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See What Can Happen? It’s like ice-skating on concrete. So… time for my slightly more … forthright take on things. The camp I really belong to is very simple: Lindy Hop without swing music does not exist in this dojo. It might, to many, look like Lindy Hop… but Lindy Hop it isn’t, and the more you take swing music out of the equation, the further from Lindy it will go. In light of this I’ll start with a confession – I don’t mean that at all. In the past, when I’ve talked about this issue, I’ve been a little more laissez faire – a little more inclined to say: “Well – what I do is this, but what you do is up to you.” Right now, I’m feeling a little more forthright – in fact I’ve feeling like ranting on this subject for quite some time now – so hang on to your hats – this could get ugly. We all have different tastes and ideas, and your mileage may vary. Many do, and perhaps I am – but I know others who’d say I’m not (yet?) enough of a purist. Like many swing DJs, I’ve slowly become more and more of an advocate of old-school swing for swing dancing.
I’ve been DJing swing a while now, and like many swing DJs, my ideas on what is, and isn’t acceptable to play for swing dancers have taken something of a journey.