Castle Hill Bowling Club - West Coast Swing - Charles & Michelle Gil -leading the way in West Coast Swing dance tuition in Sydney! Charles & Michelle have been teaching rock n roll for over 13 years and teaching Nuroc Modern Jive - for over 7 years.
Charles & his wife Michelle fell in love with West Coast Swing dancing in 2005, after a friend showing them some West Coast Swing Footage from the USA, they started learning West Coast Swing shortly after seeing that fabulous footage!
In October 2006 Charles Gil competed for the first time overseas in the 'Boogie by the Bay' West Coast Swing competition held in San Francisco, USA. He won 1st place in the 'Novice Jack & Jill Division' and 5th place with Robyn also from Nuroc, in the 'Novice Strictly Swing Division'. Charles & Robyn (pictured below) were the only 2 Australian Dancers to win or even place in this competition. This was a huge achievement for our Australian Dancers and it really put our Australian West Coast Swing Dancers on the map in the USA! Hundreds of America's competed in both events!
Charles also, most recently, won the West Coast Swing division of the Ceroc & Modern Jive Dance Championships competition in June 2007.