If there is one dance that Lani and I really enjoy on the dance floor, it's the Swing, Whether it be the Jitterbug (Single Time Swing) or the East Coast Swing (Triple Time Swing). Of course, the music and the beat of the music has nearly everything to get us in motion. As Dr. Jitterbug says, "It's the Potion that gets you in Motion." The Golden '50s era produced a whole lot of upbeat Swing music. That's when Swing was Golden and partners danced touching each other. Then in the '60s came the Twist which then showed a steady decline of Swing dancing. The style of dancing changed. People didn't touch each other anymore. NOTHING wrong with dancing the Twist. Lani and I enjoy dancing it, too. The Rock & Roll of the 70s revived Swing dancing due to the TV shows American Grafitti and Happy Days. Today Swing dancing is very popular among the younger generation and the Senior Teenagers. Lani and I have a good mixture of those generations in our Jitterbug and East Coast Swing dance class and they are "rocking" to the upbeat Golden '50s REET PETITE. Other tunes that will put you in the groove are TRICKLE TRICKLE and ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK to name a few. Main thing is to have have fun dancing.
