James (President)

I moved to Cambridge a few years ago, having been dancing all sorts of things since the beginning of university, and landed on my feet with all the lovely people in the Cambridge lindy scene. As much as I can I’ve been a regular at CLH events, and I enjoy helping to keep the society going at such a lively level with a range of events and a great atmosphere. As an physicist and engineer I’m organised, sociable, more than happy to do technical stuff, and have even been known to make the odd cake!

Cambridge Lindy has a great reputation for being friendly and welcoming, and we have some real community spirit across all our dancers, teachers, volunteers and committee. It’s really important to me that we keep this going.

Heike (Treasurer)

I caught the first glimpse of the Cambridge Lindy Hoppers during one of those jazz on the green events in the summer of 2008 and remembered that I always wanted to be able to dance to jazz/swing music. An opportunity presented itself there and I’ve been dancing with CLH since.

Siobhan

I started lindy because of my love of swing music and stayed because the dancing and the people are so much fun! Lindy offers nifty moves, freedom of improvisation and plenty of excuses for acting silly. The Cambridge scene is populated by thoroughly lovely dancers and the dancefloors paved with cake. Who could ask for more?

Scott

My name is Scott and I am a lindyhopper. I realised I was addicted to lindyhop when I answered yes to the following medically proven indicators of addiction. The first sign was when I started to take large quantities all at once. This started at the speakeasy when I found I was sometimes the last dancer left and everybody else had gone home. The second sign of addition is habituality. I knew my habits were uncontrollable when I spontaneously started dancing when I was cooking dinner, making cups of tea or simply walking down the street. The third sign is indulging in your habit more than four times a week. The fifth is when you bring your habit to your place of work, usually to the amazement of work colleagues when started busting out random jazz steps in the coffee room. The sixth is when I started disappearing for days at a time without any explanation, this would usually coincide with a lindy exchange somewhere in the country. The seventh was when my addiction started affecting relationships with friends and family. There just doesn’t seem to be any time for friends and family that don’t do lindyhop. The eighth was uncontrollable cravings to start dancing again. The ninth was when I started to dance alone. The tenth sign was a general lack of interest in other activities. The eleventh sign was when I started to get withdrawal symptoms, which now seem to occur even more regularly between dancing events. The twelfh sign was a marked change in my appearance. My friends don’t recognise me now that I have started to wear waistcoats, braces and general threads from the 1940′s. My name is Scott and I am addicted to lindyhop.

Kathryn

I discovered Lindy Hop when I first moved to Cambridge almost a year ago, and I’ve been hooked ever since! I’ve enjoyed the challenge of learning a new skill, and loved having the opportunity to dance to live swing music almost every week. I’ve also made a fantastic group of friends through the society, which seems to invariably attract fun, friendly, lovely people!
I’m excited to be part of the CLH committee, and am really looking forward to the year ahead.

Alistair

Lindy Hop has become an important part of my life over the last two and a half years and I am certainly the better for it. I’d like to help other people discover its joys. I think our club has a winning formula, especially regarding what it offers to beginners, and I’d like to help to keep it on track. In addition, I believe the club has much to gain from building good relations with other organisations in the town, which basically means being able to provide performances. I would be very happy to offer my time to those ends.

Becky

I moved to Cambridge from Liverpool last year and was drawn to CLH by the prospect of swing music, swirly skirts, and lovely people.

I’ve been well and truly bitten by the Lindy Bug (not to be confused with the Jitterbug) and am looking forward to contributing to another year full of great classes, social dances and events!

Shivi

Coming soon…