I must admit that when I first tried the Lindy Hop, I wasn’t very good at it. This was in high school. I didn’t like it at all, actually, and I did it wrong.

The most beneficial things I learned in my six weeks of refresher’s classes were probably (finally) the Charleston, some better tricks when dancing Lindy Hop, a more refined triple step, and how not to elbow/get elbowed in the face (um, yeah, happened once or twice…).

An update on my swing dance classes

This week saw a small drop in numbers, but we did gain a few people, and there are a good dozen of us who seem genuinely committed.

I went to my first swing dancing class tonight. I got there just in time, and was very surprised to find that the class was 75% male! The instructors were quite surprised. They said that it was typically female-dominated.

I like fun New Years Resolutions, and this year will be a whole ton of fun: I’ll be taking swing dancing classes!