Monday, 18 February 2013

This Week: 20 February 2013

"I GOT RHYTHM, I got MUSIC, I got my man, who could ask for anything more...
 I got daisies in green pastures, I got my man, who could ask for anything more..."

Hold on to your hats this weekend!!  This FRIDAY, head over to Swing Pit, Newtown, 9pm. Trish is DJ-ing an entire set of A,A,B,A tunes for you to 'monkey' around on the dance floor.  To get warmed up, there's also a Level 2 class at 7pm; and a Level 1 class at 8pm.  SATURDAY, what you've been waiting for... Tuba Skinny(!!) at The Basement, 9:30pm, in dance-floor mode!  (See below for details.)  SUNDAY, Geoff Bull at the East Sydney Hotel, 5pm; Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain, 4pm; or The Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm to get your balboa fill, and there's a dance floor. 
Plenty MORE gigs, links, details below!

This week's "SONGS YOU SHOULD KNOW":

I GOT RHYTHM. (<-- Click to listen @ 1min.)  Performed by: Ella Fitzgerald  (listen to the arrangement!).
I GOT RHYTHM. (<-- Click to watch @ 3:50.)  Dancing: Gene Kelly  (scene from An American In Paris).


Thursday 21st

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



Friday 22nd

Swing Pit @ St Stephens Hall
Church St, Newtown, from 9:00pm, $6 social
(There's a class beforehand at 8pm, $15 (social free).

Full Swing Quartet w/Gregg Arthur @ Lane Cove Country Club
180 River Road, Lane Cove, from 7:00pm, FREE
(There's a dance floor.  A dance partner is advised.  Meals available.)

Aston Martinis @ Club Five Dock RSL
66 Great North Road, Five Dock, from 8pm, FREE

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



Saturday 23rd

Tuba Skinny (USA) @ The Basement
7 Macquarie Place, City North, doors from 7:30pm, music >9:30pm
Dance floor mode.  Dinner & Show: $82.30.
Gen. standing room: at door $33; pre-book $27.50+bf

Dragon Ball @ Sydney Town Hall
483 George Street, Sydney, from 7:30pm, $60 gen. / $70 reserved seating.
(Live swing band, special shows, dancing, cocktails.  Dress up!)

The Lounge Bar Lotharios @ Carrington Hotel
The Great Art Deco Ball
15 Katoomba Street, Katoomba, from 7pm, $100 +bf

Jazz in the Garden @ Norman Lindsay Gallery & Museum
14 Norman Lindsay Cres, Faulconbridge, from 5pm, $28 / $15 / $6 under 12s
(Bookings essential.)

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



Sunday 24th

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

Puttin' on the Ritz @ Avalon Restaurant
18 Katoomba Street, Katoomba, from 6pm, $70

Blues Social Dancing @ Paddington RSL
220 Oxford Street, Paddington, from 5:30pm-8pm
(Free for attendess of the blues workshops.)

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

Unity Hall Jazz Band @ Unity Hall Hotel
292 Darling St, Balmain, 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's a dance floor!)


Thursday 28th

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



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