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Texas Tommy
DJ specialising in 1940's and 1950's style Swing Dance music. Ipswich based
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Glenn Hurst Music
Big Band. Suffolk based
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Jeff Short Swing Band & Singers
Big Band. Essex based
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Swing Machine Dance Band
Big Band. Suffolk based
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Galaxy Big Band
Big Band. East Anglia based
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Harmony In Harlem
Big Band. East Anglia based. Specializing in Duke Ellington, perfect for Lindy Hop
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The Sweeting Swing Band
Big Band. Essex based. Specialising in Swing Dance Music.
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Jonathan Wyatt Big Band
Big Band. East Anglia Based
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Super Swing Big Band
Big Band - Beccles based
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King Size Papas
Jump Jive Blues Band. Up-tempo Swing Jazz & Blues from 40's & 50's. Norfolk based
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Caxton Swing
Jazz band specializing in Swing Music. Cambridge based
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Chris Walls Band
Duo to full band.
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Suffolk Social Dancer
Ballroom & Sequence Dance functions in & around Ipswich. Excellent detail.
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Dance East
Academy for all forms of dance. Mainly geared for the performing arts. Ipswich based.
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Cal'Donias
Retro Juke Box which fell through a time warp from the Swing Dance era. Awesome!
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Grapevine
Music "what's on" listing site for East Anglia. Good source of info about dances & venues
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Jane Hall
Great Yarmouth-based artist - dance paintings for sale
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Norfolk Gig Guide
Norfolk Gigs
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Esther's Originals
Tailoring service for bespoke 40's and 50's dance & military clothing. Ipswich based
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Canama Dance Supplies
Dance shoe supplier based in Suffolk
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Dance Vibe
Dance store. Fore Street, Ipswich
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Supadance
Dance Shoes
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Kingdom of Dance
Dance Shoes & Clothing
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Move Dancewear
Dance Shoes & Dancewear
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Vida Dance
Mens dance shoes
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Johnson Shoes
Handmade dance shoes - made to your specification!
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The 1940's & 50's Clothing Company
Clothing & accessories of the 1940's & 50's
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Vintage Clothing
Vintage clothing - possible sources of the real thing!
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20th Century Foxy
Vintage reproduction clothing
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Stephen Brown
Authorative source of information on Tango Styles
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Tango & Chaos in Buenos Aires
Delightful read on Tango from Buenos Aires perspective
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Sequence Dancing
Sequencing Dancing only - lots of excellent information
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Dance for England
Ballroom - project aimed at developing ballroom dancing among young people
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Dancesport UK
Ballroom. Very comprehensive
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UK Ballroom
Ballroom
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Strictly Ballroom & Latin
Ballroom
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Dancing Clubs
Ballroom
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Are You Dancing ?
Ballroom + other dance styles
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Dance Web (UK)
Ballroom + other dance styles
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Anglia Dance Events
Dance evenings & weekends with dance professionals
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Aladdin's Cave
Belly Dance costumes & music
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Whirling Dervish
Belly Dance accessories
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The Art of Middle Eastern Dance
Information about Belly Dancing
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Yasmina's Joy of Bellydancing
Information about Belly Dancing
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So You Think You Can Dance?
The official BBC Website
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Strictly Come Dancing
The official BBC Website
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Strictly Dance Fever
The official BBC Website - no longer being updated
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Pollytone
Source of R'n'R music. So they say! Included in case this is of interest to anyone
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Lets Line Dance
Line Dancing. Not much information about East Anglia.
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Modern Jive
Must read articles:- "The History of Modern Jive" (includes Swing)
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How to Jive
Similar information to the above. (includes Swing)
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LeRoc Modern Jive Federation
The LeRoc story
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UK Jive
Modern Jive listing site
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Jiveaholics Anonymous
Includes video tuition
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Modern Jive Resource Centre
Modern Jive!
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Dance Federation
Also include Salsa
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Salsa & Modern Jive
Also include Salsa
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Rock the Joint
Rock'n'Roll - Links to various R&R organisations
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Maggie's Blue Suede News
Rock'n'Roll in the Midlands, but with lots of other useful information
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UK Rock Magazine
Rock'n'Roll
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Complete UK Rock'n'Roll Gig Guide
Rock'n'Roll / Jive. Excellent listing site
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Planet Jive
Emphasis on Jive
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Rod's 1940's Events Calendar
Very comprehensive UK-wide listing site for Swing Dance events
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London Swing & Dance Company
Lindy Hop in London. Also a useful source of information.
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Tuxedo Junction
Lindy Hop
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The Lindy Circle
Lindy Hop - also a good source of links
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Archives of Lindy Hop
Lindy Hop - lots of archive material
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Jump’n’Jive
Lindy Hop - also tuition in aerials!
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The Swingtime Dance Company
Lindy Hop, Balboa & other styles
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London Balboa Festival
This link goes to a superb description of Balboa history
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West Coast Swing UK
West Coast Swing - places to go
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iDance
Online dance lessons, various swing-dance styles
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Frankie Manning Tribute
Tribute to Frankie Manning - with archive Swing footage
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Swing Music Radio Stn
Archive Oct 18 2010 Judy Pritchett - mainly about Frankie Manning (after 8 mins)
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StreetSwing
An amazing mine of information about dance. Navigation tricky, but worth the effort
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Swing Jive Shop
Excellent source of Swing Dance instructional videos
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