Swing Dancing Workshops

June 9, 2008

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.

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No Swing Dancing Thanksgiving

November 20, 2009

ThanksgivingHello everyone! Have a great Thanksgiving!  Forest City Swing will not have Swing Dancing on Thanksgiving so please do not show up at swing dancing on Thanksgiving.  We will have swing dancing again starting next week.  Have a good Thanksgiving.

Other dates of no swing dancing for 2009:

Christmas Eve December 24th and New Year’s Eve December 31st. 

We will have our CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR’S dance on January 7th, 2010 with the live preformance from the Jodi Beach Trio.

Swing Out Rockford 2009 Performance – Video 2

August 26, 2009

Here’s another view of the great performance that Tim, Blake, and Katherine choreographed for the 7th Annual Swing Out Rockford:

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Swing Out Rockford 2009 Performance

July 27, 2009

The 7th Annual Swing Out Rockford featuring The Thomas Gunther Trio was held Saturday, July 25th, 2009 at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in Rockford, IL.  229 people attended the event.

Tina, Blake, and Katherine choreographed a great performance number that they showed off at Swing Out Rockford. Here’s the video of the performance for those who missed it.  They did a wonderful job!

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Forest City Swing is as non-profit group. The net proceeds from the event and the net proceeds collected at weekly Thursday night swing dancing was donated to two charities in Rockford: The Rockford Rescue Mission and Rockford Sharefest.

Swing Out Rockford 2009

June 20, 2009

The 7th Annual Swing Out Rockford featuring The Thomas Gunther Trio will be held Saturday, July 25th, 2009 at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in Rockford, IL. Lessons will be offered from 8-9pm with dancing to live music from 9pm-12am. Cost is $10 at the door.

Forest City Swing is as non-profit group. The net proceeds from the event and the net proceeds collected at weekly Thursday night swing dancing is donated to two charities in Rockford: The Rockford Rescue Mission and Rockford Sharefest.

For more information, visit forestcityswing.org or call Paul at 815.914.7441

July 25, 2009

The following printable posters are available in PDF format and can be downloaded for printing…help us spread the word!  We hope to see you there!!

Ben and Gen, ALHC 2006, 1st place

March 7, 2009

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