# Remember when swing dancing was a thing?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-when-swing-dancing-was-a-thing/809996>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 4, 2018, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-when-swing-dancing-was-a-thing/809996 "2018-03-04T05:50:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-when-swing-dancing-was-a-thing/809996/41 "2018-08-18T02:47:58Z")

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[Goth Swing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc5_S7z5RJk). Takes a minute to get going.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-when-swing-dancing-was-a-thing/809996/42 "2018-08-18T09:16:14Z")

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When my father was in high school they had a jitterbug competition every week, and he always won. All the girls used to fight over who’d be his partner. I found out about this years after his death. I have never seen him do any kind of dancing.

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