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.)

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