Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Two weeks later and we are still day dreaming about the great times we had at the London Swing Festival! And it’s worth noting that we are all set to go again from May 26 to 30 2011! Get it down in the diary now!
In the meantime take a look at these stunning photos (courtesy of Kim Sheard Photography) of the Saturday night baland marvel at some of the fastest feet in London…
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Never ones for shameless self promotion…ahem..but boy didn’t we own the Solo Charleston round at the London Swing Festival? Take a look at this video and see one of the Swing Patrol London team in every round. If you ever had a reason to be proud of them team, this is surely one of them. You know, it’s been said before but…damn we’re hot 
(OK, collective ego trip over. Enjoy the clip)
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Those of you unfortunate enough to miss the first London Swing Festival missed a whole load of great competitors in a whole load of amazing rounds. But by far the funniest, had to be the inaugural London Swing Festival Heel Slide competition! Yes, we’re serious. Check out the final heats…apparently, if you’re not falling over, you’re not trying hard enough 
See you next year?
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
Well, we’re offically swungover. What a weekend! We have SO many great memories to share with the world, but here’s just one to get you started…
Monday, May 24th, 2010
With the London Jitterbug Championships but weeks away there’s never been a better time to brush up on your solo Charleston. The Newington Green kids had a go a few weeks a go, with some pretty impressive results it has to be said. So here we have a bit of a Charleston for dummies…be sure to stay to the end of the clip for something to do on those long taxi rides…
Sunday, May 9th, 2010
If I was a guy, I’d be Al Minns. As I am a girl, I’d just like to know where he gets his shoes from. If you watch this extract from The Spirit Moves you’d be hard pushed not to be amazed by his Solo Charleston. Yes, I know…we’ve gone a bit solo Charleston crazy of late, but this guy is the true legend. His knees are heading for both exits while his feet glide around effortlessly . All topped off with that HUGE grin…just to remind us what dancing is really all about. Enjoy….see you in the solo charleston round at the London Swing Festival
Monday, May 3rd, 2010
Every seen a lindy punch up? Or maybe a lead almost strangle his follow to death? It’s murder on the dance floor in this clip from 1945 move Twice Blessed. Some square cats try their best in a swing dance contest. Let’s hope there’ll be no such horror at the London Swing Festival eh?
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
If you thought the Shim Sham was hard…try it underwater. OK, dont, but witness the mildly eccentric London Swing Festival instructor Dax Hock and Doug Silton doing it in Thailand. This is exactly 2 minutes and 36 seconds of madness but it’s really quite funny. Doug, we are just loving your underwater swivels, no really we are.
Monday, April 26th, 2010
I heard someone say that Balboa was ‘boring’ the other day, so i thought it might be a good time to bust out a bit of Hal & Betty Takier. This clip from the 1943 film Maharaja combine some lollies, aerials and some rather over the top pecking. Bal = boring….pffft!
This is also a perfect opportunity to welcome Claudia. Claudia runs Swing Patrol Australia and is a Balboa specialist! She’ll be here in London in the run up to the London Swing Festival. With Gary & Lynelle stranded in Oz so Scott & Claudia will be opening the Baby Balboa class this week at the Driver in Kings Cross. We hope you will come down to try your hand at some Bal and give her a warm London style welcome.
Thursday, April 15th, 2010
So, here’s a great clip I stumbled across on Swungover and I am not exaggerating when I say that I can’t stop watching it. It’s a routine by Todd Yannacone and Naomi Uyama at Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown in 2005 and there’s some seriously happy feet in here. Watching things like this just gets me all excited for the London Swing Festival in May. It will be my first big swing event and I can’t wait to see what competitors will be pulling out of the bag at the London Jitterbug Championships. If it’s even a tenth as fun ss this clip then it’ll be amazing. Swungover blogger Robert has some great thoughts on this video, I suggest you check out the original post here.