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Death By Dixie at Nothin' But Swing on Saturday July 4th |
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By savage on
Thursday, July 02, 2009 5:01 PM
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This is it! This Saturday, July 4th, is Death By Dixie at Nothin' But Swing!
We've got it all: a drop-in beginner lesson kicks off the night (no partner or experience necessary), a nice big dance floor in an all-ages venue, a pile of dancers with loads of energy, and five of Victoria's best jazz musicians.
Death By Dixie is Charles Gates on drums, Bod Cadwallader on trombone, Clark Brendon on bass, Al Pease on clarinet/saxophone, and Tom Vickery on piano. These gents know how to play music that makes you want to dance, and they'll be playing it until well after midnight.
Time: lesson begins at 8:30pm
Where: 925 Balmoral Rd (map)
Cover: $13 for adults, $12 for members, and $10 for students.
See you there!
-sav
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Swing 1 & Swing 4 moved off Canada Day |
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By savage on
Monday, June 29, 2009 12:29 PM
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This week only, Swing 1 and Swing are moved off Canada Day, as requested!
Swing 1 will take place on Tuesday June 30th from 8 to 9:30 at Victoria Arts Connection.
Swing 4 will occur on Thursday July 2nd from 7 to 8:30 at the same place.
See you there!
-sav
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Swing on TV, in the parade, in the classroom, and through the summer |
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By savage on
Friday, May 15, 2009 4:34 PM
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There's a lot of stuff going on right now in the Victoria swing scene!
For starters, you may have seen us on CHEK's Island 30 program on Friday, May 15th. If that spot brought you to this site, welcome! You're in the right place.
The purpose of that interview was to let people know that we are entering a float into the Victoria Day Parade on Monday May 18th. If you want to see some honest to goodness dancing in the street, come down and check us out!
If you're pumped up about learning how to do this stuff, we've got a six-week beginner series starting up on Wednesday evenings as of June 10th. Swing 1 begins at 8pm and runs until 9:30 at Victoria Arts Connection (2750 Quadra: lots of parking + AC = yay!). You should have plenty of time to grab dinner before we help you celebrate the end of hump day. :) You can register now to reserve your spot in the class.
Hey - if you're raring to get started right away, you can come out to our weekly Saturday night swing dance, Nothin' But Swing. There's a drop-in beginner dance lesson from 8:30pm to 9:15pm, followed by great dance music until 12:30am. You don't need a partner, nor do you need any experience - just come out and give it a whirl!
We also have a two-week series of Swing 3.14 starting this Sunday May 17th. We'll help you brush up on your lindy hop basics and give you some fun footwork variations. It will be a good way to prepare you for Camp Jitterbug or the long-awaited Swing 4. That series will start up on Wednesday June 10th as well, running from 6:30pm to 8pm. If you've done Swing 4 before with us, you might want to come repeat it because we're revamping a lot of the material! You can register for Swing Pi & Swing 4 online.
-sav
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Swing 1 & Swing 4 start on June 10th |
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By savage on
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 8:56 AM
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I'm just heading out the door, but I wanted to let you all know that we will have a Swing 1 and a Swing 4 starting on Wednesday evenings from June 10th to July 15th. I'll post more info and the registration page later tonight!
-sav
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Swing 3.14159 starts on Sunday May 17th |
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By savage on
Tuesday, May 05, 2009 7:35 AM
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Red Hot Swing is teaching a two-week session of Swing Pi on Sundays May 17th and May 24th, 7:30pm to 9pm.
What's Swing Pi? Well, aside from being slightly irrational, it's completely practical! It's a way for you to brush up on (and speed up) your lindy hop basics and learn some fun new footwork variations before Camp Jitterbug and Swing 4 begins.
I'm just heading out the door now, but registration will be up tonight!
Registration is now open!
-sav
ps - Beginners, you have not been forgotten. Swing 1 is imminent as well!
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