Remember that sudden swing dancing craze about 10 years ago? I was living in Hollywood at the time, and my roommates were regulars at the Brown Derby, so I enjoyed a crash course in the lush life.

That craze left town before I did, but its timeless, elegant beauty lives on at OlySwing. You could visit the Beginning Swing lessons every Tuesday, or you could learn swing's Africanist cousin, blues dancing, on Thursdays. Blues dancing derives from the so-called "Black vernacular" of Southern dance styles and includes such moves as the Lindy and the irresistibly named "Funky Butt."

Worst case scenario: you have two left feet but get to listen to Nina Simone.

[Olympia Eagles Ballroom, OlyBlues Dance, $5, 9 p.m. to midnight, 805 E. Fourth Ave., 360.943.4010]