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The NS Swing Club (NSSC) was recently sanctioned as a new club and has quickly gained new members.
The NSSC has started meeting every Wednesday during flex in the auxiliary gym. They hope to grow the program into an instructional club while giving free dance time where members can practice their moves.
“For the last little bit of the flex we just turn on some music and you grab a partner and go for it,” NSSC President Tyce Walker said.
Swing dancing may be new to some students, but for NSSD advisor Natalie Wright, swing has been a major part of her life. She started in high school and kept dancing in college. Meeting new people and building relationships is one thing swing dancing has helped her with.
“That’s how I fell in love with my husband,” Wright said.
The presidency includes Tyce Walker as president, Braden Palmer as vice president, Miley Clawson as music specialist, and Indie Heywood as media specialist.
With no trouble getting the club sanctioned, the NSSC is still learning the best way to operate for optimal instruction and dance time.
“When you’re the one used to being taught and you’re standing and watching and your instructor comes around, it’s very different, I’m trying to get them to stand out in the middle and to have couples around [them],” Wright said. “It kind of got me interested in reminding me what moves I used to do.”
The NSSC presidency has big ambitions for the following year, hoping to plan a dance with the community to get more people involved. They would also like to host a special guest once a month for an instructional night after school hours.
“If it goes how I would have envisioned it, it would just be that all of the North Sanpete community is invited and we have some big space and just pay a little entry fee to get in, just to help support the club,” said club member Ehva Hansen.
Members of the NSSC believe that they can find a form of structure as they teach members new moves.
“I hope that we can just get a lot more people interested in a real form of dance and that we can really turn our school dances into something more,” Hansen said.
