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Swing Patrol in the Huffington Post

Swing Patrol were extremely flattered to be featured in an article on the Huffington Post blog, written by Dr Lucy Maddox – clinical psychologist, lecturer, writer and member of our very own performance troupe,  The Dinahs. In the article “The Psychology of Dancing at Festivals”,  Lucy talks about the psychological aspect of dancing at festivals. It’s a fascinating […]

Swing Patrol at the Capital Age Festival image

Swing Patrol at the Capital Age Festival

In July 2013, Swing Patrol performance troupes the Rhythm Rascals and the Dinahs performed at the Royal Festival Hall as part of the Capital Age Festival alongside the great sounds of the London Gay Big Band who were in fine form. Well done to our team who were spectacular! Check out the photo gallery below for some […]

The Dinahs place first at ESDC! image

The Dinahs place first at ESDC!

For the past few weeks our all-girl performance troupe – the Dinahs – have been training hard for the Jazz Roots Team Division at the European Swing Dance Championships. They were the largest team by far and up against some really tough competition from Korea, Norway, Sweden and the USA to name but a few.  […]

Ben and Ash place first at ILHC! image

Ben and Ash place first at ILHC!

We couldn’t be more proud of our very own teachers Benjamin Cook & Ashleigh Cochrane who placed first in the Advanced Strictly division at the International Lindy Hop Championships in Washington DC – a place where the best dancers come to compete. You can watch them compete in their division in the video below: