TBDC 2025 MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS
TBDC’s  dance year begins January 1, which means that it is time to join TBDC or renew your membership. Your membership in TBDC offers you savings, and it allows your dance club to operate without tapping reserve funds.

For a printable PDF, please click on the 2025 Membership Formbutton.
TBDC’s 2025 Expenditures will Increase!
Understandably, our bands have increased their prices for  2025. A band dance will likely cost $900-1100, which includes decorations, snack-table supplies, and the band’s fee (including their travel from the Shoals or from Birmingham). TBDC’s annual operating expenses also include insurance premiums and licensing fees to Performing Rights Organizations.
2025 TBDC Dues & Dance Admission: No Change
2025 Membership dues remain the same: $50, which allows $8/Member admission to band dances and $5/Member admission to DJ dances. Admission for non-members will remain the same: $15/person ($25/couple) for band dances, $8/person for DJ dance. Student admission: $8 for band dances, $5 for DJ dances.
Please help TBDC pay the bills when you’re away…
TBDC sponsors a dance or ball every month, so TBDC pays musicians and reimburses decorators when you are at the beach in June or when you are on the road for an extended visit with family. To help TBDC pay the bills when you’re away, consider joining TBDC as a Sustaining, Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum member, which includes the convenience of prepaid admission to all TBDC dances!
TBDC Sustaining Membership: Sustaining Members prepay for all twelve dances at a discounted rate: $125 ($250/couple). The Sustaining Member pays nothing at the door! Unless one requests otherwise, Sustaining Members will be recognized in TBDC’s monthly newsletter. (The Sustaining Member who does attend all twelve 2025 dances will save more than $40 over the non‑member.)
TBDC Bronze Sustaining Membership: Bronze Members prepay for all 12 dances and make an additional donation to TBDC: $150 ($300/couple). The Bronze Member pays nothing at the door; and, unless one requests otherwise, TBDC Bronze Members will be recognized in TBDC’s monthly newsletter. This averages $12.50/member/dance ($25/couple/dance).
TBDC Silver Sustaining Membership: Silver Members prepay for all 12 dances and make a larger donation to TBDC: $200 ($400/couple). The Silver Member pays nothing at the door; and, unless one requests otherwise, the TBDC Silver Member will be recognized in TBDC’s monthly newsletter.
TBDC Gold Sustaining Membership: Gold Members prepay for all 12 dances and support TBDC still more substantially: $250 ($500/couple). The Gold Member pays nothing at the door; and, unless one requests otherwise, TBDC Gold Members will be recognized in TBDC’s monthly newsletter.
TBDC Platinum Sustaining Membership: The Platinum Membership is $1000, which includes prepaid admission for two to all 12 TBDC dance events and the opportunity to pick the theme and music for a dance. (The music selection could be a deejay or a band comparable to The Drew White Orchestra, 5 of a Kind, or The Chekmates. TBDC has already booked music for 2025 and will book music for 2026 by summer’s end.) Unless one requests otherwise, Platinum Members will be recognized in TBDC’s monthly newsletter.

Charter Members

Mohamed Abdel-Ghany - Nina Barnes - Jeana Cramer -

John Gillum - Eli & Betty Neidert - Allen Wadsworth -

Jimmy & Clara Warren - George Winter

In Memory of: Jeri Acton - Bob Barnes - Dale Cramer -

Dottie Koch - Kelley Lea - Leon & Bobbie Vaughn

Membership Information

TBDC would like to welcome you as a member of our club! Regular Membership to the club is $50/year in 2025.  To become a member of the Tuscaloosa Ballroom Dance Club, you may download the Membership Form below and then send it to the mailing address listed on the form.  Members may also elect to support the club at additional levels as explained in the TBDC 2025 MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS.

Levels are: Sustaining, Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum.
Individuals or couples that are first-time participants in the Introductory Dance Lessons receivefree membership for the current dance year (January-December) and pay Member rates to attend dances. We hope new participants in our classes will rejoin as members at the end of the dance year.