History
Forest City Swing started in the spring in 2000. We decided to start our swing dancing group because we enjoyed dancing and there wasn't a place to swing dance in the Rockford area. Forest City has been in many locations over the years like the Rockford Brewery, Legion Hall in downtown Cherry Valley, st. Edward's Church community center, and currently we are now at our new location at Mount Olive Lutheran Church. We started with 15 to 20 people while we are at Cherry Valley and now we averaged an attendance of 60-90 people during the school year and 90-200 in the summer. In 2002 we finalized our group and made it official. We named ourselves Forest City Swing. We host our dances every Thursday night with the exception of Thanksgiving and holidays that land on a Thursday.
Specialties
Forest City Swing is a community focused organization specializing in providing the Rockford area with 6 count and Lindy Hop lessons & dances and Charelston group performances. All of our staff volunteers 100% of time to run this organization and we also make donations to local charities in the Rockford area to give back to the community.