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[[Dean Collins (dancer)|Dean Collins]], a lindy hop dancer who arrived in the [[Los Angeles]] area around 1937, was influential in developing the style of swing dance on the [[West Coast of the United States]] as both a performer and teacher.<ref>Dance Spirit. "The Dean of Swing". Kiku Loomis. June 2001. pages 82, 83.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swingdancecouncil.com/halloffame2.html#carey |title=Swing Dance Hall of Fame Dean Collins|access-date=2009-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722000314/http://www.swingdancecouncil.com/halloffame2.html#carey|archive-date=2011-07-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> Collins was humble about his contributions to the style. According to one of his former students, a member of his last dance troupe, Collins himself said that he had nothing to do with the West Coast Swing style.<ref>The Swing Book. Degen Pener. 1999. Hatchette Book Group. eBook Edition 2009.{{ISBN|978-0-316-07667-8}} note: eBook lacks page numbers. See West Coast Swing section.</ref>
Lessons in "The New West Coast Swing" were offered at the [[Arthur Murray Dance Studio]]s in [[San Bernadino]] and Riverside, California in December 1948.<ref>San Bernardino County Sun December 15, 1948 pg5</ref><ref>Riverside Daily Press Wed, Dec 15, 1948 ·Page 9</ref>
Laure Haile, an [[Arthur Murray Dance Studio]] National Dance Director, documented the unique style of swing dancing in Los Angeles in 1951 using the name "Western Swing" to describe it.<ref>Dance Teacher Now. November–December 1986 page 27.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Lindy Hop History: 1945-1983|url=http://www.dynamics.org/MAUI_SWING/REVIEWS/FROM_WEB/history_b.htm|access-date=2021-06-01|website=www.dynamics.org}}</ref> Arthur Murray Dance Studios developed a syllabus for West Coast Swing from her notes. The Arthur Murray style taught Western Swing beginning from a closed position and the possibility of dancing single, double, or triple rhythm. After "Throwout" patterns began with the woman "walking in" and the man doing a "rock step", or step together for counts one and two.<ref>Dance NoteBook. Laure Haile. 195?. Bronze Level Western Swing.</ref> Although the dance remained basically the same, the Golden State Dance Teachers Association (GSDTA) began teaching from the walk steps, counts 1 and 2.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.swingworld.com/wcs.htm|title=February 2009 – West Coast 101 at SwingWorld.com}}</ref> It replaced Laure Haile's [[Coaster Step]] with an "Anchor Step" around 1961.<ref name="Blair">{{cite book|last1=Blair|first1=Skippy|title=Dance Terminology Notebook 1995|date=1994|publisher=Alterra Pub. in cooperation with GSDTA|isbn=0-932980-11-2|edition=Rev.|location=Downey, California|page=3–}}</ref>
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