DCLX brings excellent live swing-era jazz music to the DC region. Come dance with us!
Need another reason to come out to our dance happening this Saturday with Chelsea Reed and the Fair Weather Five? Well, here ya’ have it!
We’ll be announcing the dates for DCLX 2015 this weekend at our DCLX’tra!
So get your dancing shoes out of the closet and head on over to the Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park this Saturday night to be the first to hear this exciting news. More details about the night can be found here!
Actually in today’s world, they’re ready for tagging. We had a few great photographers in our midst at DCLX 2014 capturing the sights and some of the sounds, too (check out the videos below!).
Our official photograher, Braden Nesin of Made By Hand Photography, has buckets of photos to upload, but he has uploaded the photo booth shots from Saturday Night:
One of our local DJs, Jerry Almonte of JS Almonte Productions, is a guy who can get seemingly anything done. He’s been developing his eye over the last several years and he took some really impressive shots. Check them out:
Finally, we’ve got a YouTube channel (in case ya didn’t know!). Did you know that? Our videographer David Soltisyk of retrorhythmz, can take us back in time with videos from our bands and ensuing jams. Click once further:
DCLX would like to thank YOU the dancers who traveled far and wide, opened up your homes, gathered, and swung yourselves silly. The weekend was like one of those songs that gradually works you into a frenzy of joy.
We invite you to fill out our survey. DCLX wishes to grow in 2015, and we need to know from you (whose beating heart and feet we care most about) how to make next year even more alluring. Please take a quick moment to fill out our survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/P9HM339
The bands were all top notch, frenetic, and fun to work with: Smoking Time Jazz Club, The Boilermaker Jazz Band, Bitter Dose Combo, Craig Gildner Big Band, Aurora Nealand, Laura Windley, The Bumper Jacksons and Gordon Webster & Friends!
The DJs played their part, keeping people dancing when the bands needed a breather and till 5am: Allen Kerr, Jerry Almonte, John Mortensen, Dan Repsch, Helene Horowitz.
The volunteers! You made the weekend a breeze for the organizers. Thank you for showing up promptly and making sure every base was covered.
Now… onto the biggest thanks of all. The DCLX 2014 Committee:
Kelly Pavao (Vice President)
Jean Buergler (Treasurer)
Caroline Seipp (Secretary)
Robert Patch (Bands Coordinator)
Zoe Thorkildsen (Housing Coordinator)
LaRaine Cheung (Volunteer Coordinator)
Pamela Kaye (Promotions)
Jes Simpson (Swag & Member-at-Large)
Colin Hay (Food)
Hyong Lee (Food)
David Soltisyk (Promotions)
Krista Engle (Promotions)
Laura Henderson (Promotions)
Julia Seymour (Member-at-Large)
Bryant Ferguson (Event Captain)
Laura Jackson (Event Captain)
Fei-fei Zheng (Event Captain)
You were a terrific team! For much of the weekend my biggest stress was a lack of something to stress about. The best part was how your willingness and knowhow came together to manufacture something very special — that brand of euphoria only found in a lindy exchange.
THANK YOU from my syncopated heart!