Seattle Easter Swing

 

Seattle Easter Swing is a full immersion experience of non-stop West Coast Swing dancing held over 4 days annually on the Easter weekend. This is a world class event hosted by the Seattle Swing Club that attracts many of the world's best West Coast Swing dancers and a thousand or so of us who just love dancing this dance. You can spend your days taking in workshops or private lessons from the stars, and watch or dance in competitions for everyone from novices to champions if you're so inclined. Cheer on your friends as they compete for trophys and prizes. There is nothing quite so inspiring as watching the best Westies in the world compete, or should I say perform and entertain. But the best of all has got to be the late night social dancing; dance through the night to tunes spun by the best West Coast Swing deejays around. You don't have to dance till dawn in an 18,000 sq ft ballroom but I think you'll want to.

For more information, go to their website seattlewcswing.com.

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Bridgetown Swing

 

The Bridgetown Swing event in Portland is a 3 day event held on the third weekend in September. This is a smaller, more friendly event in a relaxed atmosphere (generally about 400-500 dancers). Expect WCS dancing all day and night with many of the best instructors in the northwest, and some of the world's best, offering workshops throughout the day. Private lessons are also available. If you prefer, you can spend the day watching, or dancing in competitions for everyone from novices to champions with plenty of social dancing in between the competitions. The best part of any event is always the social dancing which goes late into the night, or early morning if you like. They'll even feed you breakfast midnight Saturday to keep your energy up.

For more information and the workshop schedule, check out the Portland Swing Dance Club website.

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SwingCouver

 

This event is being put on by John and Ian Kirkconnell, with Sarah Van Drake, on the 3^rd weekend in January. It will be held at the Marriot in downtown Vancouver. The main ballroom has a capacity of about 400 dancers and word has it that it will likely sell out. They've got a great line-up of some of the world's best West Coast Swing dancers coming, so expect to see some amazing dancing in the competitions, and to learn a lot in the workshops they'll be teaching. If you're not inclined to dance in, or watch the competitions, you will find social dancing going on concurrently in a an adjacent ballroom. I expect you will find this event to be well run, and good value.

Look up the details and pricing on their website, SwingCouver.com, Facebook, or email swingcouver@gmail.com for more information.

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Sea-to-Sky

 

The Sea To Sky event will be held in the DoubleTree Hilton again this year on the 2nd weekend in November. Expect a well run event with Michael Kielbasa in charge, and Cheryl Lyons running things in the background. It kicks off on Thursday night with a workshop at 8pm followed by dancing till midnight. The dancing continues pretty much non-stop from Friday afternoon till Sunday night.

Plenty of the top pros and deejays will be in attendance, and Robert Royston will be acting as emcee. The usual Strictly Swing and Jack & Jill competitions are held for those so inclined, and if you're not, cheer on your friends and favourites, or dance in the small ballroom. There will also be a large variety of workshops by both local and visiting instructors sure to improve your dance. You may also want to take this opportunity to invest in a private lesson from some of these professional dancers. This is an excellent opportunity to learn and practise our passion.

For more information, check out the Sea To Sky website.

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Spring Bash

 

Dance Connections in Kelowna is bringing in Jason Wayne and his wife Yvonne for a weekend of Night Club and Country 2-step, and West Coast Swing workshops on the 4th weekend in March. There will be three workshops followed by a dance Friday night, workshops all day Saturday with a dance and a show Saturday night, and three early morning workshops on Sunday. $150 for a weekend pass.

For more information, or to register, call Tom Selzler at 1.250.763.7355, or email him at Danceconnections@shaw.ca

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