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!

Coming up on Nov 4th, TasSwing and Kickstart are joining forces for a great event – a one afternoon learn to swing dance! Save the date and help us spread the word. Book Now!

Taught by Tim and Shan!

http://www.kickstartarts.org/intro-to-swing-dance

Bal Club is back!  November 15 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.

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 18th of November! 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?

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.