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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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Frankie Manning, May 26 1914 - April 27, 2009 |
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By savage on
Monday, April 27, 2009 6:38 AM
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As Kyle said in our forums:
Friends, as many of you have already heard, Frankie Manning passed away early this morning.
Frankie
has been an inspiration to thousands of dancers around the world. But
he taught more than just dancing. His was a message of love, sharing,
respect for one another, and an appreciation of life.
Let us
carry on his memory in the way he would have us do so - by continuing
to dance this wonderful thing we call the Lindy Hop. Let us keep his
memory alive in every swing out we do.
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Swing 2 starting on February 7th |
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By savage on
Monday, January 19, 2009 9:36 AM
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Stopgap Swing is running full steam ahead every Saturday evening, and we've had a blast dancing in the new digs at Saint John's Hall! Now that we're getting settled in, Red Hot Swing will start teaching regular series of lessons before the dance begins.
We've had people asking for a session of Swing 2 for quite some time now, and I'm pleased to announce that we are offering it at Saint John's Hall starting on February 7th! Lessons start at 6:30pm and go until 8pm, from February 7th through to March 14th.
We know that it can be tricky to schedule a dance class for every Saturday, so we'll be trying out a new drop-in system for this session of Swing 2. If you can only make some of the lessons, you'll be able to pay at the door each time you come. $20 per class for non-members, $15 for members.
Register now for Swing 2, and we'll see you on the dance floor!
-sav
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When we say "Happy New Year", we really mean it! |
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By savage on
Friday, December 19, 2008 5:30 PM
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If you're a swing dancer or even thinking of being a swing dancer in Victoria, I've got a lot of good news for you!
Dances
Swing City: If any of you had a hard time figuring out the schedule for Swing City during the fall, it's been simplified massively. Red Hot Swing will be teaching at Swing City on the first Friday of each month, starting Friday January 2nd.
Stopgap Swing: Red Hot Swing and Lindy Hoppers Anonymous are partnering up to bring Victoria a new Saturday night weekly swing dance!
Starting January 3rd, every Saturday night come dance at Stopgap Swing in our new location at
Saint John's Hall downtown! Red Hot Swing will teach a free drop-in beginner
lesson from 8:30pm to 9:15pm (no partner or experience necessary).
After the lesson, we'll be bringing you a fresh variety of swing DJs
every week.
What: Stopgap Swing
Where: Saint John's Hall, 925 Balmoral (off Quadra just north of Pandora)
When: every Saturday night
Time: 8:30pm to 12:30ish
Cost: $8 regular, $7 members, and just $5 for students
Classes
Byron and Natalia advanced mini-workshop: Byron and Natalia are coming from Ottawa to kick off our inaugural Stopgap Swing with an advanced mini-workshop!
On Saturday January 3rd they'll be teaching an advanced lindy hop class at Saint John's Hall from 6:30pm to 7:30, followed by an advanced balboa class from 7:30 to 8:30. These guys are amazing dancers and even better teachers, so catch them while you can!
Red Hot Swing classes: We have three classes starting in January - a two-week Floorcraft class, a six-week Swing 1, and a six-week Swing 3.
If you've ever bumped into someone on
the dance floor, our two-week Floorcraft class will help you learn how
to avoid future bumpage! Takes place at Saint John's Hall from 6:30pm to 8:00 on Saturday Jan 10th and 17th.
Swing 1 is our beginner swing dance series. You don't need a
partner, nor do you need any experience. Come meet people, get some
exercise, and have fun! Swing 1 is taught at Victoria Dance Connection. This series runs on Sundays from 6:00pm to 7:25 from Jan 11th to Feb 15th.
In Swing 3 you'll learn the swing-out, a signature lindy hop move, as well as some charleston and other fun material. Swing 3 is taught at Victoria Dance Connection. This series runs from 7:35pm to 9:00 on Sundays from Jan 11th to Feb 15th.
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Payment page is up for November session |
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By savage on
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 8:32 AM
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Another quick update as I head out the door: the payment page is up for the November session of classes. A few things to note about discounts and prices this session:
Specialty class prices:
Jam Circles: $40, or $35 for members
Blues: $60, or $55 for members
Partner Stealing: $25, or $20 for members
Package of all three: $95, or $85 for members
Balboa 1: we are offering a ridiculously huge $60 discount to UVic and Camosun students for this one session only.
-sav
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Halloween dance at Swing City & November classes |
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By savage on
Monday, October 27, 2008 7:10 AM
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A really quick update as I head out the door for the day: (ie more info later)
1) We have a killer band at Swing City this Friday for Halloween! (Think Flying Saucers with Toni Blodgett on piano.) There will also be a costume contest, a special dance contest, a Red Hot Swing drop-in beginner lesson, and I'll be doing a rare stint as the DJ between band sets. We'll also be open later than usual so you can get more dance on! Cover's $12.
2) Our November session of classes is up on the registration page. Starting on Sunday November 9th we've got a 6-week series of Balboa 1 as well a series of three brand-new specialty classes: Jam Circles (Nov 9 - 16), Blues (Nov 23 - Dec 7), and Partner Stealing (Dec 14). I'll give more info on them when I get home later.
I haven't yet updated the payment page to accomodate individual specialty classes. However, if you're going to take all three of the specialty series there is a package price for the usual price for one of our six-week series. (So you can go ahead and pay online if you're doing the whole shebang.)
More to come later!
-sav
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Domain name renewed (whew) |
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By savage on
Monday, September 08, 2008 8:03 AM
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Our domain name, redhotswing.com, expired on Friday. I renewed it
immediately, but apparently it took a while to get processed. One
stressed-out weekend later, we're back. I was very worried that
someone would buy it out from under us while it was down.
-sav
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