1940's & 50's authentic Jitterbug Jive, East Coast

Swing and  Stroller Classes. Also....

THE SWING JOINT INFAMOUS DANCE & CABARET!   

                          Private lessons available...

                       Ring Julie 07804 593 503.

Next beginners course starts...

               22nd & 24th May 2013!

Please Note: Wednesday 29th May

No class on Wednesday 29th May at Biggin Hill,

Caterham's Swing Joint goes ahead as normal.                  

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If you are wild about the 1940's and 50's,

interested in dancing with a partner or

just looking for a joyful way to keep fit &  

Make new friends, we extend a warm

invitation for you to come along and give

Jitterbug a try.... 

No Name Jive teach Jitterbug Swing Classes at

Biggin Hill & Caterham.

Please see our CLASSES page for more information.

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Let us introduce ourselves to you.

We are Mark Tann and Julie Candy. Between us we have over

175 years of swing dance experience including 468 years

teaching (Mark). 

Our passion for all things 1940's and Jitterbug has led

to exciting adventures that we could never have dreamed of..... 

  Film and T.V work :~          NATALIE ROSS'S POP VIDEO....

                                                  ' YOU'VE GOT THAT FEELING'

                                 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4E9vt8BcTc 

    ' IN PASSING'  WITH LESLEY SHARP,   A CHRIS CROUCHER FILM

Stage and Theatre shows - appearing at The London Palladium, Her Majesty's and regional theatres with

the inimitable ''DEBBIE CURTIS RADIO BIG BAND''. 

Previous clients have included:-             

• The Jive Aces 

• John Miller ( Nephew of Glenn Miller ) 

• Duxford Imperial War Museum 

• The Bluebell Railway 

• The Watercress Line

• Jazz festivals 

• Schools
•  
• The Rotary Club

• Country House Hotels

• Corporate days

• Croydon Council
•  
• Lewisham Council
•  
• Bromley Council        

      .... and many more!       

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you think we can help your

party or promote your event and help it go with a swing 

                                              ( pun intended! ).

We can provide a dance couple through to a dance troupe

( The Candy-Bombers ) wearing authentic vintage costume, including

wartime uniforms. A music system, the D.J. A dance floor and gazebo.

Wartime spivs and re-enactors and military vehicles. 

Also for your delectation, burlesque performers & an Afternoon Tea

Company.

We have found that our passion for swing has permeated to all other

aspects of our lives..... Beware, its infectious!

Contact Mark 07954 591 631 or Julie 07804 593 503

 A Brief History of Swing Dance.

             Swing dancing dates back to the 1920's as

dancers cavorted to swinging Jazz at dance halls

such as The Savoy Ballroom in New York.

The Charlston and Lindy Hop were all the rage.

Then in 1934 a bouncy six beat variation was

named the Jitterbug by band leader Cab

Calloway after a tune he debuted. In old Jazz

parlance a Jitterbug was a drunk!

( Hey-ho...make mine another Gin and tonic

please! )

             These differing styles of dance were not

formally recognized by the Ballroom community

until the 1940's when the Arthur Murray studios

taught what was being danced in each respective

city. Hence the variations on the same theme.

              And then of course the G.I's brought it over

                                             to the U.K in WWll......

                                                            The rest, is history!