The Santa Maria Valley Senior Citizens Club will host its “Talk Like a Pirate Dance” with live music from the Riptide Big Band on Sunday, Sept. 8, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the Elwin Mussell Senior Center in Santa Maria. Admission to the event is free thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation of San Luis Obispo County, according to news materials.

Guests are encouraged to attend the Buccaneer Dance in pirate attire, although it is not required. Singers Bob Nations and Mitch Latting will accompany the Riptide Big Band during the dance concert.

The local band is a 17-piece ensemble based in the Santa Maria Valley and led by former music teacher Judy Lindquist. The group consists of musicians from Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties and specializes in music from the big band era, soft rock from the ’60s and ’70s, the music standards of the ’30s and ’40s and “pretty much anything written for a standard big band orchestration,” according to the group’s website.

Thanks to continued sponsorship from the Community Foundation of San Luis Obispo County, the Riptide Big Band has been offering free live dance events at venues throughout the Central Coast for several years.

To learn more about the upcoming Talk Like a Pirate Dance and other upcoming dance concerts featuring the Riptide Big Band, call (775) 813-5186 or visit riptidebb.com. The Elwin Mussell Senior Center is located at 510 Park Ave., Santa Maria.

For more information about the Community Foundation of San Luis Obispo County, call (805) 543-2323 or visit cfsloco.org.