Dancing with the Stars hosts special guest judge, singer, and dancer Paula Abdul. She will walk out to her 1988 hit, “Forever Your Girl.” Abdul is also a heralded choreographer.

The live music event comes as Western Mass Tango has regrouped from the pandemic, which shut down any kind of dancing for months, and the loss of a couple of experienced teachers who left the area.

Sitting in a Murrysville restaurant on a chilly Wednesday in February, John and Deana Foley’s heads occasionally sway to the pop music on the radio. But if a tango or a foxtrot were to start up ...

It takes two (hundred) to tango at the Lithuanian Dance Hall in Port Richmond. Emiliano Messiez, the composer and music director of Típica Messiez, says there's nothing like dancing to live music.