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	<title>Swing Patrol London &#187; News</title>
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		<title>Savoy! The Home of Happy Feet&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.swingpatrol.com/savoy-the-home-of-happy-feet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laurahknight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Savoy&#8230;it&#8217;s a popular word in Lindy Hop circles. It&#8217;s a style, it&#8217;s a place, it&#8217;s a great tune by Lucky Millinder.  But what is it? Well, it was a Ballroom on 596 Lenox Avenue in Harlem, New York City and one of the most popular dance venues in Harlem between the 1920s to the 1950s. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Muppet Swinging madness at Lindy Shock 2010&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://blog.swingpatrol.com/william-maeva-lindy-shock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laurahknight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever swung out the Muppets theme song? No? Neither have I. But after watching this clip of William and Maeva in the Lindy Shock 2010 showcase I am starting to think that I might have never lived! Watch them goof around to a sort of wierd swing/rick and roll megamix. Persoanlly, I love a good megamix. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Swing Bingo&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.swingpatrol.com/swing-bingo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laurahknight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So we’ve had the wonderful Xavier Shay in town recently and far be to from us to advocate shamelss product placement we just couldn’t resist telling you about this super fun I-Phone app he made. It’s called Swing Bingo. The aim is to find the right partners to help clear your board when you’re out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The clip we can&#8217;t stop watching&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.swingpatrol.com/the-clip-we-cant-stop-watching/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.swingpatrol.com/the-clip-we-cant-stop-watching/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laurahknight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So here&#8217;s one that&#8217;s been doing the rounds lately, and with good reason! Max Pitruzzella &#38; Annie Trudeau in the International Lindy Hop Championships 2010 ILHC Showcase. I guarantee you&#8217;ll want to watch this more than once&#8230;

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		<title>Lindy with a lute&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.swingpatrol.com/lindy-with-a-lute/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.swingpatrol.com/lindy-with-a-lute/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laurahknight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were dancing in some pretty wierd costumes at the Secret Garden Party but nothing as strange as this 1942 Soundie&#8230;.Jewel McGowan and Dean Collins swinging out in wierd white wigs to a nonsense song by the Kingsmen. You got to love it.

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		<title>Download classic swing clips for free&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.swingpatrol.com/download-classic-swing-clips-for-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laurahknight</dc:creator>
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Now I love Youtube, but if you&#8217;ve ever fancied owning some classic swing clips the Ithaca Swing Dance have three on their site for download. Grab  yourself Hellzapoppin&#8217;, After Seben and Killer Diller all for free. Visit the Ithaca Swing Dance site here.
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		<title>Swing Patrol get in the ring at the Secret Garden&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.swingpatrol.com/swing-patrol-get-in-the-ring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laurahknight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t seen this footage, I recommend you watch it! It&#8217;s the team form Swing Patrol London compteing on the Dance Off stage at this years Secret Garden Party. Swing Dancing in a boxing ring&#8230;yes, you heard me.

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		<title>What I wouldn&#8217;t do to have million-dollar legs&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.swingpatrol.com/million-dollar-legs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.swingpatrol.com/million-dollar-legs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laurahknight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a peek at this amazing video of Mable Lee, the sassy chanteuse and jazz dancer with the million-dollar legs! Mable is often called &#8216;Queen of the Soundies&#8217; &#8211; an early version of  music videos three-minute musical films, produced in New York, Chicago,  and Hollywood between 1940 and 1946.  If you&#8217;ve never seen a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Bottom for beginners&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.swingpatrol.com/black-bottom-for-beginners/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.swingpatrol.com/black-bottom-for-beginners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laurahknight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hop down front then Doodle back, 
Mooch to your left then Mooch to the right
Hands on your hips and do the Mess Around,
Break a Leg until you’re near the ground
Now that’s the Old Black Bottom Dance


There&#8217;s  few theories about where the Black Bottom came from (one of the less politically correct ones you&#8217;ll find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who on earth was Shorty George?</title>
		<link>http://blog.swingpatrol.com/whowas-shorty-george/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>laurahknight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shorty George Snowden is widely cited as one of the top dancers at the Savoy between 1926 and the early 1930s. He formed the first professional Lindy Hop troupe, the Shorty Snowden Dancers and is widely recognised for two things; the Shorty George dance step and coning the term Lindy Hop.
His famous dance step ‘The [...]]]></description>
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