Hello Swing Dance family, old friends and new kids on the block!
What a fantastic week across the Gold Coast, Mullumbimby, and our buzzing new class in Murwillumbah. Thank you all for showing up with such enthusiasm, laughter, and dedication to learning, you absolutely smashed it! We’re thrilled to hear your positive feedback about our refreshed class structure and can’t wait to keep building your musicality, connection, and confidence on the dance floor.
Remember: the more you dance, the faster you grow, so say yes to every chance to get on the floor!
Class reminders (for our new subscribers):
Wednesdays – Mermaid Beach Bowls Club
6:30pm–9:30pm | Beginners, Transition, Int/Adv + Shim Sham & practice
$20 per person
Thursdays – Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club
6:45pm–9:30pm | Beginners, Transition, Int/Adv + Shim Sham & practice
$20 per person
Fridays – CWA Hall, Queen St, Murwillumbah
7:30pm–9:30pm | Beginners, Transition & practice
$25 per person
🎉 Social Events You Won’t Want to Miss
The Blitz Party is Back – Keep Calm and Dance On!
Sunday 15 March | 2–6pm | Mo’s Desert Clubhouse, Burleigh Heads – $25 pre-purchase – $30 at the door
Dress for the siren dash, sip a “Bomber Betty,” enjoy the dazzling Andrews Sisters sounds of the Pacific Belles, and dance to Swing-A-Billy Ray. Family-friendly and perfect for dancers and non-dancers, come for the costumes, cocktails, live music, and pure mood-boosting fun in air-conditioned comfort.
Grab tickets HERE: https://events.humanitix.com/the-blitz-party-is-back-keep-calm-and-dance-on
Sydney Swing Katz – Full Weekend Workshops + Social
11–12 April | Southport Community Centre
Australia’s premier vintage dance troupe returns for a high-energy weekend of Lindy Hop, tricks, Boogie Woogie, and next-level technique. Ideal for intermediate/advanced dancers (or anyone with partner dance experience ready to shine).
Full Weekend pass TICKETS HERE:
Workshops:
Saturday, April 11th: Workshop 1 (10:00 AM – 12:00 PM) – Lindy Hop Sydney Swing Katz Style – TICKETS HERE:
Dive into the signature Lindy Hop style of the Sydney Swing Katz, perfected through years of global performances and competitions. You’ll learn their favorite showstopper moves, including the fast footwork techniques they’re famous for. By the end, you’ll have a mini choreographed routine ready to shine. Ideal for intermediate to advanced dancers ready to challenge and elevate their Lindy Hop.
Saturday, April 11th: Workshop 2 (1:00 PM – 3:00 PM) – Tricks, Dips, and Slides – TICKETS HERE:
You don’t rise to Australia’s top dance troupe, touring the world to teach and perform without an arsenal of audience-wowing tricks, dips, and slides. After focusing on aerials last visit, we’re going low this time with grounded moves like intentional drops and stylish slides. These are perfect social floor showstoppers (space and partner permitting), boosting musicality for beginnings, endings, or troupe routines. Suited to anyone with partner dancing experience.
Sunday, April 12th: Workshop 1 (11:00 AM – 1:00 PM) – Boogie Woogie Basics to Social Mastery – TICKETS HERE:
The Sydney Swing Katz are internationally celebrated for their Boogie Woogie expertise, competing yearly in European championships and claiming numerous titles. Founder and director Justin alone has shelves of trophies from his competitive days. This class begins at a beginner-friendly level for Boogie Woogie specifics and builds to comfortable social dancing, ideal if you already know partner dancing basics, footwork rhythms, and are ready to add high-energy Boogie grooves to your repertoire.
Sunday, April 12th: Workshop 2 (1:00 PM – 3:00 PM) – Intensify Your Lindy Hop with Technique Infusions – TICKETS HERE:
Transform your social dancing with pro-level technique from the Sydney Swing Katz. Perfect for anyone wanting to enhance their skills on the floor, we’ll slow it down to refine connection, communication, and musicality. Focus on smooth execution and those delicious slow, groovy moves that let you glide effortlessly like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, savouring the music, partnership, and deep grooves while looking utterly spectacular.
Byron Bay Lindy Exchange 2026
16–18 October | Byron Bay, NSW
Early birds on sale Friday 13 March!
Three magical days of live bands, guest DJs, social dancing, beach picnics, yoga, lighthouse walks, novelty classes, and more, wrapped in a playful Nautical / Titanic / Shipwrecked & Gilligan’s Island theme. Dancers from across Australia and overseas are already planning to join us!
Full details: https://byronbaylindyexchange.com.au
Community Social We’re Heading To next week:
Valentine’s “It’s Love Baby” Rock ’n’ Roll & Swing Dance
Saturday 14 February | South Tweed Sports Club | From 6pm (NSW)
Featuring Desi Dancing Rays and The Well Swung Daddies.
Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/it-s-love-baby-valentine-s-dance
Legends of there Month:
John and Marianne from Swing On In MULLUM.. These cats have stepped up and stepped out and are hitting all the dance floors and we love that for them! If you know them you know this is a big step in their dance journey and we are so chuffed for them. Here’s John dancing at Adelaide Lindy Exchange with a high profile influencer in the vintage fashion world no less. Chrissy Flanagan – Artist, Comedian and Fashionista!.. (I’m in love with her secretly!)
Picture Credits include: Hielrick, Once Upon A Time, Hideyuke Lucas , Kyahmross
Enough from me!
Catch ya on the flip side!
Swing hugs,
Chrissy & Ray
Swing On In