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'NIGHT OF DANCE' AND LESSONS.


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PALMDALE - Salsa, waltz, swing, tango, cha-cha, fox trot fox trot
n.
1.
a. A ballroom dance in 4/4 time, encompassing a variety of slow and fast steps.

b. The music for this dance.

2. A slow broken gait of a horse, between a trot and a walk.
, merengue merengue

Couple dance from the Dominican Republic or Haiti, danced throughout Latin America. Originally a folk dance, it has become a ballroom dance, where it is danced with a limping step, the weight always on the same foot. Varieties include the jaleo and juangomero.
, the Lindy Hop Noun 1. lindy hop - an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh)
lindy

social dancing - dancing as part of a social occasion
, rumba, hustle and samba dances will be performed at ``A Night of Dance'' 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday at the Palmdale Senior Center, 1002 E. Ave. Q-12.

Cha-cha lessons will be offered from 6 to 7 p.m. Salsa demonstration will be provided by Randy Perez. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for students and seniors. Admission for current and past members of the salsa and Latin dance The term Latin dance has two meanings, depending on whether the context is social or ballroom dance. Dances from Latin America
First, dances originating in Latin America. Typically these are Cha cha cha, Rumba, Samba, Salsa, Mambo, Merengue, Bachata, Cumbia, Bolero.
 classes is $8 for adults and $4 for students.

For more information call Lisa Sandoval at (661) 916-1318.
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Jun 16, 2005
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