User:Bramos

History
WCLX, or the Windy City Lindy Exchange is an annual event for the past eleven years, beginning in 1999. The first lindy exchange occurred between the cities of Chicago, Illinois, and San Francisco, CA. The Chicago participants included Nicolle Wood, Riley Wymes, Julie Hamberg, Margot McGraw, Kevin Poulsen, Ray Lavko, Jimi and Young Jin Kim. The intent of this exchange was for nineteen dancers visiting from Chicago to experience the dance styles of San Francisco by attending many of its established venues and dancing with the lindy hoppers there. Since then, Chicago has created its own exchange event, WCLX.

Current
For the past eleven 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.