Discover the Bliss of Asheville's Swing Dancing and Lindy Hop

swingasheville.com! ".... This is a site designed and operated by a small handful of local lindy hoppers dedicated to spreading the word about local swing events...."

Michael Gamble & Jaya Dorf "... teach swing dance in their hometown of Asheville, NC, and across the country for workshops and special events. Styles include Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, East Coast Swing, Partner and Solo Charleston, Balboa, and Peabody...."

Dance Festivals

Lake Eden Arts Festival "... DANCE til you drop! To Contra, Cajun, Swing, Celtic, African, Latin, Clogging, Zydeco, Waltz and more or just get out and boogie to your own groove. Dedicated to the pursuit of a good time dancing, we lay a wooden floor in Brookside Pavilion to create one of the south's largest dance floors. And it's not just the whirling contra dancers who love it --if you can move we can teach you the groove in one of our many dance workshops or mini dance demos that cover everything from belly dance to Irish step dancing. And don't be intimidated, we love beginners too."

Click on each of the dozens of categories to the left to uncover what makes the Asheville area so vital, so intriguing and so, well, UTTERLY BLISSFUL!

From Rolf Potts' Vagabonding blog:

I've never been one of those uptight literary types who thinks that you have to have actually read a book in order to recommend it to others. So I feel no trepidation in suggesting Eric Weiner's new travelogue-slash-memoir The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World The premise of the book is simple but intriguing-- here is Amazon's description:

Part foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, The Geography of Bliss takes the reader from America to Iceland to India in search of happiness, or, in the crabby author's case, moments of "un-unhappiness." The book uses a beguiling mixture of travel, psychology, science and humor to investigate not what happiness is, but where it is. Are people in Switzerland happier because it is the most democratic country in the world? Do citizens of Singapore benefit psychologically by having their options limited by the government? Is the King of Bhutan a visionary for his initiative to calculate Gross National Happiness? Why is Asheville, North Carolina so damn happy? With engaging wit and surprising insights, Eric Weiner answers those questions and many others, offering travelers of all moods some interesting new ideas for sunnier destinations and dispositions.

In the imaginary Netflix queue of books-that-I'm-planning-to-read, this one has just jumped to the top. By the way, why has no one started a Netflix for books? This question, and many more, I'll leave for another day.

Lindy Focus "....The winter dance camp of the southeast, where we go to test ourselves, hone our chops, & let it all out. Novices & expert dancers alike will delight in our time-tested blend of workshops, contests, social dancing, & celebration of Lindy Hop culture.... we take pride in providing the perfect atmosphere for learning & expression ...."

Mail Order Source of Swing Clothing, Footwear and Accessories

DanceStore.com "... We are real live swing dancers who Lindy Hop 4-5 nights a week and found that it's almost impossible to find swing dance clothes. We understand the need for wide leg pants, and skirts that twirl...."

Other Swing Dance Websites and Societies

Atlanta Swing Era Dance Association

Charleston Swing

Charlotte Swing Dance Society

DownSouthSwing.com Atlanta

Knoxville Swing Dance Association

National Fast Dance Association

PaulandSharon.com Durham, NC

Piedmont Swing Dance Society

Southwest Virginia Social Dance Society

Swing Roanoke "... open to all who wish to enjoy fellowship in a Christian atmosphere..."

Supermurgatroid.com Atlanta

Triangle Swing Dance Society Raleigh Durham area