Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.1.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Rainier Council of Square & Folk Dance Square and Round Dance Clubs in Pierce & King Counties, Washington ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.squaredance-rainier.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Pages - [Welcome to Rainier Council Square and Round Dancing!](https://www.squaredance-rainier.org/) - More Resources For more videos and photos, you can go to our Facebook page or look at our photo gallery. If you want to get in touch with us, click here! We have contact points for all club representatives. Want to dance but you're not in our area? Check out our friends to the North - [Big Dances for Rainier Council](https://www.squaredance-rainier.org/council-dances/) - It's always more fun to have lots of friends at a dance, so the clubs in Rainier Council get together nearly every month to have a Big Dance with all clubs' dancers attending a designated club's regular dance that month. In addition, Rainier Council schedules some big dances that everyone is encouraged to attend, such - [Roamin' Tacomans](https://www.squaredance-rainier.org/roamin-tacomans/) - Roamin’ Tacomans This club square dances at the slightly higher Plus level (usually). It now dances the first Saturday of the month at the Riverside Valley Grange at 4629 70th Ave E, Fife, WA 98424. Its callers are Greg Weber and Andy Garboden (alternating dances) and its cuers are Sue Weber and Carolyn Tagles. The - [Square Dance Lessons in Western WA](https://www.squaredance-rainier.org/lessons/) - If you're looking for something fun to do and want to create amazing memories and friends along the way, join our modern square dance lessons! - [Jacks & Jills](https://www.squaredance-rainier.org/jacks-and-jills/) - The Jacks & Jills are a modern youth and family square and round dance club based out of Kent, Washington. This is not the stuff you learned in gym class, it is fun, high-energy and challenging. Our club participates in many activities such as promotional events for square dancing, caravans to other clubs, festivals, and - [Upcoming Event Flyers](https://www.squaredance-rainier.org/flyers/) - Stay informed about upcoming special events such as Square Roots, All Council Dances, Fundraisers, and other monthly events that bring our communities together. - [Jet Steppers](https://www.squaredance-rainier.org/jet-steppers/) - A Square and Round Dance Club for families, couples, and singles. The Jet Steppers is a mainstream Square and Round Dance Club formed at Boeing Seattle in 1974 and dances the 3rd Friday each month September thru June at the Meridian Grange in Kent, WA. Our caller is DC Cronyn and our Cuer is Katie - [Clubs](https://www.squaredance-rainier.org/clubs/) - Rainier Council includes square dance clubs that dance at the mainstream level, plus level, and advanced & challenge level. It also includes clubs that only round dance (choreographed ballroom dancing). At most square dances, after two square dance numbers, couples will round dance for one or two numbers. Often a half-hour of round dancing (pre-rounds) - [Wagon Wheels](https://www.squaredance-rainier.org/wagon-wheels/) - Contact Pam Fox (425) 919-7796 or Marie Howell (425) 919-7796 for more information. - [Tahoma Twirlers](https://www.squaredance-rainier.org/tahoma-twirlers/) - Location: Sumner, Washington. Tahoma Twirlers is a Mainstream square and round dance club. It was founded in 2026 (replacing the 2010 Swingnuts club) and serves the southern Puget Sound and greater Tacoma/Pierce County area of Washington State and maintains an active year-round dance schedule. You can click here for the club's official online calendar for - [About Rainier Council](https://www.squaredance-rainier.org/about-us/) - Purpose and Governance. The Rainier Council promotes square and round dancing and encourages cooperation and coordination among its member square and round dance clubs in Pierce and King Counties. Each club has two delegates to the council's monthly meetings. The council hosts some all-club dances, coordinates promotional activities (e.g., local demonstrations, council website, facebook site, - [Square Roots](https://www.squaredance-rainier.org/square-roots/) - Created and hosted by Noah Lanctot in collaboration with Jacks & Jills, Square Roots is a monthly event designed for the new and experienced dancers alike. - [Ronde-VU-Rounds](https://www.squaredance-rainier.org/ronde-vu-rounds/) - Ronde’ VU Rounds has found a new home in the Riverside Valley Grange, 4629 70th Ave E in Fife, Washington. Carolyn Tagles and Everett Colglazier are the cuer and instructors. We will be starting the 2026-2027 dance year on the first Monday after Labor Day, September 14, 2026. We will start the year teaching Two Step from Phase 1 - [Maple Valley Plus](https://www.squaredance-rainier.org/maple-valley-plus/) - Caller Andy Garboden maintains a separate website for Maple Valley Plus, click here to open it in a separate tab. The club's dances on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of the month are included in the Rainier Council clubs' calendar on WheresTheDance.com, so click here to see them. - [Fun Day Dancers](https://www.squaredance-rainier.org/fun-day-dancers/) - Fun Day Dancers is a Mainstream and Plus club that dances during the day, so dancers don't have to drive at night. We have two dance schedules and venues. On first and third Tuesdays FDD dances at the Sumner VFW Hall in Sumner. On second and fourth Wednesdays we dance at Lac-A-Do Hall in Olympia. - [A & C Regroup](https://www.squaredance-rainier.org/a-c-regroup/) - A & C Regroup was started in 2020, with Steve Noseck as their Caller. With Covid shutting down all Club events, we danced in the garage of two of our Tacoma members. We dance once a month with the program being mostly Advanced. We have grown to over three squares of very active dancers from - [Resources](https://www.squaredance-rainier.org/resources/) - [Bonney Lads 'N' Lassies](https://www.squaredance-rainier.org/bonney-lads-n-lassies/) - A square dance club for families, couples and singles. This mainstream square dance club (formed in Bonney Lake in 1955) normally dances (Sept-June) on the second Saturday of the month at the City of Pacific Community Center, 305 Milwaukee Blvd S., Pacific, WA (click here for a map), and on the fourth Saturday of the - [Pi-R-Squares](https://www.squaredance-rainier.org/pi-r-squares/) - History of Our Club: Square dancing is the American folk dance. It was born in the days when our country was young, carried westward by our pioneer forefathers and is a treasured heritage of our American culture. In the 1930's, Lloyd "Pappy" Shaw introduced western square dancing to thousands of Americans with exhibitions by his