Sequence dancing is alive and well in the Bay with the Sunshine Dance Club celebrating 25 years of waltz, foxtrot and tango.
Sunshine Dance Club organiser Rick Ormsby said the club took off in 1991 after being set up by Doug Wilkie and Jill Frost, who thought there was a gap in the dancing scene.
Rick and Jan Ormsby joined the club in 1996, then took over running it in 2004 to prevent it from closing.
"There were several dance groups in Tauranga in the early 90s, Doug and Jill were convinced there was a real need for properly organised dance workshops where people could come and learn sequence dancing," Mr Ormsby said.
Originally the group was known as the Sequence Dance Club but renamed to become the Sunshine Dance Group in 1993, he said.