To help entice everyone to try swing dancing, we have an annual tradition of making July Month of the Newbie with lots of affordable opportunities to take a lesson and practice your skills. Whether you’re a complete newbie, or you’ve got some experience and want to expand into Charleston or Lindy Hop, this is a […]
In honor of April being Jazz Appreciation Month, here are some upcoming events from Columbus’ Jazz Arts Group! SwingColumbus is proud to be a Jazz Academy Community Partner, which means if you’re a member of SwingColumbus, you can enjoy discounts to these fantastic workshops and classes. Check the links for pricing and ticket or registration […]
Last October we brought in two awesome Lindy Hop instructors who are part of a dance studio called Studio 88 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Patrick Szmidt and Natasha Ouimet are really passionate about their teaching methods and after some great long conversations with them about lesson planning and curriculum development we were inspired to take […]
The 4th annual Dayton Swing Smackdown took place over the weekend in the adorable historic town of Miamisburg, Ohio. The team competition included 64 dancers in 8 teams who have been working in their spare time, between classes and jobs, to put together fantastic and entertaining routines! This is an enormous feat and congratulations to […]
The Jazz Academy is hosting a free lecture that sounds perfect for you Lindy Hoppers who are into blues dancing! Chris Thomas King is a talented blues guitarist and singer who grew up in Louisiana and is very much a blues historian (see Smithsonian video below). He appeared in the move ‘Oh Brother Where Art […]
Dancers from Team SwingColumbus are excited be doing the Lindy Hop on stage with a big band as part of a musical celebration fundraiser for WWII vets. Honor Flight is a national organization with regional chapters whose mission is to fly veterans to Washington D.C. to see the WWII memorial. The Columbus chapter of Honor […]
We’ve got lots of bands booked for the next 2 months at the Shrunken Head! We’ve been having loads of fun dancing every week and seeing people’s mad skills getting … madder… every week! The bands keep telling us how much fun it is to play a gig where they are truly appreciated and not […]
SwingColumbus is a community partner for the Jazz Arts Group’s Jazz Academy. They offer all kinds of awesome jazz classes, workshops, and seminars for people of all ages and experience levels. We think they’re a fantastic organization that’s helping keep jazz alive and relevant! The Jazz Academy is taking registrations now for Spring Semester and […]
2010 has been a big year for SwingColumbus! We’ve helped grow our scene locally and regionally, our performance team reached new heights, and we made our major events bigger and better! Below are just some of the milestones we reached this year: The Local Scene Completed our first full year of our weekly lesson series […]
Lots of dancers from Columbus and other nearby scenes headed out last weekend to the 10th annual Pittstop Lindy Exchange in Pittsburgh, PA, November 19-21, 2010. One of our Columbus regulars was kind enough to offer up her experience at the event so you can hear what you missed and get excited for next year! […]