About this vendor
Named best wedding dance studio on THE KNOT 2022, 2023 and 2024! Got2Lindy Dance Studios provides wedding dance lessons to couples in person or online from wherever you are! Owners Linda and Chester combine twenty years' experience in teaching dance with a fun and personable style that makes learning easy! They expertly guide couples through moves that complement their song and personal style to help them step out onto the dance floor with confidence on the big day, and forever. Many couples report that learning to dance for their wedding was the highlight of their wedding planning...and many have actually said the dance itself was the highlight of the wedding day for themselves and their guests!
Whether you want to put on a show or just learn a few simple moves so you look like you know what you are doing, Linda and Chester can help.
As one happy bride recently texted; "Hey Linda, the professional video hasn't come in yet, but I must say I've watched the cell phone video I sent you at least once to twice a day since the wedding and every time I watch it, I am so proud that we actually did it!!! Thank you so much for your hard work and patience with us. You two are so talented and it showed in our dance. Just know what you do for people "Sparks Joy" and we're all so appreciative of it!"
Linda and Chester have taught on cruise ships around the world and hold group classes in Kingston, NY. Private lessons are held in Marlboro, NY or anywhere online. They match your song to any dance style. They also specialize in Swing, Lindy Hop, Blues, Charleston, and Balboa.
Got2Lindy Dance Studios provides specialty lessons for first dances and parent dances. Linda and Chester can teach you to dance, both for the wedding and for the rest of your lives. They also offer gift certificates, which make wonderful presents before and after wedding festivities.
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Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Music Genres
- Dance
Awards and Affiliations
5-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2026.2025.2024.+2 more.
Best of Weddings
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Hall of Fame
Earned by winning 'Best of Weddings' four or more times.
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Linda and Chester are awesome! They were so accommodating as to what we needed. They have helped us learn how to dance overall and create a dance for our first dance song. I would ...
highly recommend them for anyone who needs wedding dance lessons as this is the perfect set up and the price is very reasonable per each lesson.
Chester and Linda and very personable and great at teaching! We have done individual lessons as well as group dance classes and have throughly enjoyed both. Highly recommend them t...
o help you prepare for your wedding day as well :)
Chester and Linda helped us choreograph our wedding dance and made us feel so confident. They did an amazing job teaching us how to dance, and we ended up loving the lessons so muc...
h that we signed up for their classes! We’re so grateful for their patience, talent, and the fun they brought to the whole experience.
Linda and Chester of Got2Lindy Dance Studios expertly guided my dad and I to the father/daughter waltz of our dreams at my recent wedding! They patiently met us where we were as en...
thusiastic and committed, but decidedly nonprofessional beginner dancers, breaking down the steps, and even helped us with personalized flourishes to truly make the dance our own. I would heartily recommend them for making you feel confident and prepared for a wedding or any special event dance number.
They were also very responsive and flexible in helping us setting up the number of lessons we needed and accommodating our tight schedule and timeline.
Linda and Chester were the best investment we made throughout our wedding planning process (and the most fun!). We reached out with only a month until the wedding amd they were abl...
e to teach us the basics of swing so we could avoid a basic "sad sway" first dance. My fiance and I were very nervous to have our first dance and wanted to cut our song but since taking lessons we feel excited and decided to dance the whole 3 minutes! We can't wait to join their weekly classes and have a fun date night as newly weds!
Linda and Chester are great dance teachers! My husband and I took lessons for our first dance. They were so knowledgeable and patient, I highly recommend them for lessons!
Linda and Chester were a pleasure to work with. They make an excellent team and helped us feel at ease while preparing for our wedding dance. They were attentive to our needs and n...
ever pushy. We highly recommend them!
My wife and I drove for more than an hour one way to get lessons from Linda and Chester in preparation for our wedding. To say it was worth it is an understatement!
Linda and Ches...
ter were incredibly helpful and patient, helping us learn the basics of our dance starting from nothing (I had never danced before).
We spent a lot of time practicing the choreography on our own, which is a must for anyone learning. However, Linda and Chester provided instrumental help in teaching us the foundations, while also helping us develop our skills even further.
We would typically have a lesson, then work on our dance on our own. Every subsequent lesson Linda and Chester would then help us iron out any problems, then help us learn the techniques for the next set of moves.
In the end, we blew people away at our wedding, with many thinking we had been dancing for years—when in reality, it had just been a few weeks.
And even though it wouldn’t have been possible without our own practice, it would have taken considerably longer had we not been guided and supported by Linda and Chester, and their overwhelming expertise!
Linda & Chester allowed us to have the first day of our dreams! Give them a try, they will definitely teach you dance moves you didn’t even know you could do! They are punctual, pa...
tient, knowledgeable, and excellent at what they do. They really care about making your dance perfect!
Fabulous process - send Linda and Chester your desired wedding song, and they will expertly choreograph a dance tailored to the music and your preferred style. They were patient wi...
th us as we fumbled through 4 lessons. In the end, we felt (fairly) confident we were performance ready. It felt good to put on something for our guests that was special and effortful.
The wedding dance was amazing thanks to the lessons from Linda and Chester’s. They were communicative, prompt, courteous, professional, very friendly, and subject matter experts in...
the world of dance. They helped us tailor the dance to our chosen song and gave us invaluable tips for the dance.
The dance was AMA-zing, our guests were surprised (especially since I can’t dance) and are still talking about the dance months later. And those lessons also helped us in our parent dances. The most important part? My husband and I enjoyed the dance, we were happy, we were comfortable, and enjoyed ourselves in the moment. Highly recommend! Thank you guys!
My fiancé, Kyle and I are getting married October 4, 2024. Shortly after getting engaged last year we decided that for our first dance we wanted to have it choreographed to one of ...
our favorite songs. I reached out to Linda and let her know what my vision was. She was enthusiastic and confident that she would be able to teach us our dance before our big day. We broke the dance down into 10 sessions which was great. It made it easier for us to practice in between lessons. Chester is encouraging, detailed and professional. Kyle and I truly appreciate the time and effort that went into helping us with our dance. It’s some thing that we will cherish forever. Chester and Linda are friendly and welcoming. We will miss our weekly sessions and our laughs. We had a wonderful experience. Thank you ❤️
Linda and Chester gave me the best experience for learning my mother-daughter wedding dance ! I had to learn the ‘leader’ role, which was challenging since I’ve only been a ‘foll...
ower’ in my swing dance education with Linda and Chester. They broke down the moves so I could understand and adapt how to be a ‘leader’ and ALWAYS with encouraging feedback.
They were were very much tuned into the type of dance I wished to have with my daughter and tailored it perfectly for us - joyous and so fun! I am so very grateful to Linda and Chester!!
Linda and Chester are amazing! Patient and fun. Highly recommend.
Knowledgeable and fun to work with!
We had a great time learning new dance moves for our wedding from Chester. He taught us several steps to fit both our original wedding dance song and then adapted quickly when we ...
changed to a new song. Lessons were fun and relaxed over a few weeks and we couldn't have been happier to work with Chester.
Linda & Chester were such a huge help in planning our first dance. Unfortunately, we only had time for two lessons, but they had us looking like pros! We would recommend them to an...
yone :)
Amazing! I am getting married in just a few days and I was worried about our first dance being awkward so I sent an email to Linda and Chester hoping that by some miracle they woul...
d be able to help us last minute, and boy did they come through! They were so flexible and we were able to meet with them on 3 consecutive days. My fiancé and I are by no means experienced dancers but after just 3 sessions with Linda and Chester we feel confident that our first dance will be a truly special moment. We can't wait to report back to our amazing instructors. We can't thank them enough!!!
They are the BEST of the BEST! My husband and originally did not want to take any lessons, but then we decided it would be a good idea rather than awkwardly swaying side to side. W...
e ended up LOVING our classes. It was always a fun time and opportunity for us to bond and get excited about our wedding. They are affordable and it is completely personal to your needs and wants. I would recommend Linda and Chester over any other dance school .
I would recommend Got2Lindy Dance Studios for anyone looking to take lessons! My husband and I got married 10/7/23 and we wanted to feel comfortable and confident with our first da...
nce. Linda and Chester were so helpful and started from the basics (neither of us had much ballroom dance experience). After a few months of lessons we were feeling great and had so much fun along the way! My husband even took the skills he learned to easily lead his mom in their dance together as well. Thank you Linda and Chester, you are true professionals!
My now husband and I used the services of Linda & Chester for our first dance and they by far exceeded our expectations. My husband and I had no prior training or skill set under o...
ur belt and by the end of our time with Linda & Chester we look like we can dance!! We’ve even now started joining their group dance classes because we enjoyed our time with them so much. They specialize in swing but they have a wide range of knowledge about all different dance types and our first dance was a mix of the country two step, swing, and Cajun jitterbug. It was fun and our guests had nothing but wonderful things to say and they were thoroughly entertained at our wedding. Linda & Chester are kind, patient, fun, and loving! They have so many services to fit your needs from couples classes, to private classes, to group classes, to even public dances in Kingston which are SO fun! Definitely make them your first choice for your wedding, we absolutely love them!
Linda and Chester are truly incredible. They are so patient, kind, funny and an absolute joy to work with. We went in knowing absolutely nothing and we’ve come out with incredible ...
knowledge and an amazing first dance we can’t wait to show off. They were flexible with our crazy schedules and really went the extra mile to make sure we were able to get in with them as much as possible before the big day. They are worth every penny and more. There are not possibly enough good things I could say. 10000000% recommend.
This couple was amazing in helping us learn some dance moves for our special day! We didn’t think we could dance but they made us feel confident and showed us that we really could ...
dance! They were easy to communicate with and flexible with schedules since we both work full time. I highly recommend them for dance lessons!
Linda and Chester are awesome !
They are prompt, easy to talk to , patient and extremely knowledgeable. They were able to tailor dance moves to our wedding song and tailor dance ...
moves to our abilities.
We had so much fun and can’t wait to show off our dance moves at our wedding !
We really had a fun time with our private dancing lessons for our first dance. We are definitely beginners, and Linda and Chester were great at teaching us basic ballroom dancing s...
o that we can dance not only to our song, but other songs as well. I would definitely recommend this dance studio.
Chester and Linda were amazing they listened to exactly what we wanted and made it a reality. We both have zero dance experience but they worked with us and they helped me and my s...
tepfather make our vision into a dance. We were the hit of the party :)
We had a bad experience with Fred Astaire before finding Chester and Linda. I would highly recommend them to anyone!
we really enjoyed our lessons here!! we came to this studio with no dance skills whatsoever, but wanting to learn some basic, entertaining moves. Now, we have almost 4 minutes of c...
horeography. The lesson price is worth every penny. We look forward to each lesson every week - highly recommended for couples wanted to learn a first dance.
Linda and Chester were amazing dance instructors that helped us go from no experience and shying away from dancing in public to dancing the night away at our wedding. What they ta...
ught us will last a lifetime. We are still getting compliments on our first dance, so don't hesitate to book them for yours as well!
Linda and Chester were such great teachers! My husband and I went from having never danced together before to feeling confident for our first dance at our wedding, and all in the s...
pace of just a few lessons! The instructors were patient and funny and made learning how to dance so much fun and low stress. Would highly recommend!
Linda and Chester are amazing teachers! They patiently taught me and my husband the most beautiful and elegant dance moves for our first dance at our wedding. The moves were simple...
and easy so it wasn't too stressful or complicated to remember. On the day of, we felt very comfortable, confident, and had a ton of FUN! Looking back on our dance video it looks as though we've been dancing for years. Thanks to Linda and Chester our first dance was a highlight of our wedding day that we will never forget. I would 10/10 recommend Got2Lindy Dance Studios!
Linda and Chester were amazing! They helped us feel confident for our first dance, they made learning the steps very easy. We learned something we can do forever, and we really en...
joyed our first dance on our wedding day. It was even fun just going to our lessons, it’s definitely something we’ll never forget!
I met my wife through the dance community while taking group dance lessons with Linda & Chester, so when it came time for our wedding we naturally turned to them to choreograph and...
teach us our first dance. They were patient and kind, adapting as we went to highlight our strengths and preferences, and nothing can beat the applause of our friends and family when we finally hit the dance floor! We highly recommend them!
Linda and Chester were amazing dance instructors for my husband and I and our first dance. My husband had zero prior experience in professional dancing and he was hesitant to learn...
but was quickly made to feel at ease. After one lesson he was already ahead of me and leading the way. My husband and I took two lessons prior to our wedding which resulted in a real "wow" factor the night of. I now feel more confident than ever when it comes to dancing and I know my husband feels the same. I will direct anyone who asks about our dance to Linda and Chester. We cannot say enough great things! Thank you!
We were unsure at first about learning a dance for our wedding day, but Chester and Linda were super great to work with and made us feel comfortable from the first minute we steppe...
d into the studio. They were patient and knew when to step in to help, and were terrific teachers - we learned a ton in just a couple of months leading up to our wedding.
It was well worth it! Our dance was magical and we're super glad we did it -- all the thanks to Linda & Chester for their great teaching style!
Linda & Chester were amazing! My now husband and I took lessons for our wedding and their lessons made our first dance a breeze. Highly recommend!
Linda and Chester were amazing! We reached out to them because we wanted to surprise and wow our guests with our first dance, and wow them we did! We started off with traditional ...
slow dancing and broke out into swing. We literally had about 6 weeks to review the basics of ballroom dancing and learn some swing dance moves. Linda and Chester helped us accomplish this task!! Linda and Chester were very accommodating with our schedule and helped us by making videos of our dance and even putting the music together, so we could review and practice. They definitely made our first dance memorable! I would highly recommend them as your dance instructors for your wedding , whether it be something traditional or swing!
Linda & Chester are the perfect teaching team! I called up asking if we could learn to "swing out" about 3 months before our wedding and they put us through basics and into 8count ...
in perfect time!!
My fiance and I have attended 2 group workshops for Lindy Hop prior to 2020 where we shuffled our way through. But we wanted to feel really good about the first dance at our wedding! Within 6 lessons, we managed to surpass all expectations and feel really comfortable swinging out together! And it's not limited to our own song, we found ourselves dancing at a friends' wedding and testing different songs and tempos!
Learning to lead and follow is like learning how to communicate all over again! A great skill to be working on in preparation for marriage! It's been so much fun jump-starting our foundational skills and having an activity to share together well beyond the wedding. We're very much looking forward to all the events Got2Lindy offers!
My partner and I heard about Got2Lindy from a "Nextdoor Neighbor" request I put out regarding private dance lessons for our first dance. My partner and I had never danced together ...
before, really, and my partner sort of always shied away from dancing in general. Anyhow we are having a small adventure reception but wanted a polished dance. I absolutely love dancing and it is just so fun. So we looked them up and did an initial drop in dance "class".
It was absolutely great - they asked us a few questions, helped us pick out our song and showed us a few simple moves to get us started. That first hour blew by and blew our minds and what a great opportunity this would be. Initially my partner didn't want a whole choreographed show but after that first lesson and understanding Linda & Chester's style in choreography we decided to buy the choreography package! Although we haven't had our reception yet we are absolutely blown away by the lessons we have taken over the last couple of months with them. The ease and clarity of the choreography which is designed each step of the way to match our abilities and style is great! Plus they had no issues at all with us having our baby in tow - who's favorite time during our lessons was spinning around the room!
We have one final lesson left before our big send off but we are over the moon about our experience with Linda and Chester and can't wait for their social dances to pick back up so we can attend! Additionally, we have even talked about just continuing to do some dance lessons every now and then as drop-ins even after our event to just keep it going!
Couldn't recommend them enough!
Linda and Chester were amazing! My husband and I (then fiancée) took lessons to learn how to dance to our wedding song. In a few short lessons we went from zero experience to blowi...
ng our guests away during our first dance. Such a great couple with an understanding on how to break down steps for inexperienced people and make you feel comfortable at any level! We really could not be more grateful.
In addition to the amazing job they did - they are extremely accommodating with time. We had an extremely tight schedule and they made it work. I highly recommend taking lessons with them!
We used Linda and Chester for our first dance but mostly for a dance I did with my 2 teenagers, who also gave me away. It was so important to me to do this dance with them. Linda a...
nd Chester made it so easy and fun! We learned a choreography that they designed for our special song and even though it didn’t go well because of technical difficulties with my dress, I wouldn’t change anything. They are so professional and kind. When we made a mistake, they gently redirected us. I’m so glad I had the chance to work with them. My husband and I had only one lesson because we ran out of time but because of their amazing teaching skills it was enough for us to through our 1st and last dance. Linda and Chester, thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything you did to make our day so amazing! ♥️
Chester and Linda are the best instructors I'll say. Kevin and I can't wait for our first dance 08.22.21. The choreographed dance that was put together came out beautiful and it's ...
something Kevin and I will cherish forever.
Linda & Chester were amazing! They helped us learn the first dance for our wedding! It was a hit and our guests all complimented us for our classy moves! They were very patient as ...
I’m probably the clumsiest person ever and they made me feel super comfortable with getting my rhythm down! They also were extremely accommodating to our hectic schedule! If your getting married and need to learn some dance moves for your first dance definitely use Got2Lindy!!!
Got2Lindy made our wedding day truly special. We had taken dance classes with Got2Lindy before and when we decided to learn an action packed wedding dance as a surprise for our fri...
ends and family, Got2Lindy was there to work with us! We rehearsed weekly with Chester, who choreographed a spectacular sequence that pushed our skills in new directions and made for a really fun post-dinner pre-dancing number. We looked forward to rehearsals each week and thoroughly enjoyed the entire experience, not just the end result. We are grateful to Linda and Chester for introducing us to swing and for helping us make our wedding so memorable - friends and family are still talking about our dance years later! We highly, HIGHLY recommend working with Got2Lindy. We had a blast!
Linda and Chester were lovely to work with! My husband and I took 2 lessons with them to ensure our 1st Dance in front of all of our wedding guests was tasteful, elegant and comfor...
table for us. We brought them 2 songs we were teetering between and they helped us envision what the moves would look like and then we picked the best song/dance combo for us. We left feeling confident and most of all had fun. Our wedding was over 2 years ago but we still find ourselves dancing around the kitchen with our special dance moves from our wedding! We loved working with Linda and Chester and highly recommend their lessons to anyone who needs a confidence boost for their dance moves.
I must say Chester and Linda know what they’re doing! My now husband and I took dance lessons at Got2Lindy Dance Studios and learned a 5 minute Viennese Waltz in a few weeks. Chest...
er and Linda taught us the basic steps and we worked our way up to the choreography which was challenging but we caught on. By the end of the lessons we were ready to show off!
The big day finally came and let me tell you the hard work paid off! The guests were so impressed with our performance that some even said it was the highlight of the night! We had guests even cry watching it! We were so prepared and confident that we weren’t even nervous. It was so much fun and we smiled the whole way through it!
Chester and Linda were an absolute pleasure to work with. They have true talent and skill and they made practice so enjoyable. We always left feeling good about what we learned that day! I must say it wasn’t easy learning 5 minutes of choreography but we did it!
Thank you Got2Lindy Dance Studios for helping make our big dance debut a success! We will always be grateful for your patience and teaching ability! We nailed it!!
To all of the couples reading this review... stop searching for a dance studio you just found the best one!
Ashley and Paul Vinci
Linda and Chester were absolutely great! Before taking a few lessons with them, my husband hated dancing and was completely uncomfortable out on the dance floor. However, he LOVED ...
dance lessons! They taught him how to lead me around the floor and both of us some basic steps for our first dance and they truly helped big time! We cannot thank Linda and Chester enough for their patience, teaching skills, and tips that we learned from them. We definitely recommend them for dance classes or private dance lessons for your wedding.
Linda and Chester are a dynamic duo. We took personal lessons with them for about 8-9 months. We also attended some of their group classes. Personal lessons expense added up, but s...
o worth it! We felt confident on the dance floor. We didn't have something "choreographed" we actually LEARNED how to dance so that he could lead and I could follow at will! I'd really recommend them. They are professional and friendly and very helpful to beginners!
We met Chester and Linda through a mutual friend and decided to take private lessons to learn Swing dance and to choreograph our first dance as man and wife, which ended up being a...
waltz. They were SO nice, SO patient, and SO personable! We loved them so much that we ended up inviting them to our wedding as guests and even made a point to get the videographer to get some of their moves on tape:) Thanks to them, we looked pretty darn good on the dance floor that day! That was 5 years ago and we still keep in touch and even continued taking lessons for quite a while, before we had our 2 children and our schedules didn't allow. I would (and do) recommend them to everyone!
Thanks to the excellent coaching of Linda and Chester, our first dance at the wedding reception was fantastic and beyond our expectations. We found Linda and Chester to be creative...
, helpful, patient, practical and very much accommodating to our wishes and various requests during the lessons. Our wedding dance turned out to be a big success.
Linda and Chester were great....
I honestly can't remember what the fee was but we met them several times in their home which was a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere. They had ...
great ideas for our dance and helped us be relaxed and have a good time. Our first dance was the hit of the wedding! Because they are a couple Chester could show my soon to be husband the moves by dancing with me and Linda could dance with him which was an advantage I think. You can't go wrong with these guys. Having a rehearsed dance was so much fun.
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39 Bloom Street, Marlboro, NY
Got2Lindy Dance Studios