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.)

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