We’ve inspired any number of other Lindy in the Parks around the country, although perhaps one or two may have come up without knowing about us, but hey, we’re the ORIGINAL
- 3rd Street Swingers - Santa Monica, CA. website: here
- Central Park, New York City, NY. : www.centralparkswings.com
- Lindy by the Bay - San Diego, CA. : www.swingorama.com
- Lindy by the Lake - Chicago, IL. website: www.windhop.org>
- Lindy on the Lake at Harbourfront - Toronto, Canada
- Lindy on Sproul - UC Berkeley Sproul Plaza - Berkeley, CA.
- PPJ - Park Block Jumps or Peanut Butter and Jam! - Portland, OR. website: www.pdxswing.com
- Prospect Park Swings - Brooklyn, NY. Email: swingsteve@yahoo.com
- Sunday Swing at Copley Square - Boston, MA.
In Japan:
- Lindy in the Park - Japan - In March, 2002, LitP co-founder Chad Kubo visited Japan. Check out the photos!
In the United Kingdom:
In Spain:
Resources:
- NCLS - website of the non-profit Northern California Lindy Society, serving the Bay Area Lindy Hop community since 1994.
- www.SwingTalk.com - the Bay Area’s online Swing Dancing Community
- www.sanfranciscoswing.com - an overview of Bay Area swing dancing. Easy name to remember!
- www.lindylist.com - online calendar of Bay Area swing events
- www.sflindyhop.com - calendar and informative and fun articles
Instruction:
- Belinda Ricklefs - East Bay
- Burnie Gipson - San Francisco - Swing, Balboa, Lindy Hop & Ballroom dances
- Catrine Ljungren - San Francisco - Swing, Lindy Hop, Tap & Tango
- Chad & Melanie - Chad is one of the LitP Co-founders
- David and Cirkl - Sonoma county
- HepJen - Jen teaches LitP’s free lesson with Ken
- Jordan & Lia - S.F. & East Bay
- Ken Watanabe - hey, Ken’s one of the LitP Co-founders and DJ’s!
- Kevin and Carla - world renowned couple who oftentimes come to dance at LitP!
- Manu and Megan - San Francisco
- Trevor and Megan - Peninsula
- Metronome Dance Center - Instructions in other dances as well
- Michael and Persephone - East Bay
- Nathan Dias - San Francisco instructor/DJ
- Nick Lawrence - East Bay
- S.F. Jitterbugs - instructors/dance troupe
- SwingCats Rhythm Revue - instructors/dance troupe
Venues:
- Sundays at the Lake Merritt Dance Center - Oakland
- Monday Swing - San Francisco
- Mondays at Julie’s Supper Club - San Francisco
- Tuesdays at Swing Central - Redwood City - Live band about every 6 weeks!
- Tuesdays at the Verdi Club - San Francisco - Live band!
- Wednesdays at Cat’s Corner - San Francisco - live music, full bar, swing dance party at Savanna Jazz)
- Wednesdays at Starlite - Sunnyvale
- Thursday nights at the 920 Special - San Francisco
- Thursday nights at the Lake Merritt Dance Center - Oakland
- Saturdays at the Doghouse - San Francisco
- Saturdays at the Metronome Dance Center - San Francisco
More Music links:
- www.paulandsharon.com - Paul Overton’s music recommendations
- www.swingorama.com - Ron Bloom’s music recommendation (quite an extensive listing)
Dave’s other websites:
- www.DaveWongPhotography.com - Weddings and Events
- www.BluExposure.com - Portraits and Corporate photography
HepJen’s site:
2 responses so far ↓
1 Burnie // Jul 1, 2007 at 11:00 am
Can you add some links:
Under resources or Venues: QueerJitterbugs.com
Under instructors: Burnie Gipson- San Francisco - Swing, Balboa, Lindy Hop & Ballroom dances (link to balboabattle.com)
Under Venues: Mondays at Julie’s Supper Club (link to http://www.balboabattle.com/Monday.htm
Thank you,
Burnie
2 jimmyhopper247 // Jan 24, 2008 at 5:56 am
Can you add this link:
http://blog.jimmyhopper247.com
Than you
jimmy
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