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Swing Links

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:

• The Swing Bunch

In Spain:

• Barcelona Swing Dance Association
• Barcelona Jazz Cats

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
• Cheryl Burke Dance – 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 (and some Saturdays) at Swing Central – Redwood City
• 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
• Fridays at Cheryl Burke Dance (formerly 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:

• www.HepJen.com

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