The Beginning (Lindy Hop) My wife and I have spent the last couple of years learning and exploring the world of Carolina Shag, the official dance of the state of South Carolina, and what a journey it has been! We started our dancing adventure a little over 5 years ago through some Lindy Hop classes in Williamsburg, thanks to Wendy Lang Craighill and the lindy101.org group. After traveling weekly over to Williamsburg each week, we moved a bit closer to home with what became the Jazz Dance Education Council (JDEC) in Richmond, VA. Although short-lived, this group had a great impact on the vintage swing dance movement in the greater Richmond-metro area by adding many classes and live band swing dances once a month, calling them the R-Town Strutters Ball! JDEC, as the group became known, held classes in several venues throughout Richmond, Va, and offers lessons in Lindy Hop, '20s and '30's Charleston, Balboa, and many other offshoots of swing dances originally performed in
We are dancers, Carolina Shag & Swing, and eat plant-based and love to share our passion for both. We will write about our experiences as dancers, the plant-based lifestyle, and mixing the two. Join us on this journey!