Area Dancing Opportunities
 

Are there any local clubs that have dinner dances such as Elks Lodges, Moose Lodges, etc? Also, are there any local places where they have live dance music other than the town squares? We are aware that there is dancing at Katie Belle's.

As soon as I saw the title of this thread, I new KathieI would respond. ;)

Area Dancing Opportunities
 

Many, many thanks for your quick reply with very useful info. My wife and I visited The Villages yesterday for a quick look around and were blown away by all the available activities. We love to dance but prefer live music if it is good music. We heard from friends who used to go dancing in Leesburg at an Elks lodge or VFW, etc. Have you heard about any dancing in Leesburg?

Also, we would dearly love to move to The Villages but would have to sell our home in Palmetto first and real estate isn't moving around here as yet.

Hi, Katie1.

We've corresponded before about dance places in The Villages and I thank you for your feedback. We are very interested in ballroom dancing opportunities and don't see too many of those in The Villages. I am not interested in dancing in one of the small rooms at a rec center to CD's We are very comfortable with lounge music and don't need strictly ballroom or big band music. What we are doing in the area that we live in now is to go to local Elks or Moose Lodges that have large dance floors.

I got an email from Angela Privett, a real estate saleslady that is helping us to buy something at The Villages, with the following:

Try Nancy Lopez Country Club on a Friday night or Urban Flats or Tierra del Sol on Thursday, Friday or Sunday. Also, Mallory Hill and Havana Country Clubs on Thursday, Friday or Saturday with outside dancing. The outside dancing smacked of dancing on cement as at the Town Squares and as you well know, that can be a real challenge. She also mentioned Orange Blossom Opry in Weirsdale. Do the above places have a good-sized dance floor?

We especially like to go to places that have dining and dancing available. Are there any Elks or Moose Lodges or other similar clubs in the area? What about Clermont or Leesburg? I forgot to mention that the info from Angela was forwarded to her from a Nancy Swanson. You probably know her as you like to dance so much. We realize also that dance opportunities will be severely limited during high season.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give us.

Hi Dapster, there is a very nice Elks Club in Ocala that has dining and dancing. There are at least 3 membership only (they have to limit the number in order to have adequate room for dancing) ballroom dancing clubs in TV. The Rec Center News lists some other ballroom (and other) dancing opportunities; here is the link to the online edition the listings to the individual club events are in the last part of the online edition; at the front part of the paper edition that is available each Thursday at the recreation centers). You need to look at the Rec Center News every week, since the listings will change from week to week. On other words, an event that takes place only once a month will usually appear only in the Rec Centers News for the week prior to that event:
http://www.thevillagesdailysun.com/a...es/recnews.pdf