Bal Club is back! October 18 in the upstairs room of the Republic cafe and bar (same location as Sweet, Sweet Swing). It means more room for class, and there’s a live band downstairs afterwards.
7:00pm – 8:30pm.
Upcoming dates: Oct 18, Nov 15.
That’s a week earlier than normal due to the fact that the 25th of October is show day!
Dancing and ice cream, what more can you ask for? It’s time to pop this into your diaries – the annual TasSwing Christmas Ice-Cream Party on December 12!
Beginner lesson 6:30-7:30pm, social dancing 7:30-9:30pm. Plus this year we are bringing back the Jack and Jill competition. It’s where we randomly match leads and follows as well as changing partners, everything is improvised. Start planning now! There will also be performances by Lindy Mob, classes and teachers. A great night to bring your family and friends, everyone welcome. $25
https://www.facebook.com/events/253943421853456/
The next Sweet, Sweet Swing is coming up on Sunday, the 21st of October! Get yourself along to the Republic Bar and Cafe from 4:30-6:30pm for two hours of fantastic social dancing to DJ music. Cost is $10, or $5 if you’ve been dancing less than three months.
Afterwards, why not join us for dinner downstairs?
https://www.facebook.com/events/610300762698292/
Need some swing tunes to practice to? Then why not try out our Spotify Playlist?
Earlier this year three of our fabulous dancers, Michael, Ariadna an Liv led the iCharleston Hobart project and produced a fantastic video. We thought we should link it here so you can see it whenever you want!
VIDEO CREDITS
Recorded and edited by:
Toño Gomez
Song: “L.O.V.E.” by Nat King Cole
Performed by: “Les Coqs Incroyables”
Randal Muir (accordion and vocals), Dean Stevenson (double bass and lead vocals), Ralph Forehead (guitar and vocals)
Choreographed by: Olivia Bowman, Ariadna Martinez, Michael Laczko
Dancers: Olivia Bowman, Ariadna Martinez, Michael Laczko, Ted Ross, Tim Grimsey, Julie Janssens, Mana Inoue, Anica Boulanger-Mashberg, Phillippa Bricher, Jen Makin, Julie McInnes, Bridget Jenkins, Annie Squires, Jo-Anne Piggott-Broadby, Paul Broadby, Shan Deng, Elysia Chase, Helen McCausland, Geoff Parkinson, Shelley Norton, Christine Toyama
Teams:
*LindyMob* – Ted Ross, Elysia Chase, Alison Rose, Julianne O’Reilly-Wapstra, Dave Connell
*Moonlight Aviators* – Bibiana Devlin, Veronicka Devlin, Amanda Devlin, Kate Grieve, Bryce Lockhart-Gillett, Graeme Quinn
Ever wonder what would happen if members of TasSwing, Lindy Mob and the Moonlight Aviators ever got together? Well, check out these videos below to see a great performance of the Lindy Chorus for Frankie 100! (note the videos are the same, one of them is just in sepia, if you prefer that old time look…)
It’s been about ten years since we last had t-shirts for sale, but our fabulous graphic designer, Veronica Dixon, has been hard at work, and has come up with a t-shirt line for TasSwing! You can see the options here, here, here and here.