From: Matthew C. Hutcheson <matthew-hutcheson@cornell.edu>
Subject: Re: ballroom dancing in NY
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In article <24415@alice.att.com> Roberto Pieraccini,
roberto@alice.att.com writes:
>We were looking for places with good music and dancing
>in New York City, possibly for New Year's Eve. Does
>anybody know where to find a complete list of the
>nicest places? We could find only a few of them, 
>including Red Blazer Too, S.O.B, Rainbow Room. Suggestions
>are welcome. We like ballroom dancing, brasilian, latin,
>rock, almost everything.


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Amigos del Tango (Friends of the Tango)
90-40 64th Road
Rego Park, NY  11374
718-275-9560
Dances are not held at the above adress; however applications for
membership
can be sent there.  Tango dances are held monthly at different locations.
Admission is $15 ($10 for members)  Music provided by a genuine
Argentine tango band.

Book-Friends Cafe
16 West 18th Street
212-255-7407
A bookstore and cafe that holds tea dances to vintage music usually played
by a live band.  Admission is $5 and reservations are required.  All
events
begin at 7pm.  July schedule:
Wed. 7/1 Jordon Sandke Sunset Serenaders
Wed. 7/15  Jordon Sandke Sunset Serenders

Cafe Society
915 Broadway (corner of 21st street)
212-529-8282
Dinner and swing dancing to the Swing Fever Band every Monday and Tuesday
from 8-12midnight.  $5 music charge.

Casey's Dance Hall
1584 York Avenue
212-570-5454
Try out your Texas two-step from 9 - 1am.  Tapes and live music. 
Admission is
$8.  Call to confirm day and price.

Chartwell Booksellers Tea Dance
55 East 52nd Street (between Park and Madison)
Free dancing from 3-6pm to live big band music the third Saturday of each
month.

Copacabana
10 East 60th street
212-755-6010
Dance mambo and merengue to live Latin music every Friday night from 9 -
4 am.
Before 9am admission is $5, after 9pm, admission is $10 for women and $15
for
men.

Club Dominicana
869 Lexington Ave (at 66th street)
212-744-2080
Dance to a live band every other Saturday from 9 - 1am.  Held in the
basement
of St. Vincent's church.  Club Dominicana features a large dance floor, 
complimentary refreshments and a raffle ticket.  Admission is $8.  Dance
on 7/11

Club Broadway
2551 Broadway (at 96th street)
212-864-7600
Live Latin bands Fridays and Saturdays.  Good dance floor and nice
ambience.
Most of the time dancing is from 7 - 4am and there is a $15 cover.  Call 
first to confirm price and time.

Country Club
210 East 86th Street (between 2nd and 3rd)
212-879-8400
Dance Monday thru Saturday in a modest version of 1940's style nightclub,
featuring live music of that era performed by the Country Club Swing
Orchestra, Mon-Fri 7:30 - 10:30pm ($10) & Sat 7:30 - 12:00 ($15)

DanceSport
1845 Broadway (at 60th)
212-307-1111
A ballroom & Latin dance studio that holds a Saturday night dance from
9-12:30am.  Admission is $15.  On Monday nights there is a Hustle Party
from 9:30 - 12:00.  Admission is $5.  Practice sessions are held from
Tues - Fri (for students only).

La Milonga
742 9th Avenue (at 50th)
212-541-8382
Practice your tango to a live trio (taped music during breaks) Fridays &
Saturdays from 9 - 12:00, and Sundays from 6:00 - 12:00.  Admission is
a rather steep $20 (considering the size of the dance floor).

Laura Belle
120 West 43rd Street.
212-819-1000
Elegant but not stuffy, good size dance floor.  Dancing from 7 - 2am
Tues - Friday ($10).  Saturday from 6-4am ($15).  Wednesday evenings
during July and August live big band music will be featured.  No cover
if dinner is ordered.  Reservations is suggested
7/1, 7/8, & 7/15 The Hi-Tops

Marc Ballroom
27 Union Square West
212-867-3789
Dancing every other Sunday from 7 - 12:00.  Large dance floor and good
music
selection (taped).  Admission is $9.  Coffee, tea, soda, and cake are 
available, as are tables.  Next dance on 7/12.

The Red Blazer Too
349 West 46th Street
212-262-3112
Dinner and dancing (on an enlarged dance floor) to live music of the
1920's, 30's, and 40's provided by Vince Giorgano's Nighthawks.
Tues 8:30 - 12:30 and Friday 9 - 1:30am.

The Ritz
254 West 54th Street
212-925-2828
The best in salsa and/or merengue orchestras are featured Thurs.  No cover
for women until 11:00.  Men pay $10.  After 11, everyone pays $15.

Roseland
239 West 52nd Street
212-247-0200
The original dance spot!  A shadow of its former glory featuring a huge
dance floor in a Grade-B movie setting.  2:30 - 11:30pm Thursday (taped
music, $5 admission) & Sunday (live band, $10 admission.)  Call to
confirm.

Sandra Cameron Dance Center
439 Lafayette St (at Astor Place)
212-674-0505
Free dancing to taped music from 9:30 - 11:30 on "Guest Night," the
last Friday of the month.

Song of Singapore
17 Irving Place (at 15th street)
212-696-9737
The new home for the NYSDS Savoy Sunday dances (7:30 - midnight on Sunday)
$12 general admission; $8 members; $4 seniors.

Stepping Out Dance Studios
1780 Broadway (at 57th street)
212-245-5200
Weekly Friday night dance parties form 9 - 1am.  DJ, taped music. 
Admission
$8 (includes refreshments and performances).  7/14 & 17 Open house.

The Supper Club
240 West 47th Street
212-921-1940
Dinner and dancing to a live ten-piece band.  Tues - Sat 7:30 - 4am.  Nice
ambience and dance floor.  $15 music charge without dinner.

The Soho Supper CLub
492 Broome Street (W. Broadway & Wooster)
212-966-3371
Just opened in May.  Dinner and dancing to a live band (Bing Swing
with Jenny D and Peter Roze) on Saturdays from 10 - 2am.  Pleasant, but
the dance floor is too small to attract much of a dance crowd.  $5 ... no
cover with dinner.

Tavern on the Green
Central Park West at West 67th street
212-873-3200
Dancing under the stars to taped music Tues,Wed,Thurs,Sun 9 - 12:00.  Fri
and Sat from 9 - 1am.  No cover or minimum but it is recommended that
you eat there, i.e., the unofficial cover is $7-10.
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