Swing Dance Jacksonville: Hurricane Blues

Hurricane Matthew was a devastating hurricane. For many it will live in their hearts as a day they would soon wish to forget. For others, it was a near miss and a reason to spend time hugging their loved ones and celebrating that it was not worse.

Swing dancers within and without the First Coast Blues and Lindy Society are a community, when we are happy we dance for joy, when we are sad we blues dance, and when we need to help each other we rebuild and then we dance to celebrate our triumphs. You are never alone when you are a swing dancer.

As for me and my family we will head out again today to our neighbors homes to offer to help clean up and listen to the crooning Blues musicians creating melodies that sooth our troubles away. Below are a few songs we think you may enjoy. We hope that these songs will help bring you comfort, peace and solace in your Hurricane recovery efforts. If you need to find a place to dance away those Hurricane jitters look below for a place to congregate, share stories and just dance.

-Jen