The Lone Star Championships
The Lone Star Championships are comprised of social competitions – focused on improvised, non-choreography dancing. Not only does this showcase amazingly talented social dancers, but it allows you to spend your precious time having fun and not prepping for contests!
Contest Rotation
While we have hosted open level Balboa and recently open Shag contests, this year we have decided to put these contests on a 3 year rotation. For 2024, we will have a solo jazz competition!
Solo Jazz Contest
The Solo Jazz contest is a solo American vernacular jazz dance competition. Dancers must include Charleston and/or vernacular jazz movements. In the prelims you will dance to 3 songs of varying tempos, each dancer is judged individually. The finals will be danced in a spotlight format to a live band.
OPEN – $20 entry fee
This division is open to all dancers.
Prizes: $75 for 1st, $50 for 2nd, $30 for 3rd
Late Night Competitions
We have a few fun competitions that will be free to enter!
Thursday Night
At 11 PM during our Free Community Night, we will host an any-style, all-level, slow dancing strictly contest. Enter with a partner and try to be the last one standing!
Friday Night
During our late night dance at 1:15 AM, you can join our switch strictly contest! Enter with a partner and switch who leads and follows.
Saturday Night
More info to come about this special strictly challenge! But be sure to join us at 1:15 am during the late night dance.
Team Performances
If you have a group of dancers that would like to perform at Lindyfest, we want you to perform on Thursday night! Read more about the team performances here.
Lindy Luck of the Draw
Draws are fun social dance competitions where you join as an individual. In the prelims, you will dance with random partners and be rotated in heats; each dancer is judged individually. In the finals, you will randomly draw a partner and be judged as a couple. The finals will be danced in spotlight format.
NEWCOMER – $10 entry fee
The Newcomer division is for dancers who have never placed in a Draw competition and are relatively new to competing. Even if you are new to competing, if you teach swing dance, please enter the intermediate division or higher, to keep this division beginner-friendly.
Prizes: $25 for 1st, $20 for 2nd, $15 for 3rd
INTERMEDIATE – $20 entry fee
The Intermediate division is for dancers who have competed before – potentially placed or made finals. If you teach any style of swing dancing, you must dance in this division or higher.
Prizes: $50 for 1st, $40 for 2nd, $25 for 3rd
ADVANCED – $20 entry fee
The Advanced division is for dancers who have placed or won competitions – potentially even at the national level.
Prizes: $50 for 1st, $40 for 2nd, $25 for 3rd
ALL-STAR – $20 entry fee
The All-Star division is for the most experienced competitors. The lead and follow who place first in finals will instantly enter the Invitational division.
Prizes: $75 for 1st, $50 for 2nd, $30 for 3rd
INVITATIONAL – Invitation Only
The Invitational division is for dancers invited by the organizers. This is for dancers who have placed at national or international contests. These dancers also professionally and consistently teach on a national and international level.
CROSSOVER DRAW - Placement only
The Crossover Division is a contest in which the 1st and 2nd place winners of both the intermediate and advanced division contests will randomly draw and dance with invitational-level dancers. The dancers will be judged as a couple.
Prizes: Pride