In order to talk about my favourite styling, I will have to introduce jazz steps into the Lindy Hop Challenge. A jazz step that I like very much is the Shorty George. You often the Shorty George being done in a few different ways, but the way I prefer to see it done and also […]

Well here we are, 16 days into the Lindy Hop Challenge. I might as well put my money where my mouth is and show you photographic evidence of me on a dance floor…just in case you haven’t been fortunate enough to catch the live show! Here are two for the price of one.    

It is difficult to select one classic clip as my favourite. One very strong contender would be the a video of Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers performing the Big Apple in 1939. This routine is extremely fast, lively, and most importantly fun. It is a big hit whenever it is either taught or performed. I am delighted […]

The really great thing about swing dancing is the number of friends that you can make. Even dancing in your home city, in my case it’s Galway, you can make a lot of good friends. Anyone who travels to other places in search of even more dancing will find  the potential to expand that circle […]

Throughout the four years that I have been dancing, I have had a lot of fun and many fond memories. Probably one of my favourite would be performing at the Volvo Ocean Race Final in Galway in 2012. A group of us had the opportunity to perform two routines on the main stage in the […]

As I possibly mentioned in a previous articles, I have been dancing for four years. Throughout this time, I have had the opportunity to learn from a lot of great dancers and also observe great dancers either at an event or online. Some of the teachers / swing pros that I would consider to be […]

Although I do enjoy dancing to a rockabily group that play regularly in Galway because I am a fan of the rockabily and rock n’ roll music that stems from before the sixties. For the purpose of this entry, my favourite songs to dance to would include Blue Drag by the Washboard Rhythm Kings, Midnight […]