Katherine Koehler

Katherine:  I have been dancing since 2004.  I am finishing up my Youth Development degree at RVC and will be pursuing my BA degree.  I love having fun and laughing.

Tina Cuppini

My name is Tina Cuppini and I am a volunteer instructor at Forest City Swing. I have been dancing for approximately 3 1/2 years with many more years to come! My favorite dance in lindy hop and I love to travel to dance. I have an eclectic taste in dance music and I really enjoy dancing to non-traditional pop or hip-hop music.

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who matter don’t mind and those who mind don’t matter.” – Dr. Seuss

What’s Happening?

If you are looking to stay current on what’s happening with Forest City Swing, then you’ve come to the right place! Here on our rebuilt site we’ll be providing all the information news, updates, and announcements. If you haven’t already done so, you’ll want to bookmark the site and return back often to find the latest swing dancing info for the Rock River Valley.

To never miss an announcement, make sure to subscribe to the Forest City Swing eNews & Announcements by email, or better yet, subscribe via RSS.

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Once you have your free Twitter account setup, you can enable mobile updates so that you’ll receive important information notices via SMS on your phone.

FCS on MySpace, Facebook, Flickr, & Twitter

forestcityswing.org isn’t the only place on the Web where you can find Forest City Swing.  Members have created FCS presences on a variety of other online social networks, including:

MySpace
Facebook
Flickr
Twitter

Also, look for the following buttons on the FSC website that link to the FCS accounts on these services:

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Forest City Swing news is available via Twitter! Sign-up for a free Twitter account at twitter.com and then follow @forestcityswing.

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After signing-up for a free account, you can then enable mobile updates to receive news updates for Forest City Swing on your mobile phone via SMS. Standard text messaging rates apply. 

Upcoming Events

Wondering what upcoming events Forest City Swing is sponsoring? He we plan to always keep up-to-date information regarding upcoming Forest City Swing events?

Throughout the year we host parties, special events, workshops and outings for those who attend swing dancing on Thursday nights. We will make sure to include these items here on our site, but you can also quickly find out what is going on is by looking on the calendar. You can email us
with any events that we may not know about and we’ll put it on the calendar for everyone to see. Please include details of the event when you email us.

Swing Dancing Workshops

We offer a variety of swing dancing workshops, providing opportunity to learn new dances and techniques. Each year Forest City Swing offers beginner/intermediate 6-count swing and/or Lindy Hop workshops. We recommend these workshops for those who really want to learn and improve their dancing.

Subscribe to Forest City Swing updates either via email or RSS to ensure that you are notified when new workshops are available.

Weekly Swing Dancing Lessons

We offer 30-45 minute 6-count lessons each week just prior to our swing dancing. We invite anyone who would like to
learn to swing dance to our Thursday night events. People of all ages are welcome. Lessons are offered from 8:00pm-8:45 pm with swing dancing to follow from 8:45 pm-10:30pm.

Admission to $3.00 at the door.

All the admission goes toward paying the building rental, swing parties, our annual Swing Out Rockford event. At each Swing Out Rockford event we donate the net proceeds and money collected on Thursday nights to Charities in the community.

When swing dancing, please dress comfortably. Wear dance shoes, dress shoes or tennis shoes. We have water and pop available.

Weekly Swing Dancing

Forest City Swing is a non-profit organization focused on the community to provide fun and family-oriented entertainment. We invite anyone who would like to learn to swing dance to our Thursday night events. We meet at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church gymn 2001 N. Alpine Rd in Rockford each Thursday night. We only ask for $3.00 admission to help pay for the rental of the building and expenses! People of all ages are welcome.

General Information
When swing dancing, please dress comfortably. Wear dance shoes, dress shoes or tennis shoes. We ask that you do not attempt any aerials for safety reasons. We also have water and pop available.

Admission to $3.00 at the door.

All the admission goes toward paying the building rental, swing parties, our annual Swing Out Rockford event. At each Swing Out Rockford event we donate the net proceeds and money collected on Thursday nights to Charities in the community.

When and Where
Mt. Olive Lutheran Church gymn
2001 N. Alpine Rd

Rockford, IL 61107
click here for a map!

8:00pm – 8:30pm : Lessons
8:30pm -10:30pm : Dance
$3.00 Admission

Paul Andrews

I have been swing dancing since 2000. I work for Rock Valley College grant programs: Dislocated Worker Program which helps people to go back to school if they have lost their jobs. I am one of the original members of Forest City Swing. If you have any questions, email me through the website and I will get back to you. Recently my wife and I had our baby, Evan Nicholas Andrews in May 2008. You’ll often see me running around at swing dancing or at any of our other events making sure things run smoothly.

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