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The UK Swing
Dance Club is an organization dedicated to the furtherance
of swing dancing and swing music.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Participation
in club activities is open to ALL -- not just UK students. |
► Interested in learning
the original swing dances of the 1930's and 40's?
► Do you love the
music of the great big bands of Jimmie Lunceford,
Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Artie, Shaw, Glen Miller; the juke joint jumpin' jive of Louis Jordan, Big Joe Turner, Wynonie Harris,
Louis Prima; the smooth swingin' sounds of Frank Sinatra,
Ella Fitzgerald; the rockin' tunes of Chuck Berry,
Bill
Haley?
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Have you seen people swing dancing and thought
you'd really like to do that? Yes!?
The UK Swing Dance Club is the place for you! The Club sponsors a variety of activities, to include
lessons
and
dances.
Check out the various pages of this web site for more
info!
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- The purpose of this page is to provide information on
topics that may be of interest to UK Swing Dance Club
members. The topics below do not
meet "FAQ" criteria but do
come up often enough to merit additional information. Some of the
topics below augment part of the Club's
mission
statement that "an understanding
of the historical development of swing has an inherent artistic and educational value
that allows the
dancer to better understand the rich culture of
swing
dancing and swing music and understand the context for their particular
swing dancing style."
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The topics presented below are
provided as an information service only to Club Members and web users.
Inclusion on this page does not constitute
approval or endorsement by the UK
Swing Dance Club.
- New topics will be added to this page as they become
available, so keep checking back! If you have a topic you would like
added, please contact
Mike Richardson,
859/323-3633; Email: mrich2@email.uky.edu.
Topics
(Some of the files below will download as an Adobe Acrobat
reader file. If you do not
already have Acrobat Acrobat Reader software, download it for FREE here.)
Misconceptions
Men Have About Dancing.
Info
on Previous UK Swing Dance Club events.
Shoes and Clothes for Swing Dancing
Hepster's
Dictionary. Ever wonder what "Hepcat", "Ickeroo"
and all that other "Jive" talk means?
History of Swing and the Big Band Era
(coming soon).
Ten Ways to Become a Better Swing
Dancer.
Advice
for the New Dancer.
In the News!! Newspaper Articles About the UK Swing Dance Club:
Article
from the Wildcat Weekly, February 9th-15th, 2006 edition.
Article
from the Monday, August 18th, 2003 edition of UKNews, a newspaper
for Faculty, Staff,
Alumni and Students at UK.
Article
from the Wednesday, February 12th, 2003 edition of the Kentucky
Kernel, the
University of Kentucky (UK) Student
Newspaper.
Article
from the Monday, February 11th, 2002 edition of UKNews,
a newspaper
for Faculty, Staff,
Alumni and Students at UK.
Article
from the
Tuesday,
February 5th, 2002 edition of the Kentucky
Kernel,
the
University of Kentucky (UK) Student
Newspaper.
Dancing Etiquette:
Short
Version.
Long
Version.
Rules
for Behavior While Dancing, 1925. This is an interesting document
that lays out the rules and regulations governing dance hall
behavior in Cleveland,
circa 1925.
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Questions/comments, contact:
Mike Richardson, 859/323-3633;
Email: mrich2@email.uky.edu.
See you on the dance floor!!
