Swing was my first love. I learned the rock-and-roll version when I was fifteen from a waitress at my uncle's honky-tonk in Texas, between school's letting out and the beginning of happy hour. I kept coming back to it over the years, learning west-coast swing when I moved to California. I never warmed to the Lindy, Jitterbug, and Fast Jive versions, though I did dabble in the Balboa, which as very tightly contained and slightly slower version of the Lindy.
I hate to see people try to combine the two, though I'd never try to keep others from trying it by sneering at them or snubbing them. The two dances are just too far apart for my taste. But I just now stumbled upon a couple who succeeded at a (sort of) fusion of them. Though I'm not sure fusion is correct. The two dancers basically switch between the two forms, maybe borrowing a move or two from one dance in the other. But whatever they are doing, it sure is entertaining! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbIlTrXjTrs Larry de Los Angeles http://ShapechangerTales.com ____________________________________________________________ Need to repair your roof? Find expert local roofers. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2131/fc/BLSrjnsIJ8sJcvsSy48tt7w4KstycqyNfUZyQbrLV3M3fjHKqF3fMI3BsWU/ _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
