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 |
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Sacramento |
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San Diego |
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San Francisco |
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Texas |
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Theaters |
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Paramount Theatre (NY & LA) |
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National Television Programs (that featured 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 Watson and Mary Ann Nunez, Tracy Roberts, Jim Fisk, Leba Shana. 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" |
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| 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
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1974 |
Mayfield Publishing |
| $ Disco to Tango and Back |
Blair, Skippy |
1978 |
GSDTA |
| Swing Dancer |
Hutchinson, Craig
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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 |
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NSync |
| Gary Glitter |
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Rick James |
| Glen Miller |
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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&.
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)
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 |
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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 |
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Dance Instruction can become "extremely technical" in this form of Swing (example 3&a4 can be &a3-4.)
See: Full WCS Step Cheat Sheet (will not make much sense unless you are actually taking WCS lessons.)
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