Friday Night Waltz Joan teaches Hesitation Waltz, vintage mixers. John dj

11.07.2025 Joan is teaching Hesitation Waltz and ragtime era mixers. John Bauer is djing.


# Joan Walton

Joan Walton is a Vintage Dance Teacher and Choreographer who has taught Vintage dance workshops across the United States, Russia and Europe. Her high-energy, focused teaching, and choreographic style have become well known to Vintage dancers over the past years. She has performed all over the United States, including at the Smithsonian, on the TV mini-series North and South, and with the Vintage Dance Ensemble at Stanford University. Her choreographies have been performed from coast to coast by Vintage and university dance companies. Joan is a graduate of Stanford's Dance Education Master's degree program, and is currently teaching, choreographing and residing in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joan.walton.dance/ and email at jcwalton@gmail.com

7:15 HESITATION WALTZ: The Ragtime era graced us with an elegant dance called the Hesitation Waltz, danced to fast waltz music. We will learn short, easy patterns from Vernon Castle's book and other useful variations.
8:00RAGTIME ERA MIXERS: Learn a couple of easy Waltz and Tango mixers from the early 20th century, to be performed later that evening.
John Bauer dj dance music waltz, polka, swing, mixers, line dances 9:00-11:45


# 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.
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.