#liracommunity

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"I never taught people where to step on '2', because when I learned how to dance there was no '2'. We just danced to the music." ~ Frankie Manning Why am relating it to the Frankie Manning quotes about is that one of my students from Lira asked me some questions like, "I should tell them about the music of swing dance." "What is Swing and Lindyhop?" So now am requesting people are well informed with these knowledge of Swing music 🎶 so that we can have a zoom class with my students. We are so happy that now, the dancers in Lira District are so much interested in #Lindyhop and #Swingdance. But we have questions here and I need some help with them. Among these communities, girls are really few represented and now what should be done to encourage more girls to start coping up with dancing like Lindyhop in Uganda 🇺🇬 because now during my classes I do have 17 students but only three are girls and the rest are boys. Much appreciations to @blacklindyhf for standing up with me to spread #Lindyhop and #swingdance to rural areas of Uganda now. @frankiemanningfoundation @pacificswingdance @frankie_manning_radio_show_ @bad_ass_jazz_festival @sunnysideswingstudio @collectivevoicesforchange @ysbdnyc @roserswing @lindyhopchamps @lindyhopdubai @lindyhopsaarbruecken @lindyhoprevolution @herrangdancecamp @kaninikiiru @tenaarmstrong @swinginwithsammy @sing_lim @ryan_francois_jazz #lindyhopperslife #lindyhop #lindy #lindyhopping #Lindyhop #lindyfocus #lindyhopdance #swing #swingdance #swingdancelife #swingdancefestival #swingaroundtheworld #1920s #1930s #solojazzmoves #SoloJazz #solocharleston #solotraveler #solojazzpower #lira #liracommunity #liradance #SwingDanceUganda #Ugandaswingkids #instructorokurutgeorge #yoga #acroyoga #OkurutGeorge (at Lira, Uganda) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cljpe0irtkA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[okurut]

Second day of the workshop in Lira. Swing dance is a group of social dances that developed with the swing style of jazz music in the 1920s–1940s, with the origins of each dance predating the popular "swing era". Hundreds of styles of swing dancing were developed; those that have survived beyond that era include Lindy Hop, Balboa, Collegiate Shag, and Charleston. Today, the best-known of these dances is the Lindy Hop, which originated in Harlem in the early 1930s. While the majority of swing dances began in African American communities as vernacular African American dances, some influenced swing-era dances, like Balboa, developed outside of these communities. "Copied from wikipedia" We are really so excited to introduce Lindyhop and Swing dance to dancers of Lira District. As we keep the love and legacy of @frankiemanningfoundation to spread it throughout the world. Thanks so much @blacklindyhf for supporting this project so that more African dancers can be inspired and encouraged into the dance. We are still calling for sponsors to come in because we still have more districts to reach out to dancers, who are so much interested as we need keep the legacy of #Frankie Manning and other dancers who kept these dance alive. I will be sharing more videos of these dancers on how they are so much interested in dance and how passionate, they are to keep the love of Lindyhop and Swing dance in Northern Uganda 🇺🇬 . @blacklindyhf @frankiemanningfoundation @shotovercanyonswing @lindsayellyn @lindyhopchamps Happy swing lindy-hop and festival. Swingdance UK @thisisswing #lindyhop #lindyhoplife #lindyhopperslife #lindyhopdance #swinging #swingout #swingdance #BLHF #swingdancelessons #swingdanceuganda #blhfoundation #swingdancelessons #lira #liradance #liracommunity #frankie #okurutgeorge (at Lira, Uganda) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClhWU8yKRqQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=