Willie, like nearly 600 other Marin and Sonoma youth who enjoy cotillion dance classes ... needed in such basics as the box step and how to ask a girl to dance. Now Willie, who wears a suit ...

They counted steps instead of strikes. They tangoed instead of tangled. It was part of Cotillion, a dance and etiquette class at the Tampa Yacht and Country Club. Everyone knew the drill.

He sported a crisp navy blazer. She wore a burgundy velvet dress. When they clasped arms to dance, she towered over his slight frame by a full pony-tailed head.

wear a tie and dance with (eeeww) a girl: “All I heard on the drive home was how different cotillion was than what they expected, how much fun they had, how cool the other kids were and how cute ...

“We started the Virginia Cotillion about 11 years ago because ... conversation with each other and to perform basic ballroom dance steps and all of the current line dances,” Alberson said.

And some of the steps she teaches the waltz ... Friday is this year’s last dance. Most children come for a second cotillion season, then move out of the reach of Mrs. Huckenpoehler’s ...

The two both managed, after limited rehearsal time, to master the steps (or “figures,” as dance moves are known in the rarified parlance of cotillion culture) and display their natural grace ...

When she finished, Ethan disposed of her trash and fetched her gloves before the pair hit the dance floor ... And that’s how it goes at Addington Cotillion and Protocol, an etiquette school ...

The cotillion has honored traditions such as ... “Each year builds on the previous year as far as dance steps and manners.” Williams has noticed that some students are nervous when they ...

The cotillion is a formal social dance that began ... learned dining etiquette, basic dance steps, and how to dress. The training, dance, and presentation transformed the girls into debutantes.

They are running an event called “Cotillion on the Pavilion,” which ... teamed up with professional dancers for an eight-week dance off. The funny part to me is the locals asked me to be ...