Idea: The chapter "Let's Face the Music and Dance" encourages couples to get their feet moving together, "Tango or twist, salsa or samba, if you're missing romance, it's time to dance...Dancing is a skill all couples should share for life."
Plan: Why not learn a new style of dance in the Smoky Mountains? If you've got two left feet, get away to the mountains and learn how to dance with a bunch of strangers. You're sure to impress the neighbors when you return home with a few new moves.
Action: If you are planning ahead with a flexible schedule, pick a dance event weekend:
1. Heart of the Smokies Square Up
24 years of square dancing, the official folk dance of TN
Feb. 26 & 27th, 2016
$18 tickets, optional $10-12 t-shirt
Smoky Mountain Convention Center
2. 42nd Annual Turkey Strut
$45 tickets, 3 halls at the Four Season Motor Lodge & Convention Center, Nov. 20 & 21, 2015
3. Smoky Mountain Encore
workshop and competition, Thur. fun dance, Fri. & Sat workshops, Sat. show, March 2016
attracts top clogging teams, registration coming soon
Can't get enough clogging? Check out the USA National Clogging website. Note that a majority of events are in TN or driving distance from the Smokies.
1. USA National Clogging Championship (Labor Day weekend, Nashville, TN)
2. Explosion Clogging Championship (June '15, Cherokee, NC)
3. Wilson County Fair clogging (August 15, Lebanon, TN)
4. Dollywood Clogging Classic (May 16, Pigeon Forge, TN)
If you can't make a dance weekend, you can always find shows and dancing in the Smokies:
1. Country Tonite Show (129 Showplace Blvd) for $29/adult to watch dancing, singing, comedy
2. Club 812@ Blaine's Bar and Grill (812 Parkway Gatlinburg) 10:45-1AM Fri. & Sat. night, 21 and over dance to dj tunes.
