SHOUT! Swing

So in case you did not know my father (this is Sheila!) is a prolific musician & songwriter extraordinaire, going by the name Desi Kane. When he is not playing out with his band: Soul Rebel (including at swing & blues events like ORLX and Blues N Soul), he is writing and collaborating with fellow artists on his original music.

Several years ago, my father and I wrote a swing song together. He recently recorded and mastered the final version using my lyrics! So Austin and I created a music video, inspired by the new song, with the help of some of our Parisian friends!

Introducing Swing Girl

Download the single here.

You can also find Desi Kane on Facebook, YouTube and for purchase on Bandcamp.

The Making Of

Here is one of our many takes shot in Paris:

Swing, Girl! – Sheila

We had the pleasure to visit a good friend of ours in Madrid, Spain this past weekend. While walking in the park we decided to stop and blues dance to a street performer.

Enjoy!

More videos in our Media section.

Bonjour! So we will be teaching this sunday (tommorrow) at Swing on the Bay!

This is a last minute stand in for other professors. We are super excited though to teach in this beautiful room to some awesome students. The day includes a beginner lesson, intermediate lesson and dance party.

Details: http://leschatonsswingueurs.fr/public/?p=1787

See you there! – S&A

What a great weekend!

And you can view our two recap videos as we promised here.

We covered couples charleston transitions and solo charleston freeze variations. Merci á notre étudiantes !

Les Chatons Swingueurs have invited us back to teach at the Swinging Air Force II Weekend!  We could not be more thrilled.

Join us for classes in charleston (solo and couple).

The weekend is going to be a blast with the live music of the Magic Shook Heads, dancing (of course) and AWESOME international teachers like Doriana & Laurent, Jean-Christophe, Max & Annie, and Patrick & Natasha!  The latter two couples are the international champions that make up the Montreal Swinging Air Force and Studio 88-Swing.

Information:

• Date: 28,29,30 October
• Where: Paris, France
• Website – Including tons of videos to gander at
• FBEvent
• Flyer

An event not to be missed!!!!

We had a wonderful weekend dancing with the chatons.

Check out our Dean Collins lesson recap! It includes a video walk through and other resources.

Hello all!

So what have we been up to? Mostly settling into life in grand ole Paris!

We are super excited to announce that we will be teaching with some AWESOME teachers in at the Weekend Stage Chatons held by Les Chatons Swingueurs!

Austin and I will be teaching courses in jazz roots, solo charleston and an intro to the Dean Collins shim sham.  Austin will also be teaching blues with the lovely Doriana!

Information:

• Date: 26,27,28 August
• Teachers:
  • Evita Arce & Michael Jagger (New-York / U.S.A.) – Lindy-Hop / Charleston: http://www.michaelandevita.com
  • Doriana & Laurent (Italie / France) – Lindy-hop accrobatique, Balboa, Blues: http://www.dorianaswing.com
  • Manuel & Elsa (France)
  • And us! Austin & Sheila from the USA
• Website
• FBEvent

When else can you go to an awesome workshop in Paris?:

Check out Swinging Air Force in Paris by Les Chatons Swingueurs!