Saturday August 1, 2009 is The Rhythm Lounge, a fun Lindy Hop and Swing Dance venue in Burlingame, CA. For details, click here. For more bay area swing events, click here.
December 3-7, 2009 is the North American Open in San Francisco, CA. There will be live swing bands, DJ dancing, contests, workshops, and more. Details can be found here. To see SF bay area swing and lindy hop events, click here.
The Solomon Douglas Quartet will play a special event August 5 at Starlite / Cheryl Burke Dance in Mountain View. More details can be found here. For a list of weekly and monthly dance events, click here.
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The Rhythm Lounge will take place next on June 13, 2009. It will be held at the Burlingame Woman’s Club in Burlingame, California. The address is 241 Park Road, Burlingame, CA. There is street parking as well as a parking lot across the street. I went to the last dance and it was a lot of fun.
More information:
http://www.redwoodcityswing.com/rhythmlounge.php
Tags : Swing Events June 2009
The Down Home Blues Festival in San Francisco is from July 17 – 19, 2009. There will be classes, dances, and dance performances.
DJ’s and dance instructors include:
Joshua Boroff & Devona Cartier, NYC
Heidi Fite, SF
Ria Debiase
Damon Stone, Oakland
Amanda Gruhl and Shawn Hershey, Boston
Michelle Richter, Emeryville
Dexter Santos, Santa Clara
Roy Rydbeck, SF
Steven “Dr. Feelgood” Watkins, SF
Heather Adams, Knoxville, TN
Whitton Frank, Hollywood, CA
Jonathon Pechon, Dallax, TX
More information about Down Home Blues Festival:
http://www.downhomebluesfestival.com/
These bands will be playing in coming weeks at Cat’s Corner in San Francisco.
May 13 – XXX Swing Party with Johnny Bones & the Palace of Jazz, Pippi Longstocking and Pirate Costume Contest, “Putting on the Ritz” and performances.
May 20 – Johnny Bones and The Palace of Jazz
May 27 – The Jelly Roll Souls
Location information:
Savanna Jazz Club
2937 Mission Street @ 25th St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
Website:
http://www.catscornersf.com/
Tags : Swing Events May 2009
So I went to see how the Verdi Club dance was last night, as it has been a while since I checked it out. It was a pleasure to see Stompy Jones playing as I know they play each week nowadays. I got there at 9:45 PM, and the dance had started at 9:30 PM. My first impression was that it was not very crowded. Within the next 30 minutes, more people arrived. The dance was quite lead heavy in my opinion, meaning when the dance floor had most follows dancing, there were 5-10 follows sitting on the sidelines with 15-20 leads sitting on the sidelines. I believe the intense heat from earlier in the day, which made the venue quite warm, was probably a large factor.
The crowd dresses up for this venue a bit more than some other venues such as the 9:20 Special. The music is generally faster at this event than the 9:20 so more instances of east coast swing, city swing, shag, and balboa happen overall. This leads to a great workout for a dancer, but for those dancers who like to converse at times when they dance it is not to be as easy.
Don’t miss the Art Deco Preservation Ball at Oakland Paramount Theatre Saturday May 16, 2009. This is the 25th annual event in Oakland CA. On are Don Neely’s Royal Society Jazz Orchestra, The Art Deco Preservation Awards, The Decobelles, and special entertainment. To sign up, call 415-982-deco, or go to artdecosociety.org.
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Tags : Swing Events May 2009