FAQ
Q: What age group generally attends your dance socials?
A: Our age group is generally between 18-30 with the average age of our dancers being around 24.
Q: Do you allow minors?
A: Minors 16 and older are allowed at our lessons and dance socials with an accompanying adult. Children 15 and under must be accompanied by their legal parent or guardian.
Q: Do you do any dancing besides country swing and line dancing?
A: We allow you to dance what ever style you want to while you are at the dance social as long as it is cordial to other dancers and is not explicit in nature. However, most of the music we play is country.
Q: What if I want to request a song that isn't a country song.
A: We do filter our song requests, but generally we play anything that is appropriate for swing genre dancing.
Q: Can I do lifts and stunts at your dance social?
A: Yes. We occasionally have skilled dancers who know how to do lifts appropriately who can assist you and we request that you perform lifts to the side of the main dance floor and with spotters for your safety. We are not responsible for injuries incurred at our lessons or dance socials.
Q:You don't play the line dance I know. How can I get my line dance on your Line Dance Library?
A: You can submit your line dance to dbdutah@gmail.com. You will need to include the title of the song, and either an official step sheet or demonstration of the dance. We review line dances monthly and add new dances to our rotation as time in the lesson schedule permits.
Q: You don't do the same line dance I know to a particular song. What is up with that?
A: Most songs have a number of different dances that can be performed to them as line dances, we generally dance a specific dance that is chosen by our instructors in committee. While often there is one line dance that is more popular and well known to a specific song, the exact version of that dance may vary from region to region, as different regions may have variations or alterations to the dance while keeping the same basic format of the dance. This phenomenon is known as Line Dance Drift and is perfectly acceptable. Feel free to dance your variation so long as you do not interrupt or put in danger any other dancers. We kindly ask that you do not interrupt an ongoing line dance with an entirely different dance.
Q: What is a birthday dance? Bachelor/Bachelorette or Bride/Groom dance?
A: A tradition at country dancing in Utah on a birthday involves having a song selected for the birthday dancer and having the birthday dancer change partners throughout the song. The exchanging partner can be select friends, or open to the whole venue, and can be done by either partner conceding to a new partner, or by "stealing" (where outside partners steal the birthday dancer away by using skillful moves).
Bachelor/Bachelorette or Bride/Groom dances are similar but are usually to celebrate an engagement, anniversary, or wedding. Usually, these dances involve having the groom/husband/lead close their eyes or be blindfolded, and separating them from the bride/wife/follow. Each will dance in their own circle like a birthday dance, but with a twist. The bride and groom attempt to reach each other throughout the dance with the exchanging partners attempting to keep them separate through "stealing".