Normally it’s not good practice to combine a
partner change with a one-couple-active figure. Uptown, Downtown is a prime
example: If each couple is called out once, the same lady is active four times
and no other lady is active at all. But in the Jitterbug figure, the “active”
and “passive” couples do basically the same thing, so it doesn’t matter as
much who is officially active.
The
“push her away” action is the same as the patter figure “Step right back and
watch her smile, step right up and swing her awhile.” From a swing Tony
Parkes
Billerica,
Mass.