Blues Blaze
10/1/2010
City: New York City, NY
Dances: Blues

Blues Blaze 2010 takes place in New York City from October 1st to October 3rd, 2010. It promises to be an amazing phenomena with the top blues dance instructors in the world! Steven Mitchell & Virginie Jensen are back again with us this year. They are long revered around the world as the top instructors for both lindyhop and our dance, blues. Steven&Virginie's Website. Damon Stone and Heidi Fite are among those responsible for the current national blues dance phenomena that has swept the USA. They are the driving forces behind BluesSHOUT (formerly, Cheap Thrills) and Down Home Blues. About Damon &Heidi Joe Demers and Danielle Hatley are lindyhop teachers who have bursted out as extremely popular blues dance instructors. They have been teaching in both Canada and the USA and are known for vintage blues and guru ability to give workshop participants useful dancing tools. Joe&Nelle's Website

3-TRACKS: ADVANCED, INTERMEDIATE, BEGINNER
This year there will be three tracks - Advanced, Intermediate and Beginner. Your track is determined by the instructors. Dancers who are already familiar to the instructor team may bypass auditions with the recommendation of a member of the instructor tracking team.
[Note: Tracking details will go up on the official Blues Blaze 2010 website when ready.]

BLUES DANCE COMPETITIONS:
Want to challenge your blues dancing? We will have 2 open competitions - Open Jack & Jill (enter individually) and Strictly Blues (enter as partnered couples). All are free to enter the open competitions. For the more seasoned and accomplished blues dance competitors - Invitational Jack & Jill and Invitational Strictlys. Competitions will take place at the Friday and Saturday night dances. Feel free to watch the YouTube videos of last year's competitions (see right column of this page).
[Note: Comp rules will go up on the official Blues Blaze 2010 website when ready.]

NIGHT DANCES - BANDS & DJs:
Get ready to rock the night with your blues dancing! There will be blues dancers in town from all over the world. There will also be competitions to dazzle and amaze you. Each night will have both a main night dance and a late night dance. We are working on bringing you amazing music nights with great bands and djs. Stay tuned. It. will. be. AWESOME.

Cruisin' for a Bluesin'
3/4/2011
City: Los Angeles
Dances: Blues

All Inclusive Cruise – 4 Days and 3 Nights of Mayhem & Revelry!

All the Food You Can Eat!
Room and Board
Blues Games
Blues Dancing every night
All Carnival Onboard Entertainment
Casinos
$50 Fun Cash per Cabin
Port Fees & Taxes
Fuel Charge
Documentation Fees
Talent TBA

L.A. Blues 2011
10/7/2011
City: Los Angeles
Dances: Blues

Join us again in 2011 for some great blues dancing in Sunny Southern California!

Gypsy House Party - Dallas
10/29/2010
City: Dallas
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Other

The Gypsy House Party returns. This year with more party themes and redefined music. lindy,blues and soul.
Check the website often for more information.

Boston Fusion Exchange
1/7/2011
City: Boston, MA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Tango, West_Coast, Other

The Fusion Exchange (FX) is an annual dance event held in a different city every year. Prior locations have included Houston, TX (2008), Portland, OR (2009), and San Diego, CA (2010). In January 2011, we are heading to Boston, MA! It is a celebration of individual expression, and sharing that experience with others through social dance. We give our attendees the tools to build something new and enjoyable as they grow and challenge their dancing.

What is Fusion?
Fusion is the combination of dance styles to best match the music that is playing. It is driven solely by the sounds, melodies, and rhythms contained in the music and interpreted by the dancers. Fusion blends a multitude of dances — particularly blues, tango, west coast swing, lindy, waltz, and hip-hop — in any combination. This collective dance knowledge enhances the experience, so that participants get the most from each dance with every partner. Additionally, each partner fully contributes to and influences the dance; both follows and leads actively inspire each other. The fusion exchange is about embracing our varied backgrounds to create something new. It has no defined aesthetic. It is, simply put, imagination in motion.

Pirate Swing 2011
3/11/2011
City: Ann Arbor
Dances: Blues, Lindy

Pirates Swing 2011 is the second annual installment of this Lindy/Blues workshop. Teachers include: Evita Arce, Michael Jagger, Mike Legett, and Reuel Reis.

Blues Muse
10/22/2010
City: Philadelphia, PA
Dances: Blues

A follow-focused workshop weekend to inspire and amuse

Steel City Blues Festival
3/11/2011
City: pittsburgh, pa
Dances: Blues

Austin Lindy Exchange
11/19/2010
City: Austin, TX
Dances: Blues, Lindy

f you have bumped into an Austinite, chances are, they can't shut up about how much they love their home scene. "There is so much diversity, the music is amazing, the dancers are inspiring, the atmostphere is great, everyone is friendly, there are so many fun things to do around town," blah blah blah!

Well, now is your chance to come and see for yourself what all the buzz is about! Join us in Austin, TX for a roaring good time with fantastic music, venues, live shows, weather (we hope) & dancers! We promise, you'll love Austin, too.

Emerald City Blues Festival
11/12/2010
City: Seattle, WA
Dances: Blues

The best blues event in the country returns for the 6th year. Don't miss this one!

San Francisco Lindy Exchange 2010
9/16/2010
City: San Francisco, CA
Dances: Blues, Lindy

More info coming!

Lindustrial Revolution
9/3/2010
City: Charlottesville
Dances: Blues, Lindy

Dance Your Nuts & Bolts Off!

Join us over Labor Day weekend in beautiful Charlottesville, VA for a Lindy Hop workshop weekend unlike any other! Andrew Thigpen and Karen Turman will be joining us for two jam-packed days of workshops, dances, late nights, food, & fun!

- 8+ Hours of Fabulous Lindy Hop & Charleston Workshops with Andrew Thigpen & Karen Turman!
- Jack & Jill Competition
- Live Music with ACME Swing Mfg. Co.
- Labor Day BBQ Picnic
- Lindy AND Blues Rooms at the Late Night Dances!
- Block party on Friday afternoon
- Bobbing for Apples
- Get Your Own "Lindustrial" Caricature
- More restaurants than you can shake a stick at
- At least 20 NEW friends guaranteed

need we say more?

Full Weekend Passes are available for the low low price of $75

Register Today at http://www.lindustrialrevolution.com

Blues n Soul 3
10/1/2010
City: Orlando
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Tango, West_Coast, Other

What's BluesnSoul? This Event is the Passion of a Party mixed with the Energy of an Exchange. With Live Bands & Special guest Dj's to bring that special synergy that breeds inspiration & creativity. But it doesn't stop there! We're going to be bringing Artists of all genres to capture the Heart & Soul of this event.

The Detroit Lindy Exchange 2010
11/12/2010
City: Detroit, MI
Dances: Blues, Lindy

If you were here last year, you know the awesome crazy fun dance party that is known as DETLX! This year we have some awesome ideas that will knock your socks off, and will be coming in strong with some fantastic jams, DJ's, and Bands that will keep all of you high energy, show-stopping, swing-crazed dancers of all levels going and going and going. We're talking awesome times in Detroit! More info to come soon.

Three Live BANDS
AWESOME DJ'S
Lindy-hop like crazy, Balboa like mad, Charleston at ton, and oh yea:
Late Nights that ROCK!
BLUES, oh yeah will there be BLUES!


After a five-year Hiatus, the BATTLE of the SWING CITIES is back! This is not a band battle, this is the DANCE BATTLE! If you missed the first five, this huge dance competition draws the best dancers from around Michigan, the Midwest, and Beyond. As many 8 cities will compete in teams of six dancers each in three different dance competitions throughout the evening. More solid details are to come, but you can expect some fun competitions and suprises along the way! In the past we have had teams from Detroit, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Cleveland, Columbus, Pittsburgh, and MORE. You will not see anything like this anywhere in the are and Deor Orzame, the Duke of Detroit and producer of the competition doesn't know if he will ever do it again, so you don't wanna miss it!

Paul King and the Rhythm Society Orchestra will still be the featured band for the evening. The competitions will be throughout the night during the band breaks.

With ALL THIS AWESOME and more, be sure to shoot out to Detroit this November, for DetLX!!!

Catalina Jazz Dance Festival
11/12/2010
City: Catalina Island, CA
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Other

Jazz Dance Festival
IN ALL THE WORLD, NO EVENT LIKE THIS...
Similar to the Balboa Rendezvous and the use of the Balboa Pavilion,
2PlySwing productions again offers a very special and unique dance experience.
You will not find a more beautiful setting for a dance camp than the Casino Ballroom...

Cancelled? Vancouver Lindy & Blues Exchange
9/24/2010
City: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Dances: Blues, Lindy

We're back and we're pissed off... So we party!

Swing, IN 2010
9/3/2010
City: Indianapolis
Dances: Blues, Lindy

3rd Yr, and we just keep bringing it better and harder! We are already lining up some great unique venues, still including our late-night venue of choice Riolo for some great dirty blues!

This is 3 FULL days of exchange style dance with a workshop and competitions thrown in... I promise you will walk away tiered... but OH SO HAPPY!

Don't Forget to save the date!

BamBLOOZled
12/3/2010
City: Washington, DC
Dances: Blues

Blues Workshops and Exchange December 3-5 2010

We are so excited about this weekend. No, you won't be bamboozled, you'll be BamBLOOZled.
[bam-BLOO-zuhld]
- verb

1. to dance every blues dance in an entire blues weekend.
2. to reach the next level in your dancing ability.
3. to find a new level of euphoria dancing to the likes of Kim Massie.
4. to learn more about the dance you love from great instructors.

Orlando Lindy Exchange
3/4/2011
City: Orlando, FL
Dances: Blues, Lindy

Our fourth iteration, a fantastic weekend of swing, perfect for the lindy hop enthusiast.

Stir It!
10/29/2010
City: Zurich, CH
Dances: Blues, Lindy

STIR IT! 10
Workshop & Parties
Style your lindy, groove your connection, jazz your spirit!
29. - 31.10.2010 Zürich, Schweiz
Three days of workshop and parties. Pre party on thursday.

Lindy and jazz classes, special track, taster classes, crash courses, live music in classes, …

Steven Mitchell (USA)
Joseph & Trisha Sewell (UK)
Andrew Twiss & Evin Galang (USA)
Thomas Blacharz & Alice Mei (FR)
Ursula Ledergerber (CH) & Dave Madison (USA)
Olivier Wan Chort, & Delphine Dorseuil (FR)
and Nadja Sieger, …

Bring it Home Blues
9/11/2010
City: Seattle
Dances: Blues

Bring your game face cause this is a day of competitions, performances, and social dancing to rock your world and strut your stuff.
Followed by a late night house party to continue the dancing late into the morning

Lindy And Party Dance Weekend
9/9/2010
City: Phoenix, AZ
Dances: Blues, Lindy, West_Coast

End Your Summer with a Bam!
-30+ hours of social dancing in two ballrooms! Main Lindy Ballroom and a Smaller Funk Soul & Blues Room.
-Tons of great workshops!
-$3000 in prizes
-Hospitality Room with FREE drinks
-The Ultimate Pool Party
-Waterpark with a lazy river (FREE if you're staying at the hotel, 10 bucks otherwise)
-There's a westie event (http://www.desertcityswing.com) in the same hotel at the same time. It's a completely separate event, but we're gonna party together!
-3 levels of Jack and Jill
Amateur (no pros - if anybody calls you a sandbagger do Open)
Open/Advanced
Invitational (1st ever invitational of its kind for Lindy Hop. Determined by the votes of champion and professional lindy hoppers.)

L.A. Blues
10/1/2010
City: Los Angeles, CA
Dances: Blues

Come to learn. Come to dance. .because Blues dancing makes you happy! This year promises another great line-up of teachers, DJs as well as some amazing live music.

Here's what some people said about last year's event -
"I loved the whole weekend. It is easily my favorite exchange."
"LA Blues was a fantastic success! Great teachers, great music, great dancers! "
"LA Blues was a great experience! The people were friendly and the dancing was playful and fun. I am definitely going back next year."

http://www.labluesdance.com
On Facebook -
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=184998882829
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=267445154209

Hi-De-Hon! 2010 Baltimore Exchange
10/15/2010
City: Baltimore,
Dances: Blues, Lindy

1st time ever! Come check out the exploding Lindy scene in Charm City!

Burning Man
8/29/2010
City: Black Rock City
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa, Tango, West_Coast, Other

Not a dance event, but populated by many dancers.

Sacramento Lindy Exchange 2010
10/15/2010
City: Sacramento, CA
Dances: Blues, Lindy

The Sacramento Lindy Exchange is back for its 7th year and better than ever!
The Sacramento Lindy Exchange has a proud tradition as one of the best Lindy Hop events in Northern California with its line up of great bands that just make you want to swing out! This year is no exception.
Join us October 15 - 17th for a weekend of amazing music and dancing as we bring the Royal Society Jazz Orchestra to headline the exchange on Saturday night. At the Midtown Stomp 5 year anniversary party the Royal Society Jazz Orchestra absolutely tore the roof off the place so don’t miss out as they kick off the exchange! We’ve also booked one of Sacramento’s favorite local bands the Harley White Orchestra to play Saturday night.
Both Friday and Saturday nights evening dances are held in the beautiful Eastern Star Ballroom built in the 1920s featuring a 6000 square foot dance floor that is sprung and very fast. You’ll have plenty of room to dance the night away!

Dirt Cheap Blues Exchange
9/9/2010
City: Virginia Beach, VA
Dances: Blues, Lindy

15 Blues Artists, 4 Days, 4 Late Nites & the Beach!

No Frills, No Fluff, Just Blues!

North Star Blues 2010
9/17/2010
City: Minneapolis, MN
Dances: Blues

it’s time to mark your calendar for North Star Blues 2010!! If you were here for our first NSB and loved it, or if you could not attend (but wanted to), be sure to put down September 17-19 and plan to be in Minneapolis this year!! Keep watching for information at www.northstarblues.com. You will not want to miss the dynamic DJ’s, ‘blues’ing live bands, and superb dance sites! Until September, keep dancing and we will see you then!

Shawn & Ginger

On Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=238422417273

Edinburgh Lindy Exchange
9/24/2010
City: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa

Back for a 3rd year. 3 days of fantastic music form DJs and live bands. Wonderful venues in the stunning location of Edinburgh, Scotlands capital city.