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Lessons in "The New West Coast Swing" were offered at the [[Arthur Murray Dance Studio]]s in [[San Bernardino]] 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> By 1954 West Coast Swing was taught from Southern California to Vancouver B.C. and from Eastern Washington to Hawaii. By 1957 the dance had reached as far east as Missouri. <ref>The Amusement Scene; The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri); Sun, Feb 24, 1957; Page 66</ref>
Laure' Haile,<ref>https://www.dance-forums.com/threads/laure-haile-%E2%80%93-a-bit-of-history.43311/</ref> 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>
"West Coast Swing" as a synonym for "Western swing" appears in a 1961 dance book.<ref>Social Dance. Yerrington, Outland. 1961. page 34. no ISBN or Library of Congress number</ref> The name was used in an advertisement by ballroom dancer [[Skippy Blair]] circa 1958–1962.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usaswingnet.com/2004_POTY.htm|title=USA Swing Net|website=USA Swing Net }}</ref><ref name="Watson">{{cite web|last1=Watson|first1=Sonny|title=Skippy Blair at Dancer Archive |url=http://www.streetswing.com/histmai2/d2skippy.htm|website=Street Swing|access-date=27 December 2008 }}</ref><ref>In her ''Dance Terminology Notebook''. Skippy Blair. Altera. page 79. {{ISBN|0-932980-11-2}}. Blair writes, "The news advertised 'West Coast Swing' (1958).</ref> However, the term wasn't incorporated into mainstream swing circles until the late 1960s.<ref name="swingworld.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.swingworld.com/wcs.htm |title=WCS |access-date=2006-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061201061619/http://www.swingworld.com/wcs.htm |archive-date=2006-12-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Blair preferred the name "West Coast Swing" because of the ambiguous meaning of "Western" (in dance, usually referring to [[Country–western dance|country and western]]), as distinguished from "West Coast," referring to California, where the style was actually developed.<ref name="Blair" /> Blair credits Jim Bannister, editor of the ''Herald American'' newspaper in Downey, California, for suggesting the name West Coast Swing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.swingworld.com/wcs.htm|title=SwingDanceWorld February 2009 - West Coast 101}}</ref>
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