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into the Groove
PHOTOS BY KATHY STEMPIEN/f hk Battalion
BY KYLE WHITACRE
The Battalion
odern Swing has fi
nally taken hold of
the post Generation-X
culture that is looking
for good times and
ways to meet people that do not in
volve the mundane, mainstream ideas
of dance clubs or bars.
As the Swing culture finally starts
to infiltrate College Station, several
places around town are now offering
lessons. MSC University Plus offers
lessons, usually in October, for $25
per person.
Heather Feranec, a junior elemen
tary education major, took the
lessons with her boyfriend at Uni
versity Plus after gaining an interest
in the scene.
“We learned a lot of basic moves
and steps and some harder moves we
could tack on,” Feranec said. “I like
the music. It’s a good alternative to the
same old boring dancing. It’s a very
casual social dance. If they [the men]
can lead, then you [the women] can
follow. You can have just as much fun
knowing the basics.”
Other College Station organiza
tions that offer lessons are the Silver
Spurs and Aggie Wranglers, both of
which offer Jitterbug and East and
West Coast Swing.
The Epicenter, the new four-in-
one club in College Station, will offer
dance lessons when its new Swing
lounge opens.
Saturday the Hepcat Hop, a Swing
party sponsored by The Guide, will
be held at the Ramada Inn on
Texas Avenue.
Free dance
lessons will be
given beforehand
from 9:30 to 11
p.m. and then peri-
odicaly throughout
the night.
Aside from Col
lege Station, many
places in Austin,
Dallas and Houston
offer lessons.
Swing dancing is
characterized by a
variety of different
dances such as the
Fox Tfot, Lindy
Hop, Jitterbug, East
Coast Swing and West
Coast Swing.
East Coast Swing
is broken into three pat
terns called Single Swing, Double Swing
and THple Swing.
The difference in the three types
comes in the first iour counts of the
moves.
Single Swing is similar to the Fox
TYot in its slow-slow-quick-quick
movements (slow being twice as many
beats as quick].
Double and TTiple Swing are done
in quick steps.
Double Swing consists of step-
touch-step-touch-back-rock. Step-
touch is also called heel-toe as
weight is put onto that foot.
A back rock is stepping,
or rocking, back on the lead
foot, which is left for the
leader and right for the fol
lower.
TYiple swing is a series
of three small steps
done in the order 1-2-
3 ... 1-2-3.
For the leader the
motion goes L-R-L ... R-L-
R...back-rock.
The steps are quick and
bouncy in motion.
More complicated moves are
incorporated into the basic steps.
Moving in and out of different
moves and back to the basic
steps becomes easier with time
and practice.
The basic West Coast Swing is
looser than East
Coast, not involv
ing as much closed
dancing and revolving
more around style.
The basic West
Coast move
consists of
three
steps.
For
the
leader,
first take one
left.
Second, take a step to
the right.
Then cross your left
foot behind your right foot
and lean back (or forward)
into a rock step.
For the follower, just reverse the
feet (left to right).
The speed and pace of the song
greatly affects the styles used.
Easy moves to add to the West
Coast include the sugar push, the
side pass and the tuck turn.
Harder moves include the spin
ning side pass and the basket.
With a few simple dance steps, it
is possible for anyone to Swing with
the best of them.
Liz Adams, a
marketing grad
uate student,
and Jonathon
Acosta, a se
nior environ
mental design
major, demon
strate basic
Swing dance
moves.
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