Dance Venues and Directions
Several Dancers Core Dance Studio
519 McDonough St. (rear) or 139 Sycamore (front)
On the Square in Decatur - Next door to Raging Burrito
Decatur, GA 30030
From the I-75/I-85 connector: Exit at the Freedom Parkway and head east toward the Decatur and the Carter Center. Bear left at the “Carter split” and continue on Freedom Parkway until it dead ends into Ponce de Leon. Turn right on Ponce and continue for about 4 miles until you reach Decatur city limits. You can bear left at Trinity Avenue and follow it until you reach the McDonough parking loop (turn left), or continue on Ponce until you reach the intersection of Ponce and Church Street - turn right, go a couple of blocks, turn right on Trinity, and then take another right into the McDonough parking loop. You’ll see the gazebo and courthouse straight ahead.
From I-285 on the east side: If you’re coming from the north, take the exit at U.S. Highway 78 west (right) and follow it until you reach the intersection with Church Street. Take a left and follow Church into town, take a right onto Trinity and then another right into the McDonough parking loop. You’ll see the gazebo and courthouse straight ahead.
If you’re coming up from the south, get off at the Ponce de Leon exit and head west (left). Stay on Ponce until you get to Church Street, then take a left, go a couple of blocks, turn right onto Trinity and then another right into the McDonough parking loop. You’ll see the gazebo and courthouse straight ahead.
Once you’ve reached Decatur Square: The SDC front entrance is located right on the square, along the southern row of storefronts near the MARTA Station exit (E6). Look for “Several Dancers Core” painted above the doorway and windows.
The rear entrance is just off the McDonough parking loop area near the gazebo and the memorial flame. Walk though the free parking lot to your right (as you face the gazebo), go past the fence and look to your left; you’ll see the glass door to SDC by the iron gate. The venue is two blocks south of Ponce de Leon Avenue and a block west of Church Street.
Parking: If you can’t find a space in the SDC lot, park on the street in a metered spot – they are free after 6pm and on Weekends. There is free street parking on McDonough down toward the high school. There is also free parking in the lot by the brick building behind City Hall.
Decatur has a web page to help you find parking in Decatur; it is a map that can be helpful if you are unfamiliar with the city: http://www.decaturga.com/cgs_citysvcs_ced_parking.aspx
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The Wild Mustang (Jungle Country Dance Bar)
2115 Faulkner Road NE
Atlanta GA 30324
404-844-8800
Faulkner is a warehouse district off of Cheshire Bridge Road. Easy access off of I-85. Between the Lenox Rd & Cheshire Bridge Road exit and the exits for Piedmont Road and Monroe Drive.
21+ ID required
Brad Williams is the owner/manager. This is the club that Brad originally opened as the Jungle. It has a new dance floor, country music and lots of line dancers and couples dancers. Most dancers are GLBT but straight allies come to dance as well and they also have a great time.
Country Bar Atlanta
Paris Decatur Restaurant & Bar www.parisdecatur.com 308H W. Ponce de Leon Place Decatur GA 30030
404-687-1965
This little neighborhood restaurant/bar hosts salsa lessons every Wednesday night at 8pm. No cover on Wednesdays. Dancing on Friday and Saturday nights to a DJ. Primarily a women’s bar but everyone seems to feel welcome so the crowd is diverse - especially on weekends.
Food is excellent and reasonably priced. Small plates are what they offer nightly but their Sunday brunch is a complete and appealing menu.
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta (UUCA)
(we dance in the social hall on Cliff Valley Way. The ‘front’ door faces the parking lot off the access road)
1911 Cliff Valley Way, NE
Atlanta GA
30329
404-634-5134
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UUCA is located along the northbound access road between N. Druid Hills Rd (exit 89) and Clairmont Road (exit 91). UUCA is at the intersection of Cliff Valley Way and the access road. Cliff Valley Way runs between Briarcliff Road and the access road along I85. Cliff Valley is parallel to and between N. Druid Hills Road and Clairmont Road.
The easiest access is to turn onto Cliff Valley Way off of Briarcliff Road. When you reach the access road the church building is the brick building on your left. There is parking on Cliff Valley Way. The social hall where we have class faces Cliff Valley Way.
Garden Hills Recreation Center
307 Pinetree Drive
Atlanta GA 30305
HoeDowns
Hoedowns Closed August 2007.
Knights of Columbus Ballroom
2620 Buford Highway, NE
Atlanta. GA
404-636-9237
Directions: From downtown Atlanta, exit I-85 at North Druid Hills Road (inside I-285 on the North side of Atlanta), drive West on N. Druid Hills to Buford Highway. Turn left (south) on Buford Highway. Knights of Columbus is 7/10th of a mile on the right, on the hill next to Green’s liquor store and across from Pancho’s. Parking:
at Knights of Columbus and across Buford Highway (Latin American Association).
On Sundays, it is ok to park at Green’s Liquor store just south of KoC.
Pura Vida Restaurant
Tango every other Thursday.
Salsa every Friday.
