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The Syncopated Times: Exploring the world of Hot Jazz, Ragtime and Swing! In April 2019, Swing Patrol were featured in an article in the Syncopated Times entitled ‘More Swing Please, we’re British’. The article is written by Dave Doyle – a swing dancer, dance teacher and journalist based in the U.K. Doyle explores the global lindy […]
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Swing Patrol celebrated their 10th Birthday party on the evening of the 23rd February. The festivities kicked off with a taster class at 7pm with the amazing Nick & Susie. We then danced the night away until 2am to the sounds of our awesome vintage DJs Ben Cook, Christopher Allen and Vic Araullo Peters! And […]
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Want to grab some free classes or make some cash? We are always looking for more crew members to put up posters to support our venues. How it works: We work out an area that is easy for you, and send you a batch of posters to be put up in cafes, on poles, and […]
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WONDERING WHAT TO WEAR TO TO MEET THE SCENE BALL? For the men, a note from David: Since the revival of interest in swing dancing in the 1980s, men’s fashion has gone through a number of shifts. Many early adopters saw swing dancing as something of a sport and wore shorts and T-shirts accordingly. But […]
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THE DAY WE RAISED $6,000.00 In 2004, the Boxing Day Tsunami had a devastating effect on thousands of lives in many Asian countries. Claudia and Scott decided to conduct a fundraiser Lindy Hop workshop for victims. There was a minimum charge, merchandise was available for sale with all proceeds going to the fundraiser. The outpouring of support […]
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WHAT? A Swing Den is a certain style of social dancing evening that caters specifically for new dancers. WHY? We noticed that there is a period for a dancer where the step from taking classes to going social dancing seems large and intimidating. We have tried to find ways to assist with this exciting leap! […]
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Procedure for Teachers, DJs, Managers and Door Volunteers There are so many different scenarios and we’ve had a lot of “interesting” incidences at our events and classes. Some are amusing (random drunks dancing in the centre of a class) and some are very serious. This is an outline of some possible scenarios that you […]
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Statement of Intent We love dancing. Every dancer, of every level of experience, should feel absolutely comfortable and safe at any of our events. Harassment or bullying won’t be tolerated and by attending any of our events in any capacity (whether you are an international teacher, a DJ or a first time dancer) you agree […]
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Hey everyone, I am sending this to our Swing Patrol team in Sydney, Melbourne & London even though the focus is on our London team who are competing at Savoy Cup this weekend. Yes something very special happened last year (watch the four winning troupe routines here and the amazing Michaela, Tine and others in […]
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Over the August Bank Holiday weekend a fabulous team of UK dancers competed at the 2015 International Lindy Hop Championships in the USA. They achieved some great results and we couldn’t be more proud. Here’s a full run-down of all the UK results, plus video links! Place getters Team: Motley Crew – Cam Mitchell, Cat Foley, Simon […]
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With our recent participation in the Battersea Power Station Power of Summer festival, Swing Patrol were mentioned on This is Local London. Read about it here and check out some great shots.
