Welcome to JBY Ballroom Dance Club

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The JBY Ballroom Dance Club, a membership-based ballroom dance club, boasting 640 members, holds its dance on the second Thursday of each month, 7:30-10:30 pm, at Elk’s Lodge No. 79 - Cloud Room, 6815 Second Avenue South, Birmingham, Alabama. Live Band Music is provided by The George Winter Band, Tradewinds Band, or Classics Band.

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Dress Code

        Semiformal except for the summer months, June through October, when casual dress is allowed, but no jeans, shorts, halter tops, tube tops, caps, tennis shoes or men's shirts without collars. Cocktail style long pants are allowed. Please inform your guests of the dress code.                                    

Dance Admission

 Members $7.00 each; Guests $9.00 each

Annual dues: $13.00

Reservations

        Should be made to Jean Morton at (205) 956-6946 or Murray Echols at (205) 591-2421. Reservations are not necessary unless you bring eight or more.  

Dance Schedule 2004-2005

2nd Thursday,  each month, 7:30-10:30 pm

        Please do not bring set-ups to the dances. Our contract does not permit us to do this. You may bring your own bottle and snacks. Popcorn, snacks, ice, juice and set-ups are available at the dance. Please do not smoke in the ballroom.    

Directions to Cloud Room or Elk's Lodge #79
6815 2nd Avenue South Birmingham, AL 35212

On I-59/I-20 going east from Tuscaloosa or from I-65
Take I-20 Exit 130 to Atlanta. Take Exit 130B (1st Avenue North) on right. You will exit onto 1st Avenue North at about 64th Street. Turn right. Stay on 1st Avenue North and go 4 blocks to 68th Street. Turn right and go 3 short blocks.
On I-59 going west from Gadsden or from Trussville
Take the 81st Street exit 132 on right. Go 13 blocks to 68th Street and 1st Avenue North. Turn left and go 3 short blocks.

You'll see a huge 18 acre place, cattycorner from stop sign at 68th Street South and 2nd Avenue South. Turn left on 2nd Avenue, and almost immediately turn right into their long driveway. Go to back entrance - at right side of building.

Officers

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JBY NEWS Jean Morton, President (May 2005) Ann LaRock, Mary Hicks and John Wheeler are the Board members serving on the door at 6:50 for our May 12th dance for the JBY Ballroom Dance Club, 7:30, at the Cloud Room. It will help if you say your name to the person checking names. Dress for this dance (and through October) will be dressy casual. It was good to see Rae Early & James L. Blake, Jennifer & Sam Faircloth, Eleana Thomas, and Jean & Bill Hurley back dancing last month. We miss seeing Joyce Akers, Mike Kampis, Barbara Lucas, Larry & Sheila Taylor, Laquita & Melvin Ferguson, Charles & Marzell Capps, Norma Sorenson, Dot Crow, Floyd Henderson, Carolyn Gresham, Robert & Carolynn Moore, Jewell Graben, Stan Biggs, David Doggett, Sue Powell, George Burchfield, Hope Turner, Fred Conklin, Joanne Cain, Jeanette Buetner, Fulmer Shealy, Lottie Eaves, Grady Plyler, Jackie Barron, John Moses, Edwina Barclay, Jimmy L. Jones, Sabra Carpenter, Lisa Nesselquest, James Nash, Olivia Parks, Ed Whiten, Lois Purser, Mary Katherine Peacock, Jeanne Senter, Janell Stisher, Jack Dalton, Martha Bozeman, Linda Wilson, Lana Clayton, Mary Godfrey. Welcome to 10 new members Marilyn S. Bell, Hiawatha (Chief) Eason, Jacquelyn (Jackie) Randolph, Larry W. Cantley, Don & Pam Stasko, Pat D. Atkins, Bill Hawkins, Judy G. Harmon, Costa A. Economes. We will miss Jamie W. Campisi, a Charter Member of JBY for 38 years, who died April 23th. And Jeanne Isaacs who died April 18; wife of Bill Isaacs and Director of Children Ministries at Independent Presbyterian Church for over 20 years. •His gene pool could use a little chlorine. Email. From Wint Chumley. •Never interrupt when you are being flattered. Email •People may forget what you said or what you did, but they will not forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou. From Chris Wilson •Elegance and class do not consist of putting on a suit or a new dress. Email At each dance, please ask two or three of our single ladies to dance during the evening. Please walk the ladies back to their table at the end of the Whistle Dances. Please deposit your old eyeglasses and sunglasses in a charity donation box at any Lens Crafters store. Swing dance weekends: 500 to 700 dancers. Slow swing music, with a few chachas and slow songs. Workshops on East and West Coast Swing, Shag and Hustle. §•Summer Boogie Blast, Nashville, May 26-29, 615 859-0251, general dancing, not a competition. §•USA Grand Nationals, Atlanta, May 26-30, 843 249-1301, competition and general dancing. Dancers do West Coast Swing, Shag, Bop (similar to East Coast Swing instead of the bop danced in Birmingham and Panama City), and East Coast Swing. Other Birmingham & Alabama Dances: §•Redmont (Comer) School, Mondays 1:00-3:00, 956-6946. §•Vestavia Wald Park Lodge, Mondays 7:00-9:00 PM, band, and Wednesdays 1:30-3:30, band, 956-6946. §•Trussville Senior Center, Thursdays (except 2nd Thursdays), 1:30-3:30, ballroom, casual, CDs, 655-7514. §•Birmingham Ballroom Dance Association (BBDA), Homewood Senior Center, Sunday, 5-22, 2:00-5:00, dressy casual, CDs, 252-7297. §•Metro Singles, 27th Anniversary, Friday, 5-27, 7:30-10:30, band, coat & tie, Pilgrim Congregational Church, 951-5591. §•Northeast Alabama Ballroom Dance Society, Rainbow City Community Center, Saturday, 5-21, 7:30-10:30, band, casual, 256 546-9327. §•Tuscaloosa Ballroom Dance Club, Northport Civic Center, Saturday, 5-21, 7:00-10:00, band, coat & tie, 205 372-3879. §•Concordia Club, Bham, Saturdays, 8:00-11:00, band, dressy casual, couples, invitation, 205 647-8315. §•Pell City Dance Club, Celebrations, 1st Fridays, 7:00-10:00, casual, band, 205 338-3522. §•Homewood Senior Center: 943-0018, Liz Fowler/Niki Sepsas Dances, band 1st Saturdays, CDs on 3rd & 5th Saturdays, casual, 7:00-10:00. 1-man band, Fridays, 7:00-10:00. Argentine Tango lessons, most Saturdays, 3:00-5:30, 266-8888. §•ACME Cajun Dance: Friday, 5-20, 8:00-11:00, Kelly Ingram VFW; also Saturday 5-7, 12:30-3:30, Homewood Senior Center, bands, casual, 951-3463. §•American Legion, I-59 to Ashville, Hway 11, Mondays, 7:00-10:00; band, casual, 205 594-5652. §•Montgomery Ballroom Club, MASDA building, Saturday, 6-4, 7:30-10:30, band, Hawaiian or dressy casual, 334 358-2805 or 334 263-5566. §•The 301 Club, 8:00-11:00, every Friday, 301 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, CDs, $5, free lesson 6:30-7:30, 75% ballroom, 25% combination of line dances, C-W Two Step, West Coast Swing and occasional Barn Dance. 334 263-0540. §•The Dance Club, Huntsville, Tuesdays, 7:30-10:15, band on 1st Tuesdays, casual, 256 880-7636. §•The Priceville Palace, Priceville/Decatur, ballroom dance 1st Thursdays, 7:00-10:00, 8 to 14 piece ballroom band, casual. Country music dance Saturday nights, 256 353-4362, 256 350-1666. §•Spud's (was Charlie Mac's), 956-7245, 5800 Oporto-Madrid Avenue, •Beach Shaggers of Birmingham, shag/bop/slow swing, DJ, Tuesdays, 7:00-10:30, 426-3297. •Birmingham Boppers, Wednesdays, DJ, 7:00-10:00, 699-6684. §•Roman's Bar & Grill, Homewood, 700C Valley Avenue, 945-9321, Fridays, 7:00-12:00, Carl Simonneti is DJ. Great Wall Chinese restaurant is in same strip shopping center. Shell Service Station is on corner. §•McAnally's Pub & Grill, 1899 Hoover Court, Hoover 35226, Line Dance Lessons Tuesdays, 7:00-8:00, then line dancing until 10:00; house bands Fridays and Saturdays, 978-7301. §•Birmingham FOOTMAD (Friends of Old-Time Music And Dance) Contra Dance. Old-time bands, 2nd Saturdays, downtown YWCA, lesson at 7:30 pm, 979-3237. §•Latin Dance Party, The Loft, Fridays, 10:00 PM-2:30, CDs, 323-0089. Also at Workplay once a month, 879-4773 or 205 301-7227. Special Dances: §•We Love Homewood Day, Homewood Senior Center, Saturday, 5-7, 10:00-12:30 Ballroom, 12:30-3:30 Cajun & Zydeco. Later 7:00-9:00 Street Dance, Oxmoor Road, near New York Pizza, bands, casual, Barbara Pilato, 943-0018. §•Mother's Day Tea Dance, HSC, Sunday, 5-8, 2:30-5:00, Classics Band, dressy casual, Barbara Pilato, 943-0018. §•Second Chance Prom, Zamora Temple, for Alabama Kidney Foundation, Cahaba Valley & Calera Elk's Lodges, Saturday, 5-21, 7:00-11:00, Second Chance Band, Semi Formal or Formal, Liz Bishop 365-2268, Ron Stutts 664-6864. Invite some friends and dance to the music of the Tradewinds Band. Door team for our June 9th dance will be Martha Liberto, Bill Munch and John Clendenin. §•JBY website: http://members.aol.com/jbydance §•Tommy Kwon's Southern Ballroom site: http://members.aol.com/dancewww/dance.htm §•BBDA site: www.birminghamballroom.org §•Tuscaloosa Ballroom site: www.tbdc.org §•Rene Zgraggen's Montgomery & Statewide site: www.dancingwith.ReneZ.com & www.renez.com §•The Dance Club (Huntsville) site: http://dancehsv.home.mindspring.com Schedule of Bands for JBY: May 12 Tradewinds, June 9 Classics, July 14 George Winter, August 11 Tradewinds, September 8 Classics. Dressy Casual March through October. Dressy Casual March through October. For Men: Long Sleeve or Short Sleeve Shirt, Nehru, Banded Collar, Turtleneck, Mock Turtleneck, or Knit Shirt with Collar. No jeans, shorts, tennis shoes, hat, or tee shirt without collar. For Women: Dress, Pants, Skirt and Blouse. No jeans, shorts, halter-tops, tube tops or tennis shoes. Luau or casual in August. Coat and tie/dress or nice pants November through February.

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