USA Dance (LA Gumbo) Chapter #5031

USA DANCE LA GUMBO CHAPTER 5031

Gumbo Chapter Metairie Dance, June 21, 2025


Saturday, June 21, 2025 the USA Dance LA Gumbo Chapter is hosting a dance between 7-9:30 PM at the Starlight Ballroom Studio, 5050 W. Esplanade Ave, Metairie, 70006.  No partner is required and all level dancers are welcome. Mixer dances will give each dancer, an opportunity to dance with others. Bill Anderson will provide the music playlist.  Cost $12 Adults and $5 for Youth Students.  Check our Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/groups/4148527117, and Gumbo Chapter websites, usadancegumbo.org, for more information about dancing related events in South Louisiana and Mississippi.

Letter from our secretary….

Hi, I’m Sharon Odom, your newly elected secretary of the Gumbo Chapter and I’d like to make a quick announcement regarding the USA Dance Gumbo Chapter #5031, formerly out of the New Orleans area.  This Chapter has a new name:  “USA Dance LA Gumbo Chapter 5031,SE Louisiana” .  After suffering from the Covid era, a new Board of Directors will be installed in January 2025.  Dolores Dufour, Janice Barrios, James Heath and I will be part of that Board of Directors along with its President Kerry Lovell.

The goals for next year will include

  1. Beefing up membership and recruiting committee members,
  2. Expanding the geographic reach to all of Southeast Louisiana,
  3. Providing information about area dance events, programs, and gatherings, and
  4. Reaching out with dance programs throughout our schools and communities.

 If any of you have been to Hattiesburg for USA Chapter 6116 events, then you have seen USA Dance Inc. in action.  So come and join the fun!

Please consider joining Chapter #5031 so you can be included in the exciting future we are planning!  You can also find membership applications and more national information at usadance.org and join our local Facebook Group “USA Dance LA Gumbo Chapter 5031, SE Louisiana.”




Please let me know if you have any ballroom dance events or events of interest to ballroom dancers that you would like to be added to the email distribution.


Kerry Lovell/Janice Barrios
President/Vice President
USA Dance LA Gumbo Chapter 5031
504.453.7646/225.324.6395
grandpa.kjl@gmail.com or janicebarrios678@gmail.com

Call or email us at (504) 453-7646, email grandpa.kjl@gmail.com or (225) 324-6395. janicebarrios678@gmail.com

or email usadancegumbo@gmail.com to be notified about future events.


We still need to have members volunteer to be on our board of directors, help run our dances and, if possible, work on community outreach for example. 
The Gumbo chapter cannot continue operating unless some of you who enjoy ballroom dancing contribute to the efforts necessary to make our USA Dance chapter relevant. 
So, please contact us at the above numbers or emails if you would consider helping in any form