Dancing Around the Country

This page focuses primarily on websites, dance studios, teachers, and businesses in the state of

(southern) California


Clubs and Organizations

San Diego Swing Dance Club
P.O. Box 370347, San Diego, CA 92137. 619-481-1808.

San Diego Lindy Hop Society

USCB Cotillion
Santa Barbara. This ballroom dance group holds club meetings and dances throughout the year.


General Information:

Southern California Lindy Society
For more information, contact Margie Cormier.

San Diego dance web pages.

swingOrama
promotes Lindy Hop and swing dancing in San Diego.

DanceDK maintains an up-to-date listing of places to go dancing in the Northern Los Angeles County area (West LA, Hollywood, and San Fernando Valley).

People Who Dance

swinginfo.com has swing dance information for southern California.

SoCal Swing is a Swing Discussion Forum, and event calendar for southern california.

San Diego Swings




Places to Go Dancing

Rusty's Rhythm Club
Elks Lodge, 8025 W. Manchester, Playa Del Rey (next to LAX)
Swing every Wednesday night with a swing lesson with from 7:30 to 8:00pm, and then dancing until 11:30pm. Beautiful 2800 square foot wooden dance floor and all ages welcome! For information, contact info@rustyfrank.com at 310-606-5606.

Additional national event listings.



Teachers and Dance Studios

Sylvia Sykes
805-569-2933. sylvia@sylviasykes.com.

One 2 Swing!
Lessons and workshops with Ben Yau and Sheri Kang.

Passadena Ballroom Dance Association
Pasadena. Founded by Erin & Tami Stevens.

Harlem Soul
Orange Country. Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing, Charleston, Hip Hop, Tap with Josie Say. Group and private lessons available (available to travel). For information, contact Josie at 714-225-4793.

Lindy By The Sea
with Rusty Frank and Her Rhythm Pals, Giovanni Quintero and Ron Campbel. Lindy Hop, Balboa, Collegiate Shag, and 1920's Charleston in the LA area. For more information, contact Rusty at 310-606-5606.

Yeahman Productions
Ventura. Lindy Hop & Balboa classes with Rob & Diane van Haaren. For more information, contact Rob & Diane at 805-804-7035.

Long Beach Dance Center
Long Beach.

Jamie and Gail Arias
operate the Arias Dance Academy in the Los Angeles, Thousand Oaks and Agoura Hills area. They teach a wide variety of dances including Swing, Lindy, WCS, Salsa, Hustle and many others.

Flip Me, Dip Me
Los Angeles area. Lessons and choreography with Mary Scanlon.

EZ Dancing
3150 W. Lincoln Avenue, Suite 128, Anaheim.

Note: The information on this page is provided mostly by the local venues, bands, and dancers. This webpage is part of a larger website run by someone who is focused on swing dancing in Boston, Massachusetts and it is provided as a convenience to readers who might be interested in looking for possible dance venues in southern California. However, I do not live there and do not have the time or money to call every venue regularly for updates (I don't make money off dancing). With that in mind, I suggest calling up the dance venues to confirm their dance events. Please write to dancenet@havetodance.com with any new information that you'd like to share and please review this website's policies before writing in.

Please note that the venues are not always diligent about sending me changes so *call ahead*.

GaryJobst
South Orange County, Irvine. 949-230-4036. GaryJobst@aol.com. 2 time U.S. Open Swing Dance Champion. Teaching West Coast Swing, Night CLub Two-Step & CW Two-Step. Teaches 1-2 Fridays per month at Hacienda Hotel in EL Segundo. Chief Judge, Judge, Emcee, DeeJay, Performer & Instructor.

Promenade - A New Class of Dancing
Orange County. With Joe and Polina Way. 949-400-8557. Lessons for all styles of swing, ballroom, and latin.

Esteban Conde
Orange County. Salsa, Cha-Cha, Bachata, Merengue, Argentine Tango and more, in a group or private dance class. For more information, contact Esteban at 949-813-0412.

Jerry Dawson
Orange County, Westminster and Tustin area. Lessons and workshops on West Coast Swing, East Coast Swing, Night Club 2-Step, Salsa, ChaCha. For information, contact Jerry Dawson at 949-584-2990. This URL is bad on 1/0/2010



Tango

Tanguero Productions
North Hollywood. Alberto Toledano & Loreen Arbus provide choreography, workshops, exhibitions, lectures, and lessons in the Argentine Tango throughout the U.S. For information, you can send e-mail or call 818-506-0780.

Tango Academy of Pasadena

Tango San Diego
Information on dancing in San Diego.

Tango Splash
Yolanda Rossi and Michael Espinoza offer classes and workshops in Westwood (Los Angeles).



Music

The Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra one starone starone starone star
Features four singers like the big bands of yesteryear. Based in Los Angeles. For more information, write to swingorch@earthlink.net.

The Swing of Things
Every Saturday at the Sky Room (562-983-2703), Breaker's Hotel in Long Beach. Contact: Gail Doner. You can also listen to or buy their CD

Zoot Suit Revue
DMHE Talent Agency, 638 Lindero Cyn. Road, Suite 240, Agoura, CA 91301. 818-879-1452. dmhetalent@hotmail.com.

Bartley Swing

DJ Craig
Big band swing disc jockey in the southern California area. 949-362-3535.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Big Time Operator
San Diego.

Royal Crown Revue
Los Angeles.

Moonlight Serenade Orchestra
30-piece orchestra for all events. For more information, contact Maridia D. Harrington at 619-287-2140 or P.O. Box 152812, San Diego, CA 92195.

Legends of Swing
Gary Tole, Gary TOle Music Productions, 112 Harvard Avenue, Suite 351, Claremont, CA 91711. 800-698-5776 or 800-607-2930.

Ronnie Kay Big Band
9-piece big band plays at a monthly dance on the3rd Sunday of the moth at the Jewel Box Theatre, 700 Truxtun Avenue,Bakersfield. For more information, contact Bob Beading at 661-871-0215.



Last updated January 30, 2010

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