Come Learn 6Beat Jitterbug, Cool Tandem moves and Skye and Frida style at Newtown

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.

Happy Buzzmas .. Get your tickets now!

We will be celebrating our end of year party with the great musician Pugsley Buzzard!
Grab your tickets and come along.

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Watch Out For the Taxi Dancers

At the christmas party we will be observing the quaint practice of taxi dancing.

What is Taxi Dancing?
Taxi dancers are hired to dance with their customers on a dance-by-dance basis. This began in the 1920s allowing the 'taxis' (traditionally) women to earn 10c a dance. It hit it's peak of popularity in the 1930s with entire dance halls being dedicated to taxi dancing. This extended into the 1940s during the large USOs where GIs could taxi dance with the available partners (Uncle Sam pickup the cheque i'd imagine).

How does this relate to Buzzmass?
Each hour we will have a selection of taxi dancers available (Both Leads and follows) all you have to do is ask them to dance, they can never refuse and will guarantee a great dance experience. Just look for the Santa Hats.


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Level 1 - 6-Beat Jitterbug

L1 Class Summary

We began a new series of 6beat moves. What did we do in class? • Basic 6Beat Step • Tuck Turn Free Spin • Free Spin Pass By • Frees Spin (to closed)

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 Moves

L2 Class Summary

This week we focused on a variety of Tandem charleston moves. What did we do in class?: • Girl Free Spin • Fabrice Move v1 • Fabrice Move v2 • Over the Head Girl Turn variation • Sneaky Charleston

Level 3 - The Skye and Frida class

L3 Class Summary

We studied the dancing of the great Skye and Frida, and had a discussion regarding the following points. • Pulse • Posture • Flow • Follow Variations We then danced a cool short sequence from their ILHC competition. What did we do in class?: • Frida Follow variation • Sailor Knott move • 6Beat Break Move • Hesitation moves

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