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To order GSDTA and Dance Dynamics(R) Products, please call Linda, Monday through Friday, 11 AM to 3 PM PST at 562-869-8949.  You can pay by credit card over the phone, or send your check made payable to GSDTA to:  GSDTA, 10804 Woodruff Avenue, Downey, CA 90241. 

SHIPPING & HANDLING COSTS: $5.95 charge for the first item, and $2 extra for each additional item.   S & H for DVDs and Books sent out of the United States is $10 for 1 or 2 items and $15 for 3 items or more.   

The 22 FOUNDATION PATTERN DVD Set. 2 separate DVDs - Over 2 HOURS -  Skippy does the teaching (each 1 hour DVD).  Josh Clark & Sarah Grusmark do a marvelous job on the demos. Skippy details the leader's part, follower's part, & the professional techniques that make each pattern work. It is these special techniques that make the GSDTA curriculum so valuable.
Cost is only $49.95, (only $25 per disc) -  CA buyers, please add $4.62 tax. 

TIMING & PHRASING DVD, (1-Hour) Skippy takes you through a wealth of information on the various Dance Rhythms that exist.  It is fascinating that EVERY rhythm in EVERY dance, can be used in West Coast Swing. This DVD also Includes valuable material on the "Sheet Music for Dancers". 
Cost:  $40.00 - CA buyers please add $3.70 tax.

CONNECTION & TECHNIQUE I for West Coast Swing  is a compilation of 15 different teachers, (including Skippy) with interviews and varying points of view on connection & technique. Not all Teachers are GSDTA, but this interesting mix, directed by Doug Silton, has a wide variety of excellent ideas and teachers. 
Cost $40 - CA Buyers add $3.70 tax

CONNECTION & TECHNIQUE II - More great information:
Cost: $40 - CA buyers please add $3.70 tax. 

DISCO to TANGO and BACK, Second printing of the original Dance Text Book - (Currently, still used in several Colleges) -  There are still a few of the original books for collectors.  (We recently found several cases of Skippy's original 1978 book).  Used, original copies were selling on Amazon.com - as a collector's item - for well over $100.  We are selling the uncirculated originals for $50. Just identify if you want the original  ($50)- or the updated, second printing, at only $40.  We do have a few copies left of the 2nd printing. They are beautiful and available for only $40. This 2nd Printing contains 3 new articles, 2 new pictures and 3 pages of the updated Rhythm Units, showing every possible syncopation available in any Social Dance, Line Dance or Motion Study Routine.  Those 3 pages alone are worth the price of the book.
2nd Printing Cost: $40 - CA buyers please add $3.70 tax.

CRIB SHEET - is a 16 page booklet that is a STUDY GUIDE for information that every teacher and every serious dancer should know.  It also covers the main facts that people need to know who are planning on taking the Preliminary Exam. 
Cost: $15. CA buyers please add $1.38 tax. 

UNIT CARDS : Complete Set - Latest Version - Complete with Numbered cards that go behind the Rhythm Cards.  Brand new, beautiful Unit Cards with appropriate DOTS for Rolling Count.  Each Card has the name of the Rhythm in the upper Left hand border. Bottom left hand border states either "Even" or "ODD" Rhythm.

The SET consists of 17, 4/4 time Unit Cards -(That is 34 actual Rhythm Units)
and 6, 3/4 time Unit Cards - (That is 12 actual Rhythm Units)  PLUS the numbered cards that sit behind the Rhythm Cards
Cost: $50 for the complete set.  CA buyers please add $4.62 tax

INDIVIDUAL, EXTRA UNIT CARDS:  SINGLE RHYTHM - DOUBLE RHYTHM - or TRIPLE RHYTHM - individual Cards - available at $2 per card.

SHIM SHAM DVD:  This one hour DVD has become known for it's clarity of teaching the SHIM SHAM in only one hour.  It shows a complete, one hour class of people actually learning the Shim Sham, facing four different walls. Although it was taped at the 1990 Jack & Jill O'Rama, it was made specifically as an instructional piece, by Thumbs Up Video.   Skippy personally wants the whole swing world to learn the Shim Sham and so is offering this historical information for only $40. 
The SHIM SHAM Booklet is 23 pages of detailed information about the Shim Sham, which includes several different breakdowns, and techniques that are seldom included in classes. The booklet provides a wealth of information that is not available anywhere else.
Shim Sham DVD - Cost: $40 - CA buyers please add $3.70 tax.