November - December 2012 issue There is so much energy in the club these days. We had many new volunteers eager to join the PSDC Board of Directors (see elections section). Also we had one of the greatest BridgeTown Swing Dance events ever (see Letter from the President). In this newsletter, we have our normal Member Profile, and DJ Corner, but we also have a new Featured Instructor section, focusing on a local or regional instructor of West Coast Swing. Finally we have our exclusive interview with none other than Leify Green. I want to thank all of you for the positive feedback from our What Makes a Great Swing Dance Club article in our last issue. It raised a lot of awareness, and gave our The scene was set. SwingDiego was Leify is what some in the WCS scene are board & members new ideas for the club. the event, on the last night of social calling the “Rock Star” of West Coast dancing in the main ballroom. Sun- Swing acoustics. That’s all he plays, an Sincerely, day night, Early monday morning, at acoustic guitar, and his own vocals. 1:00am to be exact. The glow of red shines Fast forward to BridgeTown Swing, on dancers and the dance floor as the Steve Klein Portland Swing Dance Club’s yearly West SwingDiego logo glows equally bright on Steve Klein Coast Swing Dance Event. The scene was large flat panel displays. very similar, only this time Leify was play- Newsletter Editor / Historian I’m starting to hear a shift in DJ’d music ing in a ballroom with a backdrop of the
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