North Carolina's Dance Party
Our focus is Learning and Social Dancing for all levels!
WSDC Points
We are a WSDC registry event!
We offer Jack & Jill Competitions in the following Divisions:
- Newcomer
- Novice
- Intermediate
- Advanced
- All-Star
- Masters
All Jack & Jill Competitions (Prelims and Finals) are conducted on Saturday – NO Comps on Sunday!!!!!
Strictly Swings will again be conducted this year!
Based on the interest and success in 2019, we will again be conducting Strictly Swing Competitions on Friday Evening in the following Divisions:
- Newcomer
- Novice
- Intermediate
- Advanced
- All-Star
- Masters
Swing 16 - We are again a Qualifying Event for Season 4!!!!
Join in the excitement of this unique “Tournament Style” competition!! See the Swing 16 Website for complete details.
https://www.swing16.com/
Lots of Social Dancing
What makes CWF so amazing? Our emphasis on social dancing, learning, and the ability to explore other dance styles in addition to West Coast Swing. At our core, we value the inclusion of all levels, both within West Coast Swing, as well across complementary dance styles.
To this end, we are excited to announce that once again in 2020, in addition to our Main Room which will remain primarily focused on West Coast Swing ……. we will be offering additional social dancing opportunities – featuring our “Carolina Mix Room” for social dancing on both Friday (starting at 8:30 pm) and Saturday (immediately following the Ballroom Night activities)!
In addition, we are pleased that Charlotte Latin Dance, Dancing in Charlotte w/ Queen City Moves, Carolina Ballroom Dance Club, and Queen City Blues/Fusion will once again be hosting dances in our secondary rooms throughout the event weekend.
The specifics are:
On Friday Night –
- Our Secondary (Lakeshore) Ballroom will become a “Carolina Mix Room” – we will be playing a mix of WCS, Shag, Hustle, Country-Western Two-Step (CW2) and Night Club Two-step (NC2) for social dancing beginning at 8:30 pm. This will provide a great option for those not interested in competing in the Strictly Swing contests to social dance to all the styles of dance that we will be teaching over the weekend, to warm up prior to competing, and then complement the Main Room social dancing after the completion of the Strictly Swing competitions.
- The 3rd ballroom (Glenwaters) will kick off at 7:00 pm with the start of the Charlotte Latin Dance weekend activities. See below for details on their plans for 2020!
- In our 4th ballroom (Lakeview) Dancing in Charlotte w/ Queen City Moves will kick off at 8:30 pm with an alternative lesson focusing on level and core changes for fusion dancing and traditional structures for interplay. Following the lesson, there will be an Alternative Milonga starting at 9:30 – transitioning to late night Blues around 1:00 am! For complete details, please visit their Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/events/599151994216988/
On Saturday Night –
- Carolina Ballroom Dance Club will again be moving their monthly dance to our secondary room, starting off at 7 pm with a Intro to WCS lesson, a Rumba lesson at 8 pm, and dancing from 9 pm until midnight. For details, please visit their Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/events/503691370223851/
- Queen City Blues will once again host a Blues Room Dance in our 4th room – featuring 3 lessons at 7, 8, & 9 pm followed by dancing all night long. Information for the Blues Night can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/events/462322441157435/
- And ……… As on Friday night, at midnight we will again transition to a “Carolina Mix Room” in our Secondary Ballroom upon the completion of the Ballroom Dance Night activities!
New for 2020 – Charlotte Latin Dance will be conducting activities at CWF on both Friday and Saturday nights!
- Joining us again for the 5th year, Charlotte Latin Dance will once again be hosting workshops, a special Latin Styling Intensive and social dancing. They will be offering opportunities to learn and dance various forms of Latin-style dances (Mambo, Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Cha Cha & others) as well as Kizomba/Semba/Konpa/Cloadeira/Afrobeats/Zouk.
- For complete details, please go to their Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/events/403068740367308/
And, don’t forget …… we also have social dances on both Thursday night (starting with a pre-dance lesson at 8 pm and then dancing until the sun comes up) as well as Sunday night into early Monday morning (including a lesson at 8 pm for those who aren’t interested in watching the Super Bowl).
What are you waiting for?


Learn West Coast Swing, Shag, Country Two-Step, Nightclub 2 Step, & Hustle ...... along with a taste of Latin, Ballroom, and Blues!!!
With our amazing staff we are able to offer workshops not only for West Coast Swing but also provide the opportunity to “dip your toes” into: Shag, Country Two-Step, Nightclub 2 Step, Hustle, Latin, Ballroom, and Blues!
If you have been looking for a chance to check out other dance styles – or, re-visit some dance styles other than WCS ……. CharlotteWestieFest is the place for you to do so!
Special Sessions & Intensives
In addition to the many workshops, we will be offering a few “Add-On Sessions” that can help you “raise your game” as you look to grow your dance abilities.
These are the Special Sessions we will be offering for 2020!
We will have four 2-hour Intensives to choose from – they are:
- Floor Craft Essentials – taught by Champion Patty Vo (Friday from 5 – 7 pm). Details at: https://www.facebook.com/events/543459326507566/
- Smooth Movement & Musical Spontaneity – taught by Terry Roseborough (Saturday at 10 am – Noon). Information at: https://www.facebook.com/events/2563689937250833/
- A Hustle Intensive by Hustle Champion and Pro Stephanie Risser-Loveira (Saturday from 5 – 7 pm). Complete details available at: https://www.facebook.com/events/2439241236394454/
- Layering Your Styling from Your Toes to Your Nose – by Champion Jessica (Cox) McCurdy (Sunday from Noon – 2 pm). Complete details available at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1560401177433268/
- A Latin Styling & Technique Intensive For details, please check out the Charlotte Latin Dance activities happening this year at CWF’20 by going to: https://www.facebook.com/events/403068740367308/
In addition, for those interested in, or already teaching, Micheal Kiehm will again be offering his newly updated and reworked Level 1 Session of the Global Professional Dance Instructors Association (GPDIA) Teacher’s Training & Certification program. For more information, details, and to register for this session (and to take advantage of the special pricing that we offer during our event weekend), please visit the GPDIA website at:
Other Special Sessions include:
- Two Sessions of “10-for-$10’s” – sign-up for a “quick tune-up” with many of our staff. For only $10, you get 10 minutes of one-on-one time with a staff member to work on 1 or 2 things that can help better your dancing, address something you have been struggling with, or just fine-tune an aspect of your dancing. These 2-hour sessions will be scheduled throughout the weekend – see the schedule for specific times.
- Our unique “Grow Your Dance Session” – this free two-hour session is where we invite the Newcomer and Novice level dancers to come and interact in small group settings with some of our staff and select All-Star dancers in an effort to help answer questions, provide insights, learn new things, and foster the development of everyone’s level of dance.
- The “Project Swing Workshop” – this 2-hour Session is open to everyone! If you have a friend who has not yet “dipped their toes” into dancing, this Session is the perfect way to introduce them to West Coast Swing. On Saturday from 5 – 7 pm, we teach a “Free to Everyone” group lesson in our 4th ballroom to anyone who would like to see what our dance is all about.
- Resilient Westies with Katie Bigelow, M,Ed. Join Katie Saturday morning at 10:00 for a 1-hour Session where she will cover topics on injury prevention, sport performance, and more as they relate to dance concepts. For complete details, please visit her page at: https://www.facebook.com/ResilientWesties/

Workshops
DAYS
Sq Ft of Ballroom
Professional Staff
Instructional, Competition, Emcee & Judging Staff
While we continue to work on finalizing our 2020 Staff – here are those who are confirmed at this time!
Robert Cordoba * Patty Vo * Dawn Garrish * Jessica (Cox) McCurdy
Bonnie & Jerome Subey * PJ Turner * Jason Miklic & Sophy Kdep
Michael Kiehm * Jason & Annmarie Marker * Terry Roseborough
Robin Smith * Debbie Ramsey-Boz * Stephanie Risser-Loveira * Jason Barnes
Doug Rousar * Bryan Jordan * Toro Eaker * Jeff Mumford * Jake Haning
Kay Newhouse * Alyssa Lundgren * Debbie Tuttle-Steffanina * Erica Smith
Alan Annicella * Demery & Derek Leyva w/ Jennifer Norris * Rob Glover
Abi & Stephane Schneider * Ryan Boz & Alexis Garrish * Pam & Brian Bennett
Raquel Nielsen * Antoinette Santoro * Carrie Smith * Whitney Bartlett * Stacy Zellner
Keith Penu & Brooklyn Lanham * Frank Blakemore & Victoria Andromalos-Dale
Sheven Kekoolani * Margie Tuttle & Jung Choe * Sharole Lashe Negrete
Nikki Kontoulas, Scott Campbell & Stephen Balok (Shag)
and …. Stay Tuned, we may have More Yet to Come!!!!!!!
DJ Staff
Meet our amazing DJ staff
We are continuing to work to finalize our DJ Staff for 2020.
However, here is who who have confirmed so far!!
Victor Loveira (Head DJ)
Anthony Derosa (Greensboro via NYC) * Louis St. George (“Everywhere”)
Kristen Shaw (Northeast) * Josh Angel (Florida) * Jes Ann Nail (NYC)
Jasson Phillips (Raleigh-Durham) * Pete Zellner (Atlanta)
Matt Johnson (Charlotte/Seattle) * Ann Reynolds (Charlotte)
We are excited to be bringing in some new as well as familiar names from both near and far this year!!
And …. we may still have a surprise guest or two join us in the DJ booth over the weekend!
Complementary Dance Instructors
In addition to our Primary Staff – Joining us will be various Complementary Dance Style Instructors
We are working with the coordinators of the various secondary room dances as well as those from our local & regional dance communities to confirm the full list of instructors that will be teaching the workshops in:
Shag – Nikki Kontoulas, Scott Campbell & Stephen Balok
Ballroom – Sebastian & Brigette Wrenn
Latin / Kizomba – coordinated by the Charlotte Latin Dance Community
Alternative Milonga / Blues Tango Fusion – by Dancing in Charlotte w/Queen City Moves
Blues /Fusion Room – Hosted by Members of Queen City Blues !
Please see the links in listed in the Social Dancing Section of this website for complete details on these unique complementary dance opportunities that we offer during the event weekend.
Schedule
***** This is the “Final Version” of our 2020 Schedule *****
(Note: The schedule is subject to change if things arise that necessitate tweaks being made)
Some Key Notes:
Strictly Swings are again on Friday Evening
All Jack & Jill Competitions – as well as the Swing 16 Prelims and Finals – are conducted on Saturday.
The Prelims are done in the early afternoon, with the Finals scheduled for Saturday evening … with all competitions completed prior to 11:00 pm so that we can get Social Dancing started at a reasonable time!
Check out the “Special Sessions” Section of this website for some unique and exciting “Add-On” learning opportunities!
Also, as shown on the schedule – We are looking at some new ways to offer added value to our Attendees and Competitors:
On Friday, we have designated some sessions as “Leveled Practice Sessions”. Come work on things, interact with others, and maybe even find a Strictly partner! We plan to have an instructor or two in each session to be available to answer questions, clean-up a move, offer support or just provide some suggestions and encouragement as you ramp up for the weekend.
On Sunday, we are working on offering “Leveled Feedback Sessions” for all those who competed over the weekend as a way to get insights into what the judges saw (or didn’t see – LOL!) during the contests. We will have some of the staff that were on the respective judging panels over the course of the weekend available in each session for you to interact with and get a couple of insights as “take-aways” that you can work on prior to your next competition/event!
On Sunday evening, the event winds down, with a Super Bowl watch party in the hotel lobby bar, a “Non-Football Lovers (NFL)” workshop at 8:00 pm, and dancing from 9:00 pm until sometime around 3 or 4 am Monday morning!
Please keep these time frames in mind when making your travel plans!
Event tickets
Weekend Passes and Competition Registration are Now Available via the World Dance Registry Registration System
Gallery
check our previous CWF photos, you don’t want to miss #CWF2020
Sponsors
Special Thanks to the following individuals who support our event!
Debbie & Dean Maheras * Adela Su & Eddie Karoliussen * Steve & Teresa Sagraves * David & Jiffy Sarver
Sharole Lashe Negrete * Bill Waltz & Anne Brade * Dori Eden * Patrick Moise
(If you are interested in becoming a Sponsor – please contact Rick Dauss via Facebook or by email at “[email protected]”)
Location
- 8629 JM Keynes Dr. Charlotte, NC
- [email protected]
- (704) 547-7444
- Jan 30 - Feb 2, 2020
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