Friday Night Waltz John djs, Peggy teaches Kerry sets, a fun dance!

06.20.2025
John Bauer is our dj tonight from 9:00 to 11:45

# John Bauer

John Bauer has been at Friday Night Waltz since the very beginning. When he's not dancing, John enjoys Dance Dance Revolution, working at Stanford NLP, and driving his kids to the rink.


Peggy is teaching Kerry sets.7:15-8:00 and 8:00 to 9:00


Peggy is teaching Kerry Sets, a class she truly enjoys teaching. Kerry sets have been danced at Friday Night Waltz for many years. It is a fun thrilling choreographed set dance very popular with long time Friday Night Waltz dancers. From Richard Powers' description of Kerry Sets:
The first generation of Kerry Polka Sets that were done at Stanford were for a small group that wanted a complicated, challenging pattern. Then when other less experienced dancers started doing that version, it often resulted in chaos. This revised version is actually closer to the original Irish Kerry Sets, which are fast but not complicated.

Formation: Four couples in a square, taking closed dance position with partners. The two couples facing up and down the hall are head couples. The others are side couples.

The polka step is a fairly smooth leaping two-step, without a preliminary hop, but there are many regional style variations.


Peggy is the founder of Santa Cruz Waltz & Swing, and has taught Waltz, Swing and Ballroom dancing since 2010 in Santa Cruz and in India, Uganda, China Korea and Japan.
She the first graduate of Palomar Ballroom's DVIDA Certified Teacher Training program
Peggy first learned Swing dancing at Avenues Ballroom San Francisco, while undergrad at SFSU. She works with international students at UC Santa Cruz, and Rotary Water projects in Uganda. She and husband Dr. Bob raised 4 great children in Santa Cruz. Peggy is currently an MFA graduate student at SJSU.

here is a video of kerry polka:

7:00 Doors open
7:15 Classes start - Please arrive 15 minutes early to avoid the rush.
8:00 Intermediate class
9:00 DJ dance music
11:45 Doors close

$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.

First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto CA. at Byron, Upstairs Fellowship hall.
Parking in rear parking lot. Many on street parking spaces available.
Very large parking structure one block away. Webster/Cowper garage.