This Week: 19 June 2013

"It had to be you, it had to be you... I wandered around, and finally found somebody who...
could make be true, make me be blue... or even be glad just to be sad thinking of you..."

THURSDAY:  It's balboa time!  Head over to the Shuffle Club at the Bedlam Bar, Glebe 9:00pm. All-levels balboa class at 8:00pm.
FRIDAY:  Bridge City Jazz Band, Club Ashfield 7:30pm; Aston Martinis, Palmer & Co 7pm.
SATURDAY:  Bob Henderson Jazz Band, Tailors on Central 4pm.
SUNDAY:  Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain 4pm; Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Geoff Bull & The Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel 5pm.

This week's "Songs You Should Know":  It Had To Be You   (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by:  Harry Connick Jr.   Composer: Isham Jones.
(When he was just 20!)

MORE GIGS and details below

 
Thursday 20th

Shuffle Club @ Bedlam Bar
2 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, from 9:00pm, $6
(The monthly "blues" social, there's a class beforehand at 8:00pm.)

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)
 

Friday 21st

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

Flaming Stars @ Rockdale RSL
45 Bay St, Rockdale, from 8pm, FREE
(Rock 'n' Roll.)

Aston Martinis @ Palmer & Co
Abercrombie Lane, Sydney, from 7pm, FREE


Saturday 22nd

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


Sunday 23rd

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, from 3:30pm, FREE
(Dance floor, meals/drinks available. Live band playing jazz standards.)


Thursday 27th

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

Balboa social dancing @ The Roxbury Hotel
St Johns Road, Glebe, from 9:00pm-9:30pm
(Classes beforehand at 7pm L1, and 8pm L2. $15 1st class.)