Dance

The Country Western Dance Association will hold line dancing for singles and couples Saturday from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Maugansville Ruritan Building on Maugans Avenue. The dance is a potluck Christmas party. It is open to the public. Tickets cost $5 for members and $7 for nonmembers. For more information, send an email to tdavis1856@yahoo.com.   Tree sale continues The Maugansville Ruritan Club's Christmas tree lot is open at the old Sears Automotive lot at Long Meadow Shopping Center, at the corner of Northern Avenue and Hamilton Boulevard.

Jim Powers ballroom dance party will be Friday from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Maugansville Ruritan Club building.  Admission costs $4 per person. This month is the annual Christmas party.  For more information, call 301-739-9424. Chime players On Sunday during the 10 a.m. worship service at Covenant Presbyterian Church, the church's chime choir will play Christmas carols.  Three octaves of the Malmark Chimes were purchased with memorial gifts in 1994 from Plumsteadville, Pa. The shape and precise tuning of the choirchime provides a beautiful tone.  The chime choir is under the direction of Barbara Biser of Hagerstown.  The community is invited.

The Country Western Dance Association will hold line dancing Saturday at the Maugansville Ruritan Club building, 18007 Maugans Ave.  The event will be from 7 to 10 p.m. It will include line dancing for singles and couples. The community is invited. Admission costs $5 for members and $7 for nonmembers. For more information, send an email to tdavis1856@yahoo.com .

Submitted photo Instructor Camile Frayser, right, leads a belly dancing class Oct. 12 at Contemporary School of the Arts and Gallery Inc. Those in the class, from left, are Kathy Waldron, Earlene Sorrells, Natalie Barthlaw, Chrishanna Frayser and Andrea Frayser, The gallery is at 4 W. Franklin St. in Hagerstown. For more information about the classes, call 301-791-6191, send an email to ronlytle3@netzero.net or go to csagi.org .

Square dancing to Lady Gaga? Maroon 5? “Come Sail Away” by the rock band Styx? People who have not been to a square dance in the last 15 years might have thought they were in some strange musical dream when they went to the 55th anniversary celebration dance for the Gad-Abouts Square Dance Club Sunday at the Washington County Agricultural Education Center. Hunter Keller, who was the caller for Sunday afternoon's dance, said there has been a trend over about the last 12 years of adding modern tunes to square dancing.

Instructor Kitty Clark stimulates children's imaginations with a variety of music in "Mini Movers. " The class meets from 5 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Nov. 7 to Dec. 19, at Shepherdstown Train Station, 100 Audrey Egle Drive, Shepherdstown, W.Va. For ages 3 to 5. $31.50; $37.50, after Oct. 30. Call 301-693-5303. Go to www.gooseroute.org .

Washington County was recognized as one of the 100 best communities for young people by America's Promise Alliance and ING U.S. during a ceremony Friday evening at Valley Mall in Halfway. Shalom Black Lane, executive director of Teens Have Choices of Washington County, said the honor was announced Sept. 12. She said Friday's event, which included a dance off for teens and a number of educational booths, was the formal acceptance ceremony. “It's a really huge honor for us to be named one of the 100 best communities for youths in America,” Black Lane said.

Instructor Kitty Clark introduces children to fundamental dance techniques in "Meant to Move. The class meets 4:15 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, Nov. 7 to Dec. 19, at  Shepherdstown Train Station, 100 Audrey Egle Drive, Shepherdstown, W.Va. For ages 5 to 8. $48; $54, after Oct. 30. Call 301-693-5303. Go to www.gooseroute.org .

The Country Western Dance Association will hold a dance Saturday from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at Maugansville Ruritan, 18007 Maugans Ave. It will include line dancing for singles and couples. The community is invited. Admission costs $5 for members and $7 for nonmembers. For more information, send an email to tdavis1856@yahoo.com .