Swing Dance for Life!

Christine and I competing at ILHC

Donate Here!!

I never really thought that dancing would be a big part of my life, but now it is.

Lindy Hop came into my life about two and half years ago. I started taking classes at City College of San Francisco with not only a great teacher and leader, but an awesome friend, David Blood. I can’t thank him anymore, continuously pushing me further and further to just get better at Lindy. But because of Capt. Blood, over the past two years, I’ve met great teachers, Carla Heiney and Nick Williams, made great friends, Christine, Kenny, and the rest of the Hot Bloods, and competed in a few Strictly Lindy and Jack n Jill Competitions as well as many performances.

As I began my travels for Lindy events, Christine had the great idea of doing the 24-hour Dance-a-thon. Last year, the one team that came down from San Francisco raised just over $7000 in the span of a 2-3 month period. As I wasn’t able to fund raise as much as others, I was one who helped keep a person on the floor in the late shifts. I ended up staying awake 23  of the 24 hours. My plan is to hopefully stay up the entire time.

Here’s a video of Christine and I during one performance

Yacht Club Swing- Christine and Ben

Filed under: Team Members by benpolo