1 Ballroom Groups (NC PA)

(This page last modified 3/18/2025).

ABOUT this site: This site contains info for ballroom, swing, and line dancing — in and near the NC PA (North-Central Pennsylvania) region.
CONTENTS – below on this page:
• Section A. Couples – Regularly occurring couples social dances near Williamsport
• Section B. Line – Regularly occurring line dances in NC PA
• Section C. Singles – Regularly occurring singles dances
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• Section D. Ballroom Contacts-1 – Ballroom dance groups and instructors, in Lycoming County
• Section E. Ballroom Contacts-2 – Nearby Cities (outside Lycoming County)
Section F. Archive1 – Inactive Groups
Section G. Archive2 – Other Info.
Section A. Couples — Regularly occurring couples ballroom social dances near Williamsport

* These dates and times may CHANGE at any time.
* This information for these couples dances was taken from Bill Mahoney’s weekly email newsletter; see the Announcements Page for how to subscribe to get the latest information.

  • 1st Saturday:  Muncy Church Dance
    • 7-9:30 pm, First United Methodist Church
      602 S Market Street,Muncy PA
    • Organized by Gary & Bonnie Glidewell (GaryAndBonnie.com)
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  • 2nd Sunday: Centre County Ballroom Dance
  • 3rd Saturday: Divine Providence Dance
  • Last Saturday: (4th or 5th) Pine Street Dance
    • 7-10 pm, Pine Street United Methodist Church
      441 Pine St, Williamsport, PA
    • Organized by Dale & Donna Diermyer (facebook.com/dale.diermyer.5)

Section B. Line Dance — Regularly occurring line dances in NC PA
  • There are currently line dances on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday — in Berwick, Bloomsburg, Danville, Montgomery, Turbotville, Watsontown, and Williamsport.
  • The latest information is on the Susquehanna Valley Line Dancers Facebook page at facebook.com/groups/sv.line.dancers
  • The DETAILS for SOME of these line dances — address, time, venue links — are on Page 2 Line Dance.
Section C. Singles — Regularly occurring singles dances
  • Almost all the Singles groups in the NC PA region have ceased operation. The SinglesDances.net website lists the nearest singles groups that are still operating.

Contacts

Section D. Contacts-1: Ballroom dance groups and instructors, in Williamsport & Lycoming County
  1. Montoursville (just east of Williamsport) –River Valley Dance, Choreographed Ballroom Dance Studio (aka Round Dance), operated by Frank & Sandy Hartzel, RiverValleyDance.com
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  2. Williamsport: Gary & Bonnie Glidewell dance instruction, GaryAndBonnie.com  .  Operates in conjunction with Saint John’s School of the Arts. (link fixed 6/2022)
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  3. Williamsport: Tom and Valerie Inman dance instruction, InmanGroup.com ,  facebook.com/DanceInman
Section E. Contacts-2: Nearby Cities (outside Lycoming County)
  1. Altoona: Dancenergy Dance Studio, operated by Barry & Melissa Bollinger,   facebook.com/pages/Dancenergy/932475483506173
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  2. Altoona: Vertical Expressions In Dance/Dancing Dj’s, operated by Gene Kleiser & Debbie White. DancingDjsPa.com and facebook.com/dancingdjspa
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  3. Danville –Kevin Aucker & Cherylann Romano, no web page, previous flyer is on Kevin’s Facebook page at facebook.com/kevin.aucker.5
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  4. Freeburg (5 miles west of Selinsgrove): Pleasant Valley Dancers, operated by Jack & Natasha Holt, facstaff.susqu.edu/h/holt/dance
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  5. Scranton area – see ScrantonDance.com for list of studios.
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  6. State College: State College Pa Ballroom Dance Events – scpaBallroomDance.weebly.com
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  7. State College: Penn State Ballroom Dance Club, sites.psu.edu/ballroomdance and <facebook.com/psubdc> (link bad 10/2020)
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  8. Pleasant Gap (east of State College): Dance Harmony, operated by Kevin Fee,  facebook.com/DanceHarmonyStudio , (website ‘DanceHarmony.com’ appears to be gone as of 9/2021).
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Section F. Archive1 – Inactive Groups
  1. Lewisburg: Lewisburg Swing Dance Club, LewisburgSwingDance.blogspot.com
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  2. Williamsport: Mimi & John Troisi, MimiAndJohn.wordpress.com.  These instructors are retired, but their website has many instructional videos.
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  3. Williamsport/Montgomery: Susquehanna Valley West Coast Swing group, classes & dances.  SvwcsDance.com (bad link). For updates, see their Facebook page at facebook.com/Susquehanna-Valley-West-Coast-Swing-2523812064300330 (site inactive) or call Mitch Marcello at 570-772-9224.
    .     This VIDEO shows some of them dancing in the street during Sept. 2019 First Friday:  youtu.be/zRxmIDodzCs
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  4. Williamsport: Tony’s Ballroom Dance Classes, operated by Tony Tomke, facebook.com/Tonys-Ballroom-Dance-Classes-459779360800839.   Tony has RETIRED, due to health issues, but the Facebook page has many great photos, due to the efforts of his hard-working assistant Carole Troutman.
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  5. More Groups:  The older ‘Track2 DanceNet’ list of ballroom groups at track2.com/dance/ballroom.north.shtml has more details and photos, but most of the information is outdated.
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Section G. Archive2 – Other Info.

  1. Our Facebook group  facebook.com/groups/billtowndance  contains a few recent PHOTOS
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  2. Our DanceLiteracy.com site has steps for a few locally-done choreographed pattern dances.
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  3. Our DanceLiteracy.blogspot.com site has links to Youtube videos for Waltz, Single-Step Swing, and Triple-Step Swing.
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  4. SinglesDances.net lists singles groups.
    Note that almost all the Singles groups in the NC PA region have ceased operation.
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  5. HISTORIC SINGLES ARCHIVE:  The older ‘Track2 DanceNet Singles’ page at track2.com/dance/singles.contacts.shtml shows earlier singles info-.
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  6. PaDanceNet.com  has links to other areas.
  7. Map to Divine Providence Hospital Auditorium (dance location)
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  8. more archive links

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