Last night was the final of my 10 weeks, intermediate swing jive course. Thank you Nicola & Lindsay for the class.
I have to say this has been a blessing for me & helped me in my healing journey.
I have learnt so much, I can’t believe how much both Paul & Nicola pack into each session. Thank you both & your troops for making me feel so welcome & for re-igniting my passion for dance.
Thank you for continuing to shine your lights & be such great role models & teachers, I feel so blessed our paths have crossed! I am hooked now, you won’t be able to get rid of me as I’ve already signed up for the advanced course in Jan 2025!
If you too like me are feeling lost & are looking to dance, look no further, Nicola & Paul offer beginners, intermediate, & advanced lessons plus workshops/strolls (much like line dancing but even more fun) and monthly band night where you meet with lovely, like minded people & get to put all your moves to practice on the dance floor…

I have just got home to Maidstone having just completed your 10 week beginner course and wanted to take the time to thank you both so much for the most enjoyable ten weeks of my life. I have enjoyed the course immensely as the smile on my face at the end of each class probably gives away; I really wish that I had signed up sooner!
Your teaching method knocked absolute spots off my Monday evening Latin and Ballroom course by the manner in which you broke down each move into sections and built upon it each week. I also found the on-line videos an absolute lifeline when there was something that I did not understand in the class or to prepare a new move for the week ahead, Your volunteers are also a massive asset to you and so very supportive and understanding of a beginner’s needs. If I have only one regret then that is that I did not ask anybody to video me in class so that I could critique my performance afterwards.
Once again, thank you so much for one of the best experiences of my life and I look forward to seeing you both again in the Intermediate course if you deem me ready.

What a lovely night! A great venue, fantastic music and really friendly dancers. Thank you to all at Surrey Jive for making me so welcome. I had a ball 😊 xx

Thank you so much for entertaining us all on Saturday, we had a wonderful time seeing you all.
The response I’ve received from the residents and families has been overwhelming; they all thoroughly enjoyed watching you all dance and seeing the fabulous costumes.
Our garden party was a huge success, and I have to say, you should take credit for much of this. You put us all in great spirits and we were able to continue this vibe when you left 😊
Thanks again and I do hope we can see you again soon,

I just wanted to email you to say thank you so much for Saturday evening, I have had so many positive comments from our members saying how much they enjoyed the evening and it brought back memories of their jive days. I think the evening was a great success and I just wanted to say a big thank you to you, Nicola and your whole troupe for making the night such a fantastic evening.

Dear Nicola and Paul,
Thank you for yet another wonderful evening! My brain was very much scrambled at times but it was really enjoyable. My thanks to you and all the lovely ‘helpers’ for doing your best to keep us on track. And the friendliness of everyone is heartwarming!
Looking forward to keeping on dancing!
Love and shimmies xxx

Great night lots of fun thanks Paul and Nicola and of the course “The Jive Squadron’ look forward to the next one xx

Absolutely fantastic lesson – learnt loads and the instruction was very clear. Looking forward to the next one xx

Thank you so much for the great music and your brilliant demonstration of swing jive at my mum’s birthday party on Sunday. Everyone enjoyed it and it was amazing that so many people got up to have a go at learning the steps to “The Stroll”. You explained it so well, even our friend with the two walking steps managed to get the hang of it. She used to go dancing a lot and she was absolutely thrilled with your fabulous routines.

How lucky am I. My life has change around in the last year and it’s all to do with dance.
If it wasn’t for me starting dance lessons I would never of found such wonderful friends. Don’t get me wrong I have a lovely family, my kids are my rocks, but now I’m not just a mother I’m enjoying life outside of the family too.
I will never forget the time Wendy and I walked into Bojangles in Kingston and Jackie and Derek were teaching. We stayed for 5 minutes and walked back out because we couldn’t even do the back step. We decided to do a 10-week Beginners course with Surrey Jive with Paul and Nicola, as Bojangles wasn’t for beginners. It wasn’t long before we returned to Bojangles, showing off our moves and learning more.
I carried on with lessons with Surrey jive and 2 years on, and look at me now, I have even been asked to join their troupe.
So, if anyone is thinking of learning to dance, do it, I promise you it will change your life.

I went to Ashtead recently had a great nite and last night we went to Chichester to see King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys and met some of your regulars. Prompted me to say… Surrey Jive is worth the drive.

I did want to say a BIG thank you to you, Nicola and all the ‘helpers’. I really enjoyed the course everyone is so friendly and helpful. It was a real pleasure.

A massive thank you to you, Sam and the squad, Alex and I both thoroughly enjoyed the beginner’s course! And are loving our Thursday night out!

Thank you for an amazing party last night at St Patrick’s. I thoroughly enjoyed it, enhanced my learning and made new friends too! It was lovely to do so much dancing throughout the evening and your performances were mesmerising and inspirational. Such a pity I didn’t start taking lessons years ago.

Just wanted to say what a fantastic night we had – will certainly come again.
Thanks

Just wanted to say from both of us a massive thank you for last night. It was one of the best, if not the best Ruby’s ever to date. Amazing participation, and phenomenal atmosphere. Well done and thank you xx

Just wanted to say thank you for such an amazing night last night! It was bloody fantastic!!! You two are the best.

Really enjoyed The Madison class last night. Great instruction and so well organised. Super fun.

If you want to learn to jive, classes restart next week come along and give it ago. Paul and Nicola are great teachers, everyone is so friendly and helpful. Surrey jive has changed ours lives and we have made amazing new friends.

All Strolled out, great evening learning The Madison with Surrey Jive, thoroughly enjoyed it thank you.

What a wonderful evening both myself and Igor had on Saturday. I haven’t stopped telling people about it!!! Everybody was so lovely, the Jets were awesome and the whole set up was really impressive. I can really see how hard you guys work on these events and we will definitely be coming to more.

Wow!! What a fabulous evening and still as good as they were (The Jets) all those years ago, and meeting lots of old faces from the early 80’s. Thank you so much for organising this great evening….

What a wonderful night… fabulous event all round!! Great live music…excellent MC/DJ…good tunes and amazing dancers!!!! Thanks so much for putting this event on.

I must say that your YouTube clip teaching a bit of jive was the best instruction I have seen. Thank you and please keep up the great work.

Wonderful vintage jive dance group. I enjoyed watching your group jive to Mack the Knife on YouTube.

Last night’s Hawaiian night at Ruby’s with Surrey Jive was my last Ruby’s before I move to Yorkshire! What can I say?! What an absolutely fabulous evening…..
I just want to say such a big thank you to everyone at Surrey Jive for your friendship, kindness and all of the fun over the last few months!!! I have loved every second of it and it has brought me so much joy!
I really will miss being around you all weekly but this isn’t the end….

Hello,

I live in Spain, born British, never knew you existed and found you by chance on Youtube, but cannot post anything. My greatest respects to you all, l cannot dance my way out of a paper bag. So to watch people doing things l am unable to do, brings tears to my eyes, as you did.

I found the YouTube video of Mack the Knife and I loved it. It was so great to see the precision this dance troupe performed. I have no function on the horizon I just wanted to tell y’all how much I loved the performance. I am in the States, (the Great State of Texas) actually and I found it very entertaining. Thank you for posting it where it can be enjoyed!

Surrey Jive were fantastic, it really helped to set up the atmosphere as the race goers arrived.

Just wanted to say a big thank you, from both of us. An amazing club and venue.
Very well run and organised. We certainly would look at becoming more involved in it.

It was our first visit to a Surrey Jive event and we all had a fantastic evening. Everyone was very friendly and Darrell Higham was brilliant as always. The six of us are not that capable of getting up and dancing, so we resorted to the sidelines and marvelled at the expertise and enthusiasm of the many club members.

Great stuff Paul & please pass on our thanks to all concerned.

Once again we had a great night. Thanks for all the work done in organising such a wonderful evening. Looking forward to the next one already!

My wife and I wanted to learn to jive ready for this years Goodwood Revival and we also wanted something that we could do together so after an inquisitive and tentative email to Paul and Nicola at Surrey Jive we signed ourselves up.

Paul, Nicola and the team have been absolutely amazing, the lessons are not rushed and the revision of the weeks previous lessons before learning a new one really help to build confidence.

We have also been to the monthly dances that are just fantastic, everyone is friendly and it’s a great place to practice what you’ve learned!

Jump in and get those feet moving!

Such a great evening at Ruby’s with Surrey Jive Saturday evening with Rebel Dean my first visit with you all and it won’t be my last. Thank you for such a warm welcome lovely people xx

Surrey Jive we had a great time thanks! Surrey Jive always puts up a great show. The band were awesome, one of the very best.

Thank you Paul Shepherd and the Surrey Jive Squadron for helping to make an amazing evening even more special with your fantastic performance. Thank you all so very much.

Thank you both so much for Saturday night! We absolutely loved it and had nothing but compliments about your dance lesson. We even managed a few strolls on our own after you left!

Amazing, wonderful people we now call dear friends xxx Surrey Jive has changed our lives

Paul and Nicola thank you so much for teaching us to dance. You have been wonderful, so supportive with your skilled tuition and sense of humour (great team), making each lesson fun to learn. Hope to see you at Ruby’s.

Such a brilliant evening and huge turnout. Everyone throughly enjoyed it.

Was an amazing night and I loved every minute. Loads of bright colours everywhere. My kind of party, lovely people and friends. Amazing band and a great show by the one and only Jive Squadron, and not forgetting @˜Shakin Shep’ on the decks.

I had a great night it was just what I needed to Let go and dance the night away with the most amazing people. I don’t think you guys realise how you have changed peoples lives. I ?would just like to say if anyone out there is thinking of starting the Surrey jive lessons don’t think any more just do IT. A big Thank you to you all xx

This is a fabulous group of people, great club and wonderful exercise! I love it….

Easy to follow, lovely bunch of support staff and participants. Great partners provided if you don’t have one! I will be starting Intermediate classes next week.

Do it. It’s great fun, and even for a two left dancer like me. I actually learned to dance.

Well, WOW what a really really great night at Ruby’s Hollywood Glamour Night with Joey and The Jivers. The atmosphere was electric, the outfits were good, we even had Charlie Chaplin and Marilyn Monroe. Thank you again Paul & Nicola

What a special night – thanks Paul and Nicola and everyone who helps to put such a fab night together, it was awesome – haven’t seen Andy’s dad so animated in a long time, he loved it!

Really lovely evening, but what’s new….. It always is.

Thank you for the music at our wedding we had a lovely time and the music was very classy.

Wonderful night and what a tonic with all those smily faces!

Brilliant night, great band, dance floor was packed every song wonderful thanks.

Thanks so much for a fab night!! It was great to see you guys again and get back on the dance floor!

Excellent night, thank you once again Surrey Jive it was nice to see everybody there, such a great atmosphere and a great band. Pulled it off once again Paul and Nicola.

Thank you for making Westbourne Summer Fair 2019 the best ever!
From all the summer fair team and children at Westbourne.

Many thanks to you and The Jive Squadron for coming to Operation Epsom. I know from feedback you were very poplar and added greatly to the day.

I just want to thank to Paul and Nicola and their team. Never thought that I will learn to Jive. It was very good atmosphere, great teachers, friendly support and I enjoyed learning process.
I recommend this school to everyone who love to dance.

I just wanted to say thank you so much to your dancers. They were absolutely fabulous and everyone enjoyed their session, we all had a really good time and it was a great way to end our event.

Lindsay and Eric provided an energetic and entertaining demonstration of the jive at our annual sailing club regatta. Many guests then participated in an excellent, well executed jive lesson. Lindsay and Eric provided clear explanations making it a fun and enjoyable achievement for all. Thank you !

Lovely to learn. Kind and supportive teaching.

Can’t recommend these classes enough. Not only do you learn to jive but meet wonderful people along the way which in our case have become long term friends xx

Can’t recommend these guys enough…we’ve had such great fun over the last 18 months since we started jiving with Surrey Jive…..
Live life to the max..

Brilliant evening, thank you. Best band I’ve seen in a long time!

Just wanted to say how much my party enjoyed the dance lesson, as part of my birthday celebrations. It was lots to learn but an enjoyable challenge and the time seemed to fly by. The teachers Eric & Lindsay were super patient and kept everyone relaxed, which was quite an achievement as we started out the evening, looking like a scene from a zombie movie. A fun and friendly time, with fantastic teaching. Will definitely be doing this again and that includes the guys with the look of terror on their faces, when their partners started discussing gift vouchers for Christmas.

Steve F. Epsom, Surrey.

As you know Nikki has been helping us, and I would like to thank you both for your personal support. Dancing doesn’t come naturally to me and I am very wooden, but with these lessons I feel that I am starting to loosen up and move about in ways that I never thought I would!

Just wanted to let you know and pass on out thanks to you for an absolutely fantastic time at the Elvis night. We were both all danced out when we left to go back to the hotel. You are to blame for our tiredness because the music you played was brilliant.

We have just finished the beginners’ course and have thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. Paul and Sam made what seemed at first very difficult achievable by breaking down the moves into easy to follow steps and making it fun at the same time. A big thank you to them and also the many helpers who come along every week.
We joined Surrey Jive on the recommendation of friends and it’s the best thing we’ve done for years. Wow! Who would have thought we would be able to jive! We’ve now been able to go to Ruby’s and dance the night away.
Angela and Chris Gillett.

We have been dancing now for about three years and in that time we have made many friends, learned new moves and expanded our social activity no end. The Surrey Jive team and the Ruby’s dance being a very big part of that. We loved it so much we just had to give something back to the team so we now help out single dancers who wish to learn dance and have fun. It is a pleasure helping out and we also get to build on our technique. Win win. Paul and Nicola, Sam, Eric, Lindsay you guys are great and were happy to endorse and so are our feet. Don’t think too long about it, there is nothing else to do but Dance and have loads of fun happy moments. As Nike say………Just Do It…. 🙂

Just finished the 5 week intermediates plus course with Paul and Nicola. Would highly recommend to anyone who has completed the intermediate class and is ready to build and expand on the moves they already know. Quite intense, but clearly taught and good fun. You will come away with another 12 moves to include in your repertoire, as with previous courses be prepared to put in lots of practice and enjoy!

Paul and Nicola are fantastic teachers and dancers. I have really enjoyed learning jiving, which I never thought I would be able to do but they have made it possible and I have also enjoyed going to Ruby’s and practicing my moves with lots of experienced dancers. I am looking forward to moving onto Beginners + and Intermediate classes.

Dancing with surrey jive for the past four years has been fun exciting and most of all enjoyable I first started a class on a thursday evening and soon moved on to do mondays as well, I can truly say that you couldnt wish too meet such nice people that run surrey jive and the people that attend week in and week out, I have met and made some lovely friends, a good choice to make if your looking to dance is with Surrey Jive.

I joined Surrey Jive dance class nearly four years ago as a beginner. My husband came along too. We had great time at class, everyone was friendly and made us welcome. The lessons are really well taught and easy to follow and by week 5 we were hooked. Learning to dance has opened up a whole new social scene for us and have made some great friends too. Would highly recommend Surrey Jive if you are looking to learn a great style of dance.

I originally learnt to jive with these lovely people, progressing from the beginner course onto the intermediate course and finally the intermediate plus. I thoroughly enjoyed every level and their regular dances gave me lots of opportunity to put it all into practice – friendly and fun!

I have been dancing now for just over a year, joining Surrey Jive lessons at the beginners and then moving on to intermediate and now intermediate plus. They have given me the confidence to get up and dance as I now know over 40 moves. Starting lessons was very daunting as I am quite shy but I have met the most friendliest, patient and welcoming people and my social life is now packed with weekly lessons and monthly dances.

Surrey jive classes are everything they say in their description and more. The teachers are experienced and helpful and their enthusiasm and passion for dancing is infectious. I attended a number of Surrey Jive courses as an individual and the class situation is not in the least intimidating. Get your dancing shoes on!

To say that my husband and I had two left feet would have been under statement, but we started lessons with Surrey Jive who broke every move down step by step. With their patience, support and friendly guidance we have finally nailed the art of Swing Jive. Monthly dances are a great way to practice and everyone is welcome whether you have taken classes with the team or just fancy a dance. Keep up the good work guys.

As our children grew older we decided we needed a hobby to do together that would keep us fit and get us out more. After seeing Surrey Jive we took the plunge and booked on a beginner course. Now the kids moan that we are out more than they are. The courses are easy to follow and great fun and the instructors are patient and friendly. Surrey Jive also run social dances twice a month where you can put all your new moves into practice.

My husband and I had been married for 20 years and the only time we had danced together was for the first dance of our wedding day, as my husband had 2 left feet. We decided to join Surrey Jive 3 years ago in the hope that maybe we would be able to learn enough moves to dance together to a song. The first couple of weeks we felt like giving up but the encouragement and support we had from Surrey Jive kept us going. 3 years on and we are out every weekend dancing. All thanks to Surrey Jive, a welcoming, friendly and fun group!

My wife Jacque and I met surrey jive in Sutton 3 yrs ago and loved what we saw joined and done all the classes from start to finish from beginners to advanced and never looked back. We go to all the monthly dances, just the most friendly professional people you could ask to met, thanks paul and Nicola at surrey jive you have changed our lives Lez and Jacque youles surrey.

We saw Surrey Jive in our local high street performing and decided this was something that we as a couple could do together. We have been doing Jive now for 2 years now and they performed at our wedding as well.

Having never danced before I was a little worried going along as a single lady. I need never have worried. I turned up at their Wallington class where I was greeted by a team of really friendly people. As a single dancer, each week I have been paired with an experienced dancer so it’s like having a one to one lesson. Each move is broken down clearly by the teachers and I come away each week having learned two new moves. There is also plenty of chance to practice at the two dances Surrey Jive run each month. I’m just coming to the end of my beginners course and am looking forward to learning a lot more moves on the intermediates course. Thank you Surrey Jive for giving me a great new hobby and a chance to meet lots of new friends.

The Surrey Jive team are so friendly and helpful. The teachers are patient and teach proper footwork unlike a lot of the jive classes I’ve tried before. The classes are real fun with teachers who really know their stuff. Surrey Jive have opened up a great new social life for me. This has to be the best £70 I’ve ever spent.

Been attending surrey jive in wallington since jan and enjoyed lessons very much and the social events. Brilliant teachers and helpers who have a great deal of time for all.

Me and my husband are the original 2 left feet couple , but we have really enjoyed our classes with derek and jackie and the rest of surrey jive, they are all so helpful and supportive. We are not quiet there yet but are determined to keep at it. If you are thinking of dancing give them a try they really are a nice bunch of people x(and thanks to paul sarah and nick who always seems to help me out).

I have been wanting to learn to jive for years, and we finally started learning with Surrey Jive in January and we just love it. The instructors are really friendly and patient and the social dances are great fun. I would recommend Surrey Jive to anyone wanting to learn to dance.

I had wanted to learn to jive properly for years but never quite found the time. Wanting to keep my New Year resolution for fun & me-time, I was delighted to find that Surrey Jive provided exactly what I was looking for. In fact, I enjoyed the classes so much and became so keen that I joined both venues and have become really hooked. I have now completed the beginners and intermediate courses and have signed up to repeat the intermediate course again. I am very impressed with the style of teaching, the attention to detail and the dedication of the dance teachers and helpers who are all absolutely fantastic, fun, easy-going and patient. I joined (feeling really nervous!) as a single lady and very soon started to relax and thoroughly enjoy the classes. I now can’t get enough and want to dance 4 or 5 times a week!! I can highly recommend Surrey Jive.

One of the best things we’ve done

Just had to to say how much we enjoyed your lessons at Lakeside, Hayling Island over the weekend, both of you have a great ability to teach and were a joy to watch dancing. It is just a shame you are not local to us as we both would love to attend your classes.

We have had great feedback from the course, so thank you all for your enthusiasm, we look forward to arranging more events in the future.

You were wonderful! Thank you very much for making it such a brilliant evening. You went down a storm, so many people loved doing the stroll and it was exactly as we had hoped!

Thank you very much for your fantastic performance at our fair. We were honoured to have you there and look forward to having you again.

These guys are amazing. If I can do it anyone can. “Why are they never in Nottingham”

I just wanted to thank you and Sam for a wonderful evening last night. All of our guests absolutely loved the music and particularly the dance lessons. I think a few of them have actually got the bug and you may well be seeing them at your Wednesday classes in September. It was such good fun and it didn’t matter whether you were a great dancer or not so great (like me!) it was a terrific experience and the feedback we have had from guests has been amazing. Incredibly the evening (along with the raffle) made nearly £1,000 which we are going to split between Sutton Mencap and Help for Heroes

It was an absolute pleasure having you all at my celebration and I’m glad you enjoyed the evening too. I wished we could have listened to more of your music and watched more of your dancing it was wonderful please thank everyone for me. You will all come highly recommended for any future parties especially mine!!

A big thank you for making our party such a success on Saturday. Everyone loved the dance instruction, the theme and the atmosphere you created, and I think you may even have some new recruits! I absolutely loved dancing the Charleston. It was a terrific evening, enjoyed especially by the hosts!

Thank you so much for all you guys did for me tonight. It went so well and it was exactly what I had in mind. Money well spent! Thanks again for being a part of our celebration

I would like to say thank you for entertaining us on New Years Eve. Everyone had a really great time and you may have converted some dance enthusiasts.

We just wanted to say a huge thank you for your brilliant dancing at our party. It was such a lovely touch and everyone thought it was great. It was brilliant to get people up and dancing so early in the night and once you left, the dance floor stayed packed all night! It was lovely to meet you and thanks again, you made our 40’s night feel so authentic!

I cannot thank you enough for all you did on Saturday night. I am still getting e-mails from family and friends raving about how much fun they had. S-Jive (as you will forever be know to us) added so much to the authenticity of the evening. I think your demonstration really kicked off the fun. I want you to know that we thought you were terrific and if ever you ever have someone ask for a reference for a party or whatever – just send direct to me!

Thanks Surrey Jive for a fantastic year of events! Looking forward to the next years line up

Thank you for organising such a great evening. We had sooooo much fun. Thank you

Just go for it. The guys at Surrey Jive are fantastic and everyone is really friendly would highly recommend them!

Just do it……it took us just 10 weeks to learn how to jive something I’d watched my mum and dad do for years…….they teach it so well and slowly even my husband got the hang of it……… and its opened up a whole new social life for us

First time for Karen and Jerry. Had a great night. We were made very welcome, we will be back

Great night, I think I can say on everyone’s behalf that we appreciate all the hard work you put in to making Ruby’s a friendly and fun place to spend an evening. X

You guys did an awesome job finding such a great venue and organising an incredible night. The atmosphere was fab, the people friendly, the dancing inspiring … definitely a pat on the back to you all, I will certainly be back 🙂

Ruby’s just keeps getting better and better. Thanks for another FANTASTIC night guys. So looking forward to the next one!

Top evening as ever jive chums – Si Cranstoun was on top form, and the venue just rocked. Thanks again for all your brilliant organisation xx

Had a great time last night – and I think I invented a new move – the Texas Tripple??!! Well done SJ. 😀

Brilliant night at Bourne Hall, Hollywood Glamour night. Lots of people commented on the brilliant atmosphere and how friendly everyone was – as always at any Surrey Jive dance night. Had to eat a whole tub of ice cream when I got home! Hot night.

Yeah, as ever a brilliant evening of wonderful and varied music. SJ always make you welcome … no wonder the dances are so well attended (long may that continue).

What a crazy evening! Highlight for me was having Den Hegarty singing “There’s a lion on the loose” directly at me whilst still trying to elegantly stroll round him 🙂 ……….exhilarating, scary, and completely bonkers! Has to be one of my top Rubys evenings. Thank you Surrey Jive Team for a colourful & entertaining evening

Got to say this is the best group I have ever seen! (The Metrotones at Ruby’s)

1940’s brilliance created last night by Paul Shepherd Ruby’s Surrey Jive with the singing and dancing prowess of guest stars My Favourite Things. Girls were brilliant

Thank you, I had a great first time at Rubies last night. I think I’m hooked now

So glad we were introduced to the Rock n roll / jiving scene. Such lovely company, and always look forward to all your fantastic events . Thank you all Surrey Jiver’s xx

Wonderful friends, fabulous tunes and we danced till we could dance no more! That’s Rubys!!!

Jivetastic night, what an awesome band!!! Danced so much that we can’t move this morning lol! Great atmosphere, lovely friends, fabulous music – Just love Rubys!

It was a great night the whole place rocked, got to have been one of the best nights – thanks guys

Great night at Ruby’s with Surrey Jive last night! Fabulous atmosphere with lovely people! Thanks guys!

Saturday at Ashtead was a fab night……really great atmosphere – Surrey Jive always put on such a good evening!!! Thank you

Had a great time dancing at Surrey Jive this weekend. Great dancers with great frame, footwork and great R n B classics and a bit of R n R. Fabulous people, love it thanks again Surrey Jive.

Just to let you know that we had a great evening last week. The music and dancing were excellent and, although we are not swing jivers, we hope to come on 12th July. Thank you

It was my first time at Ruby’s last night. What a buzz, really enjoyed it.

What an amazing night so glad I found Surrey Jive. I can’t wait to learn more moves.

Thanks for putting on a great night last night! It was my wife and my first trip to a Surrey Jive night (we were part of the Charleston Jive Squad contingent)….. We’ll definitely be back.

Great night Friday, so nice to see you all and the floor was buzzing, hope to come up again in the New Year xxxx

Can always guarantee a great night of dancing at Ruby’s, thanks guys xxxxx

Had such an amazing time at Ruby’s tonight. Danced and laughed the whole night through. Even got a birthday dance which was good fun. Big thank you to all of you that made it such a great night. Xxx

Thanks Surrey Jive for a great night! The most fun you can have wearing big knickers and petticoats!! Haha….

Thank you guys as always a truly fab night, my parents loved it too.

We attended our first Ruby’s last night and we just wanted to say how much we enjoyed it. The Jets were fantastic and perfect for the occasion.

What a FANTASTIC night at Ruby’s. The band were brill and the Dj’s kept the floor packed between sets. As always, the new dancers were made really welcome and were dragged screaming onto the dance floor to loose their Jive virginity, but once up, didn’t want to sit down again. That’s the addictiveness of a Ruby’s night. Also good to see the support from the Everythings Jumpin’ gang and our new friends from Rebels Rock and Roll. Great to have you guys and gals along. Big congrats to the SJ team for another brilliant evening.

Thanks for such a fantastic night guys 😀

Another smasher of a night Jiving at Ruby’s pacific night with Surrey Jive, thx guys you make such a massive effort every time x

Thanks for a great night. The Jive Romeros were fantastic

Had a really good time last night, may have been better than clubbing

It was the best night out I have had in ages.

Enjoyed every minute of Ruby’s dance last night. Brilliant music and lots of fun!

We just wanted to say what a brilliant first class it was yesterday and well worth the hour and a half journey to get to Epsom! We are really pleased to be back at lessons with you after all this time and are looking forward to seeing you all next Thursday.

Need this in Clacton-on-Sea!

These guys are amazing. If I can do it anyone can.

Thank you to Surrey Jive for an amazing time jiving – will be sad to break for summer! Roll on Ruby’s in September.

Another great Lesson from Paul and Nicola from Surrey Jive last night-thank you for making the journey! It was worth it!

Just to say thank you for your kind comment about my progress. It is very encouraging, especially because before I joined Surrey Jive I had been a complete dance-phobic for decades, and would not go anywhere near a dance floor! It is only due to the classes that I have overcome that powerful inhibition and have started to have fun and, what is more, realise that I can actually do it.

Excellent value for money, really good dancers to teach the steps in the class. I feel that I have managed to get back into dancing after a gap of 4 years!

Learnt a lot in a ‘fun’ environment. Teachers were really helpful and appreciated experienced dancers being around as well as teachers.

The day went brilliantly, really was very special and we enjoyed it immensely… The dance was an absolute success and it went down a storm! According to some guests, it was the highlight of the day!!! Once again, thanks for your brilliant instruction and kindness

My garter came off half way through! Some people even thought this was part of our routine. Thank you so much to you all for helping us pull this off. Dom was really nervous, as you will see from his serious face and upright stance!

We have been really impressed with the quality of the lessons. They are well structured and organised and so accessible to everyone.

We are delighted with the course, left us ready to keep jiving. Thank you for all your help and patience

I enjoyed every minute. Excellent instruction and encouragement

I have achieved more than I hoped to. I felt like a fish out of water in the first few weeks but as promised the penny finally dropped!

We have thoroughly enjoyed our courses with Surrey Jive and are sad that we are fast approaching the end. The instructors are always keen to help and have managed to move us from non jivers to intermediate dancers without us really noticing! The social side to the school has also been incredibly good, we were warned at the beginning of the course that jiving takes over your life! We can only say how very right they were! We would recommend the Surrey Jive team wholeheartedly to anyone who is keen to learn to dance. We have loved every moment!

Having never danced before I was apprehensive to begin with but the team at Surrey Jive have made it so much fun learning, and now nearing the end of the intermediate course I can honestly say I can dance. I have also met many new people through the social events which are fantastic fun, and will continue to learn from them and practice everything I’ve learned.

Been dancing for a number of years and without doubt the whole package that Surrey Jive offers is the most professional, friendly, well presented format that we have ever experienced. A tremendous sense of fun and encouragement is offered through an extremely well planned and delivered programme, allowing people to develop at their own pace. We only wish we had found Surrey Jive before, as we come away from all classes and events on a high, knowing that we have not only found new friends but are developing new skills. We can’t speak highly enough of them. Lindsay and Eric.

We enjoyed your intermediate lindy hop course and recommend you to everyone reading this as excellent teachers.

A really great job in breaking down the dance and teaching it in stages. Good pace and always very helpful when we get stuck. Thanks for a really enjoyable course.

Really good instruction and very friendly atmosphere. Love the beginner’s class and after 10 weeks I can jive!

It probably exceeded my expectations. It was nowhere near as scary or embarrassing as I’d feared.

Just wanted to thank you all for a great experience! The first time we did beginners it took a few weeks to get the hang of things, however we both progressed amazingly. When you see the pro’s dance at the beginning of the course you never think you will be able to achieve what we see, but we did! We have thoroughly enjoyed our lessons and would like to say a huge thank you to all the helpers for putting up with us, leading us, helping us achieve what we have achieved, we still have a long way to go but we will try to come to as many socials as possible and hopefully you will all dance with us again. Thanks again you are amazing teachers!

From the moment I met the Surrey Jive team it felt like I had known them for years. Very friendly.

As always Ruby’s never fails… the best bands, the best atmosphere, simply the best…! xxx

Superb band.. fabulous dancers.. friendly club, thank you all for a fantastic evening.

My husband and I attended Surrey Jives monthly dance called Rubys. The Class of 58 were the evenings band and having seen them at the Goodwood Revival we knew how good they are and they didn’t disappoint once again! They played a raft of great songs from Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis which were great to jive to and songs to stroll to.

Much to my surprise I won the best dressed lady award which really topped the night off!

Paul and Nicola go to great effort organising the dance hall and lining up bands often a year in advance to make these evening an amazing experience and all the other Surrey Jive dance troupe are so welcoming.

Ruby’s is also a brilliant way to practice what you’ve learned in the lessons that my husband and I have now been attending for almost a year now in a relaxed and open atmosphere which just inspires more confidence.

Josh and I would like to thank you for the beginners course so far. It has been amazing, you both work so well together and are great teachers! You’ve clearly put a lot of thought on the progressive way of learning the steps and combine them together (and the videos are really helpful too!).

Thank you so much for all you did to make our wedding celebration so good, everyone was raving about it and loved the dance troupe and dance class…

The night at the War and Peace show I saw you dance I was so impressed I went away and learnt to dance. Who would have thought years later I would be dancing with you and be good friends. Huge thank you for the inspiration.

Really enjoyed performing for Surrey Jive last night in Ashtead. Great to see a few faces I haven’t seen for a while & great to hear some fantastic rock n roll tunes I’ve never heard before (being spun by the brilliant Paul
Shepherd on the decks.

Just wanted to thank you and Nicola for a fab class last night. I really enjoyed it, learning so many moves was such fun!

Our residents are still talking about the dancing yesterday and this morning at their exercise class, they really enjoyed all of it and have asked when are you coming back. I will be in touch early next year to confirm another booking.

I’d like to say how much I’m enjoying jive. The classes are well thought out and I feel as though I’ve learned a lot. I had no idea I’d be able to pick it up like I have. I always thought I has two left feet haha. So thank you so much xxxx

Our residents staff and families really enjoyed the Easter show, your costumes and attention to detail are lovely. Every single one of our residents were awake and tapping their feet throughout the whole performance, which is very rare. They do so love music and dancing. Our staff and families also enjoy interacting with you it is such fun.

Well done Surrey Jive great night, great atmosphere, nice to be able to go to a place and switch off from these troubled times. Nice to see and meet folks from out of the village, well done all.

Wow! What an amazing night at the Surrey Jive Ruby’s dance this evening!! Home now and still buzzing!! Dylan Kirk and the Killers were phenomenal. Thanks Paul Shepherd for another fantastic Ruby’s dance. Awesome.

Sending you a huge thanks, worth coming all the way from Somerset, friendly folk, great fun vibe, awesome dancing and of course Si Cranstoun was dazzling as ever. Thanks again and Merry Christmas x

Running out of ways to say just how wonderful the Ruby’s events are – last night was exceptional! Thank you so much to Paul Shepherd Nicola Shepherd all the wonderful people who help them, and the kind people who attend and let me step on their toes – every time I nail one thing I work on the next and no one ever minds supporting anyone else’s dance journey for which I am so grateful.

We’ve just completed the beginner course and had a wonderful night at our first Ruby’s event. Cant wait until next time!

Great night, amazing dancers, fantastic atmosphere. Thank you all so much xx

I just wanted to extend a huge thank you to you and the whole team of Surrey Jive who put in so much hard work and made your awesome dances look like effortless fun. It is people just like you all that made our show special so on behalf of the whole team at QBE, we give you our deepest gratitude for coming to our show.

Thank you both so much for last night – it was amazing. I had moments of pure joy, it’s incredible how dancing can make you feel, the world just falls away.

Great fun! And definitely more practice required! ??Cant wait for the next one.

Definitely more practice needed. But it’s been lots of fun and you’re all so welcoming. Thanks for a lovely afternoon.

Thank you for having us – we had a ball!!!! What a fantastic event – great atmosphere and everyone was so friendly!!! Always great to play to a packed dance floor !!!!!!!
Miss Annie & The Midnight Shift

We thought the Tea Dance went really well (via Zoom) and thanks to you both for your fantastic performance and teaching! We hope to work with you again soon.

Many thanks for yesterday afternoon. It gave a lot of us a much needed lift. While we could not join in as much as we would have liked – our two week old great granddaughter took precedence it was great fun. Thanks to one and all.

Thank you for all the lovely VE celebrations yesterday and for teaching some dance moves too! It was a great atmosphere and so nice that so many neighbours and friends came together. Thank you again. Love from The Lacey Family

Thank you for making Westbourne Summer Fair 2019 the best ever!

From my initial nerves before week one of the beginners course, it became a highlight of the week for my wife and I. Dancing, I always thought, would be way beyond my capabilities but Paul, Nicola and the team at Surrey Jive have made it fun and much more accessible than expected to learn. Thank you so much for enabling me to now get out there and Jive’!
See you soon at @ Ruby’s’ and the upcoming classes that we’ve signed up for!

I never thought in a million years that I would be on that dance floor jiving! Thanks to Nicola and Paul (and all the team!) for such fun lessons that were broken down into manageable chunks! The videos were great and my husband and I would often practise around the kitchen! It was such a warm welcoming environment with great people. Already booked on to another course as I’ve still lots to learn and it’s great fun!! but I can’t recommend this highly enough! Thanks again….see you soon Surrey Jive!

Don’t be shy! Just sign up and go!! Super friendly team! Great fun!!

Having enjoyed horse riding for many years, I suffered a couple of tumbles leaving me temporarily injured with compressed shoulder and worse, last year, with broken ribs. I decided maybe, at my age, I should pursue a safer but equally absorbing and exciting activity. Your Jive class and Ruby,s parties have got me hooked. Love it!!

Wow what a fantastic evening we had!! Band were brilliant and as always the atmosphere at Ruby’s was amazing, best night out in a long time. Thank you Paul and Nicola and all at Surrey Jive xxx

Just finished the beginner 10-week course, absolutely loved it! Paul, Nicola and the team made it good fun all the way and are really friendly and welcoming. Massive thanks for such great teaching, classes were really enjoyable and the homework videos’ easy to follow. we have already signed up for the workshop in June and will definitely be back for the Intermediate classes later in the year. we have watched many people on the dance floor rather enviously for a few years and now we can join them! Looking forward to becoming a Ruby’s regular!
J. Wilkins

A huge thanks to Paul, Nicola and all the Surrey Jive team, just finished the beginner course and I have to say it was a great experience, well-structured lessons that are well taught and such fun at the same time , nothing but smiles and giggles as we learnt, need lots more practise myself but a few trips to Ruby’s should sort that out! Met some smashing folks along the way and suspect there will be some great new friendships made off the back of this! Quite literally can’t recommend the course enough to anyone thinking about it! Big thanks again and see you all at Ruby’s in a couple of weeks!
L. Wilkins

Brilliant fun and great teachers. I’ve wanted to jive for years… and now I can thanks to Surrey Jive.
D. Carrick

If like me you have never been much of a dancer but want to try and learn a fun dance from the rock and role era then this is for you. All the basic moves covered in the beginners course and if like me you don’t have a partner to take along they provide one. I had Lynn who had so much patience with a particularly inept pupil.

Absolutely amazing courses – so much fun!!!! Can not wait until my knee is well enough to come back. Fingers crossed for next term xxx

What an amazing evening last night thank you so much Paul and Nicola for a fantastic class! I hope we can come along to the lessons in September x

I would like to thank you for your encouragement in learning these steps in the first set of 10 classes. I have thoroughly enjoyed every class though difficult at times being an old woman, challenging but not stressful. Thanks to you and all your dance troupe. I just so love your techniques and the atmosphere you create each Thursday and how you have welcomed me into your group.

Brilliant fun teaching in easy steps that are well explained. You’re guided well to ensure you are dancing and doing the steps right but most of all you are encouraged to have fun. Thank you guys x

I began learning to dance with Surrey Jive in March 2017. I started with the Beginner’s course and then progressed to Intermediate’s (though I needed two rounds to get the hang of that one!). The courses are well structured, and go at a good pace for you to really nail down the moves. The team are very friendly, patient and happy to help you, and the monthly social dances are super helpful for getting in some practice outside the classroom. By the end of summer, I was hooked! And I was amazed when I was asked to join the Jive Squadron just a year later! Now, I’m even helping out at classes. I cannot tell you how much joy this has brought me. Not only do I have a new skill and passion, but I’ve also met the loveliest people and have a whole new group of friends. Rather unexpectedly, I’m also more confident in myself – nothing is more terrifying than performing in front of a crowd, so if I can do that I can do anything! Thanks to all the team at Surrey Jive for giving me such a wonderful gift. I’ll be eternally thankful I made that booking 🙂

What a great night. So good to hear your 10 year journey Surrey jive are always so friendly and inviting. Well worth the quick trip up the A24

Thank you both so much for a wonderful time last night.

I’ve kept putting off coming to a Ruby’s on my own, and nearly didn’t come last night even though I’d got a ticket – but I am very glad that I did.

Many thanks to all of the lovely, and patient , partners who took the time to dance with me, to Lucy who introduced me to other ladies going unaccompanied at the class on Thursday, to the dancers who kept helpfully pointing in the right direction during the strolls, and to Matt, who persuaded me people would dance with me, and took the time to say hello to me when I arrived.

You have attracted such a truly lovely group of people to Surrey Jive. I’m sure you’re told this time and again, but you should be so proud of having taken something you love and done so much positively with it – in awe!

Such a fabulous evening, we loved My Favourite Things, thank you Paul, Nicola & team xx

Great team and a great atmosphere

Came along to Ruby’s on Saturday for the first time. It was amazing watching all of the experienced dancers, in the demonstration, but also on the dance floor! Thanks to Patrick and Maria from the Epsom course, and the lovely Kim, I even managed to try and dance a few times. Si Cranstoun was brilliant too. The course was such great fun, and the helpers so friendly and supportive – will definitely be on the next course where you can fit me in. A massive thank you to all involved .

When I first rang to enquire about the beginners course I asked was I too old and also I didn’t have anyone to go with as my husband had passed away. I was told it didn’t matter so I joined. I have just finished the first 10 week course and loved every minute.
I was made very welcome and everyone was friendly. I have made some friends so I will feel better when I go to Ruby’s on my own.
A big thank you to Surrey Jive you have given me things to look forward to.

Fantastic night with Surrey Jive once again. Great 2018 social circle at Ruby’s. Thank you so much for teaching Margaret and myself we would not have done it without you guys
Merry Xmas to you all.

Such a good night Paul & Nicola thank you very much for all your efforts. We’ve never looked back since you taught us to dance and we truly have such fun when we attend dances. Thank you x

Thanks soooo much for the quick lesson on Saturday! Loved loved loved it!! Such great people and teachers… and what an amazing vibe you create!! Such a great addition to the Capel show!! Xx
W. Cohen

Thanks to Paul and Nicola we have had so much fun and looked forward to every Wednesday night.
The support we received from Paul and Nicola was more than we could every have expected.
The helpers at our lessons we brilliant and all have been so patient with us.
We would highly recommend these classes and cant wait to start the beginners plus in a couple of weeks.
It is also a brilliant way to make new friend and Ruby’s is something we look forward to every month.
Thank you all for showing us a new way of life.

I did the previous course at Epsom but missed quite a few sessions but managed to get to most of them this time. By the last few sessions I really felt like it all came together which is down to your great teaching & the volunteer helpers & I think I’m hooked!
Would love to do the Beginners plus if any space left for individual?
Keep up the good work

I just wanted to say thank you so much for last night. I was a bit nervous coming along without my husband, but now have no idea why. And actually feel very lucky, as I am also learning from Steve through his experience. A really nice guy, made me feel so at ease. Huge thanks all round, looking forward to next week and just about to book the June course with my fingers crossed you can fit me in as a singleton.

Great time, great band, great people, lovely to catch up with everyone knock out first set from Bo and the band they were cooking from the start! Glad we got there early

An absolutely fantastic night with the most brilliant and entertaining band. Bo Walton and his band are such talented performers and totally deserving of the incredible turnout. Thank you Paul Shepherd & Nicola Shepherd for yet another outstanding night in classic Ruby’s style.

First visit to Ruby’s and wow what a band what a night, thank you.

First time I’ve been to one of your evenings and had the best time ever thank you xx

Well my wife and I have just signed up for another course so that should tell you how much we have enjoyed ourselves! We have always wanted to learn some type of dance together and Surrey Jive was recommended by an old school friend of mine.I am so grateful we decided to give it a go. Our nerves were unfounded – the welcome we got and the constant support and encouragement have been second to none.The teaching is superb, so clear and just the right speed and level, so you don’t feel as if you’ll never pick things up. Paul & Sam are wonderful and when only one of us has made a class, the helpers have been great to dance with.We’ve also had great fun going to Ruby’s – it feels like a whole new world has been opened up! We are really looking forward to doing it all again in January and consolidating what we have learnt so far.

Im sooo happy I ‘went for it’ and joined your class…. iv always wanted to dance jive and eventually did it after many busy years & contemplating it ….I’m loving it…..it began to ‘click’ after week three..and Rubys dances are great & friendly and a brill opportunity to practice & dress up & make friends…Thanks to Paul & Nicola / Sam & Team of volunteer helpers for all your hard work to create a Brilliant class….THANK YOU ALL
Kind regards from Susan.

Jive was never my thing had no interest in the music, fashion or dance but went along as my wife wanted so much to jive just like her parents did. we signed up for the 10 week complete novice class. walking through the door you was put straight at ease by some of the loveliest kindest and genuine people. so it began and boy did I struggle at first but persevere we did. the teachers and staff could not do enough for you going over each step again and again until we were comfortable. There was no judging or comments only help (which i needed) by week 4 AMAZING we got it and everything came together. Last night was our last night and we are proud to say we can jive and have jived at parties in the past few weeks. We will be back for the next class and we will be attending some of the great nights put on by surrey jive. we could not thank them enough for the hard work and dedication in getting you to dance. cant thank the team enough. keep up the amazing work. jon & nicky

Diane and I have had three great days provided by yourselves over the last five days and enjoyed them all having the last of the Inters Plus lessons last Wednesday, Ruby’s on Friday and finally the Strolls Workshop yesterday. Just wanted to drop you a line to say thanks to you all for teaching us new skills in a very relaxed, informative and constructive way over the last 15 months

Surrey jive provide a fantastic opportunity to the general public to learn to dance in a professional but relaxed manner. All the instructors are friendly, positive and provide encouragement irrespective of your level or ability to dance. They provide an honest service to their students. They support people and student in a social setting also building on confidence levels.
I would recommend to all my friends to join and become involved.