UNL Faculty Dance Club

Welcome to the Faculty Dance Club!

The Faculty Dance Club offers fine dining, conversation, and dancing to the music of a live band. Between September and April in a typical season, dances are held one weekend day each month. Dinner/Dances typically are on a Saturday evening with the meal served at 6:30pm, and the band performance from 7:30 to 10:00 PM, with one intermission. Sunday afternoon tea dances typically are 2:30pm-5:00pm, and no meal is served.

Reservations are required for dance only and/or dinner & dance, and are due ten days prior to each dance. Dance themes and menus are posted to our website: Visit The Dance Card. Details also are announced by e-mail about two weeks before a dance. When a meal is an option, the caterers require a 10-day advance notice (business days). Participants are responsible for making their own reservations using an online service; a link will be provided with each dance announcement. Non-members are welcome to join us.

Meals are a flat rate, usually AROUND $25/person. Our club is charged for meals whether or not those who order them attend, so when you make a dinner reservation but your plans change, you will need to reimburse the club for your meal.

New members are welcome!
NOTE THESE ARE LAST SEASON'S DUES. DUES MAY NEED TO INCREASE FOR 2025-2026.
Annual dues for 2024-2025 are $220/couple or $110/person for all 8 dances ($13.75/dance per person).
We also offer a Spring or Fall semester dues rate. Single semester dues are $120/couple or $60/person.
Meals are extra and are paid for upon arrival at each dance.
Fee for Dance Only: $35/couple or $18/one person. Meals are extra.
Plan to arrive for Dance Only between 7:20pm and 7:30pm.
Cash or check only.
Donations to the club are appreciated and help us engage high quality bands.

Visit The Dance Card to find details about our next dinner & dance!

Faculty Dance Club Officers 2024/2025:

Historical Perspective:

In 1914 Dr. Winette Orr, a surgeon at an orthopedic hospital, and his wife invited friends to dancing parties at the hospital. In 1916 the group selected Faculty Dance Club as its name, and became a formal organization in 1923-24 with the election of a president. In 1977 membership was expanded to include Doane College, Southeast Community College, Lincoln Public Schools, and Nebraska Wesleyan University.

In the early years, dances were held in a variety of locations. The old NU library (Architecture Hall) often was used. Other popular places included Roseland Ballroom (11th & N Streets), the Shrine Club (Hillcrest), the old Lincoln Hotel (Holiday Inn), and the original Cornhusker Hotel. The Activities Building on East Campus and the Nebraska Student Union also were used. Dances now are held almost exclusively in the East Union, although in recent years the City Campus Union and the Hillcrest Country Club also were occasional venues. Live bands continue to be a trademark at the Club's eight dances each year. Until the mid-1940s, tuxedos were occasionally the dress for a dance. Costume parties also were popular during the Club's first fifty years. Except for the December holiday dance, today's attire is less formal.

Resources:

MAP for MEMBERS & FRIENDS

Faculty Dance Club 2024-2025 Brochure FDC

A Hoover History of the Faculty Dance Club from 1914 to 1979
(fun reading)

What is Line of Dance?
Find new dance steps and tips
at the ballroomdancers.com
Learning Center.

BAND Map and Directions

BAND Map (without directions)