This is the kind of event we have always wanted to attend. So when Manu and Steven asked Tena and I to help put this event together we jumped at the chance. The idea was to create an event where we could get away from competitions and classes and moreover away from our responsibilities and the labels that we get stuck in and just get back to having a party, to gettin down and finding a feeling on the dance floor. We wanted to find a way to bring together social dancers from different backgrounds and different locations to make that feeling happen not just with a partner, but with the whole crowd. We wanted to get the whole room moving together, sweating and pumping to the beat, doin a little soul train line, busting out a little electric slide, just bringing good dancing together with good music to have some good times. The dancing we all do comes from Swing and the music we love is full of Soul. At the Swing & Soul weekend we want to bring these two elements together to create a party where everyone can let loose and satisfy that soul inside of themselves.
So in the words of the immortal Sam Cooke:
Come on 'n let the good times roll
We gon' stay here 'til we soothe our souls
if it take all night long
