Aloha! Cath and I had our first Hula Boogie jive lesson yesterday and it was great. It was down at South London Pacific, still by far my favourite bar in town, which was the only Hula collection as far as I could make out. Not that I'm disapointed.

We learned 3 moves:
- the hand bounce
- the classic turn
- the push turn
And it turns out that with 3 such moves and a bit of the Andrews Sisters giving it some in the background, you are ready to boogie! It's great. Apparently we get a new move every week to build into our routine. We are going to miss next week but have promised to practice on holiday.

Now I need to work on my outfit. My standard ageing B-boy look isn't really going to cut the mustard. I'm quite keen on an "off-duty airman" look: one of the Few, popped into the NAAFI looking to pick up some WRENS. However it probably features Brylcreem and my barnet's not going to play ball.

Choices, choices...