Here are links to other Web sites devoted to dancing. Please send me any other good sites, especially those near Southwest Virginia.

Regional Dance Web Sites

The Virginia Tech YMCA: The VT YMCA Provides dance lessons and events through their Open University Program. The classes are a great way to get started or to advance your "danceability".
Swing Roanoke: Swing Roanoke hosts dances and weekly classes.
The Roanoke Area Chapter of USA Dance (formerly USABDA): The Roanoke Valley chapter of USA Dance (formerly the United States Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association) serves Roanoke city and the surrounding areas. This chapter promotes awareness and enjoyment of ballroom dance throughout Southwestern Virginia.
The Mountain Empire Chapter of USA Dance: Dances are usually held on the 3rd Saturday of the month preceeded by a lesson at 7:30. Professionally taught afternoon Ballroom workshops are offered on dance Saturdays about every 3 months. Events are in Wytheville / Rural Retreat (just a short drive from the NRV.)
Charlottesville Swing Dance Society: CSDS has weekly practice dances and monthly dances in Charlottesville.
Music and Dance Productions: Start page for lots of cool, North Carolina based groups: Mad About Dance Acadamy, Carolina Dance Club, and World Swing Champion Debbie Ramsey's Dance Corner.
Baltimore Swing Dance Page: There are swing dances every Friday night at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The dancing is mostly East Coast swing with some West Coast swing and Cha-Cha. An introductory workshop in single-step East Coast swing begins at 8:00 PM. The dance is from 9:00 PM until midnight. Dances are also held the second Saturday of the month in Catonsville.
Blue Ridge Country Dancers / Floyd Contradance: 2nd Saturday (usually) contra dances held in Floyd's Winter Sun Theater.
The Old Time Music and Dance Group: Clogging and square dancing to live "old-time" fiddle music in Blacksburg offers a fun alternative for dancers. This group hosts the Traditional Mountain Square Dances and the Old Time Jams.
Terry Dean's Dance Studio: Located in Charlottesville, this dance school teaches pretty much every type of floor dancing you could imagine.

National Dance Web Sites

(links need more checking)

Yahoo's Arts:Dance:Swing

Swing dance links.

Ziggy's Places to Dance

A world-wide database of dance locations, with focus on the United States.

The US Swing Dance Server

The US Swing Dance Server Home Page. This server is rated among the top 5% of all Web sites by Point Survey.

Swing Dance Styles

Descriptions of over 40 different variations of swing dancing. Source: people on rec.arts.dance and a 1993 newsletter by Bob Thomas a dance teacher in Boston. (compiled by Mark Balzer and turned into HTML by Aswin).

DanceNet

If you want information on swing dancing and swing dance locations, especially in Boston, this is the place to look.

The Philadelphia Swing Dance Society

The Philadelphia Swing Dance Society is a great place for beginners and pro's alike who are in the Philadelphia area. Even if you're not anywhere near them, you might find their on-line dance instructions helpful.

The New England Swing Dance Server

The National Swing Dance Event Schedule contains a listing of national swing dance events around the US and Canada organized by month. These are mostly national swing dance conventions plus some dance cruises (sounds like fun).

Henry Neeman's Dance Hotlist!

A listing of organizations, information, resources and links for ballroom, swing, tango, salsa, merengue, country, and other dance styles.

Jump Site

Northern California Lindy Society.

JitterSauce

A large DC (formerly New York? lost their www.jittersauce.com domain name?) dance group which holds numerous special events.

Atlanta Dance World

Teaches all sorts of dance styles, including "club" dancing and various international types, but specializes in Swing and Lindy Hop.

eDANZ

A large electronic discussion board and information database on all types of dance, including swing. (More swing sites can be found at its own list of other sites.)

Last updated January 17, 2007

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