Thanks to all who joined us last Saturday night to dancing to live music by the Joe Panther Band! The night was a wonderful success. 🙂 Over 50 people attended our small venue and enjoyed great music, a wonderful meal catered by My Big Fat Greek Restaurant, a Two Step dance class and special performances from Dance FX Studios’ Hip Hop crew and the Dance FX staff and students.

A special thanks to the Joe Panther Band who helped out just days before the event to cover for the John Allen Band. Joe Panther and his guys were incredible! They played all of your favorite Country dance cover songs from top 40 Country music to a few Country Western classics. Lead singer Joe Panther kept everyone grooving with his “rock and roll” tone and swagger.

The Joe Panther Band has played at local Country dancing bars including San Tan Flat (one of our favorite places to go Country dancing). Check them out for yourself at http://joepantherband.com. Joe mentioned that they also perform at parties and other small venues like ours so, if you’re looking for a professional, great-sounding Country Western band to play at your next party, give them a call. You won’t be disappointed!

The special performances by Dance FX Studios’ Hip Hop crew and dance students, Lindsay and Oona, were amazing as well. It takes a TON of courage to get out in front of your peers and strut your stuff. The hours of practice paid off for all. The student performances were the highlights of the night. We appreciate your hard work! You ALL looked great!

We were able to pack the house with many new faces that had not attended one of our dance parties with live music before and the response was great. It can be scary to attend the first few dance parties- especially without a dance partner. The purpose of our dance parties is to give you a chance to get your feet wet before going out into the “real world”. Everyone who attended got out on the floor (at least once) and took the first step towards becoming confident as dancers. Join our quarterly events with live music by local bands of all popular genres and you will become a comfortable social dancer in no time!

Our next dance party on December 3 will feature “XS Band”, a 7 piece Latin band playing your favorite authentic Latin beats. Upcoming information on ticket pricing and other event information will be posted on a future blog.