Last week of SBS Charleston, Tandem entries for L2 and ULHS PrtII - The Chase Edition

W elcome to all our new dancers ... dance is a fantastic way to meet new people, exercise and have fun and we are glad to be joining you on your dance journey. In this section of the Swing Patrol Website here you will find news and information particular to Newtown and diary notes of what we taught in class, so you could print out these pages and keep a diary of everything that you've learnt. Also when ever possible we will maintain a weekly video diary of what we taught that week. So if you like what you see then come along to Newtown. The notes and video diary get updated weekly so keep checking every week.

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Pic of the week

We had a birthday jam for Brock this week at Newtown.

Level 1 - SBS Charleston

L1 Class Summary

We continued this week with a new series, the Side by side charleston. We'll be covered all the fundamentals for the step as well as add in a bunch of cool moves and variations. Come join in the FUN! What did we do in class? • Energetic Kicks to start dancing with • Basics side-by-side charleston • Turn on 7 • Outside Turn (Jump,Jump version)

How do you know your ready for level 2?

	What basics series do you learn in Level 1 • The Lindy Hop (8Beat) Basics • The Jitterbug (6Beat) basics • The Tandem Charleston basics • The Hand To Hand Charleston basics • The Side By Side Charleston basics
Each week we teach (or review) the basic moves and technique and then add in different moves or variations. We repeat the 'Lindy Hop' series alot because it's the core step that we teach and the steps from the 'Classic' era of swing. To complete the entire series takes about 8 months. We encourage you to take this time in Level 1.

Level 2 - Tandem Charleston Entries

L2 Class Summary

This week we focused on a variety of Tandem charleston entries, including dancing them from Charleston, -Beat (Jitterbug) and 8-Beat (Lindy Hop). As the counts went up so did the difficulty. What did we do in class?: • Tuck Turn Entry (8 counts) • Hand Catch Entry (8 counts) • Running Charleston Entry (10 counts) • The Super Entry (24 counts ... phew!)

Level 3 - The ILHC came to Newtown Part II : the chase edition

L3 Class Summary

studied the videos and will be teaching a selection of cool moves and/or combos from the swing dance champions. Like Juan Villafante, Sharon Davis, Kevin St. Laurent, Jo Hoffberg, Max Pitruzzella & Annie Trudeau. We focused on The chase a cool lindy sequence that involves lots of footwork, turning and traveling. Its very creative and lots of fun. What did we do in class?: • Basic Chase footwork and styling • Shadow Chase from a swing out • Mirror Chase from a tuck turn Then things got creative as we broke into groups and made up our own chases, it was very inventive and fantastic to watch ... well done!

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