Author: Shane

The night was alive, the music was blaring and what would I know…I wasn’t there. From what I HEAR on the rather reliable grapevine (RRG for short) the evening was a great success and Ruth and Jarrad rocked the house down. Clearly it’s time I quit. It was Jarrad’s first night teaching so a big...

What a night! I can’t tell you how much tonight’s classes lifted my spirits and got me in the mood for my dancing weekend in Melbourne. I’ve been somewhat under the weather and tonight lifted me right out of it. Lindy 2, you were AWESOME! Such a fun class and such difficult transitions and you...

Who are these guys? They’re our Mt Lawley HEROES! Bob, Thanh, Wes and Grant (sorry, Grant, you left before I could take the photo) showed up to the delight of all the girls at Mt Lawley for their introduction to Swing Outs! Thanks so much for helping us out gentlemen, we couldn’t do it without...

Sensational Swing Outs all round both in Lindy 1 AND Lindy 2! Those Lindy 2 variations were brilliant and I feel I should point out AGAIN how great the girls were looking. Use them on the floor!! Don’t let such a great variation go to waste. As always congratulations to our graduating Lindy 1 course....

It’s with great sadness that we bid Jojo Jackson farewell this Wednesday but we hope to do so in true, Aussie style…at the pub! At 10.00pm, after Lindy 3, on Wednesday evening we’ll be heading down to the Balmoral Pub, 901 Albany Hwy in Victoria Park. We’d like to invite everyone down to join us...

This is the first post in a regular series looking at classic swing tunes, and I thought I’d start off with a classic: Lionel Hampton’s 1942 recording of “Flying Home” This particular verison became an anthem of the Swing era thanks in part to a unique tenor saxophone solo by a young Illinois Jacquet. You...

Week 1 of our new Lindy 1 for Vic Park and again I ask myself…where are all the men?? It’s certainly a question I never considered I’d ask myself, not in my wildest dreams, yet here I was pondering the lack of fellas in the world. Nevertheless we still had a great time introducing Lindy...

It was into our second week of the first Lindy 1 course and, luckily, we had more guys! Not many, sure, but it’s quality and not quantity I say…although quantity would be good too. Again it was the mighty Thanh carrying the lion’s share but this time he was joined by the also mighty Grant!...

A fantastic night all round as we had several Lindy 1s make their way up to Lindy 2; congratulations guys and girls! It may seem like a big step but all of you did SO well! Some outstanding styling in Lindy 2 as well! Difficult moves but we were really impressed by some of you....

This Saturday evening saw the Swing It! team dancing up a storm at the Upper Reach Winery to the sensational, swingin’ sounds of Adam Hall and the Velvet Playboys! The evening couldn’t possibly have been better as the crowd were treated to remarkable wines, a stunning sunset and some fantastic tunes. Ruth, Mel, Sharon, Jojo,...