Jeff Pace and Jo Ann Grace perform last year at High Sierra Swing Dance Club's annual spring ball. Grace is set to perform a burlesque number
High Sierra Swing Dance Club will hold its seventh annual spring ball dinner and dance — featuring West Coast swing, cabaret, burlesque and other dance routines — on April 26 at Carson Nugget, 507 N. Carson St. The semi-formal/formal-attire evening begins with hors d’oeuvres and no-host cocktails at 5:30 p.m. and continues with dance performances at 6:30, a buffet dinner at 7 and open dancing to West Coast swing, nightclub and country two-step, waltz and Latin tunes from 8 to 11 p.m.
Raffle prizes will be awarded throughout the evening, including tickets to dance conventions. Admission costs $35 per person. To reserve will-call tickets, call Rika at 530-307-8937 or Idie at 775-443-8870 by Saturday; tickets will not be sold at the door. Artsy Fartsy Art Gallery, Purple Avocado and Yaple’s Ballroom are also selling tickets. For more information, go to www.highsierrasdc.org or call Rika or Idie.
The nonprofit High Sierra Swing Dance Club hosts monthly social dances at the Brewery Arts Center and informal swing dances every Tuesday evening at El Charro Avitia. For more information, call 775-629-9369 or go to www.highsierrasdc.org.