Hey Charles!

Welcome to your second wave of dance! I started in country as well in the 90’s and progressed into ballroom as well. Now that I’m past the “competitive” part of my dancing I’m obsessed with teaching (and learning) all styles of social dancing. As I type this, Megan and I are in Bergen Norway where we will be teaching WCS classes but we will also be learning a Norwegian swing dance style that we’ve never seen before. Dancing is so cool!

I don't mind it at all. If we're following music trends (which drive dance styles and changes) there is a lot of V-Waltz music in country so I'm all for it. What are your thoughts?

Great question. You'll wanna be alongside at the start but end slightly behind by the end as you enter. During the voltas... try to keep the follower in your "window" slightly to your right (as she would be in closed position)That's a good reference for most moves in general, try to keep the same orientation as you would if you were doing the move in closed position.Let me know if that clarifies it :-)

Brian

Hey Travis,Off the top of my head...

BOSTON has a great WCS scene. Lots of studios and lots of dancing. Here is where I would start my hunt in Boston: https://www.danceboston.com/ Bill Cameron is the go to guy in the area.

NYC is another hot spot. Robert Royston lives there so you know there is good stuff. Again here is where I would start my hunt in NYC: https://www.nycswings.net/west-coast-swing/Robert Royston is the go to guy in the area.

CHICAGO is probably the best overall scene that I personally know of. They have weekly dances that rival a lot of small weekend events. West Coast Wednesdays is where I would start my hunt: https://westcoastwednesdays.com/

April Price is the go to gal in the area.

There are probably some other smaller local scenes that are really good mixed in but in those 3 major cities you can't go wrong. Please let me know if you have any more specific questions

Best wishes,

Brian

We've got a recently added section! Thanks for the suggestion.

Hey my man, It's showing in Two Step for me. If you search basket whip it will show up with everything listed as basket whip but if you use the "west coast swing" category then it does not show up. -B

Patrick Holt us too! We're actually working on some events that will include solid WCS & Country social dancing. It might take us a year or two to get them launched but we're working on them!

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Hey Mark & Debbie! Welcome :-) I'm so happy you're here. We're excited to help you in anyway we can. Just like you guys we've made our best friends through dancing too! We've got plenty of steps to learn here in the membership. If you guys ever have any questions please let us know. We're always here to help! Happy dancing -Brian B

Also, like I said to Rebecca below, you're right in that as you become more comfortable with the footwork, you'll have a few more brain cells left available to focus on the arms, turn technique ect. If you have a specific subject you wanna brush up on like turns, there are 2 ways you can easily find some videos to help. #1 use the "Technique" filter and choose the subject. In this instance, spins or turns. Another way is to type "spins" or "turn" or "arms" into the search box.But as always PLEASE feel free to ask us here and we can point you to a video that will help (or even make one if we don't have one)