Terry 'Wild-Wild' West

Terry is a musically inclined, athletic and spiritual individual whose main interest is to create the opportunity for others to enrich their lives through the recreation of dancing. He has performed this work for the last 21 years as a dance instructor, DJ, and a major promoter of West Coast Swing in the Seattle area. He has provided Seattle area swing dancers with weekly West Coast Swing classes and dances as well as weekend workshops featuring the country’s top professionals.

His enthusiasm and success at building a strong West Coast Swing dance community in Seattle inspired others to establish similar dance communities throughout the Northwest, including West Coast Swing Clubs in Portland, Spokane and Vancouver B.C.

As a dance instructor, Terry’s focus is on helping the social West Coast Swing dancer. He teaches movements that are easily led and followed on the social dance floor and often gives pointers on how to be a more desirable social dance partner.

Terry is recognized as one of the top West Coast Swing DJ’s in the nation. He has been the primary DJ for the Seattle Swing Dance Club and Seattle’s Easter Swing Convention for many years and has been on the DJ Staff for the US Open and Phoenix Swing Conventions.

Terry's top West Coast Swing song picks are regularly listed on the DJ Page at the prestigious USASwingNet website.

In 2007 he was inducted into the Swing DJ Hall of Fame.