Hi Ed!

Wow Ohio is close to us (we’re in Louisville KY) maybe we will bump into you. What part of Ohio are you from?

Hey Charles!

Welcome to your second wave of dance! I started in country as well in the 90’s and progressed into ballroom as well. Now that I’m past the “competitive” part of my dancing I’m obsessed with teaching (and learning) all styles of social dancing. As I type this, Megan and I are in Bergen Norway where we will be teaching WCS classes but we will also be learning a Norwegian swing dance style that we’ve never seen before. Dancing is so cool!

Great question. You'll wanna be alongside at the start but end slightly behind by the end as you enter. During the voltas... try to keep the follower in your "window" slightly to your right (as she would be in closed position)That's a good reference for most moves in general, try to keep the same orientation as you would if you were doing the move in closed position.Let me know if that clarifies it :-)

Brian

Hey Travis,Off the top of my head...

BOSTON has a great WCS scene. Lots of studios and lots of dancing. Here is where I would start my hunt in Boston: https://www.danceboston.com/ Bill Cameron is the go to guy in the area.

NYC is another hot spot. Robert Royston lives there so you know there is good stuff. Again here is where I would start my hunt in NYC: https://www.nycswings.net/west-coast-swing/Robert Royston is the go to guy in the area.

CHICAGO is probably the best overall scene that I personally know of. They have weekly dances that rival a lot of small weekend events. West Coast Wednesdays is where I would start my hunt: https://westcoastwednesdays.com/

April Price is the go to gal in the area.

There are probably some other smaller local scenes that are really good mixed in but in those 3 major cities you can't go wrong. Please let me know if you have any more specific questions

Best wishes,

Brian

We've got a recently added section! Thanks for the suggestion.

Patrick Holt us too! We're actually working on some events that will include solid WCS & Country social dancing. It might take us a year or two to get them launched but we're working on them!