So that’s all she wrote for 2018 classes.

Thanks to all of you for coming along and making it a great year at TasSwing!  And of course a big thank-you goes to all members of our teaching team, and anyone else that DJ’d, helped out at an event, or just did anything that promoted our little swing scene here in Hobart.

Classes will resume on the first Wednesday in February, but in the meantime, there’ll still be plenty of dancing to do over summer – first and foremost, get yourself a ticket to the New Years Eve event at the Taste of Tasmania – we’ll be there running a beginners lesson at 6:30pm, and then dancing the night away afterwards!

https://www.facebook.com/events/291212984871223/

https://www.thetasteoftasmania.com.au/nye/

Well, the year is almost over (which means the Christmas Party is coming – see below!), and that means it’s almost time for the summer break from classes.

The last class for 2018 will be on December 12 – there will be a beginners class at 6:30pm followed by the Christmas Ice Cream Party to round out the year.

Classes will resume on Wednesday, February 6, 2019.

Entries for the Mix and Match (also known as a “Jack and Jill”) competition are NOW OPEN! We’ll be capping entries at six leads and six follows, so if you’d like to enter, you need to get in quick. Simply send a reply to this newsletter, or an email to dave@tasswing.com.au with your name, and whether you’d like to enter as a lead or as a follow!

And there are prizes up for grabs! The lead and the follow winners will each get a pass to the Taste of Tasmania NYE event! See below for everything we know about this event.

Here’s a video example of a Mix and Match comp – similar to how we will run ours at the Christmas Party. And we will run some useful classes before that to help you shine during the competition!

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

If you haven’t already done so, please tick “going” on the Facebook page so that we know how much ice-cream to bring!

https://www.facebook.com/events/253943421853456/

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.