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JANUARY 2009
DATE PLACE EVENT / LINK
Dec 27-Jan 1 Stockholm, Sweden: The Snowball
Dec 31-Jan 4 New Orleans, LA: New Orleans Dance Renaissance Festival
Jan. 1 Holiday: New Year's Day
Jan 1-4 Burlington, MA: New Year’s Dancin’ Eve
Jan 1-4 San Francisco, CA: Built For Blues 3
Jan 2-4 Toronto, ON: Mike Faltesek & Casey Schneider Lindy Hop Weekend
Jan. 4-11 Fort Worth, TX: Lindy Cruise 2009 - Jump Jive and Sail
Jan. 8-11 Buenos Aires, Argentina: Lindy Hop Argentina International Festival
Jan. 8-11 Perth, Australia: Margaret River Swing Camp
Jan. 9-10 Ottawa, ON: Swing Dynamite's Shag Explosion
Jan. 9-11 Portland, OR: Portland Fusion Exchange
Jan. 9-11 Maui, HI: Maui Island Lindy Exchange
Jan. 9-11 Philladelphia, PA: LABLove 2009
Jan. 15-18 Houston, TX: Americas’ Classic Championships
Jan. 15-19 Monterey, CA: Monterey Swingfest
Jan. 16 Mount Pleasant, MI: Swing Mid Michigan
Jan. 16-18 Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Lindy Exchange
Jan. 16-18 San Francisco, CA: Bill Borgida Workshop
Jan. 16-18 Minneapolis, MN: Damon Stone & Ria Debiase Workshop Weekend
Jan. 16-18 Seoul, South Korea: Camp Swing It
Jan. 16-19 Ft. Lauderdale, FL: South Florida Lindy Exchange
Jan. 16-19 Toronto, ON: TUX Take Two: the 2nd Toronto University eXchange
Jan. 16-19 Albany, NY: Smorgasbord of Swing!
Jan 19 Holiday: Martin Luther King Day
Jan. 23-25 Austin, TX: Lone Star Championships
Jan. 23-25 Vancouver, BC: Rhythm City Mess Around
Jan. 23-25 London, United Kingdom: Swinging the Blues 2009
Jan. 24-26 Quebec City, QC: Quebec Swing Rendez-Vous
Jan. 25-30 Adelaide, Australia: Swing Camp Oz
Jan.26 Holiday: Chinese/Lunar New Year
Jan. 31-Feb. 1 Kingston, ON: Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Party!

FEBRUARY 2009
DATE PLACE EVENT / LINK
Feb 6-7 Ottawa, ON: Blues Fuse Workshop
Feb 6-8 Long Beach, CA: Cruisin' for a Bluesin'
Feb 7 East Hartford, CT: John Lindo workshops
Feb 7-9 Paris, France: Paris Balboa and Shag Festival
Feb 12-15 Sacramento, CA: Capital S.D.President's Day Weekend Convention
Feb 12-16 London, UK: Goodnight Sweetheart - GNSH
Feb 13 Charlottesville, VA: 3rd Annual Spring Swing Semi-Forsmal
Feb 13-15 Atlanta, GA: Enter The Blues 3
Feb 13-15 Seattle, WA: Seattle Balboa-Swing Festival
Feb 13-15 Saratoga, NY: Dance Flurry Festival
Feb 13-15 Syracuse, NY: Mike Topel workshop
Feb 13-15 San Diego, CA: CA Guy Jam
Feb 14 Holiday: Valentine's Day
Feb 16 Holiday: Presidents' Day
Feb 16 Holiday: Family Day (CAN)
Feb 19-22 Austin, TX: Invitation Only Non-Event & Birthday(s) Celebration
Feb 20-21 Colorado Springs, CO: SPECIAL West Coast Swing Night with Parker Dearborn and Jessica Cox
Feb 20-22 Toronto, ON: Steven & Virginie Workshop
Feb 20-22 Elmhurst, IL: Dance Camp Chicago
Feb 20-22 Phoenix, AZ: Swingn with the Stars & Joan's Birthday!
Feb 20-23 Montreal, QC: Montreal Bagel & Blues
Feb 20-23 Norwich, VT: UVSDN's Benjamin Ricard and Genevieve Kerouac Workshop
Feb 20-23 Munich, Germany: The Rock That Swing Festival
Feb 20-23 Sacramento, CA: Sacramento Lindy Exchange
Feb 21 Ann Arbor, MI: B2 in A2 (Balboa and Blues in Ann Arbor)
Feb 21-22 Toronto, ON: Twosome Dance with Benji Schwimmer, Pasha Kovalev and Anya Garnis
Feb 27-Mar. 1 Denver, CO: Rocky Mountain Balboa Blowout
Feb 27-Mar. 2 Dallas, TX: MezzJelly Soul Exchange 3
Feb 27-Mar 1 Boston, MA: Sweet Molasses Blues Workshop
Feb 27-Mar 1 Philadelphia, PA: Tangoed Up In Blues Festival--- POSTPONED ---
Feb 27-Mar 1 Phoenix, AZ: AZ Swing Jam with Frankie Manning
Feb. 28 Dayton, OH: Dayton Swing Smackdown: Battle of the Swing Cities & Intercollegiate Swing Battle
Feb. 28 New York, NY: Swing Workshop with Evita Arce & Nathan Bugh

MARCH 2009
DATE PLACE EVENT / LINK
Feb 27-Mar 1 Boston, MA: Sweet Molasses Blues Workshop
March 5-8 Tyson's Corner, VA: Mid-Atlantic Dance Jam (MADjam)
March 6 Dallas, TX: SwingTime Ballroom & Event Center Grand Opening
March 6-8 Portland, OR: Portland Lindy and Blues Exchange (PDXLX'09)
March 6-8 Berlin, Germany: Berlin Balboa Weekend (BBW)
Mar. 6-8 Ottawa, ON: Lindy Bomb II with Peter Strom & Naomi Uyama
Mar. 6-8 Albuquerque, NM: Carla and Zack Lindy Hop & Balboa Workshop
Mar. 6-8 Burlington, VT: Joel Plys and Evita Acre Workshop
Mar 8 - Daylight Savings Time Begins
Mar. 5-15 Trentino, Italy: Lindy Alps Camp
Mar. 12-15 Houston, TX: Lindyfest 2009
Mar. 12-15 Geneva, Switzerland: 1st Geneva Lindy Exchange
Mar. 13-15 Chicago, IL: Chicago Classic
Mar. 13-15 Lancaster, CA: High Desert Dance Classic
Mar. 13-15 Pittsburgh, PA: Steel City Blues Festival
Mar. 13-15 Chicago, IL: Chicago Classic
Mar. 13-15 Lancaster, CA: High Desert Dance Classic
Mar. 13-15 Washington DC: 2nd Annual DC Balboa Weekend
Mar 17 Holiday: St. Patrick's Day
Mar. 18-22 Colmar, PA: Robert & Deborah WCS workshop
Mar. 19-22 Slovenia: Ljubljana SweetSwing Festival
Mar. 20-21 Buffalo, NY: Michael Kielbasa Workshops
Mar. 20-22 Orlando, FL: ORLX - Orlando Lindy Exchange
Mar. 20-22 Kingston, ON: KLiX: Kingston Lindy Exchange
Mar. 20-22 Calgary, AB: PLEX and the CITY - The Prairie Lindy Exchange
Mar. 20-22 Memphis, TN: Bluesalicious - Memphis Blues Exchange
Mar. 20-22 Vietnam: VLX - Vietnam Lindy Exchange
March 20-22 Sacramento, CA: Sacramento Lindy Exchange
Mar. 20-22 Philadelphia, PA: Skye and Frida Workshop Weekend
Mar. 26-29 Danvers, MA: Boston Tea Party
Mar. 27-29 Dublin, Ireland: Rockin in Rhythm
Mar. 27-29 Telluride, CO: Swing Camp Telluride
Mar. 27-29 Virginia Beach, VA: Dirt Cheap Blues Workshop

APRIL 2009
DATE PLACE EVENT / LINK
Apr 3-5 San Diego, CA: Balboa Rendezvous
Apr 3-5 Prague, Czech Republic: Prague Spring Swing Festival
Apr 3-5 Atlanta, GA: Atlanta Lindy Exchange - "Dance Nerdy With Me" (ATLX 6)
Apr 3-5 Ottawa, ON: Blues Blast II
Apr 3-5 Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles Premier Dance Classic
Apr 3-5 West Lafayette, IN: LAFLX 2009
April 3-5 Korea Korea Lindy Revolution (KLR)
Apr 10 Holiday: Good Friday
Apr 8-16 Holiday: Passover
Apr 9-12 Seattle, WA: Seattle Easter Swing
Apr 9-12 Tulsa, OK: Tulsa Spring Swing
Apr 10-12 Tucson, AZ: Tucson Lindy Bomb
Apr 10-12 Denver, CO: Mile High Blues
Apr 10-12 Beijing, China: Great Wall Swing Out
Apr 12 Holiday: Easter Sunday
Apr 13 Holiday: Easter Monday
Apr 16-19 Reno, NV: Reno Dance Sensation
Apr 16-20 Washington DC: DCLX 2009
Apr 17-19 Rochester, NY: Stompology
Apr 17-19 Rochester, NY: Angel Figueroa Workshop
Apr 17-19 Calgary, AB: Calgary Dance Stampede
Apr 17-19 Weston, UK: U.K. WCS Dance Championships
Apr 17-19 Vancouver, BC: Lindy Bout III
Apr 17-19 New Orleans, LA: New Orleans Fleur de Lindy Exchange & The French Quarter Festival
Apr 17-19 Iowa City, IA: Hawkeye Swing Festival 4
Apr 17-19 Weston, UK: U.K. WCS Dance Championships
Apr. 18-25 Virginia Beach/Norfolk, VA: The Experiment (Balboa)
Apr. 25 Ottawa, ON: Big Band Spring Gala III
Apr. 23-26 Milwaukee, WI: Swing Dance America
Apr. 23-27 Perth, Australia: Hullabaloo
Apr. 24-26 New York, NY: Big Apple Blues, Balboa, and Lindy Exchange (BABBLE 2009)
Apr. 24-26 London, United Kingdom: 7th "Brit Hop" London Lindy Exchange
Apr. 24-26 Washington DC: Back Room Blues

MAY 2009
DATE PLACE EVENT / LINK
May 1-3 Chicago, IL: bluesSHOUT!
May 1-3 Detroit, MI: Motor City Jam
May 1-3 Chicago, IL: Blues Shout!
May 1-3 Windser Locks, CT: Swingin' Into Spring
May 1-4 Kiev, Ukraine: Swinglandia
May 5 Holiday: Cinco de Mayo
May 7-11 San Diego, CA: SwingDiego (The Superbowl of Swing)
May 8-10 Pieve di Cento, Italy: Swing Brother Swing Festival
May 8-10 Boston, MA: BIX - Boston Independence eXchange
May 10 Holiday: Mother's Day
May 15-17 Portland, OR: Come Rain or Come Shine
May 15-17 Houston, TX: The Texas Classic
May 15-18 Montreal, QC: Canadian Swing Dance Championships
May 15-17 Mystic, CT: Mystic Blues III
May 18 Holiday: Victoria Day (CAN)
May 21-26 NYC, NY: Frankie Manning's 95th Birthday
May 21-25 Fresno, CA: FreZnoDance Classic
May 25 Holiday: Memorial Day
May 28-31 Seattle, WA: Camp Jitterbug
May 29-31 St. Louis, MO: Show-Me Blues
May 30-June 1 Landsberg am Lech, Germany: Boogie-Bären Whitsun Dance Camp
May TBD Washington DC: Easterns Dance Challenge
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JUNE 2009
DATE PLACE EVENT / LINK
Jun 4-7 Catalina, CA: Catalina Jazz Dance Festival --- Postponed to 2010---
Jun 4-7 Indianapolis, IN: Indy Swing Classic
Jun 5-7 Toronto, ON: Kevin St. Laurent & Emily Hoffberg Lindy Hop Weekend
Jun 11-14 Cleveland, OH: All Balboa Weekend
Jun 11-14 Anaheim, CA: Jack & Jill O'Rama Challenge
Jun 11-14 Saint-Petersburg, Russia: SwingFest 2009
Jun 12-14 Orlando, FL: Orange Blossom Dance Festival
Jun 12-14 Fort Collins, CO: Pandemic Blues
June 18-21 Virginia Beach, VA: Virginia Beach Lindy Exchange
Jun 19-21 New Brunswick, NJ: Liberty Swing Championships
Jun 21 Holiday: Father's Day
Jun 24 Holiday: St. Jean-Baptiste Day (Quebec/CAN)
Jun 25-28 Detroit, MI: Michigan Classic
Jun 26-28 Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Amsterdam Lindy Exchange
Jun 26-28 Montreal, QC: Montreal Balboa Revue
June 25-July 2 Beverly, MA: Beantown Camp

JULY 2009
DATE PLACE EVENT / LINK
Jul 1 Holiday: Canada Day
Jul. 1-5 Phoenix, AZ: GPSDC Annual July 4th Convention
Jul. 2-5 Portland, OR: Portland Blues Experience
Jul. 3-5 Ottawa, ON: Westie Bomb II
Jul. 3-5 Austin, TX: Austin Blues Party 3
Jul 4 Holiday: Independence Day (USA)
Jul. 10-12 Portland, OR: Portland Dance Festival
Jul. 10-12 Woburn, MA: Boston Dance Challenge
Jul. 16-19 Toronto, ON: Toronto Open Swing Dance Championships
Jul. 16-19 Miami, FL: Miami Dance Magic Event
Jul. 16-19 Appleton, WI: Wisconsin Dance Challenge
Jul. 16-19 Miami, FL: Miami Dance Magic
Jul. 17-19 Ann Arbor, MI: KissME in Ann Arbor
Jul. 17-19 Washington DC: Red Hot Blues and BBQ
Jul. 23-26 Denver, CO: Swingtime in the Rockies
Jul. 24-26 Kansas City, MO: Grand Prix of Swing
Jul. 31-Aug. 2 Los Angeles, CA : Camp Hollywood
Jul. TBD San Bernadino, CA: Inland Valley (Brandin' Iron) Dance Festival
Jul. TBD New Orleans, LA: New Orleans Dance Mardi Gras
July 31-Aug 2 Gothenburg, Sweden: GBGLX09 - Gothenburg Lindy Exchange

AUGUST 2009
DATE PLACE EVENT / LINK
July 31-Aug 2 Gothenburg, Sweden: GBGLX09 - Gothenburg Lindy Exchange
Aug. 6-9 Palm Springs, CA: Summer Dance Camp
Aug. 6-9 Phoenix, AZ: Arizona Dance Classic
Aug 7-9 Ottawa, ON: Balboa Explosion II
Aug. 7-9 Grand Rapids, MI: River City Lindy Exchange
Aug. 1st week Toulouse, France: Studio Hop Summer Camp - Balboa
Aug. 2nd week Toulouse, France: Studio Hop Summer Camp - Lindy Hopa
Aug. 3rd week Toulouse, France: Studio Hop Summer Camp - Solo Dances
Aug. 14-16 Boston, MA: Boston Dance Revolution
Aug. 21-23 Chicago, IL Chicagoland Country & Swing Dance Festival
Aug TBD Framingham, MA: Summer Hummer
Aug TBD Framingham, MA: Summer Hummer
Aug TBD Austin, TX LoneStar Invitational
Aug TBD Washington DC: Swing Fling

SEPTEMBER 2009
DATE PLACE EVENT / LINK
Sept. 2-7 Hebron, NH: Swing Out New Hampshire 2009
Sept 3-6 Dallas, TX: Dallas D.A.N.C.E.
Sept 4-7 San Jose, CA: South Bay Dance Fling
Sept 5-7 Orange County, CA: Inspiration Weekend 2009
Sep 7 Holiday: Labour Day
Sept 10-13 Phoenix, AZ: Desert City Swing
Sept 11-13 Ottawa, ON: Swing Explosion IV
Sept 10-13 Virginia Beach, VA: DIrt Cheap Blues Exchange
Sept 11-13 Nashville, TN: Music City Swing Dance Championships
Sep 17-20 Portland, OR: BridgeTown Swing
Sep 17-20 St. Louis, MO: Meet Me In St. Louis Swing Dance Championships
Sep 18-20 Edmonton, AB: River City Dance Festival
Sep 18-20 Holiday: Rosh Hashanah
Sept. 24-28 Brisbane, Australia: Balboa On The River 2009
Sept. 25-27 Buffalo, NY: Swing Niagara Dance Championships
Sept. 25-27 Philadelphia, PA: Blues Muse
Sep 27-28 Holiday: Yom Kippur
Sept. TBD Albuquerque, NM: New Mexico Dance Fiesta
Sept. TBD Palm Springs, CA: World Swing Dance Champ's
Sept. TBD Tulsa, OK: Tulsa Fall Fling
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OCTOBER 2009
DATE PLACE EVENT / LINK
Oct. 2-4 Chicago, IL: Windy City Blues Exchange 11
Oct. 2-4 Washington DC: BamBLOOZled - Blues Workshops and Exchange
Oct. 2-4 Quebec City, QC: The Canadian Balboa Championships
Oct. 8-11 San Francisco, CA: Boogie By The Bay
Oct. 11-12 San Diego, CA: Blue Bella - Damon & Liz Stone Workshop
Oct 12 Holiday: Thanksgiving Day (CAN)
Oct 12 Holiday: Columbus Day
Oct. 24-26 Stamford, CT: The American Lindy Hop Championship (ALHC)
Oct 30-Nov 1 Lombard, IL: Swing City Chicago
Oct 30-Nov 1 Harrisburg, PA: Halloween In Harrisburg & SwingZing
Oct 30-Nov 1 Irvine, CA: Halloween Swingthing
Oct 31 Holiday: Halloween
Oct. TBD Washington DC: Virginia State Open Swing Dance Championships
Oct. TBD St Paul, MN: The Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown

NOVEMBER 2009
DATE PLACE EVENT / LINK
Nov 1 - Daylight Savings Time Ends
Nov. 5-8 Tampa Bay, FL: Tampa Bay Classic
Nov. 5-8 Lake Tahoe, NV: Mountain Magic Dance Convention
Nov. 7-9 Falmouth, MA: Blues Fever
Nov 11 Holiday: Veterans Day (USA) / Remembrance Day (CAN)
Nov. 14-15 Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Lindy and Blues Workshops
Nov. 13-15 Falmouth, MA: Swingin' New England Dance Festival
Nov. 13-15 Rochester, NY: Steven and Virginie Workshop
Nov 20-22 Chicago, IL Steven & Virginie Workshop
Nov 26 Holiday: Thanksgiving Day (USA)
Nov. 26-29 Anaheim, CA: US Open Swing Dance Championships
Nov 27-29 Twinsburg, OH: Cash Bash
TBD Ft. Lauderdale, FL Sunshine State Dance Challenge

DECEMBER 2009
DATE PLACE EVENT / LINK
Dec. 4-6 San Francisco, CA: SF Balboa Festival
Dec 11-19 Holiday: Chanukah
Dec 25 Holiday: Christmas
Dec 26 Holiday: Boxing Day (CAN)
Dec. 31-Jan.3 Burlington, MA: New Years Dancin Eve
Dec. 31-Jan.3 Orlando, FL: Floorplays New Years Swing Vacation
Dec TBD Palm Springs, CA: New Years Dancin Eve
Dec TBD Chico, CA: Chico Dance Sensation
Dec TBD Milwaukee, WI: Spotlight Dance & New Year Celebration