{"id":997,"date":"2023-01-18T23:13:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T23:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swingpatrol.com\/sydney\/?page_id=997"},"modified":"2025-02-27T04:14:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T04:14:48","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swingpatrol.com\/sydney\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"997\" class=\"elementor elementor-997\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58372149 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"58372149\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ef120f2\" data-id=\"2ef120f2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-216c44bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"216c44bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet the team<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-358698ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"358698ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The teachers and organisers behind Swing Patrol Sydney.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b87a10 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"8b87a10\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b572431\" data-id=\"b572431\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5eec5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c5eec5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/swingpatrol.com\/sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Jo-swing-patrol-2025.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2996\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swingpatrol.com\/sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Jo-swing-patrol-2025.jpg 921w, https:\/\/swingpatrol.com\/sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Jo-swing-patrol-2025-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swingpatrol.com\/sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Jo-swing-patrol-2025-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swingpatrol.com\/sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Jo-swing-patrol-2025-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swingpatrol.com\/sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Jo-swing-patrol-2025-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/swingpatrol.com\/sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Jo-swing-patrol-2025-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97db1bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"97db1bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jo Yuen<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69bc487 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69bc487\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dance Instructor<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c031ba elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2c031ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjIxMDMiLCJ0b2dnbGUiOmZhbHNlfQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn about Jo<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b22ddbe\" data-id=\"b22ddbe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-728735d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"728735d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/swingpatrol.com\/sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Andy-swing-patrol-2025-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3000\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swingpatrol.com\/sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Andy-swing-patrol-2025-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swingpatrol.com\/sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Andy-swing-patrol-2025-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swingpatrol.com\/sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Andy-swing-patrol-2025-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swingpatrol.com\/sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Andy-swing-patrol-2025-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swingpatrol.com\/sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Andy-swing-patrol-2025-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/swingpatrol.com\/sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Andy-swing-patrol-2025-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swingpatrol.com\/sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Andy-swing-patrol-2025.jpg 1070w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7077e76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7077e76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Andy Firth<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2bfcba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d2bfcba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dance Instructor<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57b491e elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"57b491e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjIxMDciLCJ0b2dnbGUiOmZhbHNlfQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn about Andy<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-87f430c\" data-id=\"87f430c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef0e49b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ef0e49b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/swingpatrol.com\/sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Derek-swing-patrol-2025-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2997\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swingpatrol.com\/sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Derek-swing-patrol-2025-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swingpatrol.com\/sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Derek-swing-patrol-2025-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swingpatrol.com\/sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Derek-swing-patrol-2025-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/swingpatrol.com\/sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Derek-swing-patrol-2025-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swingpatrol.com\/sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Derek-swing-patrol-2025-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/swingpatrol.com\/sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Derek-swing-patrol-2025-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swingpatrol.com\/sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Derek-swing-patrol-2025.jpg 1116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4be799 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a4be799\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Derek Carruthers<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02e6f29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02e6f29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dance Instructor<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5291c2 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b5291c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjMwMTgiLCJ0b2dnbGUiOmZhbHNlfQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn about Derek<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e6450c8 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"e6450c8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f307970\" data-id=\"f307970\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6752abd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6752abd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jo Yuen<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-412e4aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"412e4aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Instructor &#8211; North Sydney<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b48e36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b48e36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\">Way back in 2008, Jo went to her first Swing class and has been hooked ever since! A long time jazz fan, what started with a love of the music quickly developed into a passion for the dance and a real appreciation for our wonderful community of swing dancers. Soon she was finding every opportunity to travel Australia for dancing and was a member of the Harbour City Hoppers performance troupe for several years.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"\">She started teaching in 2015 and focuses on making the class FUN &#8211; she doesn&#8217;t believe that any one &#8220;can&#8217;t&#8221; dance &#8211; just that they haven&#8217;t learned yet! She really loves helping people relax, find their own styles, and feel the joy of Swing dancing.<\/div><div>In 2010 she discovered Blues dancing and now shares her love equally between Swing and Blues.\u00a0 Together with her partner Andy Firth they have travelled around Australia and the world learning and dancing Blues &#8211; a real highlight was winning a coveted place at the 2017 Blues Experiment in the USA.<br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-038ddb6-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-038ddb6-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-038ddb6-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-038ddb6-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-038ddb6-word-spacing );\">Jo really loves exploring connection, flow and momentum in dance, and how you can bring your personality and creativity to the floor. 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