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The Dance Street Ballroom is owned and operated by Amanda Hansen, with a lot of help from her wonderful husband, Jon, and terrific parents, Gary & Lynda.  Our 3 story, red-brick building was built in 1910 as the stables for the original Broadview dairy.  It's been in the family since the mid-1950s, when my grandparents bought it to house their sheet metal business, Fox-Smith Sheet Metal.  They retired in 1978, and for almost twenty years the building was essentially a warehouse.  In 1997 we remodeled the main floor into a Ballroom dance studio.  Three years later our own wedding reception was the first event held here, and we discovered that the hardwood dance floor could take whatever a fun bunch of people could dish out.  With that worry over, we started hosting wedding receptions and other events on a regular basis and now enjoy about 40 events per year.  While we welcome celebratory events of all kinds, we do specialize in wedding ceremonies and receptions.  We've learned a lot about both dance instruction and event facilitation since we first started, and enjoy sharing that knowledge with all of our clients. 

Our basic philosophy about dance lessons is that they should exercise your mind and body, but still be something fun to look forward to.  You shouldn't have to mortgage your house or quit your job in order to learn how to dance.  We welcome both casual and serious students, and have learning formats to fit almost any budget. 

After more than 200 wedding receptions we certainly know how much planning and energy they take.  Starting to plan from scratch can be daunting, and we enjoy providing our couples with a small ream of paperwork full of checklists and accumulated wisdoms, as well as suggestions for reputable vendors for the cake, catering, photography, music, etc.  We hope to make things as easy as possible on our couples while still allowing them as many individual choices as possible, and we're always happy to answer any wedding questions they might have or provide a sounding board for ideas.

I know there's a lot of concern when people book a big event several months or more away.  Local facilities have suddenly gone out of business before, leaving people stranded in a very stressful situation.  I could give you a lot of talk about ethics, the golden rule, etc., which I firmly believe in, but I think practicalities are more likely to soothe any anxieties you might have.  The fact is the flexibility of this business allows me to have our autistic son, Trevin, here at work with me during the week (thanks to his Papa).  It also allows me to take him to therapy appointments and be involved in his classroom.  Beyond that, I also really enjoy helping people, almost pathologically so, and I find a lot of satisfaction in easing the wedding planning burden for my couples and their families.  One of my favorite compliments is when a bride or mom says, "We knew you'd have it all under control."  So, these are some of the reasons that we plan to continue this business for many years to come and encourage you to book us with complete confidence.  We hope that you'll find the Dance Street Ballroom to be the perfect place to build many warm and happy memories for your family.