Charleston

As is custom, Huy and Tabitha are taking the month of May off at the UFC. They will be back teaching beginning and follow-on challenge lindy hop in June!

Charleston Lindy Exchange 6:
Lindy in the Lowcountry website
To purchase a weekend pass or t-shirt and fill out forms for housing, hosting, or volunteering, please use the links to the right.

CHEX6 promises to be another fabulous time with...

•Beautiful venues in downtown Charleston, West Ashley, & Mount Pleasant
•Two amazing beach venues with amazing grillmasters
•Gorgeous historical venues with fast wooden floors!
•Jiving music from bands and DJ's from across the country!
•Dancing at the skating rink!
•Late Night Blues Rooms with breakfasts!

KCDC will be holding a swing dance January 28th. If you need your dance fix, this is your chance. Snacks and beverages are provided. All swing dancers of every ability level are welcome! Those taking the Wednesday KCDC lesson are especially encouraged to attend and practice their new skills.

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Dana Dafner and Joe O'Niel will be teaching beginner lindy hop lessons with help from Jennifer Nye at KCDC in January. Each month they will be working on core swing dances such as Lindy hop, eastern swing, single hustle and charleston. The class will branch out into introductory balboa, west coast, tripple hustle and much more as the year progresses. If Wednesday is your day for dance, check out her beginner lessons.

January:
6:40-7:40 pm, Beginner Swing: If you've never danced before then this is the class for you! We'll be covering a basic 6-count swing dance pattern. We'll then expand into turns and moves to help build up your vocabulary. The class will emphasize lead and follow connection/communication so that you can dance with anyone. No partner and previous dance experience is necessary. If you plan to attend, make sure to at least come to the first two lessons. Please wear comfortable clothes and flat soled shoes with little to no tread. You're sure to break a sweat.

About the Exchange:

This has all the qualites of a Blues Exchange, but we are focusing on making this one heck of a party first and foremost.

Dances:

Thursday 11/10 - Evening

Friday 11/11 - Evening and Late night

Saturday 11/12 - Afternoon, Evening, and Late night

Sunday 11/13 - Afternoon and Evening

Featuring:

•Live Music featuring Brother Yusef and
•Stacy Brooks Band!

•Saturday night "Blues Ball" formal
•Late night dances with alternative rooms

•Unique venues! and rockin' DJs form across the East coast!
•One beautiful and charming city

Megan Adair will be teaching Cardio Charleston in Nashville. This is your chance to work on your dance and your body at the same time! Work up a sweat and kick it up!

Now that the school year is back in session, classes are moving to Tuesday and back to the University Fitness Center. This way we can do not just a beginner class, but an intermediate as well! Huy and Tabitha will be bringing new and beginner dancers in to the fold while also teaching new moves and advanced concepts. The beginner class starts at 6:30 and the intermediate at 7:30.

Reuel Reis & Huy Huynh
June 3-5, 2011
Lindy Hop - Solo Jazz - Charleston - Performance & More!

We are happy to be bringing Reuel Reis and Huy Huynh to Atlanta, together with some of your favorite local instructors, for a fun-filled weekend of workshops and social dancing!

• 2 full days of workshops!
• 3 nights of dancing!
• Saturday Solo Jazz Contest!

Check out the Instructor Line-up!

• Reuel Reis
• Huy Huynh
• Erica DeBlasio
• Sosh Howell
• Morgan Kestner
• Robert Barbier
• Patrick Manigault
• Natalie Manigault

Welcome to the official website for the Charleston Swing Dance Association's (CSDA's) fifth annual Charleston Lindy Exchange, CHEX5, being held from May 12-15, 2011 in Charleston, South Carolina. We're very excited to be hosting y'all again this year, and look forward to welcoming our lindy hop, balboa, and blues dancer friends and family back to Charleston in the year 2011!