Swing Dancing Melbourne & Geelong

Welcome to Swing Patrol. We are a big crazy group of people devoted to having fun, making new friends and sharing our love of Lindy Hop, Balboa, Charleston, Blues, Solo Jazz and Tap Dancing.

Scott & Claudia started in 1998 and head up wonderful communities who swing dance in London (UK), Melbourne, Sydney, Geelong and Tasmania. Welcome to our family of swing dancing lovers.


Melbourne & Geelong Swing Dancing News
Refer to our time table with some great classes around town. The Lindy Hop is back and the above venues all have classes pitched at beginner level. Check it out by clicking the "Swing Timetable" link above.
We seem to be having "technical difficulties" with sending our newsletter today. I'm hoping it will be out later tonight or tomorrow but the big news you need to know for this week is about the Frenzy Fridays! There is no Fun Pit this week but after that we'll be commencing alternate Fridays with Funpit and Club Maxie's Balboa social. Check it out...
Our next workshop contains everything you need to learn to lindy hop, in just a single day. Come and play with Shob and Andy.
Due to popular demand, the Bee’s will be abuzz again with a second course commencing on Thursday 19th August. With brand new material for everyone, the course will run for 5 weeks with the possibility of doing a routine for the Swing Patrol Performance Ball.
Starting as a trial in July, Cam Mitchell and Evan Hughes will be rocking out some all-lad classes. These sessions will feature traditional solo jazz dances, found in the Savoy Ballroom and beyond. Classes are at the same time and venue as Loz Yee's Bee's Knees follower-focussed classes...But to even compare, we needed two lead teachers in order to withstand her furious awesomeness.
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