December 2018: Learn the California Routine

The California Routine is a partnered Lindy Hop routine with its origins in the seminal Lindy Hop performance group of the 1930s and 40s, Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers. Both Frankie Manning and Al Minns, members of this group, taught various versions of this routine in the 1980s and 90s, and today, the version most widely known was made famous by the Swedish dance troupe, The Rhythm Hot Shots. Come expand and refine your Lindy Hop vocabulary with this choreography as a guide! Familiarity with basic 6-count and 8-count Lindy Hop including swing outs is required.