Club History

After the swing revival of 1999, the U of C Swing Dance Club was founded by Sheila Bourgoyne and Ryan Fox in 2001. Sheila still has her club card from back then, marked with the number 1 making her the first member of UCSwing.

 

Due to a clerical error, the Students Union records indicate that the club started in 2004. As a result, the 10 year anniversary of the club was celebrated in the Fall of 2014, three years late! When the executives tried to track down past Chairpersons of UCSwing they discovered there were executives going back further than 2004. These events inspired the executives from 2016/2017 to find the founders of the club, and all past Chairpersons.

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In 2016 the UCSwing website was given a re-vamp using wix.com, bringing our club a new look and a site that was easy to manage. Sidney Knapp then collaborated with Paige Grant and Arta Seify to bring you the final form you see today!

 

A major milestone for UC Swing was the Jumpin' With the Dinos workshop. This was the first full weekend workshop hosted by the club, in Winter 2016.  The club brought instructors in from out of town, running an intimate, affordable, and fun workshop for our members and the wider Swing Dance community.