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Welcome to the tenth annual Windy City Lindy Exchange! It's hard to believe that it's been ten years since a group of dancers from Chicago visited San Francisco and started the phenomenon which is now known as a lindy exchange!! What began as a way to experience the dance scene and culture of a different city has evolved into large events where people from all over the country and even other parts of the world will converge on one city for a weekend to dance.

For the past ten years, WCLX has brought dancers from all over the world to Chicago to enjoy the local venues, food, attractions, music, and dancers. Although the experience may not reflect Chicago's scene like in the early days of the exchange, the WCLX Committee still strives to focus mainly on the great and diverse talent that we have here in Chicago.

Since this is a special year, we hope everyone who has come to Chicago and danced over the years will think about coming back to celebrate this 10th anniversary!!! The planning committee is still working on all the details so be sure to check here for further updates.

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Registration is now open!

Package price for entire weekend is $70 and includes a reception with hors d'oeuvres at The Grand Ballroom on Saturday night. Early registration ends Labor Day, Sept. 1 at which point the price will go up to $85. So, be sure to take advantage of the early bird price -- the price at the door for all dances is $97.

WCLX has been run for the past five years by the Illinois not-for-profit organization the Chicago Swing Music Festival NFP whose mission it is to preserve the heritage of the American vernacular dance forms of swing and lindy hop and to develop programs which promote an understanding and cultural awareness of these dance forms in particular and of swing music in general.