Monday 26 August 2013

This Week: 28 August 2013

"Say, its only a paper moon, sailing over a cardboard sea...  But it wouldn't be make-believe, if you believed in me..."

THURSDAY:  Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts, Corridor 8pm; Ray Beadle and The Silver Dollars, Miss Peaches, Newtown 7pm; Aston Martinis, Palmer & Co 7pm.
FRIDAY:  Bridge City Jazz Band, Club Ashfield 7:30pm.
SATURDAY:   Bob Henderson Jazz Band, Tailors on Central 4pm; The Lounge Bar Lotharios - 1920s Great Gatsby Dance Orchestra, Bowlers Club 3:30pm.
SUNDAY:  Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; The Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Swingin' Sundays, Bronte Bowling Club 4pm; Dan Barnett Big Band, Unity Hall Hotel 4pm; Geoff Bull & Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel 5pm.


This week's "Songs You Should Know":  It's Only A Paper Moon  (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by:  Benny Goodman Orchestra/Dottie Reid.  
Composer: Harold Arlen.


MORE GIGS and details below.


Thursday 29th

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


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


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


Ray Beadle and The Silver Dollars @ Miss Peaches
201 Missenden Road, Newtown, from 7pm, FREE

(Classic rhythm and blues.)


Friday 30th

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


Flaming Stars @ Ashfield RSL
374 Liverpool Rd, Ashfield, from 8pm, FREE
(Rock 'n' Roll.)


Saturday 31st

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


The Lounge Bar Lotharios @ Bowlers Club
99 York St, Sydney, $10 at door only, 3:30pm-6:30pm
(1920s Great Gatsby Dance Orchestra - SJC 60th B'day Celebrations.)


Sunday 1st Sept

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


Dan Barnett Big Band @ Unity Hall Hotel
292 Darling St, Balmain, from 4pm, 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 5th

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


Ray Beadle and The Silver Dollars @ Miss Peaches
201 Missenden Road, Newtown, from 7pm, FREE

(Classic rhythm and blues.)

Monday 19 August 2013

This Week: 21 August 2013

"Sometimes I'm happy, sometimes I'm blue...  My disposition depends on you... I never mind the rain from the sky... If I can find the sunlight in your eyes..." 

WEDNESDAY:  Come and social dance at the Shuffle Club, Bedlam Bar, Glebe 8:30pm. All-levels class at 7:30pm.
THURSDAY:  Geoff Bull, Corridor 8pm; Ray Beadle & Monica Trapaga - Come Out Swinging 2 tour, Camelot Lounge 8pm.
FRIDAY:  Swingin' music at... Swing Pit, Newtown 9pm. Classes at 7pm & 8pm.
SATURDAY:  Swing Patrol Sydney Winter Ball, Balmain Town Hall, w/The Basement Big Band starts at 7:30pm - enjoy the performances between band sets.
SUNDAY:  Annual Fifties Fair, Rose Seidler House 10am-4pm; Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; The Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Swingin' Sundays, Bronte Bowling Club 4pm; Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain 4pm; Geoff Bull & Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel 5pm.


This week's "Songs You Should Know":   Sometimes I'm Happy  (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by:  Nat King Cole.  
Composer: Vincent Youmans/Irving Caesar.


MORE GIGS and details below.


Wednesday 21st

Shuffle Club @ Bedlam Bar - Now on the 3rd Wednesday of the month!
Cnr Glebe Pt Rd & Parramatta Rd, Glebe, from 8:30pm, $8
(All-levels balboa class at 7:30pm, $15 (includes social).)



Thursday 22nd
 
Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts @ Corridor
153a King Street, Newtown, from 7:30pm, FREE
(Elbow room only!)


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


Ray Beadle and Monica Trapaga: Come Out Swinging 2 @ Camelot Lounge
19 Marrickville Rd Marrickville, show 8pm, $30+bf
(Rhythm of 'jump', a smooth mix of blues, jazz, and swing.)



Friday 23rd

Swing Pit @ St Stephens Hall
Church St, Newtown, from 9:00pm, $6 social
(Level 2 class at 7pm, Level 1 class at 8pm, $15/class, $22/both (social free).)

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



Saturday 24th

Swing Patrol Sydney Winter Ball @ Balmain Town Hall
Darling Road, Balmain, band 7:30, doors 7:00pm, $40 prebook, $45 door

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


Drey Rollan Band @ Matraville RSL
Norfolk Parade, Matraville, from 8pm, FREE


Sunday 25th

Annual Fifties Fair @ Rose Seidler House
71 Clissold Rd, Wahroonga, from 10am-4pm, Gen $30, Conc $25, prebook only.
(Free shuttle bus will operate between Turramurra Station and Rose Seidler House.)

Western Sydney "Swing & Rock 'n' Roll" Dance Championships @ Mounties
101 Meadows Rd, Mt Pritchard, from 10am

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.)


Tuesday 27th

Big Band Tuesdays @ The Basement
Macquarie Place, Sydney, 8:30pm, $5 entry
(Meals/drinks specials available.  Free swing class this week at 7pm.)


Thursday 29th

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)


Ray Beadle and The Silver Dollars @ Miss Peaches
201 Missenden Road, Newtown, from 7pm, FREE

(Classic rhythm and blues.)

Monday 12 August 2013

This Week: 13 August 2013

"Savoy, the home of sweet romance... Savoy, it wins you with a glance... Savoy, gives happy feet a chance to dance..."

TUESDAY:  Big Band Tuesdays, The Basement 8:30pm. Free swing class this week 7pm.
THURSDAY:  Geoff Bull, Corridor 8pm; Ray Beadle and The Silver Dollars, Miss Peaches Newtown 7pm; Pugsley Buzzard, Camelot Lounge 8pm; Drey Rollan Band, Rock Lily 7pm;
Note: NO Shuffle Club this week - next social Wed 21 Aug
FRIDAY:  Get moving over at Jump Jive and Wail, Landsdowne Hotel 10pm.
SATURDAY:  Swing out to Vini & The Moonlighters, Eastern Suburbs Legions Club 8pm.
SUNDAY:  Pugsley Buzzard & Pia Anderson @ Opera Bar 2pm & 5:30pm; Jive Bombers, Cronulla RSL 12:30pm; Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain 4pm; The Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Swingin' Sundays, Bronte Bowling Club 4pm; Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts, East Sydney Hotel 5pm.


This week's "Songs You Should Know":   Stompin' At The Savoy  (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by:   Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald.  
Composer:  Edgar Sampson,1934.

(Named after the Savoy Ballroom. The music was originally written and arranged for Chick Webb's band, but Benny Goodman's recording became the bigger hit.)


MORE GIGS and details below.


Tuesday 13th

Big Band Tuesdays @ The Basement
Macquarie Place, Sydney, 8:30pm, $5 entry
(Meals/drinks specials available. Free swing class this week at 7pm.)


Wednesday 14th

Geoff Bull's Olympia Jazz Band @ Sydney Flying Squadron (Sailing Club),
76 McDougall Street, Milsons Point, from 12:30pm, $10


Thursday 15th


Note:  NO Shuffle Club tonight.
Will be held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month in future.

Next social is on Wed 21st August.

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


Ray Beadle and The Silver Dollars @ Miss Peaches
201 Missenden Road, Newtown, from 7pm, FREE

(Classic rhythm and blues.)

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


Pugsley Buzzard @ Camelot Lounge
19 Marrickville Rd Marrickville, from 8pm, $20 pre/$25 door

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


Drey Rollan Band @ Rock Lily
Star Casino, Pyrmont Rd, Pyrmont, from 8pm, FREE


Friday 16th

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


Jump Jive and Wail @ The Landsdowne Hotel
Cnr City Rd & Broadway, from 10pm-2am, FREE


 

Saturday 17th

Vini & The Moonlighters @ Eastern Suburbs Legions Club
213 Bronte Rd Waverley, from 8pm-11:30pm, FREE
(There's a dance floor!  Come and swing out!)

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



Sunday 18th

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


Pugsley Buzzard & Pia Anderson @ Opera Bar
Opera House Forecourt, PB 2pm-5pm, PA 5:30-8:30pm, FREE

Geoff Power Classic Jazz @ Sydney Jazz Club Picnic
Berry Island Reserve, from 12pm-3pm
(Bring picnic essentials, and dancing shoes.) 


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

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

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


Tuesday 20th

Big Band Tuesdays @ The Basement
Macquarie Place, Sydney, 8:30pm, $5 entry
(Meals/drinks specials available.  NO class this week.)


Wednesday 21st

Shuffle Club @ Bedlam Bar - Now on Wednesdays!
Cnr Glebe Pt Rd & Parramatta Rd, Glebe, social dance from 8:30pm, $8
(All-levels balboa class at 7:30pm, $15 (includes social).)



Thursday 22nd

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


Ray Beadle and Monica Trapaga @ Camelot Lounge
19 Marrickville Rd Marrickville, show 8pm, $30+bf
(Rhythm of 'jump', a smooth mix of blues, jazz, and swing.)

Monday 5 August 2013

This Week: 7 August 2013

"When you're passing by, flowers droop and sigh, and I know the reason why, you're much sweeter goodness knows, honeysuckle rose..."

THURSDAY:  Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts, Corridor 8pm; Ray Beadle and The Silver Dollars, at Miss Peaches Newtown 7pm; Aston Martinis, Rock Lily 8pm.
FRIDAY:  Dance o'clock! Head over to Swing Pit, Newtown 9pm. Classes at 7pm & 8pm.
SATURDAY:  This will be fun! Matt Black & The Phat Cats, Record Crate, Glebe 9pm.
SUNDAY:  Robbers Dogs, Fortune of War Hotel, The Rocks 2pm; The Swinging Blades, Marrickville Golf Club 3:30pm; Swingin' Sundays, Bronte Bowling Club 4pm; Unity Hall Jazz Band, Balmain 4pm.

TUESDAY:  Big Band Tuesdays, The Basement 8:30pm. Free swing class next week 7pm.

This week's "Songs You Should Know":   Honeysuckle Rose  (<-- CLICK to listen.)
Performed by:  Anita O'Day. 
Composer:  Fats Waller.  (Thanks G, for the link.)


MORE GIGS and details below.


Thursday 8th

Aston Martinis @ Rock Lily
Star Casino, Pyrmont Rd, Pyrmont, from 8pm, FREE

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


Ray Beadle and The Silver Dollars @ Miss Peaches
201 Missenden Road, Newtown, from 7pm, FREE

(Classic rhythm and blues.)


Friday 9th

Swing Pit @ St Stephens Hall
Church St, Newtown, from 9:00pm, $6 social
(Level 2 class at 7pm, Level 1 class at 8pm, $15/class, $22/both (social free).)

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


Ray Beadle & Monica Trapaga @ The Vanguard
42 King Street, Newtown, 9pm, $33.80 - $123.80
('Come out swinging 2' tour.)


Saturday 10th

Matt Black & The Phat Cats @ Record Crate
34 Glebe Pt Rd, Glebe, from 9pm, FREE
(Jump blues / swing.  Dance-friendly tempos will be played.)

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



Sunday 11th

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.)


Tuesday 13th

Big Band Tuesdays @ The Basement
Macquarie Place, Sydney, 8:30pm, $5 entry
(Meals/drinks specials available.  Free swing class this week at 7pm.)


Thursday 15th

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)


Aston Martinis @ Palmer & Co
Abercrombie Lane, Sydney, 7pm, FREE
(City North.)

Ray Beadle and The Silver Dollars @ Miss Peaches
201 Missenden Road, Newtown, from 7pm, FREE

(Classic rhythm and blues.)