8:30-9:30: Dance lesson (Learn the basics of Swing and Lindy Hop)
9:30-12:30: Open dancing to the music of DJ Matt Vasquez
There will be a cash bar (no BYOB) $3.00 CAC Members, $6.00 nonmembers
The Champaign-Urbana Lindy Exchange 2010 is coming!! The Swing Society at the University of Illinois is SUPER EXCITED to announce our yearly Lindy Exchange. We hope you can join us in the cornfields of Illinois for a weekend of great bands, amazing dancing, and lovely venues!
::DATES::
April 16-18, 2010
::LOCATION::
U of I campus in Champaign, IL
::FEATURING::
St. Louis blues icon Kim Massie! (Friday night dance)
http://kimmassie.net/
::WEBSITE::
Check back for updated info: http://culx.cu-swing.org/
::SCHEDULE::PRICES::::VENUES::BANDS::HOUSING::REGISTRATION::
Coming soon!
We hope to see you there!!
Skip the vaccine, and head to the largest exchange in the midwest!
Catch the SWING FLU at LAFLX10!
With 3 live bands, tasty cookout, free housing, complimentary hand sanitizer, and of course HOURS OF AWESOME DANCING!
Be sure to check back here and the website for more information as it becomes available.
$25 at the door
Dress Deliciously
March 27, 2010
Doors Open at 7 PM
Event Ends at 1 AM
This is the longest running and quite possibly the largest (1 night only) event in the midwest, maybe even the nation. This event is attended by hundreds of dancers (lindy hoppers, east coasters and west coasters), music lovers and spectators both near and far as well as the young and the old!
The Swinger's Ball is not only an event. It's an emotion. Although it is an annual event, it doesn't necessarily follow the same pattern each year. While obviously similar, this classy party always seems to redifine itself yearly!
Welcome back to Show-Me Blues!
St. Louis welcomes you to the birthplace of the blues exchange and the
second year of Show-Me Blues. We will be serving up a variety of blues.
From the Delta to Chicago, New York to San Francisco, St. Louis has
historically been a confluence of musical styles and cultural traditions
and that.s just what you.ll get. We focus on the merging of the song and
the dance, the musician and the dancer, without the competitions or
classes. Join us for a great weekend with good friends and down home
hospitality.
Our weekend starts early with a trip to St. Louis. blues clubs for a bar crawl and some great local talent. Friday takes you to historic Soulard for some more live bands! Saturday begins with an optional trip to the City Museum, an exchange favorite. The evening brings you the best our DJs have to offer as they battle each other for the title of .Best DJ of SMB .10. and then culminates with dancing to the sun rising over the St. Louis Skyline.
Sunday will blow you away as we take to you to the Jive and Wail. Built for great acoustics, this piano bar takes Kim Massie and the Solid Senders to a whole new level of amazing. It was the talk of last year.s exchange and is defiantly worth staying for. We wrap things up dancing until we drop at Focal Point and maybe grabbing a bite to eat at the local diner before heading home or just maybe you.ll be calling St. Louis your new home.