Hop Swing and a very high jump

Wow what a weekend. I have been at "Jumping at The Woodside" organised by our friends at www.jazzjiveswing.com. The standard of dancing was excellent to amazing, the venue was good the only problem being the heatwave made for some unbearably sweaty nights.

My thanks to Rob and Diane of www.yeahman.com for a truly fantastic insight and personal attention, they are probably some of the Best Lindy Hop teachers in the world.

New to me but apparently famous all over were Nathalie and Yuval. Their energetic style and death defying aerials literally took our breath away.

One of the biggest surprises of the weekend was the arrival of the crowd from Strictly Dance Fever the BBC's current reality dance show. Of course Paul and Natasha are Lindy weekend stalwarts. But almost all the contestants arrived and joined in a class with Frankie Manning. It was a pleasure to see how down-to-earth they all were and genuinely happy to dance with anyone.

Unfortunately Dan and Christi couldn't make it, but they have done much to promote both Lindy Hop and Charleston throughout the show.
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