Swing Club, which meets on Mondays outside of the main cafeteria from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m., will review material that members learned in the first quarter.
According to Shea Rhoutsong, co-president, co-teacher and junior, Swing Club will review the material to make sure people have remembered what they learned and to also allow new members to join the club. Once everyone is caught up, members will get to the harder steps.
“We start going into different forms of dancing. Instead of just doing East Coast Swing, we start going into foxtrot and ballroom dancing. Then we go into West Coast (Swing), which is a close-position dance, and then we go into lifts and flips,” she said.
Co-sponsor Caren Rickett said learning swing dancing is easy, but it just takes time.
“We have a person from the community that comes and teaches the dances,” Rickett said. “To learn basic swing dance is pretty easy, and (the students) seem to be having a good time.”
Rhoutsong said, “Swing dance is a great way to meet people. It’s great to learn a dance form that doesn’t look bad. It’s going to be scary at first because you’re learning how to dance. There will be a lot of people, and it’s going to be boring at first. It will be like the first day of school. It’s really worth it. We do fun things together, and (we) become a family.”