One for the veterans: Is WCS going the way of Lindy ?

[David Franklin]

Hmm, I don't recall(*) posting anything like that and I certainly don't recall feeling anything like that.

Damn. Guess I'm no exception to that article about peaking mentally at 27...

Thanks for the reply though. For what it's worth, I completely agree with (a), but even when I was reasonably happy with my basics, I still found (b) fairly painful. (As in, yes, I could get through a dance without major mishap, but it felt like an extended litany of "don't **** up" rather than "fun"). I freely admit I didn't put in enough time, effort or dedication, however.

Chef: Thanks for your reply too. Once RobD had done a Shaggy, I had a feeling it might have been you, but I couldn't find the thread and didn't want to make the same mistake twice.

[Jivejunkie]

A lot of Lindy freestyles have merged with the 40's swing/jitterbug and therefore you would be surprised how many events there are - just look at my list



I can lindy every day of the week if I want to and most of it locally




Definitely not !

Not sure where you are but I reckon I could find more Swing (as stated above) classes & dances in your area to WCS

I bet you live in the South! There does appear to be a lot more Lindy around the home counties, from about Cirencester/ Gloustershire downwards but the nearest place to me is Jazz, Jive, Swing in Kings Heath, which is about 25/ 30 miles through Birmingham town Centre, so i would never be able to get there for the classes that start at 7pm on a Thursday. They also do East Coast Swing (an easier form of Lindy) every month at some village hall in Coventry, but invariably always clashes with something else.

I live in Staffordshire, so if you could help me out with something local ( within about 25 miles) I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks

[Caro]

I definitely recognise that. For me, the single biggest push forward for my WCS was Paul Harris beginning weekly classes plus 1hr of social within reasonable travelling distance.

Before moving to London, I was dancing WCS every 1 to 3 months - while I was improving a lot the weekend I was dancing, I was on a downward slope as soon as I went back to bumdeennowhere.
My wcs was ok last year, but it the past year I feel it has may be not as much as sky-rocketted, but stayed in a much more engrained way. And I could feel that after just a few weeks of regular social dancing already. Now wcs is my basic way of dancing (the thing I fall back into when I don't know what to do), while trying to do MJ is taxing.

[Minnie M]

I bet you live in the South! ...../snip/......I live in Staffordshire, so if you could help me out with something local ( within about 25 miles) I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks

Yup, I live on the south coast, and you are right there is loads in the south - however, I still think there is more lindy than WCS even in your area, will do some investigating and let you know