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Originally Posted by Easter Bunny Just experienced a fair bit of 'Lindy' snobbery at the 1940's Newbury Ball (Ginger jive) the weekend. There weren't many jivers, mostly Lindy/Swing dancers........... |
Really
- I went to Newbury on Saturday and I am a MJ dancer who can do a little bit of Lindy, however the girl I went with IS a Lindy dancer. We both found that the majority of the dancers were BEGINNER Lindy dancers (not even as experienced as me
) There was only a handful of experienced Lindy dancers and they were dancing with everyone (eg: Andy Fleming / Paul Cox - both teachers)
It is quite difficult if you know both styles to switch off swing steps when dancing MJ to a swing track as I did on my first dance which was with Sherif.
(great dance tho - but there again he is a master
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CONCLUSION:
IMO the snobbery is the "compentent"
MJ dancers TRYING to do Lindy and thinking they are a lot better than they really are (up there own whatsits)
bit like me when I gave up smoking telling everyone "Filthy habit, I don't smoke" 
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