In January of 2025, PSDF inducted Denise Minns-Harris as our newest director. For Black History Month, 2025, we honor Ms. Harris’ father—legendary swing dancer Al Minns—whose legacy lives on through the Al Minns Next Generation…
You may have heard, but Tuesday night, Pacific Swing Dance Foundation lost its headquarters in the Eaton Fire in Altadena, CA. If you’d like to help PSDF recover, and provide relief to other dancers who’ve…
Last Saturday at Camp Hollywood 2024 PSDF sponsored and produced an amazing panel discussion: The video and audio will be posted soon on our YouTube Channel so stay tuned!
Thank you to all who donated to the Summer FUNdraiser or participated in the Silent Auction. In all, we raised $3,345.00—about 67% of our goal! To give credit where it’s due: In July, Atomic Ballroom…
When we started Pacific Swing Dance Foundation in 2018, we had little inkling how arduous it would be to achieve federal non-profit status. The process involves delivering hundreds of pages of financial and legal information…
On June 16, 2020, we e-mailed this update to all of our contributors: Thank You! Thanks to you and almost 1,000 other patrons, Pacific Swing Dance Foundation has collected just over $85,000 to aid full-time…
During today’s Rhythm Relief fundraiser, we aired an informational spot about PSDF and the Pacific Swing Dance Archive. You can support this effort right now by contributing to the Pacific Swing Dance Archive Living History…
We were recently in touch with Roy Damron’s caretaker and learned of his death in early January, 2020. In 2018, PSDF sent Bobby White to Roy’s home in Hawaii where he, assisted by Deb Eason,…
At PSDF, we’ve been trying to find ways to help swing artists who’ve lost income. So, a couple of weeks ago, Nick Williams approaches and says “I have an idea…” We are thrilled to be…
The PSDF board of directors met about a week ago to discuss what, if anything, PSDF can do to help the swing dance scene during the necessary swing dance shutdowns related to COVID-19. PSDF is…
PSDF is pleased to sponsor episode 43 of Ryan Swift’s The Track Podcast featuring SoCal swing dance legend Marge Takier! Some of the CalBal team played a small role in making this match, and it’s…
