Surrey Swing Dance Society

About The Surrey Swing Dance Society

The Surrey Swing Dance Society formed in September 2008...
Our Mission: To Promote All forms of Swing Music and Jive Dancing in Surrey and beyond

Terminology:

Swing is a term widely used to describe 6 and 8 beat music such as Jazz, Big-Band
orchestrations and extending to rock and Roll and modern 4 beat music.

Jive  is a categorization of all forms of dancing to 4, 6 & 8 beat music;
incorporating Lindy-Hop, Balboa, Collegiate Sh@g, East-Coast Swing, West-Coast
swing, Boogie-Woogie, Rock & Roll, and Modern or French Jive.

Running The Dance Society
Ralph & June are a husband and wife partnership who live and breathe Jive Dancing, 
especially to the Swing music created by the jazz and big bands from the 20th century. They decided to start the Swing Dance Society in Surrey when they found they were having to travel 50 miles or more in an evening to get to a suitable venue with music that they enjoyed.