Thank all of you who came to our January dance at Wightman School, with special thanks to Cris Sharply who taught Salsa and John Siefken who DJ\u2019d, and to our February dance at the Palisades with special thanks to Brian Lee as DJ and Jimmy Page who taught Viennese Waltz.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Special Needs Adaptive Program finished its winter session with advanced and beginner\u2019s classes. The next six-week session most likely will start after Easter. Many thanks to the volunteer mentors and teachers, Barb Johnson and April Fisher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ll be celebrating\u00a0St. Patrick\u2019s Day<\/strong>\u00a0on March 16 at the Palisades. Wear green and join in the celebration!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jane Downing, President, USA Dance Pittsburgh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi ~ Happy almost spring! USA Dance National Ballroom DanceSport Championships, downtown Wyndham Grand Hotel, March 22-24.\u00a0www.usadancenationals.org. Professional\/Amateur and Amateur couples can register until March 8 to participate in Fun (Night Club) Dances: West Coast Swing; Hustle; Argentine Tango; Merengue; Country 2 Step; Salsa and Bachata. Contact Susan Ryan, susanaryan2@aol.com, president of the Youngstown USAD chapter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presidents-letters"],"yoast_head":"\n