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Boston Swing Dance Network We run public swing dances in Watertown one Saturday per month from September through June. The dances feature a different swing band each month. There's always a beginner's lesson from 8 to 9, and the band plays from 9 to midnight. The dances are smoke and alcohol free and are attended by singles and couples of all ages. The hall is air-conditioned for your dancing comfort. Dress is casual, although jeans are rarely seen. Admission is $13, which includes the beginner's lesson. DanceNet On The Web: Swing Dancing in Boston The first stop for swing dancing in Boston, in New England and around the country!

Dancing Feats Come Dance with Us: Dancing Feats Swing and Ballroom Dance Studio - recently celebrating its 11th Anniversary - offers group and private instruction in partner dancing, including Swing, West Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, Waltz, Foxtrot, and Latin. Our professional staff includes some of New EnglandÕs most experienced and well-known dance instructors, each an expert in his or her dance specialty. Boston Swing Dance Society The Boston Swing Dance Society is run by a group of amateur dancers dedicated to promoting Swing Dancing in the Greater Boston area, providing dance information to the local dance community, and supporting the local swing dancers, amateur or professional.

Five Guys Named Mike Productions Here you'll find all the social happenings in the Boston Lindy Hop scene. FiveGuysNamedMike.com will provide you with everything you need to know to start hopping around Beantown. This page is intended as a social gathering place...think of it as a dance on the information super highway. There are actually five of us, and besides all being named Mike, we dance Lindy Hop. We organize a dance on Monday nights. It's more accurately a Lindy Hop practice session. People can bring their own CD's and dance for a few hours. The Good Life The Good Life properties feature an atmosphere that is a swanky version of the classic down & dirty juke joint, with comfortable paneling, leather banquettes and old-school black and white photographs. Everyone from pipefitters to stockbrokers can cut loose among the great comfort food, fine drinks, and tranquilizing jazz music. Never a cover, always a good time, and plenty of Boy meets Girl.

Hadley Lindy Hoppers This is the Web page for Tricia Lea and Stephen Siegel, two Lindy enthusiasts in Hadley, Massachusetts, an otherwise inconspicuous little town nestled between Amherst and Northampton in Western Massachusetts' lovely Pioneer Valley. This site is the place to find out about all the Lindy Hop classes, dances, workshops, practice sessions and other events we run. Harvard Area Ballroom Dance Club We are a social club serving the community in the Longwood Medical Area. During the semester, we give weekly instructional workshops in ballroom dance, organize outings to clubs and demonstrations, and hold an occasional Special Event. Our programs are open to everyone with an interest in ballroom dance. We encourage dancers of all levels and ages to come and participate with or without a partner.

The Hooked on Swing Society of Western Massachusetts For over 10 years, we have sponsored swing dances on the third Saturday of each month (except July and August) and we think you will find our lineup for the 1999-2000 season to be one of our most exciting ever. In addition, we offer some spectacular swing dance workshops, and this year we will again have West Coast Swing Workshops with Blake Hobby & Bill Cameron and Lindy Hop Workshops with Bill Borgida. Hop to the Beat Dance Studio - Lindy Hop Welcome to Hop to the Beat Dance Studio. We are based in the Boston, Massachusetts, USA area and specialize in Lindy Hop. Lindy Hop is the original form of swing/jitterbug partner dancing. It is danced to all tempos of swing music, from the 1920s hot jazz and smokin' blues, through '50s Rock 'n' Roll, to today's popular explosion of neo-swing. With a character all its own, fun and exuberant, Lindy Hop is hard to resist!

Ken's Place First Baptist Church, 5 Magazine St, Central Sq, Cambridge MA. Join us every Tuesday from 8-10:30pm. $5 donation. Great dancing, large floor, live music, non-drinking, non-smoking light snacks provided, all ages and levels welcome! LindyBaby.com - Lindy Hop in Cambridge Welcome to www.lindybaby.com. With this site, we hope to support the general Lindy Hop community with a new move taught online every week (with text and video), a list of national workshops with hyperlinks, and general information about Lindy Hop. We also hope to support the teaching efforts of Ravitte Gall, Kerrin Flanagan, Dorry Segev, Sommer Gentry, and others in the Cambridge area.

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The National and New England Swing Dance Server This server includes the National Swing Dance Calendar, Teacher Directory, DJ Directory, Organizer Directory, Dance Partner Network, classified ads, discussion forums, music recommendations, and more! It also includes information specific to the New England area. Rug-Cutters Dance Studio Rugcutters' Dance Studio is located at 23 Main Street on the third floor, at Watertown Square (intersection of Route 20 and Mt. Auburn Street) in Watertown, Massachusetts. Ron Gursky, who has been teaching for more than 30 years, runs Rugcutters' with assistants Allyn Garvin and Nancy Murphy. Swing, Latin, Ballroom, and West Coast Swing are all taught here as well as other dances. Group classes are held during weekday evenings and Sunday afternoons. If you have limited time and would like to learn to look good on a dance floor the most cost effective was to do this is through group instruction. It's fun, it's easy, and it's relaxed; but we're serious about how you look. There is a 10% discount for high school or college students (bring an ID). Interested in trying out a class before committing to a complete session? Pay for the first class and decide that evening if you want to sign up for the whole 5-6 weeks of classes. There is no charge to repeat any level 1 class. Single classes can be attended for $10 per person per hour.

Ryles Jazz Club The renowned jazz spot Ryles is the NEWEST HOT PLACE for Swing Dancing. Spinning for the energetic young crowd, DJ Hue-G & Bl00per add their own special mix of swing music. Requests are taken and dancers are encouraged to bring their own music. Come and join the fun! Super Shag SuperShag Productions Ltd. is a Boston-based entertainment company focused on the intersection of these three key elements: social dance of all types, the high energy of a youthful clientele, and classic popular music (big band to rock & roll to Latin to funk to house to ethnic). SuperShag Productions offers world class experience in dance instruction, organizing and judging competitions, and creating social events.

Swing City Events "Swing City" has a 4,000 Square foot, smoke free, air conditioned dance floor. Featuring Marie Lawlor and Dan Mez as the House DJs and other top Lindy Hop & East Coast Swing Dance DJs from across the country. There is a free beginners lesson in Lindy Hop/Swing Basics from 7:30 to 8:30 pm given by Boston's best swing instructors (lesson included with admission). Dancin' from 8:30pm to 12:30am Free snacks and a cash bar. Dress is casual to vintage. No partner is necessary. Beginners & beyond of ALL AGES are welcome. "Swing City" is located at 688 Huron Ave. Cambridge, MA. Across from the Golf Course at the Fresh Pond Reservoir. Open every Friday night from 7:30 pm to 12:30 am. Admission is $10, ($7 with a student ID) Band nights: $12, ($10 with a student ID) Swing Street Boston WELCOME TO SWING STREET BOSTON! The kinds of dance things we do: Lots and lots of social dancing! Workshop hosting Basic Lindy classes (I and II) Private Instruction Events and Parties Jitterbug classes for junior high-schoolers

The Swingin' Speakeasy Come on in and pull up a chair. This is the place to yap about your favorite swing joints, CD's, concerts, dance moves, and stories. Don't be shy. Let me get you a drink. You go right ahead and introduce yourself. This discussion area is organized into topics (forums), which are the bulleted items on this page, and, within each topic, conversations (threads). Anyone can add new messages (posts) or create new conversations at any time. (Note: only the moderator can create new topics, but you can certainly hound her to do so.) When viewing posts, all of the messages of each conversation are on one long page. We lose hierarchical threading but this format is much faster on a web-based board than giving each message its own page. Total Swing Online The Best Swing Listing Around! Every attempt possible is made to verify the information in the TotalSwing Caldendar; however, events do get canceled or changed without notice. Please call ahead if you have any doubts about an event. If there is a last minute change to the schedule, we will make a change in the calendar and post a Swing Bulletin.

Upper Valley Swing Dance Network Welcome to the UVSDN Web site. As you explore the site, use our event posting page to send details about instructors, lessons, dances or any other swing or ballroom dance related events. I'll add your information within a few days. Stop by often to see what dances others have listed here. This web site is for everyone interested in swing or ballroom dance in Northern New England. I'd really appreciate your suggestions for the site, so please let me know what you'd like to see here. Be sure to come back and visit often and read new listings from others. The Upstairs Lounge Thursday nights at the Upstairs Lounge! "Big Daddy" brings you Boston's premier swing & lounge night from 9PM til 2AM! Voted "Best Retro Night 1998" by the Boston Phoenix! It's the place where the best dancers love to go! If you want to see who those dancers are, check out our new pages called "Who's who in the city!" We still offer the best Martini Menu in Boston and now we have bottled water available at the bar. You can dance all night to anything from Frank Sinatra to the sounds of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, not to mention Space Age Pop, elektronolounge, rockabilly and even a little hip-hop.

Boston Swing Dance Network We run public swing dances in Watertown one Saturday per month from September through June. The dances feature a different swing band each month. There's always a beginner's lesson from 8 to 9, and the band plays from 9 to midnight. The dances are smoke and alcohol free and are attended by singles and couples of all ages. The hall is air-conditioned for your dancing comfort. Dress is casual, although jeans are rarely seen. Admission is $13, which includes the beginner's lesson.	DanceNet On The Web: Swing Dancing in Boston The first stop for swing dancing in Boston, in New England and around the country!
Dancing Feats Come Dance with Us: Dancing Feats Swing and Ballroom Dance Studio - recently celebrating its 11th Anniversary - offers group and private instruction in partner dancing, including Swing, West Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, Waltz, Foxtrot, and Latin. Our professional staff includes some of New EnglandÕs most experienced and well-known dance instructors, each an expert in his or her dance specialty.	Boston Swing Dance Society The Boston Swing Dance Society is run by a group of amateur dancers dedicated to promoting Swing Dancing in the Greater Boston area, providing dance information to the local dance community, and supporting the local swing dancers, amateur or professional.
Five Guys Named Mike Productions Here you'll find all the social happenings in the Boston Lindy Hop scene. FiveGuysNamedMike.com will provide you with everything you need to know to start hopping around Beantown. This page is intended as a social gathering place...think of it as a dance on the information super highway. There are actually five of us, and besides all being named Mike, we dance Lindy Hop. We organize a dance on Monday nights. It's more accurately a Lindy Hop practice session. People can bring their own CD's and dance for a few hours.	The Good Life The Good Life properties feature an atmosphere that is a swanky version of the classic down & dirty juke joint, with comfortable paneling, leather banquettes and old-school black and white photographs. Everyone from pipefitters to stockbrokers can cut loose among the great comfort food, fine drinks, and tranquilizing jazz music. Never a cover, always a good time, and plenty of Boy meets Girl.
Hadley Lindy Hoppers This is the Web page for Tricia Lea and Stephen Siegel, two Lindy enthusiasts in Hadley, Massachusetts, an otherwise inconspicuous little town nestled between Amherst and Northampton in Western Massachusetts' lovely Pioneer Valley. This site is the place to find out about all the Lindy Hop classes, dances, workshops, practice sessions and other events we run.	Harvard Area Ballroom Dance Club We are a social club serving the community in the Longwood Medical Area. During the semester, we give weekly instructional workshops in ballroom dance, organize outings to clubs and demonstrations, and hold an occasional Special Event. Our programs are open to everyone with an interest in ballroom dance. We encourage dancers of all levels and ages to come and participate with or without a partner.
The Hooked on Swing Society of Western Massachusetts For over 10 years, we have sponsored swing dances on the third Saturday of each month (except July and August) and we think you will find our lineup for the 1999-2000 season to be one of our most exciting ever. In addition, we offer some spectacular swing dance workshops, and this year we will again have West Coast Swing Workshops with Blake Hobby & Bill Cameron and Lindy Hop Workshops with Bill Borgida.	Hop to the Beat Dance Studio - Lindy Hop Welcome to Hop to the Beat Dance Studio. We are based in the Boston, Massachusetts, USA area and specialize in Lindy Hop. Lindy Hop is the original form of swing/jitterbug partner dancing. It is danced to all tempos of swing music, from the 1920s hot jazz and smokin' blues, through '50s Rock 'n' Roll, to today's popular explosion of neo-swing. With a character all its own, fun and exuberant, Lindy Hop is hard to resist!
Ken's Place First Baptist Church, 5 Magazine St, Central Sq, Cambridge MA. Join us every Tuesday from 8-10:30pm. $5 donation. Great dancing, large floor, live music, non-drinking, non-smoking light snacks provided, all ages and levels welcome!	LindyBaby.com - Lindy Hop in Cambridge Welcome to www.lindybaby.com. With this site, we hope to support the general Lindy Hop community with a new move taught online every week (with text and video), a list of national workshops with hyperlinks, and general information about Lindy Hop. We also hope to support the teaching efforts of Ravitte Gall, Kerrin Flanagan, Dorry Segev, Sommer Gentry, and others in the Cambridge area.
Lindy Exchange Home Page	Yehoodi.com! For the Hardcore Hep-Cat Swinger!!
The National and New England Swing Dance Server This server includes the National Swing Dance Calendar, Teacher Directory, DJ Directory, Organizer Directory, Dance Partner Network, classified ads, discussion forums, music recommendations, and more! It also includes information specific to the New England area.	Rug-Cutters Dance Studio Rugcutters' Dance Studio is located at 23 Main Street on the third floor, at Watertown Square (intersection of Route 20 and Mt. Auburn Street) in Watertown, Massachusetts. Ron Gursky, who has been teaching for more than 30 years, runs Rugcutters' with assistants Allyn Garvin and Nancy Murphy. Swing, Latin, Ballroom, and West Coast Swing are all taught here as well as other dances. Group classes are held during weekday evenings and Sunday afternoons. If you have limited time and would like to learn to look good on a dance floor the most cost effective was to do this is through group instruction. It's fun, it's easy, and it's relaxed; but we're serious about how you look. There is a 10% discount for high school or college students (bring an ID). Interested in trying out a class before committing to a complete session? Pay for the first class and decide that evening if you want to sign up for the whole 5-6 weeks of classes. There is no charge to repeat any level 1 class. Single classes can be attended for $10 per person per hour.
Ryles Jazz Club The renowned jazz spot Ryles is the NEWEST HOT PLACE for Swing Dancing. Spinning for the energetic young crowd, DJ Hue-G & Bl00per add their own special mix of swing music. Requests are taken and dancers are encouraged to bring their own music. Come and join the fun!	Super Shag SuperShag Productions Ltd. is a Boston-based entertainment company focused on the intersection of these three key elements: social dance of all types, the high energy of a youthful clientele, and classic popular music (big band to rock & roll to Latin to funk to house to ethnic). SuperShag Productions offers world class experience in dance instruction, organizing and judging competitions, and creating social events.
Swing City Events "Swing City" has a 4,000 Square foot, smoke free, air conditioned dance floor. Featuring Marie Lawlor and Dan Mez as the House DJs and other top Lindy Hop & East Coast Swing Dance DJs from across the country. There is a free beginners lesson in Lindy Hop/Swing Basics from 7:30 to 8:30 pm given by Boston's best swing instructors (lesson included with admission). Dancin' from 8:30pm to 12:30am Free snacks and a cash bar. Dress is casual to vintage. No partner is necessary. Beginners & beyond of ALL AGES are welcome. "Swing City" is located at 688 Huron Ave. Cambridge, MA. Across from the Golf Course at the Fresh Pond Reservoir. Open every Friday night from 7:30 pm to 12:30 am. Admission is $10, ($7 with a student ID) Band nights: $12, ($10 with a student ID)	Swing Street Boston WELCOME TO SWING STREET BOSTON! The kinds of dance things we do: Lots and lots of social dancing! Workshop hosting Basic Lindy classes (I and II) Private Instruction Events and Parties Jitterbug classes for junior high-schoolers
The Swingin' Speakeasy Come on in and pull up a chair. This is the place to yap about your favorite swing joints, CD's, concerts, dance moves, and stories. Don't be shy. Let me get you a drink. You go right ahead and introduce yourself. This discussion area is organized into topics (forums), which are the bulleted items on this page, and, within each topic, conversations (threads). Anyone can add new messages (posts) or create new conversations at any time. (Note: only the moderator can create new topics, but you can certainly hound her to do so.) When viewing posts, all of the messages of each conversation are on one long page. We lose hierarchical threading but this format is much faster on a web-based board than giving each message its own page.	Total Swing Online The Best Swing Listing Around! Every attempt possible is made to verify the information in the TotalSwing Caldendar; however, events do get canceled or changed without notice. Please call ahead if you have any doubts about an event. If there is a last minute change to the schedule, we will make a change in the calendar and post a Swing Bulletin.
Upper Valley Swing Dance Network Welcome to the UVSDN Web site. As you explore the site, use our event posting page to send details about instructors, lessons, dances or any other swing or ballroom dance related events. I'll add your information within a few days. Stop by often to see what dances others have listed here. This web site is for everyone interested in swing or ballroom dance in Northern New England. I'd really appreciate your suggestions for the site, so please let me know what you'd like to see here. Be sure to come back and visit often and read new listings from others.	The Upstairs Lounge Thursday nights at the Upstairs Lounge! "Big Daddy" brings you Boston's premier swing & lounge night from 9PM til 2AM! Voted "Best Retro Night 1998" by the Boston Phoenix! It's the place where the best dancers love to go! If you want to see who those dancers are, check out our new pages called "Who's who in the city!" We still offer the best Martini Menu in Boston and now we have bottled water available at the bar. You can dance all night to anything from Frank Sinatra to the sounds of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, not to mention Space Age Pop, elektronolounge, rockabilly and even a little hip-hop.