Rose Room PDX

After a lot of thought, Dan and I have made the difficult decision to close down Rose Room. Starting a new weekly dance takes a lot of time, energy, and resources, and with attendance down across the swing scene, we've decided our efforts are better spent supporting the Portland swing dance community in other ways. Thank you to everyone who came out to dance with us, our wonderful volunteers, and everyone who cheered us on along the way. We truly appreciate all of your support.

But this isn't goodbye! We're already making plans for what comes next, and we're excited to share them with you when the time is right. So stay tuned! We'll see you on the dance floor.

Dianne & Dan

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Great night last night! Thank you all for coming out. Here's a few tunes from our playlist.

Takes Two To Tango — Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong — Ella & Satchmo

Corner Pocket — Count Basie & His Orchestra — Desert Island Discs: Music You Gotta Have (Sampler)

Opus One — The Mills Brothers — The Best of the Decca Years

Atomic Cocktail — Slim Gaillard — Laughing In Rhythm, #3 - Cement Mixer (Put-Ti, Put-Ti)

Preaching the Blues — La Vern Baker — La Vern Baker Sings Bessie Smith

The Flat Foot Floogie — Slim Gaillard — Laughing In Rhythm, #1 - Flat Foot Floogie

All She Wants To Do Is Rock — Wynonie Harris — Rockin' the Blues - All She Wants To Do Is Rock (Disc 4)

Mister Five By Five — Freddie Stack And His Orchestra — Swingin' At Capitol

Bounce Me Brother With A Solid Four — Will Bradley & His Orchestra — Beat Me Daddy To A Boogie Beat

This Year's Kisses — Billie Holiday — Past Perfect (Disc 3)

Loose Wig — Lionel Hampton — The Lionel Hampton Story - Flying Home (Disc 2)

In A Mellotone — Duke Ellington — Never No Lament - The Blanton-Webster Band, 1940-1942 (Disc 1)

Wild Mab Of The Fish Pond — Charlie Barnet — Big Bands

Little Joe from Chicago — Andy Kirk — The 12 Drops of Joy

Half Tight Boogie — Pete Johnson — Boogie Woogie Riot

Caldonia — Eddie Vinson — Cleanhead's Back In Town

Pick Side — Billy Strayhorn — Lush Life

You Fit Into The Picture — Fats Waller & His Rhythm — Breakin'
The Ice The Early Years Part 1 (1934-35) (Disc 2)

Perdido Street Blues — Louis Armstrong — Golden Greats

Lining up our volunteers for tomorrow night, July 1

🌹 VOLUNTEERS WANTED! 🌹

- Three shifts available, one hour each. Free classes and dancing the night of your volunteer shift, plus, you get the benefit of making our venue extra welcoming.

Want to help build something special in Portland's swing dance community?

We're looking for a few friendly, reliable volunteers to help out at Rose Room PDX on Wednesday nights. Volunteer tasks may include things like checking people in, greeting dancers, and other small tasks that help the evening run smoothly.

In exchange, volunteers receive:
✨ Free classes
✨ Free social dancing

No special experience required—just a positive attitude and a willingness to help!
Interested? Send us a message or email us at [email protected] and we'll share more details.

Thank you for helping make Rose Room PDX a welcoming home for dancers of all levels. ❤️

Send a message to learn more

Every Monday, we like to post a little something inspiring, and we found this one to be extra cool and filled with some of the best dancers in the world. Give it a watch and join us for our dance on Wednesday from 8 to 10 p.m.

The Hot Shots - Deadly Rhythm Outtakes In 2021, we brought together friends and colleagues for a video sho...

To prepare you for our July classes, here's a little something from one of our instructor's (Daniel) blog.

https://thehomeofhappyfeet.net/what-is-this-thing-called-swing/

July class registration is open. Class this month is all about musicality and style.

In our Intermediate class (6pm), we are going to explore how Lindy Hop footwork is structured, how to make up improvisations on your own as well as going through some of the classic improvisations. By the end of four weeks, you will have handled a bunch of classic steps plus you’ll have a new understanding that will give you infinite future variations. Make your dancing look effortless, and express it in new ways.

In our Advanced class (7pm), we are going to be studying everything about me musicality from the macro to the micro musical structure, different approaches to the beat ways to open up your dancing and what it looks like when you truly understand what’s going on inside the music. This will be part dancing, part experimentation, part demonstration, part lecture, and even a little homework. At the end of the four weeks, our goal is to change the way that you experience swing dancing. Great for social dancers that want to be better without learning new moves, competitors and choreographers.

Since July is five Wednesdays - on the last Wednesday we’re going to have a special intermediate and advanced routine choreographed by Dianne. She will challenge you and help you focus on ways to bring out the music with the way that you express it

What is this thing, called swing? – The Home of Happy Feet Share thisPicture is Big Jay McNeely at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles in 1951, by Bob Willoughby. It was originally black and white then colorized (c) 2015 by O. Young Kwon. This blog is an adaptation of my class “musical structures” for dancers. I hope you enjoy it! What exactly makes s...

Guest instructor and DJ Luke Albao joins us tonight! He started Lindy hopping in 2001 and learned at the Jam Cellar in DC from esteemed dancers such as Skye Humphries and Naomi Uyama.

Tonight we have classes at 6pm (Intermediate) and 7 (Advanced), and a social dance from 8:00 to 10:00. Classes will focus on the classic Lindy Hop move, the Texas Tommy, and variations on it.

This month's classes are not progressive from the previous weeks, so if you missed last week, you are still welcome to join us tonight. Classes are small enough that you get lots of personal attention.

Come enjoy food or drink from our bar and a night of laid back dance tunes in the AC! We've also got a side room where you can bring your favorite board game, your kiddos, or even your laptop and work on the fast WiFi.

It'll be a party!

Happy Tuesday!

🌹 VOLUNTEERS WANTED (tomorrow night June 24)! 🌹
Three shifts available, one hour each. Free classes and dancing the night of your volunteer shift, plus, you get the benefit of making our venue extra welcoming.
Want to help build something special in Portland's swing dance community?
We're looking for a few friendly, reliable volunteers to help out at Rose Room PDX on Wednesday nights. Volunteer tasks may include things like checking people in, greeting dancers, and other small tasks that help the evening run smoothly.
In exchange, volunteers receive:
✨ Free classes
✨ Free social dancing

No special experience required—just a positive attitude and a willingness to help!
Interested? Send Rose Room PDX a message or email us at [email protected] and we'll share more details.
Thank you for helping make Rose Room PDX a welcoming home for dancers of all levels. ❤️
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A little Monday inspiration for you. This is in Munich's Rock That Swing Festival.

RTSF 2026 – Introduction of the Teachers with Martín Burguez & His Rythm Combo RTSF 2026 Rock That Swing Festival (Friday) –Introduction of the T...