Dance Lovers Only Lives Up to the Name

One of the more appropriately named singles groups, Dance Lovers Only, is designed--not surprisingly--for people who love to spend time on the dance floor. More specifically, it’s for those who enjoy learning and mastering new dance steps, explained group director Nick Sidoti. “Each week I teach a different dance until we’ve gone through every one of them,” he said. “Then we’ll take a specific dance and just work on that for a whole month so they can get much better at it. After each lesson, we dance to records and tapes.”

Sidoti said the group, which formed last September, follows this pattern each Tuesday night. Dance Lovers Only also meets Friday evenings, when the lesson concentrates on West Coast Swing and is followed by dancing to a live band. In addition to these semiweekly dance sessions, held at Westminster Lanes’ Kings Table Lounge, Sidoti said, the group occasionally gathers for other activities: “Sometimes we’ll get together and go to lunch or brunch, or just take off to another club to go dancing. Dancing is really the catalyst we use to get people together.”

Sidoti said anyone interested in dancing is welcome to attend the group’s dance sessions and other functions. The cost for the lesson and dancing, which start at 7 p.m. each Tuesday and Friday, is $2. The Kings Table Lounge, inside Westminster Lanes, is located at 6471 Westminster Blvd., Westminster. For more information about Dance Lovers Only, call Nick Sidoti at 530-4476.

TUESDAY

Horoscope Mixer (City Of Hope, Newport Beach, 7:30 p.m., 540-1338). Evening includes short business agenda, followed by music, dancing and refreshments. Cost is $5. Guests are asked to wear their astrological sign. Call for details and directions.

WEDNESDAY

Happy Hour (Wednesday Night Clu for Singles, Sampan, 420 S. Brookhurst Ave., Anaheim, 5:30 p.m., 534-2120). Evening includes dancing, hors d’oeuvres and door prizes. Singles 25 and over are wlcome. $3.

THURSDAY

Seminar (Commmunity Center, Golden West College, 15744 Golden West St., Huntington Beach, 7 p.m., 891-3991). Topic is “Love and Addiction.” Cost is $8, and advance registration is requested. Call for more information.

Single Mingle (Singles Connection, 2751 E. Chapman Ave., Suite 101, Fullerton, 7:30 p.m., 680-DATE). Cost for this mixer is $5 for guests; bring friends and the cost remains $5. Free for members. Call for more information.

FRIDAY

People-Sampling House Party (Man-Woman Institute, 32 Sandstone St., Irvine, 8 p.m., 969-1776). Evening includes refreshments and professionally led get-acquainted activities. Adults 25 to 55 are welcome. Cost is $13. Call for more information.

Trivial Pursuits Party (Singles Connection, 2751 E. Chapman Ave., Suite 101, Fullerton, 8 p.m., 680-DATE.) Cost is $5 for non-members, free for members. Call for more information.

Workshop (Orange Coast College, Counseling and Admissions Building, Room 113, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa, 7 p.m., 432-5880). Workshop is entitled “The Singles Scene--Developing New Relationships.” Admission cost is $10. Call for more information.

SATURDAY

House Party (Chaytor’s Social Club, Fullerton, 8 p.m., 996-1185). Evening includes wine and munchies. Singles 21 to 55 are welcome. Cost is $5 for members, $7 for guests. Call for directions and reservations.

Party (Video Encounters, Corona del Mar, 8 p.m., 768-6000). Cost is $20. Call for more information.

ONGOING

Active Singles (Bobby McGee’s Conglomeration, 200 S. State College Blvd., Brea, 2 p.m., 542-1726). Group hosts free dances to Big Band records the fourth Sunday of each month. Singles 45 and over are welcome. Call for more information.

ARC (Assn. Rennaissance Creators, Costa Mesa, 540-5803). Group hosts private free house parties first Wednesday and Saturday of every month, Sunday brunches, live-band dances and other social events for singles of all ages. Phone to RSVP and for message recording of upcoming events.

Beginning Again (St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church, 201 S. Pine Drive, Fullerton, 7:30 p.m., 994-4778). Support group for the separated and divorced. Discussion and spiritual and social activities. Wednesdays.

Bowers Museum’s Singles for the Arts (Bowers Museum, 2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana, 7 p.m., 972-1900). Group meets the first Tuesday of each month. $3 for Bowers Museum Foundation members; $6 for non-members.

California Community College Singles Travel (1355 Coral Drive, Laguna Beach, 497-3621). Special travel programs for single travelers. Call for trip schedules.

Strictly for Swing (Meadowlark Country Club, 16782 Graham St., Huntington Beach, 7 to 11 p.m., 846-3391). Local swing bands provide music for dancing. Singles 30 and over. Fridays.