March 7 - 9, 2025
HDDC J&J Challenge Locations

Mark your calendar! The following locations will be holding HDDC J&J Challenge Qualifying Events:

See our winners below!

Event Name Event Location Date Website/Contact Information
Westie Pit 
Burbank Moose Lodge
1901 W. Burbank Blvd, Burbank, CA 91506

Tuesday, January 21, 2025
916 Swing
The Press Club
1119 21st St.
Sacramento, CA
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Greater Phoenix Swing Dance Club

FatCat Ballroom
3131 E. Thunderbird Rd., Suite 33
Phoenix, AZ 85032
Friday, January 24, 2025
(Doors open at 8:30,
and contest starts at 9:30 pm)
Fat Cat Ballroom Website


Famous Friday


5875 S Rainbow Blvd. Suite 206

Las Vegas, NV 89118

Friday, January 31

Famous Friday

Good Vibes

1751 W. Alexander St.

Salt Lake City, UT 84119

Monday, February 3

(8:00-9:00 p.m.)

Good Vibes Website

Blackout Friday

Soho Dance L.A.
1618 Cotner Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Friday, February 7, 2025

SoCal Westy Website

WnY Dance Lakeside

200 Grand Ave

Oakland, CA 94610

Saturday, February 8, 2025

WnY Dance Website

Press Box

6471 Westminster Blvd.

Westminster, CA 92683


Saturday, February 8, 2025


Press Box Facebook Page

Slo Motion

2880 Broad St.

San Luis Obisbo, CA 93401

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Slo Motion Facebook Page

Dance Diego West Coast Swing-
Dance Headquarters
5035 Shawline St.
San Diego, CA 92111
Friday, February 14, 2025 DanceHQSD Website
The Event Center

14339 White Sage Road

Moorpark, CA 93021

Saturday, February 22, 2025

TEC Website

SD Westie

Infinity Dance Sport Center

7243 Engineer Road

San Diego, CA 92111

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

SD Westie Website



916 Swing

Sacramento, CA
January 21, 2025

See names of winners below.



1st Place: Jefferson Flowers & Kathryn

2nd Place: Jefferson Flowers & Chanel

3rd Place: Toby Ziegler & Joslyn Mendez

4th Place: Jeff Huang & Elli Haugen

5th Place: Elgin & Rong Liu



Westie Pit

Burbank, CA
January 21, 2025

See names of winners below.



1st: Nick Sehguh and Ellie

2nd: Keita Sumikawa and April

3rd: Tanin Kosol and Marlynn Lane

4th: Everest A-e and Emma Walsh

5th: Tom Cochran and Dani Nicole



Greater Phoenix Swing Dance Club

Phoenix, AZ
January 24, 2025



Famous Fridays

Las Vegas, NV
January 31, 2025

  


1st Place: Jeff Smith & Anna Zabek
2nd Place: Bert Martin & Larissa Solovieva
3rd Place: Nelson Luong & Angela Heinold
4th Place: Kevynne Wilkerson & Kathie Castro
5th Place: Michael Ruby & Emerald Burcham


Good Vibes

West Valley City, Utah
February 3, 2025



1st Place-Cole McAllister & Kaylee Engel 
2nd Place-Waldo Aldecoa & Piper Karren 
3rd Place-Aimee DeGroff & Brennan Stanford
4th Place-Kristopher Hawkins & Isabel Hewett
5th Place-Chris Rankin & Ronald Mondragon


Blackout Friday

Los Angeles, CA
February 7, 2025


1st Place: Chase Henry & Marlynn Lane
2nd Place: Elliott Sweeney & Kyra Peters
3rd Place: Cole Stockdale & Trixie Teng
4th Place: Elaine Dimal & Ashley Veal
5th Place: Alvin Liang & Yana Smith


Famous Friday at The Press Box

Westminster, CA
February 8, 2025


1st Place: Everest A-e & Elisabeth Zosseder
2nd Place: Adam Sumilong & Erika Dane
3rd Place: Tony Nguyen & Tally Tam
4th Place: Jeremy Cooper & Amber Newell
5th Place: Hans Marasigan & Suzy Ackerman


WyN Lakeside Dance

Oakland, CA
February 8, 2025


1st Place: Vlad Sitalo & Patty Houston
2nd Place: Willie Brown & Joanna Lankester
3rd Place: Shin Aoki & Jessica Taisha
4th Place: George Martin & Rong Liu
5th Place: Danny Ireland & Alice Lee

Diego Dance

San Diego, CA
February 14, 2025



1st Place-Jesse Ferguson & Vera Crist
2nd Place-Curtis Allen & Elizabeth Van Osbree
3rd Place-Daniella Robichard & Nora Vartanian
4th Place-Anton Volodko & Julie Lombardi
5th Place-Jay Huff & Nhu Dang


SLO Motion

San Luis Obispo, CA
February 18, 2025

  

1st Place-Jacob & Suzy Ackerman
2nd Place-Troy Thaker & Lina Baldenegro
3rd Place-Brandon Newby & Angela Mauldin
4th Place-Bryan Wintermantel & Becca Winkleman
5th Place-Sven Hamilton & Molly

The Event Center

Moorpark, CA
February, 22, 2025


1st Place-Andrew Son & Liannah Kovacs
2nd Place-Blake Kirby & Kelley Broderick
3rd Place-Reggie Gallardo & Denise Gibson
4th Place-Tom Hogue Jr. & Krystal Yacoubian
5th Place-David Amborn & Maggie Silverman

SD Westie

San Diego, CA

February 26, 2025


1st Place-Gordon Dang & Vita Zakhu

2nd Place-Egan Anselmo & Reina

3rd Place-Victor Chen & Jessica Greene

4th Place-Thomas & Nadja Tessler

5th Place-Kyle Eckman & Celine Maury