National League of Junior Cotillions® West Volusia County Chapter

Offering K–12 etiquette, character, social skills, and ballroom dance programs.

The National League of Junior Cotillions program features character education, etiquette, and social dance techniques for middle school and high school students. Our program consists of 5 classes, 1 Holly Ball or Winter Ball and 1 Grand Spring Ball over the course of a seven month period of time. The Year II Junior Cotillion curriculum also includes a Five-Course Instructional Dinner where students will learn the etiquette and social graces of the dining room.

The Junior Cotillion Program places as much emphasis on etiquette, manners, and character education as it does on dancing. The social and character education components of the program include:

rules of proper telephone courtesy, acknowledgments of gifts, introductions, receiving lines, participating in group settings, polite conversation, paying and receiving compliments, sports etiquette, first impressions, dress code for all occasions, manners in the home and in public, table manners, formal place settings, skills involved with being a guest, hostess or host, and many other areas of social behavior. Other topics covered are the ethics involved in treating others with honor, dignity, respect, fairness, a caring attitude, accountability, and citizenship.

Dance instruction includes steps in the Foxtrot, Shag, Waltz, and the Cha-Cha, as well as the instruction of current line dances.