It's a problem Melvis Lovett doesn't quite understand.

"More boys are interested than girls, and they stick with it," said Ms. Lovett, who started a ballroom dance club about seven years ago at Glenn Hills Elementary School.

On Dec. 27, some of the male club members danced at the Morris Museum of Art's Holiday Art Break. The three boys performed line dances and a few couples dances with their instructor.

Although the club began at the elementary school, many of the pupils are now in middle school and are continuing with the dance club, Ms. Lovett said.

"I like the spinning and the turning," said Benjamin Smith, a Glenn Hills Middle School seventh-grader. "You do stuff you can't do with other dances."

The dancers meet for class on Saturdays.

Over the years, Ms. Lovett said, dancers from the University of Georgia have visited the group and held classes. About four years ago, the class went to the state Capitol in Atlanta, where they danced in the atrium.

Ms. Lovett said she hopes to take them to a competition in Atlanta in the fall.

"They've been a lot of fun to work with," she said. "I'm proud of them."

Ms. Lovett said there are college scholarships available for dancers through various organizations and universities and she hopes some of the pupils will stick with the program long enough to earn a scholarship.

In addition to the Glenn Hills ballroom dancers, there were several activities planned throughout the day at the museum.

"This is a day we invited families to get out of the house and give them a chance to do something together," said Drew Brown, of the museum.

There were several craft activities such as snowflake mobiles and entertainment by Eryn Eubanks and the Family Fold. Augusta Mayor Deke Copenhaver read stories to children in the museum's galleries.

Reach Charmain Z. Brackett at czbrackett@hotmail.com.