Jessica Heasley

Year: Junior, Class of ‘08

Field of Study: Biochemistry/Pre-med, French

Post-Graduation Plans: Medical school or grad school

Favorite Dances: Swing, Lindy Hop, Charleston, Argentine Tango

“Hometown Haunts”: Wabasha Street Caves, “The Tap” Tapestry Folk Center

Favorite Bands: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Royal Crown Revue, Indigo Swing, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Brian Setzer Orchestra

Favorite Songs: Masochism Tango; Stormy Weather & Beyond the Sea, RCR; Bei Mer Bist Du Schon; Hell, Ghost of Stephen Foster, Under the Sea, SNZ; Violent Love & Swing Lover, Indigo Swing; When it Comes to Love, Ol’ MacDonald, Maddest Kind of Love, Still in Love With You, & You, Me, and the Bottle Makes Three, BBVD; Jump, Jive and Wail & You’re the Boss, BSO

Favorite Dance Scenes/Movies: Swing Kids, Savoy scene in Malcolm X, Singing in the Rain, Dirty Dancing

How I Got into Dance: I only started dancing when I got to college.  I saw the booth at Involvement on the Mall and signed up on a whim.  My first year, I missed the very first lesson, that was it.  I fell in love with dancing and teaching it, too.  I fell even harder for swing dancing after attending a swing night at the Wabasha Street Caves.  I’ve learned to Lindy Hop and Charleston, after my humble beginnings with east coast swing and the BDC. 

Other Dance Club Affiliations: Gustavus Swing Club, CSB/SJU Swing Cats Club

Other Activities: Volunteering, French Club, working in the serials department at the libraries, old movies, reading…

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