Shakedown Swing 2025!

Dates: Friday 22 August to Sunday 24 August 2025 (but we recommend you join us from Thursday 21!)

Location: Silhouette Studios, 6 Sheffield Crescent, Burnside, Christchurch, New Zealand

Staff

We are excited to be welcoming Conor McClure, Nathan Walsh, and Reasmey Tith to the Shakedown whānau for the first time, and welcoming back Tara Trafzer, Ben Morris, Zac Skinner, and Maddy Skinner to Ōtautahi. These people are incredible dancers, teachers and performers and will be in Christchurch bringing their energy and expertise to Shakedown Swing 2025.

What's happening this year?

• Tom's Social Club: on tour! around Ōtautahi on Friday afternoon
• Mini private lessons with our Advanced dancers on Friday evening
• A steals workshop with Zaddy followed by a fun steals comp on Friday
• Waipiro and Korero with Tara Trafzer - a chat about all things West Coast Swing
• Levelled workshops, including dedicated Newcomer and Advanced workshops
• Q&A with the International Advisory Council
• Midnight sausage sizzle
• Hours of social dancing
• WSDC JnJ
• And more!

Registrations

Weekend passes are $275
Register here - Dance Convention
Cancellation and photography policies available here – Terms and Conditions

Competitions

WSDC registered JnJ competitions – Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, All Star (pending numbers)
Code 03-sum Steals – fun, non-WSDC competition on the Friday night

Code of Conduct

You can read the code of conduct for Shakedown here.

Social Media

Instagram – @shakedownswing
Facebook – Shakedown Swing

Contact us

Via our socials, or email code03swing@gmail.com