Next Dinner-Dance
About Us
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Rossmoor residents: we are having a resident membership drive.
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Current resident members: As a convenience to you, your 2026 membership has been automatically renewed at no cost.
You can opt out of your free 2026 membership by clicking here and notifying our membership team.
The Oaktown Strutters
Fireside Room
Saturday, September 12, 2026 | 6:00 to 9:30 p.m.
The beautiful table décor will have a theme of Summer Gold, which will be created by the artistic and highly talented Barrie Christensen. This event is open to all members of the various Rossmoor dance clubs, Rossmoor residents and invited guests.
Singles as well as couples are welcome, whether you love to dance or simply enjoy a night out with good company, tasty food and wonderful music. Members are encouraged to invite guest couples or singles to experience this special event.
We will begin with a social hour at 6 PM in the ante room at Fireside featuring passed appetizers of BLT mini slider bites (bacon, lettuce & tomato) and Caprese skewers with tomato, olive, basil & mozzarella, along with a variety of beverages. It's a wonderful time to chat with friends & make new acquaintances.
The social hour will end at 6:45 PM and dinner, catered by Classic Catering, will start at 7 PM. The music of The Oaktown Strutters welcomes you to your reserved seats in the dining room. A wide variety of ballroom favorites will play throughout the evening for your dancing and listening enjoyment.
On the tables will be Classic Caesar salad with shaved cheese, lemon zest and croutons as well as assorted dinner rolls & butter. Entrée choices are:
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Chicken medallions with pan sauce, mushroom, caper & lemon, served with fresh garden vegetable
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Seared pacific rock cod with golden basmati rice and macerated raisins
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Cheese raviolis in tomato sauce with Parmesan cheese
Dessert will be Kentucky bourbon cake with Chantilly whipped cream. Decaf coffee & tea will be available.
The monthly activity dues are $140.00 per Penguin member couple, $70.00 per Penguin member single, $160.00 per guest couple, and $80.00 per guest single. For reservation details, please see "Attendance" below.
At this elegant evening, women wear long gowns, cocktail dresses, or elegant pants ensembles. Men's attire is a dark suit with dress shirt and tie, a tuxedo or dinner jacket. Members are encouraged to invite guest couples to experience this special event.
For additional information, please contact our Reservations team.
The Penguin Dinner-Dance Club of Rossmoor was organized in 1966 by a group of Rossmoor residents who felt the need for a social dinner dance club that would increase the opportunity for developing friends living in this beautiful valley.
Formal attire is the signature of the Penguin Dinner-Dance Club. Member and guest couples come dressed in their finest to make it an elegant affair:
Ladies: long gown, cocktail dress,
or elegant pants ensemble
Men: dark suit with dress shirt and tie,
tuxedo, or dinner jacket.
The club holds six catered formal dinner dances per year with music by a live band. The dances are generally held in the Fireside room at Gateway. The dance music is ballroom style: foxtrots, waltzes, swing and Latin dances. Dances are held on the second Saturday of the odd-numbered months (January, March, etc.)
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New resident members: You can request a free Penguin resident membership and an online account by clicking here.
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Non-resident couples: after you have been notified that you are approved to renew or to join, click here to pay your 2026 dues.
Attendance
Attendance at Penguin Dinner-Dance Club events is for Club member couples, non-member guest couples and guest singles. A couple is any two people who enjoy spending the evening together.
RESERVATIONS
Before making online member dinner-dance reservations, you first need to renew/join 2026 membership here.
Please read below.
Zelle users can pay monthly activity dues with no fees for you and will also save the Club from paying credit card fees.
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Instead of making your reservations online:
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you can make your reservations by sending your Zelle payment to PenguinDanceClub@gmail.com, and
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in the Zelle note be sure to enter the event date, your meal selections with names, and any seating request you might have.
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That's it! Much akin to paying by check
but without any paper or mail.
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Or when placing an online order, on the Checkout page, under "Payment" select "Manual Payment" and follow the next steps that will appear.
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Otherwise, you can still pay online with a credit card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay.
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We prefer that you either make your reservations by sending your Zelle payment as noted above,
or that you make your reservations online:
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You need a login account. If you do not yet have one, you can request a login account here.
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Be sure that you are logged in.
DEADLINES:
The deadline for payment and reservations for this Sept 12 dinner-dance is Thursday, September 3, 2026.
Last day to cancel is Friday, September 4, 2026 by Noon.