Intro To CW DJing – 4-week seminar
Mondays, November 2-9-16-23 • 6:00–7:00 pm PST
Online via Zoom

Have you wanted to explore what goes into DJing for a country-western dance event? This four-week workshop will cover the basics, including both the technical and artistic aspects of DJing. We’ll cover a broad range of topics, including DJ software (what to look for and how to use it), mixing music, categorizing music, what makes a song danceable, what to think about when creating sets, and more. There will be homework!

Because there has been interest in this from across the country, this series will be held over Zoom. The time has been chosen to accommodate folks in more eastern time zones. The workshop is free, but advance registration is required.

Ingu's Big Birthday Bash
Sunday, November 15
Sundance Saloon

30 years ago, Ingu Yun, founder of Sundance Saloon, celebrated a milestone birthday with a big country-western dance party. Little did anyone know then that this would be the seed from which Sundance Saloon would sprout. Now, 30 years later, Ingu reaches another milestone birthday, and it seems only fitting that we should celebrate again with a big country-western dance party.

FREE ADMISSION! Please come, and bring your friends. Lessons and open dancing as usual, plus some dance performances, and cake. Absolutely no gifts – or if you must, then make it a donation to the Sundance Association for Country-Western Dancing.

Holiday Closures
CLOSED - Thursday, November 26
OPEN - Sunday, November 29

Sundance Saloon will be closed on Thursday, November 26 for Thanksgiving. We are open as usual on the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend, November 29.

If you're planning ahead: Sundance Saloon will be closed on Thursday, December 24 and Thursday, December 31. We will be open every Sunday through the holidays. We will not be hosting a New Year's Eve Dance this year.

Intermediate West Coast Swing
with Shin Aoki
Sunday, November 29 • 5:15–6:15 pm
Sundance Saloon: Loft

Instructor Shin Aoki leads a one-hour workshop for intermediate west coast swing on the last Sunday of the month. Attendees should be *completely* comfortable with basic WCS patterns (e.g. side pass, underarm turn, tuck, basic whips).

Unlike most of our lessons in the loft, this class is drop-in, with no advance registration and no additional fee beyond the regular Sundance Saloon admission fee.

Line Dance Pro
Sundays (except 1st Sun of month) • 5:00–6:30 pm
Sundance Saloon • Back Room

Can't get enough line dancing? Line Dance Pro is an opportunity to increase your line dance abilities and challenge yourself with new line dances not included in our regular Sundance Saloon repertoire.

Our Line Dance Pro sessions run every Sunday in the Back Room of Sundance Saloon (except the first Sunday of the month)! Includes lessons starting at 5:15 pm, except the last Sunday of the month which features a line dance marathon. Check the Sundance Saloon instruction calendar for the schedule.

Clogging at Sundance Saloon
Thursdays • 6:30–8:30 pm
Sundance Saloon: Loft

The Barbary Coast Cloggers are bringing their clogging classes to Sundance Saloon every Thursday. Lessons in clogging , a form of percussive line dance, take place upstairs in the loft, while our regular programming of two-step and line dance lessons continues on the ground level.

The schedule is:

• 6:30-7:30 - Percussive Line Dance - any level
• 7:30-8:30 - Experienced Level

The experienced level is for those with knowledge of tap, clogging, or Irish dance. The classes are drop-in and there is no additional fee beyond the regular Sundance Saloon admission.

Sundance Music Playlists on Spotify

Now you can listen to Sundance Saloon music all day long. We have recreated our Sundance Saloon SF Playlists on our own SUNDANCE SALOON SF SPOTIFY CHANNEL! You'll need a (free) Spotify account for basic listening privileges.

We have several different playlists for your enjoyment:

• Best of Sundance Saloon SF. Featuring hundreds of two-step, waltz, and swing music from over the decades.
• Sundance Saloon SF New Music. Partner dance music introduced at Sundance Saloon over the past year or so.
• Sundance Saloon SF Line Dances. Not all music is available on Spotify, and sometimes we had to resort to different versions, but most of it is here! Here is the key (pdf file) matching line dances with the song titles.
• Sundance Saloon SF LGBTQ Playlist. Featuring LGBTQ artists and themes.

Volunteer Opportunities

Please help us! Sundance Saloon is a community effort, dependent on lots of people chipping in a little bit. We are always looking for more help. You can become an integral part of what makes Sundance so special. Our needs at Sundance Saloon include set-up, front door, and coat-check. Shifts are generally one hour. No experience necessary.

SPECIAL EVENTS: We're currently signing folks up for:

• Sundance Fog Town Welcome Dance (Oct. 29).
• Sundance Fog Town Farewell Dance (Nov. 1).

Supporting Sundance

As an all-volunteer, member- and community-supported organization, the Sundance Association depends on your support to keep thriving. The pandemic put an extra burden on our finances, and our needs are never-ending. There are many ways to help us, and not all of them involve monetary contributions:

• Become a member of the Sundance Association by pledging an annual tax-deductible donation.
• Come on down! Support us just by showing up.
• Introduce someone new to Sundance Saloon.
• Use our coat-check on Sundays.
• Put a dollar or two in one of our tip jars.
• See if your company offers matching donations or grants for volunteer time served.
• Remember Sundance in your estate planning.
• Volunteer!
• Social media! Like us on Facebook. Follow us on Instagram. Share our posts. Share your own posts. Review us on Google, Yelp, Facebook, and Tripadvisor.