Northern California

US Open Swing Dance Championships, Inc. P.O. Box 188266, Carlsbad, California 92009. 1-800-537-8927. The Next Generation Swing Dance Club 236 West Port Avenue, Suite 329, San Francisco, CA 94127-0901. 415-979-4456 Santa Cruz Swing Dance Club Capital Swing Dancers Sacramento

General Information: Lindy List A quick and easy to read summary of what's happening each week of swing things in the Bay Area. Jenny Redo's West Coast Swing Page for Swing dancing in San Francisco and the Bay area. Dancer's Information Link Information on the Sacramento, Reno, and Bay areas. Queer Jitterbugs Information for the gay and lesbian swing dance community in San Francisco area. Swing Talk Forum covering the San Francisco Bay area swing dance community. SF Lindy Hop San Francisco Swing Dance Calendar and Information

Lindy In The Park The bandstand of the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco (between the Academy of Sciences and the De Young Museum). Dancers converge there pretty much *EVERY* Sunday for a morning, afternoon, or day of swing/lindy dancing. For mail on planned outings, contact Ken Watanabe or Dave Wong. Cat's Corner The Savanna Jazz Club, 2937 Mission Street, San Francisco. Wednesdays with lessons starting at 8:00pm and dancing from 9:30 pm. Broadway Studios 435 Broadway (near Montgomery), San Francisco 94133. 415-291-0333. Hotline: 415-291-0777. Imperial Dance Studio 822 Cassia Street, Redwood City. 415-585-6282 Michelle Mayers Kincaid hosts a mostly WCS dance on the Second Sunday of the month. Top of Beardsley's 100 North B Street, San Mateo.

9:20 Special The Russian Center, 2450 Sutter Street (at Divisidero), San Francisco. Thursdays. The Dog House ODC Dance Commons, 351 Shotwell (between 17th & 18th Streets), San Francisco. Swing dancing to dj music on Saturday nights starting at 9 pm (lesson at 8:15 pm). Metronome 1830 Seventeenth Street, San Francisco. 415-252-9000 Lindy/Swing dance dances throughout the month. The Top of the Mark The Mark Hopkins Hotel hosts live bands most nights. 999 California Street, San Francisco. (at Mason Street on Nob Hill). 415-392-3434. 21 & over only. Starlite Ballroom 1160 North Fair Oaks, Sunnyvale. 408-745-STAR Rancho Nicasio Marin County, Nicasio. Dinner and dancing every Friday and Saturday night. 415-6622-2219.

Michelle Mayers Kinkaid Swing, Hustle, and Nite Club Two-Step at the Monte Cristo Club, 136 Missouri Street in San Francisco and at the Flex-It Studio, 425 Evelyn Avenue in Mountain View. For more information, contact Michelle at 415-585-6282. Swing Central Redwood City and elsewhere, with Rob and Diane. ACB Ballroom Dance School 454 Santa Clara Avenue, Oakland. 510-839-9875. Contact: Albert Aguilar Allegro Ballroom 5855 Christie Avenue, Emeryville. 510-655-2888. Swing Or Nothing! Nathan Dias, swing dance and lindy hop lessons in San Francisco Dance With Cat Catrine Ljunggren, swing dance and lindy hop lessons in San Francisco

Cubberley Ballroom Tuxedo Junction and The Friday Night Dancers host dance nights on Fridays, Saturdays and Wednesdays in Palo Alto. These events are actually dance classes with a dance thrown in. No partners necessary. For information, call Phil or Katy at 415-856-6969. Cynthia Glinka - On The Dance Floor San Francisco/Marin County. Hosts Bay Area dance events, choreographer, social dance instructor. For more information, contact Cynthia at 415-485-5500. Arthur Murray Redwood City Redwood City. For more information, contact info@arthurmurrayredwoodcity.com.

• Queen's Shoes, 22356 Mission Street, San Francisco, 94110. 415-285-1855. Located between 19th and 20th Streets.
  Webmaster's Note: This is a regular shoe store that caters to the swing dance community with a few shoes, particularly the "black & whites", that are alledgedly for swing dancing. From what I gathered, it's a popular place for the shoes, though I was hoping for a bigger selection. I bought a pair of Georgio Brutini's and I'm very happy with my purchase. Last visited 5/99.

Southern California

Bay Area Argentine Tango Association San Francisco. Planet Tango San Francisco. Alberto Paz and Valerie Hart. For more information, write to lamari@wenet.net.

Tango A Media Luz Classes and workshops in the San Francisco Bay Area and is a full production dance company. For more information, write to info@tangoamedialuz.com.

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.

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.

The Derby 4500 Los Feliz Boulevard, Losa Angeles. Swing on Sundays. The Satin Ballroom Culver City.

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. 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. Long Beach Dance Center Long Beach. 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 and Latin dance instruction.

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

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).

The Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra Features four singers like the big bands of yesteryear. Based in Los Angeles. For more information, write to swingorch@earthlink.net. Lavay Smith and the Red Hot Skillet Lickers San Francisco Bay area. Big Time Operator San Diego. Lee Press-On and the Nails San Francisco bay area. 415-273-1898. Stompy Jones (formerly The Swing Session) Jump blues. San Francisco Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums San Francisco. Editor's Note: This was a *fun* band to have around...Carmen Getit plays that guitar meaner than any guy I've ever seen. Royal Crown Revue Los Angeles. Zoot Suit Revue DMHE Talent Agency, 638 Lindero Cyn. Road, Suite 240, Agoura, CA 91301. 818-879-1452. dmhetalent@hotmail.com. The Bill Travis Swing Orchestra 17-piece (or combo, thereof) based in San Francisco playing anything from jump blues to classic big band. For more information, write to btbigband@aol.com. The Adrian Davis Orchestra P.O. Box 2024, Saratoga, California 95070. 408-374-1752. This 16-piece orchestra plays Big Band and everything since. The Adian Davis Sextet is a subset of the orchestra, but for smaller gatherings. Silver Moon Big Band San Francisco bay area and wine country. For more information, contact Lee Waterman at 510-528-2403. The Swing Shift Band Central valley area. Contact Vicki Morrison at 559-435-2799. The Fabulous Swing Kings 14-piece band plus vocalists, based in Chico. Contact Bernie Farmer. Royal Society Jazz Orchestra Pentaluma. Ten-piece orchestra specializing in authentic 1930s Swing and 1920s hot jazz.

Note: The information on this webpage 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 this page is provided as a convenience to readers who might be interested in looking for possible dance venues in 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 aren't always diligent about sending me changes so *call ahead*. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy 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. 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 Swing Fever Swing Fever Entertainment, 70 Pleasant Lane, San Rafael, CA 94901. For more information, contact info@swingfever.com at 415-459-2428. Bartley Swing 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. The Corner Pocket Swing Band Disc Jockeys DJ Craig Big band swing disc jockey in the southern California area. 949-362-3535.

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