Birth Place |
Creation Date |
Creator |
Dance Type |
| Southern California |
(mid 1940's) 1950s |
NONE |
Swing |
| Note:
Kansas City, Green Onions and Honky-Tonk are the official theme
songs for West Coast Swing. |
Stage, Ballets, etc. |
Locations |
| Swing! (1999) |
Disneyland Hotel (CA) |
| Swing Dance America (2000) |
Harvest
Moon Ball |
| Swango (2003)
|
Los
Angeles |
| |
Sacramento |
| |
San Diego |
| |
San Francisco |
| |
Texas |
| |
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Theaters |
| |
Paramount Theatre (NY & LA) |
| |
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National Television Programs
with West Coast Swing |
| the Ed Sullivan Show |
| Lawrence Welk Show (1970s)
(Bobby Burgess) |
| American Bandstand (1970s) |
| Dance Fever (1980s
Various dates and competitors) |
| Dance Party (1983
filmed at Bobby McGees) |
| Eye on L.A. (1982?, 1987?) ~
(Two seperate Shows) |
| Two On The Town (1983
- Filmed at Tahitian Village) |
| Two On The Town (1988)
~ (Sonny and Mary Ann Nunez, Tracy
Roberts, Jim Fisk, Leba. filmed at Larry Parkers) |
| TNN Country Station
(various 1990s) |
| E Entertainment
- Worlds Coolest Clubs (1996) ~
(Sonny and Deanna, Doug Endo) |
| Fillmore:
(Animated) "Immune to All But Justice episode" |
|
| 30 Seconds To Fame (2003) ~ (Jordan
and Taianna) |
| Star Search (2004) ~ (Jordan
and Taianna) |
| Good Morning America (2005) ~
(Jordan and Taianna, Kyle and Sarah) |
| ABC's "Rockin' New Years"
(2006) ~ (Phil, Kyle and Sarah, Tatianna
Mollmann, Mark Scheuffle) |
| So You Think You Can Dance (2006)
~ (Buddy, Benji, Heidi, Torrie, Ivan,
Allison) |
Historic Night Clubs / Ballrooms |
| Avenue Ballroom (San
Francisco) |
Beardsley's - (San
Francisco, CA) |
Belly Up - (San
Diego, CA) |
Budah - (No.
Hollywood, CA.) |
| Crest Lounge - (Reseda,
CA.) |
Cross Bow - (Van
Nuys, CA.) |
Georges Round Up - (Long
Beach, Ca) |
| Golden West* - (Norwalk,
CA.) |
Hank and Stans* - (Downey,
CA?) |
| Hillside - (Long
Beach, CA) |
Ivanhoe* - (Temple
City, CA.) |
Lion D'Or* - (Downey,
CA.) |
Little Hobit - (No.
Hollywood, CA.) |
| Meadowlark Country Club (Long
Beach) |
Palomar
Ballroom* - (Los Angeles) |
Prelude - (No.
Hollywood) |
Press Box - (Westminster,
CA.) |
Rag Doll* - (No.
Hollywood) |
Round Robin - (Forge)
(Glendale) |
Savoy
Ballroom - (New York) |
Staircase* -
(Downey, CA.) |
Swing Club -
(Studio City, CA. 1970s) |
Top Of The West*
- (San Francisco) |
Water Wheel
- (West Covina) |
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|
Today's Movers and Groovers... (*denotes
Link to page) |
Books, Newspaper, Magazine Articles
on the dance... |
Title |
Author |
Published |
Publisher |
Arthur Murray Dance
Book |
Murray, Arthur |
1954 |
n/a |
Western Swing |
Ed Long and Trudy
Schameron |
10/1960 |
Dance Magazine |
$
This is Ballroom Dance |
Lois and Virgil L.
Morton Ellfeldt
|
1974 |
Mayfield
Publishing |
$
Disco to Tango and Back |
Blair, Skippy |
1978 |
GSDTA |
Swing Dancer |
Hutchinson, Craig
|
1988 |
n/a |
Various Musicians / Bands |
Various Singers |
Artie Shaw |
?J. Lawrence Cook? |
Dean Martin |
Benny Goodman |
James Cotton |
Hank Williams |
Buck Clayton |
Kid Ory |
Jackie Wilson |
Cab Calloway |
Little Milton |
James Brown |
Clarence Carter |
Powder Blues |
Kylie Minouque |
Commodores |
Tommy Castro |
Lou Rawls |
Fantastic Shakers |
Wilbert Harrison |
Madonna |
Fats Waller |
|
NSync |
Gary Glitter |
|
Rick James |
Glen Miller |
|
Susan Tedeschi |
Misc. Research Words that may
be related ... to help your searches |
California
State Dance |
Funky Swing |
Musicals |
U.S. Open |
Classic Swing |
Modern Swing |
Slotted Swing |
WCS |
Contemporary Swing |
swing dance Movies / Films |
Swing Dance Clubs |
Zoot Suit Riots |
Offsite Links... |
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Other... |
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Basic Under Arm Pass
Breakdown:
Follower starts facing partner. Follower walks two steps (two
beats) straight towards partner. Follower passes on leaders
right side, under leaders left arm with followers Right arm
going over head, follower turns half turn Counter-Clockwise
on 3&4. French Cross means Left Foot (leg) crosses infront
of other foot (Rt) while moving sideways on ct 3&.
1 |
2 |
3 |
& |
4 |
5
& 6 |
6 Count |
| Walk
Fwd. |
Walk
Fwd. |
French
- |
-
Cross |
Step |
Anchor
Step inplace |
Followers
Part |
| Right |
Left |
Right |
Left |
Right |
Left
Right Left |
Feet |
| Fwd |
Fwd |
Sideways |
Sideways |
Backwd |
Inplace |
Direction |
| |
1 |
2 |
3 |
& |
4 |
5 &
6 |
6 Count |
| Walk
or Rock |
Step |
Tap |
and |
Step |
Anchor
Step inplace |
Leaders
Part |
|
Left |
Right |
Left |
C.
Pivot |
Left |
Right
Left Right |
Feet |
| Back |
Cross to
Left |
Inplace |
Inplace |
Side |
Inplace |
Direction |
Strictly done in a slot (rectangle.) Done to many
styles and tempos of music from blues to modern contemporary.
Can be done slow or a fast pace. (Slow 90-110 bpm, generally
from 110-136 bpm, Fast 144-168 bpm. Flying Lindy Speed 168-192)
Dance Instruction can become "extremely technical"
in this form of Swing (example 3&a4 can be &a3-4.)
See:
Full Step Sheet (will not make much sense unless you
are actually taking WCS lessons.) |
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