Author: Shane

Due to the Easter festivities our regular friday night at the Mustang has been moved to Thursday night (just for this week). I’ll be DJing from 6.00pm and the band is on from 6.30pm – 8.00pm. See you there! –Shane

This week’s class featured a Kid Ory tune (hense the photo above) and Dan making fun of my sister! We were poishing up some moves from the previous weeks last night and taking a running jump into the world of SWING OUT! Craziness abounds. It’s a tough move but the greatest of them all. Next...

No Jimmie Lunceford didn’t come and perform this week…regardless of how often I ask. Due to an error with my camera the photos taken on Monday night disappeared. Where? I know not. Instead I decided to use a photo of the Jimmie Lunceford orchestra since a track he played was featured during classes! This week...

Swing Summercamp Japan! October 4th – 8th Shane and Ruth have been invited to Japan in order to teach an exciting follow up event to Shane’s first workshop in Osaka! The workshop will concentrate on bringing their energetic approach and style of Lindy Hop to the land of the rising sun. A special note: We...

Ever dreamt of soaring skyward but weren’t sure on how to get both feet off the ground? Eager to get some air but fearful of landing on your derriere? Fret no more! Swing It presents Part 1 of Fly Me To The Moon – Beginner Aerials. This is a class for those yet to be...

Charge of the Hoppers! Yes Wednesday evening was all about the fine arts of running about! Poison Ball? No. British Bulldog? No. Travelling Back Charleston! It’s not everyone’s great style I’m most impressed with; it’s not the solid energy or dynamic look…it’s the fact we got through an entire night doing this move with no...

Welcome to all of our new Lindy 1 students! The second course for Mt Lawley has kicked off to a great start (although a late one) and we’re really looking forward to transforming everyone into lean, mean Lindy MACHINES! The class was cheerful and the atmosphere was fun…even with the presence of “the unfriendly one”....

Mad cap craziness and a whole lot of fun! This week it was “that move with the guy behind the girl” more preferably known as Back Charleston. We changed it up a little (it’s ok, Jeff was fine with it) and taught a new variation. We’re happy to know that in the one night we...

Finally I’m back! Sadly I was half asleep and couldn’t hear to save my life (a bad case of Jet Head from having just returned from Melbourne). I didn’t realise I couldn’t hear properly until Ruth politely informed me the stereo was just a tad loud; which was good considering I couldn’t figure out why...

(This week the part of Shane was played by a better looking, much taller man named Wes.) Graduation week! The first course for Swing It’s newest school has finally come to an end and is now proud to have its very own graduating Lindy Hoppers! And I wasn’t there…which is actually quite sad. HOWEVER, as...