Sundance Dance Club is non-competitive, social dance club devoted to the advancement of all forms of social dance. Tthe Sundance Dance Club was established in 1977 by Tom Mattox. Our club supports and is recognized by the World Swing Dance Council. For 30 years, the Sundance Dance Club has been one of the country's largest dance clubs. Look further into our web site for more information on dance club membership, instructional videos, dance lessons, events and dance cruises.

JULIE (MATTOX) WARD
Julie (Mattox) Ward is the current director of the Sundance Dance Club, one of the nations largest social dance clubs. She joined the operation of the Sundance Dance Club with her late husband, Tom Mattox in 1991. They then designed and built the "The Club House" in 1997. They ran their dance studio together until his passing and she operated it for another two years afterward. It was Southern California's largest and most beautiful dance club and studio. Julie currently teaches group and private dance lessons in Swing, Country, Hustle, Night Club and Ballroom in Oakhurst, California and hosts an annual dance cruise. If you want to learn to dance in the shortest amount of time and have almost too much fun while doing it, check out her dance classes for the next starting date.

Julie has been teaching in night clubs, studios, conventions and parks & recreation classes since 1990, she is an associate professional member of the World Swing Dance Council and was a member of the National Teachers Association of Country Western Dance for several years and sat on the board of the United Country Western Dance Council for a number of years as an event director of some of the West Coast's largest dance festivals such as the Sundance Summer Dance Festival and the Country Boogie Dance Festival. She has had extensive unit training with the Golden State Dance Teachers Association and is a registered dance teacher. She has also judged champion level contests and taught workshops from coast to coast and is most recognized for her abundant knowledge when it comes to breaking down, teaching and remembering hot swing moves and line dances. She is a lifetime member of the Manchester Who's Who and was voted the nations best line dance instructor in years 1994 & 1995 and favorite night club teacher in 1995.

TOM MATTOX
Tom passed away on 12/21/02. He was a master level teacher who conducted workshops from coast to coast. He hooked thousands of dancers across the nation on west coast swing and been given credit for single-handedly bringing west coast swing into the country western dance community where it has flourished and grown. In 2001 Tom was inducted into the "Swing Dance Hall of Fame" not for what he did last, but for what he has done that will last! Tom was a "Feather Award" recipient, a member of the U.C.W.D.C. Founders Club, The Golden State Dance Teachers Association, The World Swing Dance Council and a member of the N.T.A. Among Tom's other claims to fame are the number of swing dancers in L.A. and Orange County that got their start in his fun and entertaining dance classes, many of his students have gone on to become champion dancers. Some of Tom's closest friends might argue that his real claim to fame was that he was a true Party Animal, people went to his classes, dance events, competitions, cruises and parties to see what wild and crazy thing he would do next.