About JCSDC

We are a non-profit organization located in Arnold, MO. Our club is devoted to promoting Inperial Swing Dancing serving Jefferson County and St. Louis Metropolitan areas.

The Jefferson County Swing Dance Club (JCSDC) was established on 9-7-83, by Ray Rodgers and Randy Kotoucek. Ray was a local dance instructor who taught lessons at the Magic Carpet Lounge in Festus.

Ray along with several of his students; Randy Kotoucek, Shirley Carpenter, Judy Hiller, Debbie Hodge, Larry Anderson and others got together and started the club. They soon out grew the Magic Carpet and started to meet at the Club Soda in Crystal City.

As the club grew, it moved to the far North end of Jefferson County, in Arnold, where it now meets at the VFW Hall on New Church Road, every 2nd and 4th Tuesday.

Within a year of the club starting, Don & Sharon Roberts and Gary & Charlotte Chaney joined. They are the longest active members in the club, who still attend our club dances.