Searching For a New Dance Place

Hi Dancers,
  The search goes on.  Several of the dancers from the now-stopped Thursday nights at Point Point Joint are getting info about possible other places to have mid-week ballroom and line dancing at night.  Till then, other places catering to Fil-Am dancers day & night 7 days a week are listed on:  Upcoming Events.      

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SOME EVALUATIONS OF DANCE PLACES:  

TOP OPTIONS (at the moment):


Mira Mesa Senior Center, 8460 Mira Mesa Blvd., San Diego. DJ Nickie BAscos, Jr., is the Fil-Am coordinator! And, he has the keys!  So he showed us around and gave us all the info we need - so of the possible places, this is the only one that all the info is available.  Excellent parking.  No a/c.  Tables & chairs are readily at hand on one side of the dance floor.  Big kitchen that we can use for whatever, including bringing in food & soft drinks.  Some of the other facility management includes Fil-Am ladies.  The main drawback of the Mira Mesa Sr. Center is that it is about 10 miles north (15 minute's drive) from the runner-up: the Four Points Sheraton. 

Above, Esta gave a night club 2-step ballroom dance lesson in the Mira Mesa Senior Center on Friday Sept 18th.

Above, the great kitchen in the Mira Mesa Senior Center that we'd have full access to.




Skies Lounge inside the Four Points by Sheraton, 8110 Aero Drive, by Montgomery Airfield, San Diego.  I could not believe my eyes!  This fabulous lounge with a dance floor was closed Thursday night!  Apparently it's open just on weekends.  Great parking.  A/c.  Great tables & chairs & dance floor.  Probably the nicest-looking building of any under consideration here.  Nick thinks he can get use of it for $300 every Thursday.  More details needed.  

Above, many of us danced at Four Points on Saturday nights for a few months back in 2011, in what was the Citrus Lounge across the lobby from what is now the Skies Lounge.  The Skies Lounge looks very similar.  





LOOKS VERY NICE, BUT NO SOLID INFO:

Kimball Senior Center, 1221 D Avenue, National City.  There has been Fil-Am dancing there - mostly on Sundays - for years.  Every 3rd Sunday from noon till 3pm there's a big Fil-Am dance for $7 with a band, often the Front Page Band. Parking is good and it has a/c.  More info on availability is needed.

Above, photo of outside of Kimball Senior Center activity building.




DOUBTFUL:

Crystal Palace, 3993 54th Street, San Diego.  It's a big beautiful place - at least in the main ballroom.  When the place was named LUCKY STAR, with DJ Jun Ancho, and prior to him Eric DeLeon, Wednesday night dancing was a lot of fun back in 2010-2012.  I loved the smaller ballroom which is now called Lions Hall & Restaurant.  They used to let us DJ and dance for "free", just hoping we'd buy food & drink, like Point Point Joint was.  People's main complaint back then was "it's too far" - which is strange - The building is exactly halfway between Mira Mesa and Chula Vista.  Lots of parking, a/c, restaurant & bar.  My DOUBT - It looks way too busy now - I need to contact.

Above, someone got a nice photo inside the main ballroom.

Above, we had fun dancing in what was then called Lucky Star - now it's Crystal Palace.

Above, Crystal Palace was too busy to enter when we stopped by on Saturday,  so I snapped a photo from outside.




Dance For 2, 7528 Clairement Mesa Blvd., San Diego.  Big dance studio, with a/c.  Thursday nights are now used by an Israeli Folk Dance group, according to a contact at Dance For 2. 

Above, one of Dance For 2's publicity photos.

Synergy Dance Zone, 7480 Miramar Road, San Diego.  Big dance studio on 2nd floor, with a/c.  Parking OK.  No other info obtained yet. 

Above, there was dancing inside Synergy on July 19, 2013. 




Cora Anderson Dance Studio, 8990 Miramar Road, San Diego.  Nice, new and big dance studio, with a/c. Parking OK. Thursdays are used by Moonlight Serenade Orchestra.  If the orchestra was replaced by our DJs, cost might be in $hundreds. 

Above is one of the Cora Anderson Dance Studio (CADS) publicity photos.




660 V Avenue, National City.  This is the office and clubhouse for Villa Paraiso Condominiums & Apartments.  The inside looks OK, but there is limited street parking and no a/c.  I heard that Nick negotiated $200 for Thursday night dancing from 6 - 9pm. 

Above is the outside of Villa Paraiso's office and clubhouse.



Point Point Joint, 916 E. 8th Street, National City.  Yes, there still is a faint chance we could resume dancing there.  Mike Craig, who sat by me on Thursday nights, said he's going to go there and try to get a change of heart by new managers.

Above is a photo from our last dance in Point Point Joint.




ALMOST CERTAINLY "NO":

Tita's II (formerly Jestoni Bistro and Manila-Tokyo Restaurant), The place is usually packed even on Thursday nights.  Our dancing would be a major disruption of their usual activities. This past Thursday we saw the band Snap Shot playing, including bass player Nick Mamerto, who gets these emails. 

Above is a photo of weekend dancing in Tita's II from a couple years ago.




32nd Street - ADM Robinson Recreation Center.  The 32nd Street Dancers have a fabulous place for Friday and Sunday dancing.  Lots of parking, air conditioned, restaurant (short order grill), beer & wine bar and bowling. Low cost.  You can't ask for more.  EXCEPT, on Thursday nights the ballroom is often used for Fleet purposes like training, according to an MWR contact. 

Above is an old photo from inside the 32nd Street Dance Group's ballroom in side the ADM Robinson Rec Ctr. 

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  Some of us continue looking for a suitable place for mid-week night-time ballroom & line dancing.  Places from Chula Vista all the way to Mira Mesa have been talked about.  More details next week.

Please call with your ideas and preferences,
Bert & Edith
619-224-3095 (house phone)

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