We just love our Winter Swing Festivals here at TasSwing – so much so that we’ve started organising the next one already! So pop it into your diaries now. Here’s what you can expect:
– June 29 – July 1, 2018
– Workshops with Anthony and Sarah Wheaton from Melbourne
– Dinner-dance at the Italian Club, North Hobart
– Live Band night at the Polish Club, New Town
https://www.facebook.com/events/1524108547612242/
The next Sweet, Sweet Swing is booked in for August 20! Come along to the Republic Bar and Cafe (upstairs) for two hours of social dancing to fantastic DJ music – 4:30-6:30pm. We had previously advertised this event for August 27, but we’ve changed it to August 20 because Hot August Jazz, an annual event in North Hobart is running on the 27th!
And then join us for a meal in the restaurant afterwards!
Cost is $10, or $5 if you’ve only been in the scene for three months or less. If you bring along a friend who’s never been before, then it’s free!
See the Facebook group here – https://www.facebook.com/events/686862704832645/
Save the date! The TasSwing end-of-year Christmas Party is booked in for December 13.
This year we’ll be holding the Christmas Party at the Polish Hall, and as a special treat we’ve booked the Clarence City Big Band orchestra to come along and play some classic big band tunes for you. As always, Barry will also be organising loads of ice-cream, so during the band break you’ll be able to tuck-in to some frosty desserts.
To cap it all off, we’ll still be running the beginners lesson first at 6:30pm before getting into the festivities.
The cost for the whole night is $30 (includes the lesson).
See the Facebook event here.
Don’t forget, our Wednesday night classes are now being held at the Polish Hall, 20 New Town Road, New Town (enter via the blue door on Clare Street).
Need some swing tunes to practice to? Then why not try out our Spotify Playlist?
Just so you can plan your social dancing schedule, here’re the dates for the upcoming 2017 Sweet, Sweet Swing events:
Aug 20, Sep 24, Oct 29, Nov 26.
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.