Monday 4 February 2013

This Week: 6 February 2013

Turn to the right, there's a little white light...
Will lead you to my blue heaven...

This THURSDAY, bring your best 'sway' over to the Bedlam Bar, Glebe, for some "blues" heaven, it's Juke Joint time!  Now that you're warmed up, it's over to Newtown FRIDAY for Swing Pit, 9pm.  There's a level 2 class beforehand at 7pm, and level 1 at 8pm.  SATURDAY, Rip It Up at the Bald  Rock Hotel, Rozelle, if you're in the mood for some 50s R&R and Jump Blues.  SUNDAY, Geoff Bull & the Finer Cuts will be swingin' it at the East Sydney Hotel, Woolloomooloo, 5pm; Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain, 4pm; Swinging Blades at the Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm for a balboa fix.  Next THURSDAY, bring your dancing shoes, come along and support this international fundraiser "One Billion Rising" at the Petersham Bowling Club, 7:45pm, class at 7pm. 

You'll see a smilin' face, a fireplace, a cozy room...
A little nest that's nestled where the roses bloom...


This week's "Songs You Should Know":  My Blue Heaven.  Performed by: Bing Crosby.

More details, links and gigs below.


Thursday 7th

Swing Patrol Juke Joint @ Bedlam Bar
2 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, from 8.30pm, $6 
(There's a class beforehand at 7.30pm, $15 (includes social).)


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



Friday 8th

Swing Pit @ St Stephens Hall
Church St, Newtown, from 9:00pm, $6 social only
(Level 2 class 7:00pm; Level 1 class 8:00pm.
 $15 for 1 class; $22 for 2 classes (social included).)


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



Saturday 9th

Rip It Up @ Bald Rock Hotel
Mansfield St, Rozelle (cnr Ramsay St), from 8pm-11pm, FREE
(50s R&R, Jump Blues.  Food available.)

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



Sunday 10th

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

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


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's a dance floor!)


Thursday 14th

One Billion Rising @ Petersham Bowling Club
77 Brighton Street, Petersham, from 7:45pm, swing class 7pm, $18
(An international fund raising event to protest violence against women and girls.)
 
Aston Martinis and Jordan C Thomas @ Rock Lily
The Star, 80 Pyrmont St, Pyrmont, from 6:30pm, FREE

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



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