of Starlite Ballroom and Never Enough Ballroom.  I wanted to rent space at Arthur Murray Reno, because I had heard nice things about the owners, but they would not rent to me because they are a franchise and won't allow independent pros to teach there. 😔  But let me tell you why I feel and believe with my entire being that The Ballroom of Reno (TBOR) is a place you should check out.  Then I will give you a link at the bottom of the page to their YouTube channel for all the free lessons they have online for you to use to fill in the gaps between your private or group classes, deal? Charity: The Ballroom of Reno They are a 501(c)3 non-profit charity that is disguised as a ballroom dance studio in Reno .  Do

West Coast Swing Dancing in Reno and Sparks

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  West Coast Swing Dancing in Reno and Sparks Now when we say we have a swing dance club or are going swing dancing, we actually mean we have a West Coast Swing Dance Club or going to dance WCS.  They don't play East Coast Swing music but the music that triples you could dance ECS to it. If you don't know anything about West Coast Swing, let me give you a quick history lesson and explain the difference between swing dances.  The origins of our dance came from Lindy Hop.  Our music was faster, women wore heels and skirts or dresses.  Over the years the music started changing and slowed way down.  Followers put on jeans and low heel dance shoes and even the strike of the foot changed in how we dance it.   A great teacher named Skippy Blair was instrumental in popularizing it in the 50's when she was with Arthur Murray Dance Studios.  She told me that it was originally called "Western Swing" and her response was, "No one is going to want to dance country swing.&

The Ballroom of Reno is Partnering with The Boys & Girls Club!

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  The Ballroom of Reno School of Dance is Partnering with the Boys & Girls Club! We are very proud to share the news that we received official notification from the Leonette Foundation that they are awarding The Ballroom of Reno our grant request for the funding to initiate the Dance With Me - Youth program for the Boys & Girls Club!! We would like to thank Mo Kachurak, President of the Leonette Foundation, and Mike Wurm Chief Executive Officer for the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows . We cannot be more excited to have our very own Gerzon Chaves start teaching our first classes at the Boys & Girls Club. He won't be teaching ballroom dance in the Reno facilities...yet...but he has great plans to get them doing Latin dancing quickly and easily. It's gonna be awesome! Thank you to everyone involved in making this happen. We look forward to a long relationship in bringing dance to the future dancers of the world. Gerzon will be starting Bachta lessons a