Category: News

Lots of excitement this time ’round with graduation upon us again! These Introductory courses just FLY by! Lindy 1 Well it was week 4 and the end of the course, indeed the end of the last course for 2006! We were back into our Swing Outs again but I’ll tell you the real treat…Swing Out...

Class reviews and info are still to come this week, writing deadlines have unfortunately kept me from the site.  However I wanted to make a special effort before leaving for the Mustang to let everyone know of the very sad news; Jay McShann, the last of the original Big Band Swing leaders, has passed away....

Post MLX classes this week with many still reeling from a weekend of non stop action and also the inclusion of a new Swing It! teacher… Lindy 1 This week it was the current Lindy 1’s first meeting with the greatest Swing move of them all, the Swing Out! A lot of tricky movement and...

For those of you that don’t know, Melbourne just held a national/international Swing dance event known as MLX (Melbourne Lindy Exchange).  As always Perth dancers flew over to join in on the fun but this year there was a record 30+ dancers there!  It was a four day event with dancing from 8:00pm till 6:00am...

Next week, Nov 29th, will see the start of, I hope, a very long career in teaching as Trevor Hutchison takes the stage for his first class!  Trevor will be joining Mel as they teach the regular Lindy 3 (advanced) class and I needn’t tell you it’ll be a class not to be missed.  Come...

Well this was the week leading into MLX so we didn’t expect much of a turn out. Boy were we surprised! Great to see so many faces at class and also fantastic to have interstate visitors like Carl, Natalie and James joining in on the fun! Lindy 1 Again a huge class with so much...

Tickets are now on sale for the New Year’s Stomp! This is the first time the Perth Swing scene has ever had a dedicated swing New Year’s event so let’s make this a night to remember! You can find all the details HERE including information on the Jack and Jill Competition. See you there!

As you may know, this will be the last week we’ll be seeing Jules and Sarah for two years! Both of them are extremely close, personal friends and I for one will be devestated to see them go. They both add so much life and warmth to the scene and I’m sure we’ll all be...

Another fantastic week, this time with a whole batch of new faces! Lindy 1 It was week 1 and a very big welcome to a whole new group of Lindy Hop beginners. We were thoroughly impressed with the energy and enthusiasm of the class. Keep it up guys! It’s only going to get better from...

What happens when you mix some tricky jazz steps with some high flying follows and add a dash of our latest, official Lindy Hoppers? You get a great night at classes! Before we get into the finer details let me remind everyone that next week’s classes will be at the new times so double check...