Competitions & Cruises

July 30 - August 1, Friday - Sunday, Virginia Line Dance Festival at the Crowne Plaza Hotel - Richmond, West 6531 West Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23230. 804-285-9951

We have some dancer-friendly instructors, great wooden dance floors, a dedicated "beginner instruction room", evening dances, great DJ....what else do you need!!!!!!
The instructor round-up includes John Robinson ▪ Joanne Brady ▪ Junior Willis ▪ Jill Babinec
Roz Morgan ▪ Dancin’ Dean ▪ Dancin’ Terry. There are dances both Friday and Saturday evenings. See the festival flyer to register. For more info, contact Olivia Ray at 540-832-7602 (www.gottalinedance.com) or Nat Morgan at 443-414-3116 (www.angelfire.com/nm2/cdexpress).

August 5 - 8, Friday - Sunday, Swing Fling at Hilton Washington Dulles Airport13869 Park Center Rd, Herndon, Virginia, 20171. 703-478-2900. Great Hotel with $91 special room rate. Check barrydurand.com/swingfling  For info, email Barry Durand at durand5678@aol.com or call 301-468-5544. 

August 3 (7 nights), Alaska-Glacier Bay Swing & Country Dance Across the Seas on Carnival Spirit with Sandy Garrish and Sam Advidson. Lessons and dance while at sea: Twostep, EC and WC Swing, Cha-Cha, and Line Dance. Depart Seattle, to Juneau, Skagway, Tracy Arm Fjord, Ketchikan, and return to Victoria. Limited cabin availability so BOOK NOW. Click here for more info.

October 22 - 24, 5th Annual Ocean City Halloween Dance Weekend & Light The Night Walk..

Sponsored by Sandy Garrish, well-known Country Dance DJ and instructor in Washington/Baltimore area and the Eastern Shore. This is a Ocean City Line Dance weekend. It includes a CW dance Friday night at the Grand Hotel, a "Light The Night Walk for Leukemia" fund raiser on the boardwalk Saturday afternoon, and a CW Halloween costume dance Saturday evening at the Grand. Details of the dance this year have yet to be released but if you want to stay at the Grand, you need to make reservations early. For more information, call Sandy at 443-340-0988 or email to brandcntry@aol.com.

The Grand Hotel is all set to start taking your reservations. Call 800-447-6779 and mention "Light The Night Walk for Leukemia" to get the $79 room rate. You can now book your room online - it's pretty easy. 
Step 1 - go to www.grandhoteloceancity.com
Step 2- click Reservation - then "Book it"
Step 3 - enter promo code "light1" 
The list of rooms will come up and you go from there.

October 29 - 31, Thursday - Sunday, Halloween in Harrisburg, Hotel Carlisle, Carlisle, PA 800-692-7315.  For more information, call Jeff & Lynn Bartholomew at 717-763-4416 or check his website.

November 14 (7 nights), Carribbean Swing & Country Dance Across the Seas on Royal Caribbean Seranade of the Seas. Twostep, EC and WC Swing, and Line Dance with UCWDC Champions John and Dee Soares, Sandy Garrish and Guest Instructor, June Renner. Dance lessons and dancing while at sea from San Juan, to Aruba, Caracao, Dominica, St. Thomas, and back to San Juan. Limited cabin availability so BOOK NOW. Click here for more info.

March 6 , 2011 (7 nights), Western Caribbean Dance Cruise on Carnival Valor. From Miami to Grand Cayman, Isla Roatan, Belize, and Cozumel. Lessons and dance while the ship is at sea. Your cruise hostess is Lika Kohn, DJ is Alan Kohn, and instructors are Roz and Nat Morgan (MD) and Bob Bonnett and Vivian Candella (NY). Inside: $629, Oceanview: $729, and Balcony: $869. Deposit $250 per person with reservation; balance due December 15, 2010. Brunswick Tours, Inc. (800) 979-8687. More info and pics. For more information, email ALANKOHN@premierentertainment.org or NAT MORGAN at cdexpress2@verizon.net.

March 25 - 27, 2011, Friday - Sunday, Mid-Atlanitic Dance Classic at Weston Hotel, 1110 Old Elkridge Landing Road, Linthicum, Maryland 21090, 443-577-2300. Ask for special MidAtlantic Dance Classic event rate. NON-STOP Line Dance ONLY Room all weekend. UCWDC Dance Competitions, Workshops, Jack & Jill, 2-Step, WCS, Line Dance, Fabulous Dinner Show, Lots of Social Dancing. Hosted By Sam Arvidson, Dale Strawser & Anita Huffman-Strawser. For more info, see midatlanticdanceclassic.com.

March 31, 2011, 9-Night Carribbean Line Dance Cruise on Royal Caribbean Explorer of the Seas. From Cape Liberty, NJ to San Juan, St. Thomas, Dominican Republic, Labadee, Haiti, and back to Cape Liberty. Renowned line dance instructor, Shirley Mackey, will host lessons and dances. Click here for more info.

UCWDA Events are listed at their website.

A comprehesive list of Dance Events World-wide can be found at
Barry Durand's "5 - 6 - 7- 8" magazine website.