27/08/2026
IT IS STARTER STEP WEEK IN WEST COAST SWING CLASS TONIGHT! Now the big question is "Why only use this step or skill at the beginning of a dance, when you can use it during a dance as well?!" The answer is that you can move from closed into open, and from open into closed again, during your dancing to create different shapes and patterns!
Come join us tonight at The Victoria Hotel Yarraville, with Extensions Class @ 7pm, Foundations Class @ 745pm, and Social Dancing from 830pm :-)
Book online: www.socialswingmelbourne.as.me
Feel free to join us for dinner beforehand at 6pm, the Special tonight is Beef Cheek that has been slowly cooked for 2 days... IT IS YUM!!
Here's the ever sexy and gorgeous Thibault and Nicole Ramirez walking us through how to do a Starter Step:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NCgLVFecwI
See you on the Dance Floor!
Starter Step – How to Begin Your West Coast Swing
Welcome to this essential bonus lesson in our West Coast Swing Begi...
25/08/2026
4 STEP SWING SPOTIFY PLAYLIST...
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/06XiYZLDTDqBZWPeUcFG1s?si=12e04ffbba424f7f&pt=5d3fbb37e12de96655debd8d641802ee
There's a fairly broad selection in here, some slow, some mid, some fast... along with old songs done new, new songs done old, and just some plain old catchy ones too ;-)
4-Step Swing
Playlist · Justine MacLean · 44 items
25/08/2026
NO CLASS TONIGHT - TUES 25 AUG 2026 @ THE VICTORIA HOTEL YARRAVILLE. Please pass on to anyone you know who is going and has not joined the messenger group, thanks!
WE WILL BE BACK WITH A NEW SCHEDULE AND NEW DIRECTION ON TUES 15 SEP @ THE VICTORIA HOTEL YARRAVILLE!
Stay tuned for updates ;-)
20/08/2026
CRACK THAT WHIP, IT'S WHIP NIGHT TONIGHT AT Social Swing Melbourne IN YARRAVILLE!
In Extensions we will BE challenging our assumptions about the whip by changing up handholds, experimenting with different entrances and exists, and exploring the lead and follow.
In Foundations we will be learning the basic structure of the whip, and cementing this basic foundation movement, as well as touching on basic footwork variations which can cause confusion for newbies.
Here are some of our favourite pros Thibault and Nicole Ramirez showing us their version of a basic whip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPupCziC9bY
See you tonight at The Victoria Hotel Yarraville, book a spot in class here:
www.socialswingmelbourne.as.me
REMEMBER TO SCROLL DOWN TO PURCHASE 4-CLASS PACKS... only $75, so that's 4 classes for the same price as 3! 😁
Whip – The Signature 8-Count Move of WCS
Welcome to Lesson 6, the final core move in our West Coast Swing Be...
13/08/2026
WEST COAST SOCIAL SWING - TONIGHT IS PUSHES!!
Open Practice @ 530pm
Dinner @ 6pm
Extensions @ 7pm is about shapes and frame, and we are going to go over the Tuck Turn while looking at how using breath and height change we affect follower body flow to put them onto a particular foot for the more advanced Tuck Turn that T+N use.
Foundations @ 745pm we will be doing pushes and making sure we are waiting for the redirect after the absorb, and playing a little with the anchor.
Social Dancing , if we ask nicely DJ The Fasaaabulous! may grace us with some tunes, else I've got a few WCS play lists I've co-opted from the pros!
Remember you need to be comfortable with all of your Foundations basics to participate in Extensions 😉
See you tonight lovelies!