What is the only thing at Carlmont that has survived since 1930? How about a hint, the instructor is an algebra teacher and she is also the head of the robotics club. This of course is the Swing Club.

Although the club itself obviously hasn’t been around since 1930, the choreography and music has remnants of the “swing era” that helped many americans through hard times.

As any upper-class man of Carlmont knows, the Swing Club always performs in the Heritage Fair during the second semester.

“We spend the whole second semester preparing for the fair,” explained Laura Robeck, advisor and instructor of the club.

Meanwhile, the club enjoys healthy doses of both the culture of the “Swing era” and of “Neo-swing,” continued Robeck. “It’s a mix of the old culture and a bit of when swing made a comeback in the ‘80s and ‘90s.”

Along with learning new choreography and a bit of the culture, Robeck explained how she planned on taking this years group a little deeper into things.

“With the enthusiasm of this year’s group, I am thinking of taking them, outside of school hours, to my old dance studio in Mountain View where I used to teach swing.”

If you want to learn a little more of our nation’s interesting past, the club is open for anyone to join. Meetings are held every Thursday at lunch in E-12.