The Swing Book (32 page)
Authors: Degen Pener
Masquerade
695 North Avenue NE
404-577-8178
Lessons and DJ dancing on Sundays
Swinger’s Club
3049 Peachtree Road
Buckhead
404-816-9931
Swing on Mondays through Saturdays,
18+ Mondays and Tuesdays
Atlanta Dance World
770-604-9900
City Lights Dance Studio
770-451-5461
Weekly listing of bands and bars
The homepage of Atlanta Swing
ILLINOIS
Champagne-Urbana
http://guava.physics.uiuc.edu/~tychay/swing
Homepage of the Champagne-Urbana
Swing Society
Chicago Area
C-Shop Java Jive
Reynolds Club Building
University of Chicago
5706 South University Avenue
312-409-4911
Friday dance presented by the Chicago Swing Dance Society
Frankie’s Blue Room
16 West Chicago Avenue
Naperville
630-416-4898
Dancing four nights a week, mix of DJ
and live music
Green Mill
4802 North Broadway
773-878-5552
Live swing music Tuesdays and
Thursdays
Liquid
1997 North Clybourn Avenue
773-528-3400
Chicago’s most reliable swing nightclub
with dancing up to six nights a week
Willowbrook Ballroom
8900 South Archer Avenue
Willow Springs
708-839-1000
Live music and lessons on Wednesdays
(with the Rhythm Rockets) and Sundays
Chicago Dance Ballroom
3660 West Irving Park
773-267-3411
Chicago Swing Half-Breeds
312-409-0039
Hep Cat Swing
Joe Gerrits and Joey Honsa
773-929-1067
Swing Out Chicago
773-782-1927
http://rainbow.uchicago.edu/~ykim/
Chicago Swing Dance Society homepage
www.2.uic.edu/stud_orgs/sports/swingit/
Swing events in Chicago
Monthly calendar of live swing music appearances in the Chicago area with great links
www.hail.icestorm.net/chicagoswing
Events listings for Chicago and national band schedules
IOWA
Des Moines
Val Air Ballroom
301 Ashworth Road
West Des Moines
515-223-6152
Monday classes and dances on Thursdays on an eight-thousand-square-foot floor in this 1939 art deco ballroom
Jennifer Malcom
515-223-6152 (Val Air Ballroom)
515-943-2220
800-481-8488 (within Iowa)
Randy and Sarah Reid
515-274-4676
The Swing Des Moines homepage
http://members.aol.com/jmsracing/eiaswing
The swing guide for eastern Iowa (Iowa City and Cedar Rapids)
KANSAS
Kansas City Area
Grand Emporium
3832 Main Street
Kansas City, Missouri
816-531-1504
Tex Houston and Kurt Wegner teach every Tuesday, with a mix of rockabilly and swing
Raoul’s Velvet Room
7222 West 199th Street
Johnson County
913-469-0466
Wednesday night swing dancing to the sounds of the Dave Stevens Swing Band
The Swing Set at Bottleneck
737 New Hampshire
Lawrence
785-841-5483
Sunday live music nights run by the Swing Set
Cats Corner
Jean Denney
816-640-2564
Frankie Hoang
913-683-4275
Alan Clements
913-299-3517
Tex Houston
816-561-3424
Kansas City Swing Dance Club
6101 Martway
Mission
913-831-7964
Excellent site for everything swing (and all dance) in Kansas City
MARYLAND
Baltimore
Friday Night Swing Dance Club
410-583-7337
Swing club with dances and live music most Fridays, some Saturdays; location varies
Swing Baltimore
410-377-7410
Swing dances every other Saturday; cal for location
Friday Night Swing Dance Club
410-583-7337
Links to other swing sites in Baltimore
Web site for Swing Baltimore
http://home.earthlink.net/~glacial/swing
Swing Crossroads, a Web site for Baltimore info
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Area
Boston Swing Dance Network
Saint James Armenian Church
465 Mount Auburn Street
Watertown
617-924-6603
Boston’s swing dance society’s once-a-month dance
Johnny D’s Uptown Lounge
17 Holland Street, Davis Square
Somerville
617-776-2004
Live music on Mondays
Ken’s Place
The First Baptist Church
5 Magazine Street
Cambridge
Bands and dancing every Tuesday
The Roxy
279 Tremont Street
617-338-7699
This grand 1920s ballroom boasts a thirty-thousand-square-foot dance floor and features national acts on its Friday swing
nights
Upstairs Lounge
69 Lancaster Street
North Station
781-458-3521
Swingers’ hangout, with dancing on Thursdays
Best Foot Forward Dance Studio
Sara Brodsky
http://www.havetodance.com/bestfootforward
617-5221444
Boston Swing Dance Network
Elks Lodge
268 Arlington Street
Watertown
617-924-6003
Dancing Feats Studio
190 Oak Street
Newton
617-52-SWING
Hop to the Beat Dance Studio
Tony and Aurelie Tye
508-435-2363
Rugcutters Dance Studio
Ron Gursky
http://www.havetodance.com/rugcutters/
617-923-0220
Tempo Dance Center
Gail Rundlett
http://www.havetodance.com/tempodc.html
617-783-5467
Listings of all dance venues in the Boston area, along with names of instructors and places to practice; includes weekly and
daily calendar
Guide to events in the Boston area plus northern New England
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor