Seattle West Coast Swing Workshops and Social Dance with Scot McKay

Name: Seattle West Coast Swing Workshops and Social Dance with Scot McKay
Start: 2026-01-04T14:00:00-08:00
End: 2026-01-04T21:00:00-08:00
Location: Seattle Swing Dance Club

Schedule

Sun Jan 04 2026 at 02:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Seattle Swing Dance Club | Seattle, WA

Join us on SSDC Sunday January 21, 2026 for:
- WCS workshops with local instructor Scot McKay
- Come early for Open Practice (2h before workshops start, free for members)
- FREE one-hour newcomer West Coast Swing class with Shane Belau. Invite your friends & family to start or learn the opposite role if you know WCS basics
- Three hours of social dancing with DJ Scot
Check the most current event details on our website: https://seattleswingdanceclub.com/ssdc-sundays/2026/01/seattle-west-coast-swing-scot-mckay
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ABOUT OUR GUEST: Scot McKay
Scot is beloved in the Seattle WCS community. He first found country dance at The Little Red Hen and fell in love with dancing and the welcoming community there. He later branched out into West Coast Swing and became a pillar of this community, including serving as a Board Member and President of SSDC.
As a primary leader, he brings a unique understanding of momentum and the ability to keep the energy in the partnership flowing. As a dance partner he is excellent at adjusting to his partner and making sure they dance their best dance, and also spinny moves that make you go “Whee!” in a fun way.
You can find him on Mondays teaching the WCS class series with Wren Newman, at Phinney Ridge. On Wednesdays he runs a dance at Mercer Island Veterans of Foreign Wars. On Thursdays he teaches Country Two-Step classes at The Little Red Hen. If there is a local event happening, Scot is probably helping with it in some capacity.

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Tentative SCHEDULE:
2:00 pm Open Floor Practice- practice solo or bring a partner. Need a space to teach a private lesson? - feel free to use the space, no floor fee. Try our Facebook Practice Club group to look for partners! https://www.facebook.com/groups/1493145055389509
3:30 pm Register, warm up, and volunteer to set up
4:00 pm Intermediate WCS Workshop with Scot
Prerequisite: No WSDC points required to attend. Make sure you are comfortable with all basic patterns and a few variations (Push, Pass, Tuck, Whip).
5:00 pm All Levels WCS Workshop with Scot
Prerequisite: Know basic patterns (Push, Pass, Tuck, Whip).
5:30 pm FREE 1 Hour Beginner Lesson with Shane Belau (upstairs)
6:00 pm Social dance starts, with DJ Scot
9:00 pm Social dance ends & volunteer to clean up
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PRICING
Dance admission included with purchase of 1 or more workshop! We also honor affiliated swing club memberships.
Only credit card (including apple/google pay) accepted on-site.
Members
$35 Two 1-hour workshops and dance
$25 One 1-hour workshops and dance
$10 Dance only
FREE Open Practice
Guests
$40 Two 1-hour workshops and dance
$30 One 1-hour workshops and dance
$15 Dance only
$5 Open Practice
Qualifying WSDC All Stars and recent SSDC staff get free dance admission. Please check in at front desk.
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VOLUNTEER Discounts:
Your support of the 100% volunteer-run club for just an hour gets you a workshop discount and the dance for FREE! Thank you for your time and effort for our 501(c)(3) organization.
Sign up here to earn discounts:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0B4FA4AD28A6FD0-60757161-ssdc#/
$15 off your entire cart for Members, includes social dance
$10 off your entire cart for Guests/non-members, includes social dance