The Team
The team was started in 1993, by step dancers wanting to try the exciting style of rapper. Being all women we did not try to copy the traditional dance teams too closely, but decided to develop our own dances.  We worked with several members of High Spen Blue Diamonds, including Ricky Forster and used many of the High Spen figures as the basis for our own dances.

Competitions
We won the Open Class (Own Dance) at the Dancing England Rapper Tournament in our first year of dancing, and again in 1996. This qualified us to enter the prestigious Premier Class, which we won in 2001. Our melodeon player Chris Metherell won ‘Best Musician’ in the same year.

Costume
Short Circuit perform in eye-catching short black skirts which swing out as we twist and turn through the dance.   This is not the traditional white shirt and britches costume of most rapper teams, but then we are not an ordinary rapper team! The dramatic black of the costume is enhanced by the sparkle from holographic sequins on our costume and belts.  On some of the costumes we have added electrical symbols in keeping with our name.

History of Rapper
For further information on the history of rapper dancing in the North East of England please check out the web sites mentioned on our Links page