Why not dance in front of Parliament House?

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Why not dance in front of Parliament House?

By johnboy ⋅ April 4, 2009 ⋅

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Tagged , jumptown, parliament house, swing dance

And now for something completely different…

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Global Shim Sham for Frankie – JumpTown Swing, Canberra, Australia

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18 comments for “Why not dance in front of Parliament House?”

#1

joannac (Troublemaker) 10:13, 04 Apr 09

Jealous – I would’ve loved to have joined in on this, I haven’t swing danced for so long…
#2

I-filed (Veteran Rioter) 11:08, 04 Apr 09

really cool! I hope they make it an annual thing and make it big!
#3

Spam Box (Picketer) 11:52, 04 Apr 09

Wish I’d would get off my lazy arse and learn something like that, so very cool. The chick second from the left was my favorite, she was rocking.

Right, time to settle back into my chair and waste more time on the internets
#4

Whatsup (Rabble Rouser) 12:33, 04 Apr 09

Now that looked like fun !
#5

Sgt.Bungers (Anarchist) 12:41, 04 Apr 09

The next lot of beginners lessons with Jumptown start in the last week of April. I’ve been going on and off for 18 months now, it’s great fun. Great bunch of instructors, the vibe is always happy.

Highly recommend it to anyone http://www.jumptown.org for details.
#6

Pommy bastard (Veteran Rioter) 13:56, 04 Apr 09

Why not dance in front of Parliament House? If you’d ever seen me strut my funky stuff, you wouldn’t be asking that..
#7

Granny (Protagonist) 14:02, 04 Apr 09

Phantasmagorical!

: )
#8

trevar (Rabble Rouser) 14:37, 04 Apr 09

There should be more dancing in front of Parliament House. It would change the country’s attitude to Canberra if every time they showed some politician shooting his mouth off, there were some Canberrans dancing in the background…
#9

Granny (Protagonist) 14:39, 04 Apr 09

I have danced in front of parliament house and inside as well.

: )
#10

Whatsup (Rabble Rouser) 14:54, 04 Apr 09

We all need to dance more. I am not surprised that Granny dances, you can hear it in the tone of her typing.
#11

Spam Box (Picketer) 16:09, 04 Apr 09

My wife and I once did something on top of PH that was way better then dancing (pre 9/11)
#12

emd (Rabble Rouser) 16:12, 04 Apr 09

You know what, a flash mob swing dance would be super fun to see. Not just in front of Parliament House, but somewhere like Garema Place at 3pm when everyone’s in mid-afternoon slump.
#13

outnotdown (Newbie) 17:12, 04 Apr 09

Why not do something in a similar vein – group dance a la Fat Boy Slim video clip “Praise You”
#14

I-filed (Veteran Rioter) 17:28, 04 Apr 09

Spam Box said :

My wife and I once did something on top of PH that was way better then dancing (pre 9/11)

ew
#15

Spam Box (Picketer) 20:41, 04 Apr 09

outnotdown said :

Why not do something in a similar vein – group dance a la Fat Boy Slim video clip “Praise You”

yes

I-filed said :

Spam Box said :

My wife and I once did something on top of PH that was way better then dancing (pre 9/11)

ew

it was quite fun actually
#16

Spectra (Rabble Rouser) 22:06, 04 Apr 09

Spectra said :

Highly recommend it to anyone http://www.jumptown.org for details.

I’ll second that recommendation – the Jumptown instructors are lovely, fun people. We learnt swing dancing for our wedding as an alternative to the shuffling bridal waltz that everyone’s bored with Totally worth it.
#17

Spam Box (Picketer) 22:15, 04 Apr 09

Um Spectra, is it ok if I um, ask if um, the girl 2nd from the left front row is um, you know, um, is that your wife?
#18

realityskin (Rabble Rouser) 09:43, 05 Apr 09

Liam is hawt