Chester Whitmore will perform/teach 9pm-11pm at the Hollywood Movie Magic Ball at UCLA (17th Annual)
Saturday May 16, 7pm-11pm at UCLA Ackerman Union Grand Ballroom-AGB presented by the Historical Ballroom Dance Club at UCLA
RSVP to HistoricalDance@yahoo.com
Schedule Saturday May 16, 2026
7:00 PM Doors Open (Free Admission; Donation/Supporting Memberships welcome to help with room rental fees, catering & performer honorariums)
7:30 PM Beginner-Friendly Vintage Dance Lessons with James & Cynthia (Event/Club Co-Founders) celebrating several Hollywood Movies & Broadway Musicals
9:00 PM Dance Performance & Video Clips with Chester Whitmore (Living Legend of Swing/Tap Dance/Venacular American Dance Styles)
9:15 PM- 11:00 PM Dance Lessons with Chester Whitmore including Swing, Lindy Hop, Charleston, & fun Line Dances from the 1940s-1960s
11:30 PM-12:30 PM After-Party Field Trip to Cafe 50’s in West L.A.
Admission to the theme dance is FREE; donations welcome to support program costs.
Join friendly UCLA Alumni/Students/Staff & L.A. Community Swing Dance Fans of Chester Whitmore for a special evening of dance lessons & social dancing with this Master Teacher/Performer & Living Legend of Swing/Tap Dance. RSVP Requested to HistoricalDance@yahoo.com
HBDC produces 10+ Saturday Night theme dances per year at UCLA including several 1940s/1950s Swing Dances with Live Music, 1920s Costumes Balls & other theme dances celebrating famous authors/movies/actors & time periods…)
New to Campus: suggest reviewing UCLA online building/parking lot maps first, as there are no parking attendants.
Enter UCLA Ackerman Student Union Building (308 Westwood Plaza L.A. 90095)
which may have most entrances locked on A/B/1st Floor, starting at 9pm
easily (after 9pm) from the East side stairways (that are between Ackerman/Kerckhoff Hall, near the Ack-Kerckhoff Bridge);
Walk up these outside stairs to entrance near the Ackerman-AGB Room 2400, which is on the 4th Floor of Building, but labeled 2nd Floor.
The Best Parking Lot is UCLA P4 (enter at Sunset Blvd & Westwood Plaza, at 221 Westwood Plaza): TURN LEFT: GO TO FAR WALL: SEE Parking machines near the elevators on the right.
Parking Machines accept credit cards: $5 for one hour, $9 for two hours, $13 for three hours, $17 for four hours. Take elevator to ground floor.
Walk 2 minutes South towards Kerckhoff Hall (Gothic Styles Bldg); walk up towards the front doors of Kerckhoff Hall,
but turn right to walk between Kerckhoff & Ackerman Buildings; Take outside stairwell up to Ackerman 2nd Floor. to Ack-AGB
Upcoming Spring Quarter Special Events at UCLA:
Thursday June 4 is the 16th Annual Spring Swing Dance at UCLA Ackerman-AGB featuring a ten piece professional swing band
presented by the Ballroom Dance Club at UCLA
(Completing 30 Years/100 Quarters of Free Admission Weekly Swing-Salsa-Tango Lessons with James & Cynthia).
RSVP to SwingSalsaTango@yahoo.com
Sat. June 6 Historical BDC presented the 25th Annual Jane Austen Ball at UCLA Ackerman-AGB
RSVP to HistoricalDance@yahoo.com
All events mentioned are at UCLA Ackerman Grand Ballroom;
& have FREE Admission; donations welcome by non-members
Historical Ballroom Dance Club at UCLA (founded 1997)
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