Friday Night Waltz has mostly waltzes in the dances and classes, along with polka, tango, swing, and salsa. People come from all over the Bay Area. People are friendly, The atmosphere is warm and welcoming. Partners are not needed. We rotate rapidly in classes. Casual comfortable attire. All ages. To get on our email list, send request to email list: info@FridayNightWaltz.com Facebook page: or scott phone number

Masks are optional.

11.14.2025 Romantic Music Night with Richard Powers at Friday Night Waltz - Nov. 14th

Tonight's Romantic Music Night theme was requested by Scott Gamble.

Yes, a full evening of the most romantic dance music in Richard's collection. If life has seemed a bit stressful lately, escape to a full evening of especially sweet and beautiful music, with some of the friendliest dancers in the Bay Area.

Richard Powers teaches classes with his sweetheart Tracey. The classes will be from 7:15 to 9 pm with a halftime break.

Tango is the perfect dance for Romantic Music Night! "Tango is a four-legged animal with two beating hearts." Social tango is the easier style of tango—the kind that is most often danced at FNW, and is seen at parties and weddings, and in movies like Scent of a Woman and True Lies. Tango will be played twice at tonight's dance party.

Tango is not about fancy repertoire, flourishes and embellishments. At the core it's simply about starting, stepping and pausing with the music. All the rest is icing on the cake. - Chris Corby

For a mixed-level class, Richard has chosen tango figures that are do-able by beginners (because tango is mostly slow walking), but also new for those who have learned basic social tango—figures like Tripled Rocking Corte, Pivots and Underarm Turn, and a new Grapevine Parallel Dip.

If you already tango, refresh what you know, then learn some new figures and styling. If you don't already tango, this is the class for you! Be sure to be there at the beginning, to learn the basics.

Tango partnering will improve your dancing in every other dance form. Both leading and following skills reach a noticeably higher level in tango. Richard makes tango accessible and friendly, without losing any of the authenticity.

These are ALL-LEVELS CLASSES, no previous experience required. Bring a friend. It takes two to tango! (But you don't need to come with someone to have fun at FNW.)

9 pm - Dance Party! Especially romantic music for waltz, swing, tango, cross-step waltz, bachata, West Coast Swing, polka, cha-cha, Congress of Vienna, BNP, salsa, Tokyo Polka, Lindy, NC2S, hustle, and more!

For those who don't know about Richard Powers, he is one of the world's foremost experts in social dance. He has taught dance in Paris, London, Rome, Venice, Prague, Vienna, Verona, Geneva, Seville, Edinburgh, Krakow, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Tokyo and Kyoto, including 34 workshops in France (teaching in French) and 28 in Japan (teaching in Japanese). Richard is currently the full-time social dance instructor at Stanford University.

This Friday, November 14th

Doors open at 6:45.

Classes start at 7:15. Please arrive 15 minutes early to avoid the rush.

$15 general. $10 for students with ID.

Cash, Check, Credit Card, Apple Pay. We do not accept Venmo. Tickets at the door.

No partner necessary. We rotate rapidly in class.

All Ages. Casual comfortable attire.

Masks are optional. Free Masks. Free bottles of water.

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First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto CA, upstairs Fellowship Hall.

Parking in rear parking lot. Many on-street parking spaces available.

Large Webster/Cowper parking garage one block away.

http://www.fridaynightwaltz.com

11.21.2025 Vincent djs. Karn is teaching beginning Tango. Stanford Viennese Ball Opening committe Performance. do not miss!