Events

Upcoming events!
Check out these events and also like the facebook page to get a weekly list of swing dance and music events at www.facebook.com/AZLindy

March/April 2023
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Friday, March 24th - 4th Friday Swing Dance at Dance Wise

Join us on the 4th Friday of March at Dance Wise Studio in Uptown Phoenix for an East Coast Swing dance lesson followed by social dancing - East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, Balboa, Collegiate Shag, and more!
Dancewise Dance Studio: 5555 N. 7th Street, Phoenix, AZ
8:00-8:30pm: East Coast Swing dance lesson
8:30-10:30pm: Dance to Swing DJs
We will have guest DJ Ashley spinning the best dance tunes
All ages welcome, no partner needed.
$15 (class cards available to bring the price down to $11).

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Thursdays in April - Collegiate Shag!
April 6, 13, 20, and 27

Join us every Thursday night in April at Dance Wise Studio in Uptown Phoenix for a 4-week progressive Collegiate Shag dance lesson followed by a social dance practice time.
Dancewise Dance Studio: 5555 N. 7th Street, Phoenix, AZ
7:00-8:00pm: Collegiate Shag dance lesson
8:00pm-8:20pm: Practice to swing music
All ages welcome, no partner needed.
$15 per class (class cards available to bring the price down to $11 per class).

These classes are progressive and build on the previous class each week.

Upcoming swing dance courses - Thursday nights at Dance wise:
May: East Coast Swing Beg./Int. (different material from Jan. class)
June: Lindy Hop FUNdamentals
July: Lindy Hop Intermediate
August: Partner Charleston
September: East Coast Swing Beg./Int. (different material from May class)
October: Lindy Hop FUNdamentals
November: Lindy Hop Intermediate
December: Lindy Hop Advanced - California Routine

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March 7th - FIRST TUESDAY NIGHT SWING
Join us for our Swing Dance at Imperial Ballroom that happens on the first Tuesday of each month
7:15 pm: East Coast Swing Dance Lesson with Steve Conrad
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm: Dance East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop. Balboa, Charleston, and/or Shag to Swing DJs or Live Swing Bands
Imperial Ballroom - 7077 E Bell Rd., Scottsdale, AZ
$15 - includes dance lesson and dance
(Class cards can bring the price to under $11)
All Ages Welcome, no partner needed.

Come dance on the huge floating wood floor, enjoy the cool A/C, meet friendly people, be social, enjoy good music, get rid of stress, and feed your heart and soul.

This dance is a continuation of the Tuesday night swing dance that started in 1996 at the Bash on Ash that was run by Steve Conrad and the Arizona Lindy Hop Society. While we changed venues many times over the years to night clubs, hotels, and ballrooms, the quality of instruction and music has remained high. Come dance at one of the longest running swing dances in the US and the world - Tuesday Night Swing.

Instructor Steve Conrad is the founder and director of the Arizona Lindy Hop Society and has been teaching Lindy Hop and swing dancing for more than 27 years. He has traveled around the world teaching with tours across the US, Europe, and China. His first Lindy Hop teacher was the legendary Frankie Manning and Steve produced the Arizona Swing Jam workshop with Frankie in AZ for 14 years until Frankie's passing at age 94. Steve was featured on ABC's "The Bachelorette", HGTV's "House Hunters", Arizona Highways TV, and NBC's "Little Big Shots: Forever Young". Steve helped lead a pilot program for teaching ballroom dance to people experiencing homelessness at the Human Services Campus in Phoenix and has used dance as a healing modality for children in the foster care system by teaching for Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona. In 2021, Phoenix mayor Kate Gallego declared April 29th "Steve Conrad Day" for his contribution to dance and the arts in Phoenix.

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Friday, April 28th - 4th Friday Swing Dance at Dance Wise

Join us on the 4th Friday of April at Dance Wise Studio in Uptown Phoenix for an East Coast Swing dance lesson followed by social dancing - East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, Balboa, Collegiate Shag, and more!
Dancewise Dance Studio: 5555 N. 7th Street, Phoenix, AZ
8:00-8:30pm: East Coast Swing dance lesson
8:30-10:30pm: Dance to Swing DJs
All ages welcome, no partner needed.
$15 (class cards available to bring the price down to $11).

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Saturday, May 6th - Road Trip Workshop to Prescott
Come up to Prescott for a swing dance workshop at the Prescott YMCA, dinner at the Raven Cafe, and then we dance all along Whiskey Row that night.
Workshop at Prescott YMCA - 750 Whipple St., Prescott, AZ 86301
11:30am: East Coast Swing
12:45pm: Lindy Hop FUNdamentals
2:00pm: Partner Charleston

6:00pm: Dinner at the Raven Cafe
8:00pm: Dance along Whiskey Row at all the places - live music and DJs.

Price: $15 per class or $40 for whole workshop (Class cards are accepted). Dinner is self-pay, dance along Whiskey Row is free (unless a bar has a cover charge).

Workshop and dinner is open to all ages, dancing along Whiskey Row is 21+

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LIVE MUSIC AND SWING DANCE EVENTS:
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