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Learn how to start dancing (or teach someone else)

• Select above link for free lessons in Social Foxtrot, Single & Triple Swing, Waltz, Rumba, Cha Cha, and more!

Refine dancing & dance knowledge

• Select link above for abundant information for understanding dancing and refining techniques.

Skip below to:

• Learn about round dancing
• Find FREE round dance resources
• Locate resources for Mesa, Arizona
• Help promote dancing

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Learn About Round Dancing

• Dance Rhythms Chart
  • Listed by category
  • Checklist of figures by Phase (From chart, select any rhythm name to find figures link)
  • Information about Cha Cha and Rumba; more in progress

• Watch a video:
  • 30-second video explaining Round Dancing (or longer video at cuedballroomdance.com).
  • Round dancing in action (with instructors from three continents!)
  • The Rhythms of Cued Ballroom (Clips of many rhythms)

Also explore the various FREE round dance resources below!

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Find FREE Round Dance Resources

• Cold Feet II has descriptions & footprints for beginning Waltz and Two-Step rhythms
  
  
• Video Library Watch dances: Choose rhythm at bottom of spreadsheet, then select the name of a dance (CS = cue sheet). Watch a couple dancing the routine with cues. Hundreds of dances available!
  
  
• International Choreographed Ballroom Dancers Association (ICBDA) organization for dancers provides:

• Upcoming Dance Events around the nation and world
• 2026 Convention in St. George, Utah
• Purchase Apparel for yourself or others
• Donate to honor someone or alert a QCD (Qualified Charitable Distribution from an IRA)
• Join for other resources (newsletter, networking, popular dance routines, free access to beginning manuals in Foxtrot, Quickstep, Argentine Tango, Cha Cha, Rumba, Jive, and Mambo, a Technical Manual for advanced dancers, & much more!)

• Roundalab (RAL) organization for teachers and cuers provides free for anyone:

• Find an Instructor
• Images of Dance Positions
• Lists of Popular Dances
• Upcoming Dance Events around the nation and world
• Index of Rounds searchable data base of thousands of cue sheets
• Cue Sheet Writing Guidelines explains how to read them also!
ª Abbreviation List for terms used in cue sheets
• Many Other Resources (e.g., subscriptions, information for new teachers/cuers, etc.)

• Links to information about Bootcamps, teaching subscriptions, & online clinics offered by Curt & Tammy Worlock
  
  
• Links to Library of Congress Collection of the History of Ballroom Dance

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Locate resources for MESA, ARIZONA:
Round Dance Capital of the World!

• Season Brochure - General schedule for Fall (November - December) or Spring (January - March)

• Weekly Schedule - Lee Boyle - Details for weekly schedule with links to cue sheets and videos programmed for dances plus more information. Request a personal weekly email message.

• Join Arizona Roung Dancers Facebook Page maintained by Cheryl Bresee

Attend Dance Events:

• Flyer for new round dance classes beginning in January 2026
• Dancing in the Desert - January 8-10, 2027 - Flyer for weekend festival (Phase 4-6)
• Dancing in the Desert Lite - January 10, 2027 - Flyer for Sunday events (Phase 4)
• Cactus Capers - February 5 - 7, 2027 Flyer for weekend festival (Phase 4-6)
• Mesa Magic - March 5-6, 2027- Flyer for weekend festival (Phase 3-4, easy 5)

• Join us at the ICBDA convention in St. George, UT, - July 8-11, 2026 - (3 halls: Phases 3-4, 4-5, 5-6)

• And the Palm Springs Round-Up (Phase 3-4, 4-6, or both) events September 23-25 and 25-27, 2026, is just a short distance away!!! (this link is a video which includes link to Flyers)

• Find other events around the nation and world at links above from ICBDA and Roundalab; events are also available at WheresTheDance.com.

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Help Promote Dancing

• ICBDA Membership Flyer - Join yourself and encourage others to join!
• Teaching Sequence (Larry Caves' Walk In Dance Out program)
• Resources & Opportunities - modify for your area (note on-line round dance resources)
• Sample Flyer - include your own details
• Sample psa send to your local media outlets (radio, TV, and newspapers)
• Sample Business Card - Avery #8871 prints 10 cards per sheet (can also print on reverse side). Go to Avery.com to create and print your own cards.

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