What is this page? Big dance floor dances and dance lessons in Port Townsend, Sequim, and Bremerton that are coming up soon.
1 June (Mon.), Night Club 2 Step Lessons start, Silverdale
2 June (Tue.), Loft Dance, Port Townsend
Where: Brigid’s Loft, 280 Quincy Street (2nd floor)
Suggested donation is $10 to $20. Pay what you can, no one is turned away.
6:00-6:30 PM, nothing but waltz
6:30-7:15 PM, waltz lesson by Janice Eklund
7:15-8:30 PM dance mix
From Janice:
“I think one of the most beautiful basics in Cross Step Waltz is the Waterfall. Danced to slower Waltz music, the beauty of the step is how fluid and continuous it is. Both partners contribute to make it so. There is a wonderful Cross Step Waltz Mixer that was developed by Richard Powers, a Stanford University professor. The Waterfall is a part of the mixer. Richard Powers has taught it all over the world. Some of our PT dance friends already know it. It makes you feel so connected to those dancing it with you. After we get the Waterfall working…we will try to share the mixer. Hope you will plan to be there.”
— source: Loft Dancers email notice, 31 May
9 June (Tue.), Loft Dance, Live Music, Port Townsend
Where: Brigid’s Loft, 280 Quincy Street (2nd floor)
6:00-6:30 PM, nothing but waltz
6:30-7:00 dance mix
7:00-9:00 Jonathan Doyle and his band – hosted by Rob Story
Jonathan will be on sax and clarinet, Connor on piano, and Matt on stand-up bass.
— source: Loft Dancers email notice, 31 May
13 June Brass Screw Consortium’s Hootenanny
The Brass Screw’s Saturday Night Hootenanny
Get ready for Brass Screw’s biggest party!
Saturday June 13th, 2026, in the American Legion Building.
Doors open at 7:30 PM
Headline band: Blue Moon Marquee
– source: https://brass-screw.org/saturday-night-hootenanny (Last accessed 25 May 2026)
Other references: (Last accessed 25 May 2026)
– https://brass-screw.org/
– https://olympicpeninsula.org/event/steampunk-festival/
– https://www.facebook.com/PTSteam/posts/brass-screw-consortium-port-townsend-washingtons-annual-steampunk-festival-is-ge/1320824003414458/
14 June. (Sun.), Country 2 Step Lessons at the Bremerton Elks, then
Country Two Step, West Coast Swing, East Coast Swing Dance
14 June (Sun.), 6-8:30 pm Sequim Elks dance (2nd and 4th Sundays)
141 Port Williams Road, Sequim
band: Rude & Unprofessional
— source: Sequim Elks calendar for 2026, dated 16 Nov. 2025
20 June (Sat.) Salish Swing Lindy Hop Lessons and Dance, Port Townsend
26 June (Fri.), 8 pm, Honky Tonk Polka Dot Dance, Port Townsend
USO Hall, Fort Worden
— source: Leader 1 Apr. 2026, “Spring 2026 Centrum” insert, p. 4. For more information and tickets, please go to Centrum.org or call 800-746-1982.
28 June (Sun.), Dance and Student Showcase, Bremerton Elks
28 June (Sun.), 6-8:30 pm Sequim Elks dance (2nd and 4th Sundays)
141 Port Williams Road, Sequim
band: Orcastraitors
— source: Sequim Elks calendar for 2026, dated 16 Nov. 2025
29 July (Wed.), Blues Dance, Port Townsend
Fort Worden McCurdy Pavillion
7 pm: Warm-up with Damon and Kelsey Lynn Stone
7:30 pm: Blues Dance with Traditional Blues Band
— source: Leader 1 Apr. 2026, “Spring 2026 Centrum” insert, p. 5. For more information and tickets, please go to Centrum.org or call 800-746-1982.
Note: During this Blues time there are four days of dance instruction offered. For more information, please see https://centrum.org/program/traditional-blues/ (last accessed 5 Apr. 2026)
31 July – 2 Aug. Salish Sea Butoh Festival, Port Townsend
This is a Japanese festival to which the public is invited. There also will be a Japanese dance, to which the public is invited.
— source https://ptal26.org/calendar/ (last accessed 21 Mar.) and a 5 Feb. discussion with the American Legion manager.
2 Aug. (Sun.) – 9 Aug. (Sun.) 2026, Centrum’s “Dance This Youth Program,” Port Townsend
source: https://centrum.org/program/dance-this-youth-program/ (accessed 5 Apr. 2026)
5 Sep. (Sat.), 6-9 pm, Dance at the Port Townsend American Legion
Band: Sound Advice
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We Dance
We dance—
we live, learn, and love
play and cry
Life is a dance—a swirling of people and events
colors and feelings
creating beautiful togetherness
We fall, we rise
sometimes rough, sometimes flair
life’s lessons learned
The beat carries laughter and tears
the rhythm flows on, a river to the sea
we spill into eternity.
Be on the floor when the band plays
as songs once sung forever disappear
melodies infusing life into souls.
We journey
with streams of people
circling around the ballroom floor
Till the night is finished
and the quiet forces us
to remove our felt-bottomed shoes
The dance is over
but we were there
we danced—and so we are
MRM
Now & Then & Etc 