Swing Patrol Wimbledon

10/06/2021

Our Wimbldeon class has now closed - please visit our website www.swingpatrol.co.uk to see our other classes. We hope to see you soon 😊

27/04/2020

Wimbledon! We're missing you all like crazy and thought you might like something to dance around in your kitchen to?

Here's a a playlist that includes some of ths music we play in class. It's a great overview of swing music.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/635Aj5N084W43n6SpFxdfq?si=tUZCOYrqTDOKj55zvK9rqg

Also, in the spirit of supporting musicians through this very difficult time these are all modern swing bands:

The Hot Swing Sextet
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0FywyaLz7YX2ejwWLM0MSq?si=SIoeBjqSRyW57jW0ZwtDyw

The Hot Sugar Band
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1MnPmJJRQj85pHB2veNylr?si=GbEwXsAITsWGjGxmUNqQaw

This last one is a great mix of New Orleans style Jazz and blues and well worth knowing about

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2S0rCVs10P1Q0v51wmOrM5?si=xzWXTQF8QXmqXQmLbV1qIA

Obviously we missing out billions of other great ones. Maybe share your favourites below?

We hope you're all well. Have a great week.

Ieva & James

A short playlist for people new to the swing world.

19/04/2020

Happy birthday to our lovely student Danai! A virtual birthday jam for you!

Here’s a lovely memory from this year’s performance ball :))

Made me smile a lot! How good it looks 🤩

Choreographed by Ieva Berzanskyte and James Lambert

18/04/2020

Love this song, makes me want to dance 🥳

07/04/2020

Hey hey hey! We’ve sent a couple of newsletters - let us know if you haven’t received them and would like to get on our mailing list 😍

15/03/2020

Wimbledoners! We’re being conscious to the current situation, and closing our classes until the situation is a bit more clear!

Keep safe and stay at home!

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions!

Ieva and James ###

08/03/2020

Hey everyone! See you all tomorrow for:

L1: Lindy Hop - from scratch. We will take you through the footwork and some fun moves

L1.5: fast dancing! What do you do when the tempo creeps up? Keep calm and carry on! We'll show you why fast stuff doesn't have to be exhausting!

See you tomorrow!

Ieva & James

01/03/2020

Hey Folks! Happy Sunday evening!

We're looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow for:

L1: 30's Charleston - Same footwork more fun moves!
L 1.5: Tandem Charleston! - Gonna be fun! Same footwork for some, different footwork for others...

See you tomorrow!

Ieva & James