Sunday, March 10, 2013

Swinging With the Hep Cats

Original Lead: 

"On Friday February 15, 2013, the UNH Hep Cats Swing Dancing Club invites all to their Swing Your Sweetheart dance. This upbeat social event will be held in the Strafford room of the MUB from 7- 11 p.m."

Rewritten Leads:

1. Every Wednesday the UNH Hep Cats Swing Dancing Club transports a zealous group of students to a time when swing dancing flourished and you were nothing if you couldn't Jitterbug, Jive or grab your partner and do the Lindy Hop.
"Any dance is a lot of fun, but with swing you don't have to pay attention to form or match the count. It's a loose dance that makes me more creative," said grad student, Ian Marshall. "You work your mistakes into your style and that makes it fun."

2. On a campus where the musical stylings of David Guetta are omnipresent and risqué nightclub moves rule the dance floor, the UNH Hep Cats Swing Dancing Club has managed to keep the groove of the swing era alive.

(Class ended before I could finish. This post was written on Monday, February 25, but at the end of class I saved it as a draft and forgot to publish it until now.)