Lafayette Lindy Exchange
3/26/2010
City: West Lafayette, IN
Dances: Blues, Lindy

LAFLX 2010 features The Flat Cats, Bopology, and Nomad Willy, three nights of dancing at the only Indiana exchange.

Enter The Blues
5/21/2010
City: Atlanta, GA
Dances: Blues

The Melting Pot
11/13/2010
City: New Haven, CT
Dances: Blues, Lindy

The Melting Pot is a swing and blues fusion dance weekend accompanied by music from two of the nation’s favorites: GORDON WEBSTER and SOLOMON DOUGLAS! Our hope is to further develop a welcoming community of dancers from multiple backgrounds, be it in movement style, musical choice, locale, or role preference. Come join us for a weekend of live music, workshops, classes, late-nights, and practicum. Meet dancers from near and far, try out a different role, get feedback on your dancing from some of the Northeast’s best instructors, and hear music from two of the nation’s best!

Philly Lindy Love 2010
6/4/2010
City: Phildelphia, PA
Dances: Blues, Lindy

Red Hot Blues 'n BBQ
7/16/2010
City: Washington, DC
Dances: Blues

Capital Blues presents...
Red Hot Blues 'n BBQ
Laid Back Blues Exchange
July 16-18 2010

Portland Lindy Exchange
3/4/2010
City: Portland, OR
Dances: Blues, Lindy

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

A follow-focused workshop weekend to inspire and amuse

Pirate Swing Workshop
3/12/2010
City: Ann Arbor
Dances: Blues, Lindy

Pirate swing features 3 levels of instruction, 11 hours of classes, and live music with Lady Sunshine!

Boston Independence Exchange
5/28/2010
City: Boston
Dances: Blues, Lindy

The Boston Independence Exchange (BIX) is getting ready for the main event. Four days of dancing over Memorial Day weekend with the best swing and blues music that Boston has to offer. With five live bands, stellar DJs and over 24 hours of dancing this is an event not to be missed. In our fourth year we're turning macabre for a side show of circus and cabaret themes. BIX strives to unite dancers from different scene within Boston and throughout the country, partnering with major bands and venues to create a totally unique event. So come and join us under the BIX top!

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!

Bluesalicious
3/20/2010
City: Memphis, TN
Dances: Blues

Get ready for a one-two punch of authentic blues & venues… from the best live bands in Memphis to some of our favorite places to get down.

Memphis' all-blues dance exchange, now in its second year, is coming around again. Watch out: it just may knock you out this time! We've got a double shot of authentic blues & venues… with high-energy blues bands to get your heart pumping, plus the smooth sultry sounds that gave birth to Stax. DJs from around the country will spin a range of blues styles to give you the best of both worlds at Bluesalicious.

Aspen Blues Recess
8/20/2010
City: Aspen, CO
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Tango, West_Coast, Other

Three days of Fusion Blues dancing, hot springing, camping, hiking, and more dancing in some of the most beautiful and rugged mountains in the country! ABR was the first of a unique new series of national blues fusion exchanges that focus on building dancer community and solidarity, love for the nature and the outdoors, and unrestrained self-expression through fusion music. Aspen Blues Recess, along with the other Blues Recess events, is unique because instead of having a host in a city where you get to know the few dancers you are housed with very well and everyone else via having your face silently nuzzled-up to theirs' on the dance floor, at a recess event the event itself is your host, with every dancer living, exploring, and dancing together in the same place all weekend. Because of the event's unique nature registration will cap out at 100 dancers, so check back this Spring when registration opens up to reserve your spot for ABR 2010!

Mile High BluesFest 2010
3/26/2010
City: Denver, CO
Dances: Blues

Join us in the Mile High City for the Mile High BluesFest! With top national instructors, Social Dance and Strictly Blues Contests, and 3 nights of amazing Blues dancing to awesome live music and top DJs! Come join the club!

Dance to live music with the Shuffletones!

Instructors this year include:

Heidi Fite (San Francisco, CA)
Mike Legett (Philadelphia, PA)
Nelle Hatley (Denver, CO)
Rachael DeMers (Denver, CO)
Damon Stone (Dallas, TX)
Joe Demers (Denver, CO)
Reuel Reis (Nashville, TN)
...and more to be announced!

Blues Shout 2010
4/16/2010
City: Austin, Texas
Dances: Blues

Blues Shout moves to Austin, Texas in 2010... Are you ready for the Texas Shootout?

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.)

Baltimore Lindy Exchange
10/22/2010
City: Baltimore,
Dances: Blues, Lindy

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

San Luis Obispo Lindy Exchange 2010
5/7/2010
City: San Luis Obispo
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa

Get Excited.

Show-Me Blues 2010
6/4/2010
City: St. Louis, MO
Dances: 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 2010" 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...

Cruisin' for a Bluesin' 2010
3/5/2010
City: Long Beach, CA
Dances: Blues

2nd Annual Blues Dance Cruise! All inclusive with 3 nights of dancing and blues harmonica workshop with Gary Allegretto.

Mile High BluesFest
3/26/2010
City: Denver
Dances: Blues

Mile High BluesFest 2010!
Great instructors, top DJs and fun Dancing!

Atlanta Lindy Exchange 7
3/26/2010
City: Atlanta
Dances: Blues, Lindy

Beantown Camp 2010
6/24/2010
City: Beverley
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa

Join a phenomenal gathering of instructors, live music, DJs and dancers from across the country and beyond! Beantown Camp is designed as an all-inclusive vacation—a dance immersion. It is amazing what a week can do for your dancing and your spirit! For those who would like to attend but are not able to do the complete experience, there are multiple options to choose from.

BABBLE 2010
4/23/2010
City: New York, NY
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Balboa

Big Apple Blues Balboa and Lindy Exchange is a NYC event that invited dancers from all over the world to converge on Manhattan for 3 straight days of social dancing to various styles of music.

Austin Blues Party 4
7/2/2010
City: Austin, TX
Dances: Blues

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!

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.

Vietnam Lindy Exchange 2010
3/19/2010
City: Muine
Dances: Blues, Lindy, Other

The perfect holiday for lindy hoppers seeking sun, sand, sea and swing in one of the world's most friendliest destinations!!

Sweet Molasses Blues 2
2/26/2010
City: Boston
Dances: Blues

We bring back the Sweet Molasses Blues Workshop this year with more dancing, more teachers, and with two tracks of classes!

This weekend will get into connection, musicality, technique, as well as giving people opportunities to explore both the historical and the improvisational nature of this dance.

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
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Steel City Blues Festival 2010
3/5/2010
City: Pittsburgh, PA
Dances: Blues

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!

Enter The Blues Do-It-Yourself Weekend
2/19/2010
City: Atlanta, GA
Dances: Blues

We'll be offering group classes, personal feedback, and making it super-easy for you to schedule private lessons with instructors. In addition to that, though, we'll be offering 3 rocking nights of dancing, for you to get your boogie on. So come decide what you want to work on, and how you want to improve your dancing!

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

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