The Waynesville Rec Center is starting off a new year with a brand new dance. Starting Jan. 7, the center will be offering classes in Country and Western Progressive Swing. For Level 1, the classes will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Mondays, Jan. 7, 14, 21 and 28, and Feb. 4 and 11, with duplicate classes on Friday nights.

Country and Western Progressive Swing is a new dance that has recently been designed by the Arthur Murray studios in Los Angeles. It is a very smooth and classy country dance. It will be taught by Herb and Sally Roach, who are certified Arthur Murray instructors who have reached the Gold level in 10 dances and have been teaching dance for more than 20 years.

After retiring from the New Orleans school system after 27 years, they took a cruise which unexpectedly opened up a new ...