Saturday, December 18. 2021 8:00 - 10:30 PM (No Lesson) Highland United Methodist Church, 1901 Ridge Road, Raleigh (corner of Ridge Road and Lake Boone Trail) Social Dancers $8; Students $5 We will have the usual format, including mixers, with a few tweaks for the pandemic: • Dancing starts at 8 pm; no lesson • Bottled water provided, but no snacks. You may bring your own individual snacks if desired • Masks required • We ask you be vaccinated or immune from having had COVID Music will run until 10:30 pm if there are enough of you still dancing. Of important note: The faciity has upgraded the filters in the HVAC system to MERV 15 (better filters that grab smaller airborne particulates). For information call Brian Shaw at 919-616-3688. MEMBERS! Have you let your USA Dance membership lapse during the pandemic? Well, NOW is the time to renew, with the following incentives: • Anyone who joins as a new Social Dance member or renews their Social Dance membership will be given 13 months of membership instead of 12 months. This free month incentive will expire on December 31, 2021. • For every Social Dance Adult or Social Dance Supporter member who joins as a new member or renews their membership the chapter that they belong to will get $5. • The membership fee for Pro/Am Amateur Athletes will be reduced to $25 for the remainder of 2021 and $25 for 2022. Upcoming Ballroom Dance Opportunities + Our next dance will be Saturday, January 15, 2022. + Triangle StarDusters Ballroom Dance Club will resume their dances on Saturday, February 12, 2022, at the Carrboro Century Center, 1000 N Greensboro Street, Carrboro NC. Registration and proof of Covid 19 vaccination required. Visit their website www.trianglestardusters.org for additional information and registration instructions. Volunteers needed as board members and to help set up and take down. Please let any of the current board members know of your desire to help with our dances.