Monday, 27 May 2013

This Week: 29 May 2013

"Holding hands at midnight, 'neath the starry sky... Nice work if you can get it, and you can get it if you try... "

THURSDAY:   Geoff Bull & The Finer Cuts, Corridor, Newtown 8pm.

FRIDAY:   Bridge City Jazz Band, Club Ashfield 7:30pm; Flaming Stars, Eastern Sydney Legions Club 8pm; Aston Martinis, Palmer & Co 7pm.
SATURDAY:    Who could ask for anything more... Swing! at the Roxbury, Glebe 8:30pm.
SUNDAY:   Dan Barnett Big Band, Unity Hall Hotel 4pm; Galapagos Duck, Camelot Lounge 7:30pm; Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; The Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Geoff Bull & Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel, 5pm.


This week's "Songs You Should Know":   Nice Work If You Can Get It (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by:  Doris Day
.   Composer:  Gershwin.

(Includes the verse! Rare!  The refrain is at 0:45secs.)
 
MORE GIGS and details below.



Thursday 30th

Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 8pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)


Drey Rollan Band @ Rock Lily
The Star, Pyrmont St, Pyrmont, from 8pm, FREE


Friday 31st

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


The Aston Martinis @ Palmer & Co
Abercrombie Lane, Sydney, from 7pm-10pm

Flaming Stars @ Eastern Suburbs Legion Club
211-221 Bronte Rd, Waverley, from 8-11pm, FREE
(Rock 'n' Roll.)


Saturday 1st June

Swing @ The Roxbury
182 St Johns Rd, Glebe, from 8:30pm, $6


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



Sunday 2nd

Robbers Dogs @ Fortune of War Hotel
George St, The Rocks, 2pm, FREE


Dan Barnett Big Band @ Unity Hall Hotel
292 Darling St, Balmain, from 4-7pm, FREE
(Dance area is now carpeted.)

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

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-6pm, FREE

(Dance floor, meals/drinks available. Live band playing jazz standards.)

Galapagos Duck @ Camelot Lounge
19 Marrickville Rd, Marrickville, from 7:30pm, $20
(Iconic Sydney Jazz Band.)


Thursday 6th
 
Swing Patrol Juke Joint @ Bedlam Bar
2 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, from 8.30pm, $6
(The monthly "blues" social, there's a class beforehand at 7.30pm.)


Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 8pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)


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

Monday, 20 May 2013

This Week: 22 May 2013


"Those silk shiny stockings that I wear I'm with you... I wear coz you told me that you dig that crazy hue..."
 
THURSDAY:  Geoff Bull & The Finer Cuts, Corridor, Newtown 8pm;  Greg Poppleton & Bakelite Broadcasters @ Django Bar Camelot Lounge 8pm.
FRIDAY:  Bring your Frankie moves over to Swing Pit, Newtown 9pm. Classes: L2 7pm & L1 8pm;  Vini & The Moonlighters @ Eastern Suburbs Legion Club 8pm.
SATURDAY:  Bob Henderson Jazz Band @ Tailors on Central 4pm; Flaming Stars @ Eastern Suburbs Legion Club 8pm.
SUNDAY:    Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain 4pm; The Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Geoff Bull & The Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel 5pm.


This week's "Songs You Should Know":    Shiny Stockings  (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by:  Ella Fitzgerald
.   Composer:  Frank Foster.
(Happy Birthday Frankie!!
)

MORE GIGS and details below.



Thursday 23rd

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)


Greg Poppleton & Bakelite Broadcasters @ Django Bar Camelot Lounge
19 Marrickville Road, Marrickville, from 7pm, music 8pm-11pm, $10 at door
(A dance partner is advised)


Friday 24th

Swing Pit @ St Stephens Hall
Church St, Newtown, from 9:00pm-11pm, $6 social
(Classes: L2 7pm & L1 8pm, $15x1 / $22xboth.)

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


Vini & The Moonlighters @ Eastern Suburbs Legion Club
211-221 Bronte Rd, Waverley, from 8-11pm, FREE

(A dance partner is advised)


Saturday 25th

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


Flaming Stars @ Eastern Suburbs Legion Club
211-221 Bronte Rd, Waverley, from 8-11pm, FREE
(Rock 'n' Roll.)


Sunday 26th

Robbers Dogs @ Fortune of War Hotel
George St, The Rocks, 2pm, FREE


Unity Hall Jazz Band @ Unity Hall Hotel
292 Darling St, Balmain, from 4-7pm, FREE

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

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, band from 3:30pm-6pm, FREE

(Dance floor, meals/drinks available. Live band playing jazz standards.)

Jive Bombers @ Harbour Cruise, Rhythmboat Cruises
Departs: #6 King St. Wharf 11.45am.  $49pp incl. buffet lunch
(Bookings:  9879 3942A dance partner is advised.)


Thursday 30th

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


Monday, 13 May 2013

This Week: 15 May 2013

"All of me... why not take all of me...  Can't you see, I'm no good without you... "

THURSDAY:  It's here!  The launch of "Shuffle Club", Sydney's new monthly balboa social dancing venue, Bedlam Bar, Glebe 8:30pm. Class at 7:30pm.

FRIDAY:   Bridge City Jazz Band, Club Ashfield 7:30pm.
SATURDAY:   Go on.. you "know" you want to...  Swing! at the Roxbury, Glebe 8:30pm.
SUNDAY:  For some outdoors dancing - Jazz at the Pines, Dural 12:30pm; Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; The Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Geoff Bull & Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel, 5pm.


This week's "Songs You Should Know":   All Of Me (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by:  Harry Connick Jr
.  ... And that folks, is how the melody goes!  ;-)

(@ 2 mins - Lucien and Leroy!!  How funny are these cats!  And the "feel"!)
 
MORE GIGS and details below.



Wednesday 15th
 
Swing Patrol Petersham @ Petersham Bowling Club
77 Brighton St, Petersham. Lennart will be teaching tonight.
(Level 1 class at 7pm, social dancing 8pm, solo jazz class at 8:30pm. $15x1 / $22x2)


Thursday 16th

Shuffle Club @ Bedlam Bar
2 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, from 8:30pm, social $8.
(All-levels BALBOA class at 7:30pm, $15 (includes social). Meals/drinks available).

Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 8pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)



Friday 17th

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


The Aston Martinis @ Palmer & Co
Abercrombie Lane, Sydney, from 7pm-10pm

Jive Bombers @ Club Bondi Junction
Gray St, Bondi Junction, from 7pm, FREE


Saturday 18th

Swing @ The Roxbury
182 St Johns Rd, Glebe, from 8:30pm, $6

(Regular social swing dancing event. Plenty of dancers.)

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


Black Cherry @ The Factory Theatre
105 Victoria Rd, Marrickville, from 8pm, $20+bf
(Rock 'n' Roll variety show.)


Sunday 19th
 
Jazz at the Pines @ Roughley House & The Pines
656 Old Northern Road, Dural, from 12:30pm, $12/$10
(Zenith Jazz Band performing live on the lawns. There's a DANCE FLOOR!)

Robbers Dogs @ Fortune of War Hotel
George St, The Rocks, 2pm, FREE


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

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


Berry Island Picnic @ Berry Island Reserve
End of Shirley Road, Wollstonecraft, from 12:00pm, FREE
(Live band: New Orleans Connection.  No dance floor.)

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 'til 6pm, FREE

(Dance floor, meals/drinks available.  Live band playing jazz standards.)

Jive Bombers @ Cronulla RSL
Geralle St, Cronulla, from 12:30pm, FREE
(Arrive early for parking, or take train from Woolooware Station.)


Thursday 23rd

Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 8pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)


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


Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters @ Django Bar Camelot Lounge
19 Marrickville Road, Marrickville, from 7pm, FREE


Friday 24th

Swing Pit @ St Stephen's Hall
189 Church St, Newtown, from 9pm, $6
(Class at 7pm & 8pm, $15/$22.)

Vini & The Moonlighters @ Eastern Suburbs Legion Club
211-221 Bronte Rd, Waverley, from 8-11pm, FREE

Monday, 6 May 2013

This Week: 8 May 2013

A BIG week ahead.  Hang on to your hats!  Ready... here we go!!
 
WEDNESDAY:   Yes, this month Swing Patrol Juke Joint is on a Wednesday, Bedlam Bar, 8:30pm 'til late.  Class at 7:30pm.
THURSDAY:   The Finer Cuts, Corridor, Newtown 8pm. 

FRIDAY:   Let's get this little big weekend started!  Swing Pit, Newtown 9pm.  Classes at 7pm & 8pm.
SATURDAY:   Grab your dancing shoes!  Meet the Scene Ball, Balmain Town Hall 7:30pm class; music 8pm.  Then continue on to Speakeasy (post-MTSB), Crossover Studios, 11:59pm.
SUNDAY:   A little evening with Lennart - Film & Conversation 7:30pm, Dancing 8pm, Petersham Bowling Club;  Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; The Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm.


All DETAILS and updates below.



Wednesday 8th

Swing Patrol Juke Joint @ Bedlam Bar
2 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, from 8.30pm, $6
(Yes, it's on a Wed this month!  Class at 7.30pm, $15 includes social.)


Swing Patrol Petersham @ Petersham Bowling Club

77 Brighton St, Petersham.  "FrankieFest in May" classes at 7pm & 8:30pm, $15

 
Thursday 9th

The Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 7:30pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!  "May" be guest musos this week.)


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



Friday 10th

Swing Pit @ St Stephens Hall
Church St, Newtown, from 9:00pm, $6 social
(Classes beforehand at 7pm & 8pm, $15 (social included).)


Saturday 11th

Meet the Scene Ball @ Balmain Town Hall
370 Darling Street, Balmain, doors 7:30pm, class 8pm, band 8:30pm
$30 pre-book/$35 at door. 
(Bring a few pairs of shoes, dance floor is slippery.)

Speakeasy post-MTSB @ Crossover Studios
Level 1, 22 Goulburn St, Sydney, from 11:59pm 'til late, $15
(Between George & Sussex Sts.  No signage at entrance, go in and take lift to L1.)

Little Big Weekend with Lennart and Georgia @ Balmain Town Hall
370 Darling Street, Balmain.  3 workshops from 12pm - 4:15pm
(Registration info.)



Sunday 12th
 
A Little Evening with Lennart @ Petersham Bowling Club
77 Brighton St, Petersham, doors open 7pm (meals/drinks available)
7.30pm Lennart's film & conversation presentation; Q&A.
8.00pm Dancing.  (Tickets $10 pre-book)


Robbers Dogs @ Fortune of War Hotel
George St, The Rocks, 2pm, FREE


Unity Hall Jazz Band @ Unity Hall Hotel
292 Darling St, Balmain, from 4pm, FREE

The Swinging Blades @ Marrickville Golf Club
Wharf Street, Marrickville, from 3:30pm-6pm, FREE

(Dance floor, meals/drinks available.  Great band playing jazz standards.)


Monday 13th

Swing Patrol Newtown @ St Stephen's Church Hall

189 Church St, Newtown, classes 6:30pm L1 & 7:30pm L2/3, 8:30pm social dancing
Lennart & Georgia will be teaching!  1 class: $15.  2 classes: $22.


Thursday 16th

Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 8pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)


Check back in to the guide before heading out to dance, for any updated info.