The Lindy (Swing) picked up where the Charleston left off. It had "swing-outs", "breakaways" and "shine-steps". With the birth of "Swing" music in the mid 1930's the Lindy climbed the social ladder.

In August of 1935, at the Palomar Ballroom, bandleader Benny Goodman played a Flecter Henderson arrangement of "Stompin' at the Savoy". The rest, as they say, is history. The dance craze swept the nation, and depending on where you lived, it was the Jitterbug, the Lindy Hop, or the Swing. Since those days, each successive genereation has "discovered" the fun of Swing. This most uniquely American dance is enjoyed all over the world.

Swing, Jitterbug, Jive, Shag, Lindy Hop, ect are normally written in

2/4 or 4/4 time with the musical accents occurring on the second or second and fourth beats of a measure. Swing included two genereal

rhythms: Swing Rhythm - 1, 2, 3 & 4, 5 & 6 or its equivalent; Lindy Rhythm - 1, 2, 3 & 4, 5 ,6 & & 8 or it's equivalent. Swing may be danced comfortably over a wide range of tempos.

A side step or a triple step (shuffle) followed by a rock step done to lively music is the fundamental pattern for this dance.