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Locality: Adelaide, South Australia

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25.01.2022 We have MUSICALITY {part 2} tonight from the NWSDCo LIKE page :-) Hope you can join in...

25.01.2022 In preparing for upcoming CoSEK sessions I've been jotting down "things I wish still existed". Tonight for our Lindy/Jitterbug topic that step will be: 3-WALL WHIPS! A great follow up to our April 22 Dean/Jewel WHIP vs Frankie/Freda Lindy Turn session. If you did not see that one, here it it on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/pHfdA6tRAJg Donations greatly appreciated: ... Paypal - https://www.paypal.me/RetroRhythmSDSD Venmo - @Joel-Plys Find all the College of Swing Era Knowledge material on our Retro Rhythm YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/retrorhythm

25.01.2022 This evening (Monday, July 27) at 7:00pm PDT the College of Swing Era Knowledge continues with our TEACHERS/ORGANIZERS main topic. Tonight we will focus on another BEING PREPARED session: Mantras, Counts, & Finishing Sentences... Donations always greatly appreciated:... Paypal - https://www.paypal.me/RetroRhythmSDSD Venmo - @Joel-Plys Find all the College of Swing Era Knowledge on our Retro Rhythm YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/retrorhythm

25.01.2022 Tonight at 7:00pm PDT the College of Swing Era Knowledge continues with our SHAG topic. This evening, our focus will be: The 4 couples from the 1937 Arthur Murray Shag Clip We will go over the steps, timing, and stylings from one of the most iconic Collegiate Shag clips. Join me for some great history & variations to add into your Shag!... Donations greatly appreciated: Paypal - https://www.paypal.me/RetroRhythmSDSD Venmo - @Joel-Plys

24.01.2022 Tonight at 7:00pm PDT the College of Swing Era Knowledge continues with our CHARLESTON topic. Our focus this evening will be STUPENDOUS SQUAT CHARLESTONS. Let's spend time getting solid on this great step and variations. Donations always greatly appreciated:... Paypal - https://www.paypal.me/RetroRhythmSDSD Venmo - @Joel-Plys Find all the College of Swing Era Knowledge material on our Retro Rhythm YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/retrorhythm

24.01.2022 Tonight at 7:00pm PDT the College of Swing Era Knowledge continues with BAL-SWING as our main topic... In planning for CoSEK sessions, I've been jotting down "Things I wish still existed"! For BAL-SWING this evening I will share THE TRANSITION STEP. A crucial part of getting into any Bal-Swing figure that has been lost over the years. This is an amazing step that I know makes my Balboa feel different from other leaders socially. If you are a Balboa follower, you will wan...t to share this with all your partners when we get back to dancing!!! Donations greatly appreciated: Paypal - https://www.paypal.me/RetroRhythmSDSD Venmo - @Joel-Plys

24.01.2022 7:00pm PT (4/29) - College of Swing Era Knowledge continues this evening with LINDY/JITTERBUG The focus tonight will be: DEAN/JEWEL VS FRANKIE/FREDA (Session 3) = Rhythm Circle vs Lindy Circle... These are the 2 most iconic couples we often reference from original clips. Understand the difference in style/technique to add some texture to your existing Lindy dancing... This builds on last few weeks: Session 1 (4/15) = Posture and Sendout vs Swingout from closed Session 2 (4/22) = Whip vs Lindy Turn (Swingout from open) then next weeks: Session 4 (5/6) = Savoy Kicks vs SBS Charleston

23.01.2022 7:00pm PT (4/28) - College of Swing Era Knowledge continues this evening with our Tuesday topic: CHARLESTON Tonight's focus will be CHASE/AIRPLANE VARIATIONS - learn some fun options to add into you Lindy Charleston repertoire!!

23.01.2022 7:00pm PST - College of Swing Era Knowledge continues with CHARLESTON as our main topic. Tonight we focus will be SIDE BY SIDE CHARLESTON FOUNDATION. Charleston is also a great cardio workout whether you are solo or with a partner - consider this your 30min workout today! This will be the perfect prequel for our PRIVATE ZOOM session on Wednesday, May 13 from 3:00-5:30pm PST where we will cover ALL the essential SBS CHARLESTON figures:... - Kickaway - Hand to Hand - Hand to Hand Turns - The Kickaround - Skip Up - Corridor MAY 13 workshop from 3:00-5:00, Q&A from 5:00-5:30 Only 8 spots available. $30* to reserve your spot * We will be giving a special DISCOUNT CODE for those participating in tonight's LIVE Facebook lesson (May 9). This will only be available to those watching AND valid until 8:00pm this evening (May 9)!!!

20.01.2022 Tonight's focus will be TRICKING YOU INTO THE TRICKERATION!!! This classic routine was used by Norma Miller as a testing ground/tryout for her Jazz dancers. 17 fantastic steps pieced together in a wonderful sequence we call THE TRICKERATION. I've been discussing what to do with all classic Jazz Routines & working on the individual steps, so I'm going to reverse engineer this one in sharing it with you.... We are going to start with the individual 17 steps, work the quality of movement and be "ambi-foot-rous". I'm purposely going to go from last to first and then piece it back together for the full routine. Week 1 - get through as many of the 17 individual steps Week 2 - finish the 17 and start to rebuild the routine Week 3 - finish the routine and discuss the musicality of The Trickeration :-)

20.01.2022 *** If Mondays or this time in general is not good for you - we can setup a time that works for AUS time zones - just get some dance friends together (4+) and we can set it all up *** We continue our FRANKIE/CHAZZ SHIM SHAM training tonight. See the full details in the event and we have prorated the cost for weeks 2-4. You have some catching up to do, but if you already know the Shim Sham you should be OK for joining in tonight as we start the unique steps for this version.... Join in the fun for the next 3 Mondays starting tonight!!!

20.01.2022 10 spots available for May 30 - only $20 for 50min with Joel... Saturday, May 30 at 2:00pm PDT = Sunday, May 31 at 7:00am in Melbourne Australia :-) If times listed do not work for you down under, let me know what does and we will make it happen!!!

19.01.2022 7:00pm PT - College of Swing Era Knowledge continues this evening with our BALBOA/BAL-SWING topic. Tonight, our focus will be THE THROWOUT - having an ultimate understanding of this figure through solo movement!!! This will be an integral part of my Teacher/Organizer discussion tomorrow night on LEVEL REVIEWS - I don't want to give it away so tune in for both for the full story!!!

19.01.2022 Tonight at 7:00pm PDT the College of Swing Era Knowledge continues with our BALBOA topic. This evening our focus will be 4 BREAK TURNS - have you ever thought of that? You probably know of the 2 most common, but 4?? Tune in to find out... Donations greatly appreciated: ... Paypal - https://www.paypal.me/RetroRhythmSDSD Venmo - @Joel-Plys ====================== Please subscribe to our RR YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RetroRhythm

19.01.2022 This evening at 7:00pm PDT the College of Swing Era Knowledge will be Bal-Swing as our main topic and continuing "Steps I wish still existed..." Tonight our focus will be MAXIE'S MAGIC TRIANGLE! This will build on my previous Bal-Swing session on the lost transition step and make your Crossovers (now called Out & Ins) look fantastic and more importantly feel amazing.... I have never seen any other Balboa instructor teach this tip learned directly from Maxie Dorf back in 2001. I've shared this with many leaders in private lessons and a few times in group classes. Donations always greatly appreciated: Paypal - https://www.paypal.me/RetroRhythmSDSD Venmo - @Joel-Plys Find all the College of Swing Era Knowledge on our Retro Rhythm YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/retrorhythm

19.01.2022 Tonight at 7:00pm PDT the College of Swing Era Knowledge continues with our TEACHER/ORGANIZER topic. This evening we will focus on BEING PREPARED: The 5 questions you should have answered before going into class... Donations always GREATLY appreciated: ... Paypal - https://www.paypal.me/RetroRhythmSDSD Venmo - @Joel-Plys See more

19.01.2022 This evening at 7:00pm PDT the College of Swing Era Knowledge (kind of) continues... Tonight - I will be going live tonight and looking for some honest feedback on what to do/offer in August. Despite thoroughly enjoying sharing the knowledge I have with all of you, the time vs $$$ simply does not add up at all with raising a family. I will typically put 3-5hrs of prep into these sessions to offer you the best I have, not to mention the 21 years of experience building this kn...owledge to share. There are a LOT of online resources and I'm simply feeling that I should be devoting more time to my family and other paying jobs to provide for my family. I am open to suggestions, ideas, and creating other options for everyone still interested in the College of Swing Era Knowledge concept as I feel that I still have a lot to offer to all Swing Dance communities. THANK YOU...

16.01.2022 7:00pm PDT - College of Swing Era Knowledge continues this evening with a special BALBOA topic. Tonight, we will focus on learning about MAXIE DORF, considered by many as the best Balboa dancer of his era. This will be a 2-part series with Balboa tonight & Bal-Swing on May 23. I will share rare historical footage/info on Maxie's life and show you his favorite footwork tonight, then Bal-Swing & his famous Maxie-isms on Saturday.... Looking forward to sharing some great BALBOA history with all of you.

14.01.2022 This evening at 7:00pm PDT - College of Swing Era Knowledge continues with our BALBOA topic! In preparing for upcoming CoSEK sessions I've been jotting down "Things I wish still existed". Tonight I will discuss that and sharing two of them for BALBOA! Our focus areas tonight will be 15min of HAND CONNECTION and 15min on a 360* COMEAROUND - great topics for dancers and especially current teachers of Balboa. Bring a small PLASTIC water bottle tonight!!!... Donations greatly appreciated: Paypal - https://www.paypal.me/RetroRhythmSDSD Venmo - @Joel-Plys

14.01.2022 Tonight at 7:00pm PDT the College of Swing Era Knowledge continues with our VERNACULAR JAZZ topic. Our focus this evening will be: My favorite step from the Frankie/Chazz Shim Sham... I call it the "Drag-Hop-Step" (not 100% on a specific name)... I'm going to share 4 variations based on complexity. Donations always greatly appreciated: Paypal - https://www.paypal.me/RetroRhythmSDSD Venmo - @Joel-Plys Find all the College of Swing Era Knowledge material on our Retro Rhythm YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/retrorhythm

13.01.2022 This evening at 7:00pm PDT the College of Swing Era Knowledge continues with our SHAG topic. Tonight our focus will be STYLING INSPIRED BY THE CRAZY COUPLE in the 1937 Arthur Murray Clip (building on last month's session where we reviewed all the couples) Donations greatly appreciated: ... Paypal - https://www.paypal.me/RetroRhythmSDSD Venmo - @Joel-Plys Find all the College of Swing Era Knowledge material on our Retro Rhythm YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/retrorhythm

12.01.2022 7:00pm PDT - College of Swing Era Knowledge continues this evening with BAL-SWING as our main topic. Tonight we continue our focus on MAXIE DORF (session 2 of 3) with dancer footage shared at the 2005 Bal Rendezvous 2005. I will also share the 3 BAL-SWING steps associated with Maxie. Really hoping that Zoom & Facebook will get along tonight for a seamless 30-45min. If not, we'll figure it all out and do our best :-) Hope to see many of you tonight for some BAL-SWING & Ma...xie Dorf history! *** TEASER *** - Session 3 will be on Tuesday, May 26 on MAXIE THE TEACHER for my usual teacher/organizer topic. Sharing actual private lesson footage and what I like to call Maxie-isms that every Balboa dancer/teacher should know.

12.01.2022 Tonight at 7:00pm PDT the College of Swing Era Knowledge continues with our LINDY HOP/JITTERBUG topic. This evening, our focus (depending on babysitter status) will be either: *** MESSING WITH THE 5! - great variations for a Swingout and the key lead/follow elements to make it happen OR... *** IS IT 6c OR 8c? The KEY question every beginner dancer has on their mind. Well, I will answer that for all beginners and advanced dancers :-) Tune in to see if we get a sitter - either topic is going to be a great way to improve/enhance your dancing! Donations always greatly appreciated: Paypal - https://www.paypal.me/RetroRhythmSDSD Venmo - @Joel-Plys Find all the College of Swing Era Knowledge material on our Retro Rhythm YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/retrorhythm

12.01.2022 7:00pm PST - College of Swing Era Knowledge continues tonight with SHAG as our main topic! This evening we focus on continuing our STEP-HOP STYLING and 4-SHAG-SHTUFF! concept we began on April 3 before we did a 3wk session on St Louis Shag. Don't know what 4-Shag-Shtuff is? Well, you need to tune in and find out!! A great SOLO workout for any dancer regardless if you know Shag or not and a fantastic way to add texture to your Shag dancing!!!... If you have time - check out the session on April 3 here: https://youtu.be/FGnUXuwSlRw Looking forward to dancing with you!!!!

11.01.2022 Tonight (June 6, 7:00pm PDT) the College of Swing Era Knowledge continues! This evening for our JAZZ TOPIC our focus will be "Camel Walk Craziness" - going over this fantastic jazz step, variations, and where you can utilize it in your social dancing!

10.01.2022 7:00pm PT - College of Swing Era Knowledge JAZZ edition continues this evening. Tonight our focus is TRICKING YOU INTO THE TRICKERATION - session 2 of 3. We have 5 new steps to cover and then review all 17 unique steps of this classic jazz routine used by Norma Miller to audition her new dancers!!! We should be able to finish these steps and start building the routine.... Session 3 will be on Monday, May 11. Hope to see you tonight!!!

09.01.2022 This evening 7:00pm PDT the College of Swing Era Knowledge continues with our CHARLESTON topic. Our focus tonight will be JUMP CHARLESTON VARIATIONS. A fantastic solo Charleston figure with some very interesting options based on your level, your rhythmic skills, your physicality ;-) Join in to get some solid Swing Era Knowledge on this step!... Donations always greatly appreciated: Paypal - https://www.paypal.me/RetroRhythmSDSD Venmo - @Joel-Plys Find all the College of Swing Era Knowledge material on our Retro Rhythm YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/retrorhythm

08.01.2022 We have updated the cost to reflect 3 weeks of training vs 4... Get the review video & the notes today and join in the fun from 7:00-8:00pm the next 3 Wednesdays and learn the FRANKIE DOO! One easy click away:... https://www.nwswingdanceco.com//july-2020-perf-routine-cla See more

08.01.2022 It's Thursday night and time for another fun Thu Evening Swing in Spokane, WA. Join in if you can - FOOTWORK & STYLING class should start around 7:10 after our warmup and local dancer spotlight :-) Donations always greatly appreciated: Paypal - https://www.paypal.me/RetroRhythmSDSD Venmo - @Joel-Plys

06.01.2022 7:00PM PT - College of Swing Era Knowledge continues this evening with our Friday SHAG topic. Tonight our focus will be ST LOUIS SHAG - session 3 of 3 for foundation moves: SLIDING DOOR VARIATIONS & SLSHAG SWINGOUT. We will build on the previous sessions: * April 17 - Rhythms of SLShag (7 of them), Basic SBS, Pushaway, and Kickaway... * April 24 - Fall on the log (open & closed), and Turns Hope to see you tonight!

05.01.2022 7:00pm PT - College of Swing Era Knowledge continues this evening with our Sunday TEACHER/ORGANIZER topic. Tonight's focus will be: * Q&A on ESSENTIAL RISK MATRIX and what we can do ... * LEVEL REVIEWS for big events (the good, the bad, the ugly) I know it's an odd combo, but I'm not sure how much Q&A will happen and I will provide my suggested list for what we can do regarding our COVID situation. Then, with the time left I will share some deep thoughts on LEVEL REVIEWS based on lots, and lots, of personal experience - including: * 20+ years of international teaching/participating in level reviews * 10 years of Organizing level reviews for both Balboa Rendezvous & Swing Camp Oz events - dealing with various situations

05.01.2022 7:00pm PT - College of Swing Era Knowledge continues with our TEACHER/ORGANIZER topic. The focus for this evening will be LEVEL REVIEWS (the good, the bad, the ugly) - this could be for larger events OR your local community and how dancers progress in your classes... Deep thoughts based on lots, and lots, of personal experience - including:... * 20+ years of international teaching/participating in level reviews * 10 years of organizing level reviews for both Balboa Rendezvous & Swing Camp Oz events - dealing with various situations *** I will be sharing a personal story from Bal Rendezvous that's important for every dancer/organizer to hear... Hope to see you tonight. After this evening, College of Swing Era Knowledge sessions no longer be nightly. Please LIKE the Retro Rhythm page for the new listing of events for upcoming CoSEK sessions and plans for the existing material: https://www.facebook.com/RetroRhythm5678/ THANK YOU for your support in these trying times!

04.01.2022 Tonight at 7:00pm PDT the College of Swing Era Knowledge continues with a JITTERBUG/LINDY topic. Our focus this evening will be "6-count OR 8-count?". This is a key question every beginner leader/follower has after a few lessons & social dancing AND a concept every Int/Adv dancer must master to help our beginners feel/look great on the floor.... Donations always greatly appreciated: Paypal - https://www.paypal.me/RetroRhythmSDSD Venmo - @Joel-Plys Find all the College of Swing Era Knowledge material on our Retro Rhythm YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/retrorhythm

04.01.2022 Tonight, I will conclude my 3 part series on Maxie Dorf focusing on Maxie - THE INSTRUCTOR and what I call Maxie-isms. Great advice from a Balboa master for any teacher of Bal or any dance for that matter. Given the difficulties I have been having sharing videos via Facebook & trying to stream a Zoom session to Facebook I will attempt to go LIVE to FB via Zoom (so I can go back & forth from live/share screen easily). If for whatever reason, the FB feed cuts out, does not wo...rk, loops, etc the link to the Zoom Room will be shared and you can join me there. I recommend joining me in the Zoom Room if possible to avoid missing out on anything as I will NOT be focusing on Facebook other than trying to send the feed. I will keep an eye on comments/questions, but if there are issues I'm going to let FB go and focus 100% on Zoom. Doing the best I can with these technical issues. THANK YOU for your support, understanding, and patience.

02.01.2022 7:00pm PST - College of Swing Era Knowledge continue this evening with our LINDY HOP/JITTERBUG topic. The focus tonight will be completing our Dean/Jewel vs Frankie/Freda series with Session 4: Savoy Kicks vs SBS Charleston These are the 2 most iconic couples we often reference from clips and moves. Understand the difference in style/technique to add some texture to your existing Lindy dancing...... This builds on the last few weeks: Session 1 (4/15) = Posture and Sendout vs Swingout from closed Session 2 (4/22) = Whip vs Lindy Turn (Swingout from open) Session 3 (4/29) = Rhythm Circle vs Lindy Circle

02.01.2022 I am offering a 4 week series on THE FRANKIE DOO - Tranky Doo Frankie Manning style :-) This is primarily for our local performance dancers yet since it's a Zoom Room I would like to welcome anyone that is interested. The schedule is 7:00-8:00 this evening (July 12) and then the next 3 Wednesdays (July 15, 22, 29) Everyone that completes the series will have a mega DISCOUNT CODE (67% off) to own your own copy of my 2PlySwing DVD with this material!!!... Join in today with the link in the event page or for one less click - here you go: https://www.nwswingdanceco.com//july-2020-perf-routine-cla

02.01.2022 Have you ever wanted to pick YOUR topic at the time that works best for YOU? Well, here is your chance and it's only $8!!! On May 30 I am offering special "YOUR ZOOM ROOM" sessions. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~... I honestly get overwhelmed by trying to figure out what topic to offer on the best day and time to get people to join in. So, why not leave all that up to YOU to decide and I will be there on May 30 :-) Grab your spot this week and I will schedule my time with all of you on May 23 when early/schedule registration ends and prepare for our time together on May 30. Looking forward to dancing/working with you!!!

01.01.2022 7:00pm PST - College of Swing Era Knowledge continues this evening with our JAZZ topic. This evening we complete our focus on TRICKING YOU INTO THE TRICKERATION!!! The last 2 weeks we have covered all 18 individual steps. Tonight, we put them all together. ***Warning: we will build this routine quickly assuming you are solid on the steps needed!!! If you have time to practice, the last 17min (start at 29:15) of our class last week is a review of all the steps. Here is the... link for that session: https://youtu.be/BLGWCjVa7Ao Get ready for tonight and go through those 18 steps at 6:40pm PST :-)