Monday, 21 January 2013

This Week: 23 January 2013

Every time it rains, it rains pennies from heaven...
Don't you know each cloud contains pennies from heaven...

This THURSDAY, bring your picnic supplies, and dogs, to Centennial Park for a light show and gypsy jazz with Chasing the Moon, from 7pm.  FRIDAY, make your way down to Swing Pit, 9pm, there'll be plenty of room to swing out!  There is a new Level 2 class beforehand at 7pm, and a Level 1 class at 8pm.  Harbourside Jump returns to The Bar at the End of the Wharf, Pier 4, 9:30pm; and the Aston Martinis at Club Five Dock, 8pm.  SATURDAY, for something more energetic there's the Jive Bombers over at Club Five Dock, 8pm; or the Flaming Stars at Eastern Suburbs Leagues Club, 8pm; The Drey Rollan Band at the Opera Bar, 5.30pm.  SUNDAY, Geoff Bull will be swinging at the East Sydney Hotel, Woolloomooloo, 5pm; or the Aston Martinis will be over at Club Five Dock again, this time in Sunday arvo quartet-mode, 4pm; and the Unity Hall Jazz Band, as always, over in Balmain, 4pm.

So when you hear it thunder, don't run under a tree...
There'll be pennies from heaven for you and me...

This week's "Songs You Should Know":  Pennies From Heaven.  (<-- Click to listen.)
Performed by: Frank Sinatra w/Count Basie Orchestra.  Remember, listen to the arrangement!!

More gigs, links, and details below.


Thursday 24th

The Light Garden Doggy Night & Gypsy Jazz @ Centennial Park
from Paddington Gates, activities from 7pm, FREE
(With "Chasing the Moon".  Advised to arrive early at 6pm.  Bring your dogs! literally, for a record-breaking event.  There'll be a travelling Barista, but bring your picnic supplies.)

Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 7:30pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)



Friday 25th

Swing Pit @ St Stephens Hall
Church St, Newtown, from 9:00pm, $6 social
(Level 2 class at 7pm, Level 1 class at 8pm: $15 (social free).)

Harbourside Jump @ The Bar at the End of the Wharf
Pier 4, Hickson Road, from 9:30pm, FREE
(A mix of jump blues, rockabilly, and swing.)


Aston Martinis @ Club Five Dock
66 Great North Road, Five Dock, from 8pm, FREE
(Full band.)

Bridge City Jazz Band @ Club Ashfield
1-11 Charlotte St, Ashfield, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)



Saturday 26th

The Drey Rollan Band @ Opera Bar
Lower Concourse, Sydney Opera House, from 5:30pm

Bob Henderson Jazz Band @ Tailors on Central
Mary St, Surry Hills, from 4-7pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)


Jive Bombers @ Club Five Dock
66 Great North Road, Five Dock, from 8pm, FREE
(Rock'n'roll, boogie-woogie.)

Flaming Stars @ Eastern Suburbs Legion Club
213 Bronte Rd, Waverley, from 8pm, FREE

(Mostly rock'n'roll.)

James Morrison & Emma Pask @ The Basement
Reiby Place, Sydney, from 9:30pm,
Gen. standing room: $25 +booking fee, or at door $30. Dinner & show $79.80.
(NO dancing room, but a listening treat for modern-jazz purists.)



Sunday 27th

Unity Hall Jazz Band @ Unity Hall Hotel
292 Darling St, Balmain, from 4-7pm, FREE
(The dance area is now carpeted.)                       

Geoff Bull and The Finer Cuts @ The East Sydney Hotel
Cnr Crown & Cathedral Sts, Woolloomooloo, from 5-8pm, FREE

Aston Martinis @ Club Five Dock
66 Great North Road, Five Dock, from 4pm, FREE
(Quartet mode.)

Swingin' Sundays with The Faculties @ Bronte Bowling Club
16 Wallace St, Waverley, from 4-7pm, FREE

Bill Dudley's New Orleanians @ Technology Park Hotel
Wyndham St, Alexandria, 4:00pm, FREE


The Swinging Blades @ Marrickville Golf Club
Wharf Street, Marrickville, from 3:30pm, FREE

("Toe tapping, old time jazz."  Practise your balboa, there IS a dance floor.)


Tuesday 29th

Social Dancing @ Swing Patrol North Sydney
181 Blues Point Road, North Sydney, from 8:30pm
(Level 1 class at 6:30pm; Level 2 class at 7:30pm 
  $15 for one class, $22 for 2 classes. Social included in class fee.)



Thursday 31st

Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 7:30pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)


Sydney Sound Big Band @ Rockdale RSL
45 Bay St, Rockdale, from 7.30pm, FREE
(A dance partner is advised)


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