From: SwingBuffalo <swingbuffalo@gmail.com>
Date: May 20, 2010 12:35:35 PM EDT
To: Swing Buffalo <SwingBuffalo@gmail.com>
Subject: SwingBuffalo - Buffalo Hop is back TOMORROW!
The Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, Charleston, Balboa, Collegiate Shag, & Blues Dance Mailing List of Swing Buffalo (for Buffalo and the surrounding area)...
Buffalo Hop, the biggest Lindy Hop & Balboa dance in the region is back for the summer with its Spring Swing Dance. Our new venue is terrific: fast floor, large space - great for dancing! We'll be teaching a 1 hour lesson where we will be showing you how to dip, lindy-hop style. We will even throw in an aerial for those of you adventurous enough to try it! Also, rumor has it that a reporter from Artvoice may be in attendance to get the scoop on our events!
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Buffalo Events
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Swing Dance Thursdays *TODAY*
445 Columbia Ave., Depew, NY
Created by: Swing Dance Thursdays
7:00 - 10:00 Thursday May 20th 2010
East Coast Lesson from 7-7:30pm
Dance from 7:30-10pm
DJ Music by Fabulous Fifties Rock 'N' Roll show
Oldies, blues, big band, rockabilly, doo-wop
Info: Bill @ 716-634-8874 or
FabulousFiftiesDJ@RoadRunner.com
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Buffalo Hop *TOMORROW*
Created by: Buffalo Swing
8:00 - midnight: Friday May 21st 2010
http://swingbuffalo.com/buffalohop.html
Buffalo Hop, the biggest Lindy Hop & Balboa dance in the region is back for the summer with its Spring Swing Dance. Our new venue is terrific: fast floor, large space - great for dancing! We'll be teaching a 1 hour lesson where we will be showing you how to dip, lindy-hop style. We will even throw in an aerial for those of you adventurous enough to try it! Also, rumor has it that a reporter from Artvoice may be in attendance to get the scoop on our events!
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Lindy Fix (DJ: Mark)
Polish Cadets Hall, 927 Grant Street, Buffalo, NY
Created by: Buffalo Swing
8:00 - 10:00 Monday May 24th 2010
http://swingbuffalo.com/lindyfix.html
$4
Beginner Jitterbug Lesson 8-8:30
This is the lindy event in Buffalo and it's located on the up-and-coming Grant Street area. Buffalo is finally on its way to establishing a lindy scene. For those of you who don't know, Lindy Hop is a form of swing dancing that came about in the late 20s and early 30s. It went through a resurgence in the mid to late 90s and is going strong across the US and dozens of other coutries. Swing dances featuring lindy are a very social event. Everyone dances with everyone, though it's not typicslly a dating venue. Swing is a lifestyle based on the pure joy of dance: focussed on fun. So bring your spirits and prepare to smile! Beginners are not only wanted, they are required! We need you to make this happen!
DJ'd swing music will feature Big Band, classic swing like the Rat Pack & Ella, Blues, & other popular contemporary swing music.
Lesson taught by Mark & Julia.
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Swing Schoolhouse
Quaker Bonnet Eatery, Allen St, Buffalo, NY
Created by: V&M Dancing
7:00 - 10:00 Tuesday May 25th 2010
http://venusandmark.wordpress.com/scheduled-classes/tuesdays-swing-schoolhouse/
7-8: East Coast Swing
8-9: Lindy Hop Basics
9-10: Basic Variations
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Swing Dance Thursdays
445 Columbia Ave., Depew, NY
Created by: Swing Dance Thursdays
7:00 - 10:00 Thursday May 27th 2010
East Coast Lesson from 7-7:30pm
Dance from 7:30-10pm
DJ Music by Fabulous Fifties Rock 'N' Roll show
Oldies, blues, big band, rockabilly, doo-wop
Info: Bill @ 716-634-8874 or
FabulousFiftiesDJ@RoadRunner.com
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SwingBuffalo Organizational Meeting
Rob's House
Created by: Buffalo Swing
2:00 - 4:00 Sunday May 30th 2010
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Lindy Fix on the Road (DJ: Rob)
Crazy Jake's, 26 Webster Street, North Tonawanda, NY
Created by: Buffalo Swing
5:30 - 8:30 Monday May 31st 2010
http://swingbuffalo.com/lindyfix.html
Free
Beginner Jitterbug Lesson 5:30-6:30
For Memorial Day, we are at a different time & venue. Plus, we will have a vintage military theme to celebrate the occassion, so dress up in an old army, navy, or marines uniform and get hot and sweaty with us at Crazy Jake's. We'll be outdoors in the courtyard. This special event is free, so come and buy food & drink to thank Crazy Jake's for having us!
DJ'd swing music will feature Big Band, classic swing like the Rat Pack & Ella, Blues, & other popular contemporary swing music.
Lesson taught by Rob & Julia.
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Swing Schoolhouse: East Coast Swing
Quaker Bonnet Eatery, Allen St, Buffalo, NY
Created by: V&M Dancing
7:00 - 9:00 Tuesday June 1st 2010
http://venusandmark.wordpress.com/scheduled-classes/tuesdays-swing-schoolhouse/
7-8: East Coast Swing
8-9: Lindy Hop Basics
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Lindy Workshop for Women and Children's Hospital Charity with Storm Buffalo
TBD
Saturday August 7th 2010
Created by: Buffalo Swing
On behalf of Storm Buffalo, a choreography company owned by Tom Radon, that hosts dance events to support local charities, on August 7th, they will be hosting an event to benefit Women and Children's Hospital.
The events consist of a day of dance clinics including but not limited to ballroom, african dancing, hip hop and more. The evening concludes with a professional show where the instructors for the day perform.SwingBuffalo has been asked to provide some instructors for this event.
Ann Lentsch
716 693 9808
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Rochester Events
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Swing-In *TODAY*
St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Winton & Highland)
Created by: Rochester Lindy Hop
8:30 - 10:30 Thursday May 20th 2010
DJ'd music.
8:30-10:30
Admission is $4.
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Fundamentals of Lindy Hop
Tango Cafe Dance Studio (Third Floor Ballroom)
Created by: Groove Juice Rochester
7:00 - 8:15 Tuesday May 25th 2010
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Swing Basics
Tango Cafe Dance Studio (Third Floor Ballroom)
Created by: Groove Juice Rochester
8:30 - 9:45 Tuesday May 25th 2010
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Swing 1 & Swing 2 - week 3
Twelve Corners Presbyterian Church 1200 S Winton Rd
Created by: RSDN Classes
7:00 - 9:30 Wednesday May 26th 2010
Taught by Esther Brill & Richard Newman. Come with or without a partner.
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Lindy Jam
Tango Cafe Dance Studio - 389 Gregory Street, South Wedge, Rochester
Created by: Groove Juice Rochester
8:45 - 10:45 Wednesday May 26th 2010
Lindy Jam is Groove Juice Swing's weekly DJ'd swing dance. It's held EVERY Wednesday. Admission is $4 (or free if it's your first time). www.lindyjam.com
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Swing-In
St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Winton & Highland)
Created by: Rochester Lindy Hop
8:30 - 10:30 Thursday May 27th 2010
DJ'd music.
8:30-10:30
Admission is $4.
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Fundamentals of Lindy Hop
Tango Cafe Dance Studio (Third Floor Ballroom)
Created by: Groove Juice Rochester
7:00 - 8:15 Tuesday June 1st 2010
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Swing Basics
Tango Cafe Dance Studio (Third Floor Ballroom)
Created by: Groove Juice Rochester
8:30 - 9:45 Tuesday June 1st 2010
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Swing 1 & Swing 2 - week 5
Twelve Corners Presbyterian Church 1200 S Winton Rd
Created by: RSDN Classes
7:00 - 9:30 Wednesday June 2nd 2010
Taught by Esther Brill & Richard Newman. Come with or without a partner.
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Lindy Jam
Tango Cafe Dance Studio - 389 Gregory Street, South Wedge, Rochester
Created by: Groove Juice Rochester
8:45 - 10:45 Wednesday June 2nd 2010
Lindy Jam is Groove Juice Swing's weekly DJ'd swing dance. It's held EVERY Wednesday. Admission is $4 (or free if it's your first time). www.lindyjam.com
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Steve Grills & the Roadmasters
Dinosaur BBQ - Court St & South Ave, Center City
Thursday May 27th 2010 to Thursday July 22nd 2010
Created by: Rochester Lindy Hop
Local, dance-able blues.
10-1am ish.
No cover!
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Joe Beard
Dinosaur BBQ - Court Street and South Ave, Center City
Saturday May 29th 2010 to Saturday July 24th 2010
Created by: Rochester Lindy Hop
Local, dance-able blues.
10-1am ish.
No cover!
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Stompology
Friday June 4th 2010 to Sunday June 6th 2010
Created by: Groove Juice Rochester
www.Stompology.com
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Regional Events
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Dovercourt Saturday Dance [Non UT Swing Event] *THIS WEEKEND*
Dovercourt House - 805 Dovercourt Road
Created by: UToronto Dance
7:00 - 01:00 Saturday May 22nd 2010
Charleston beginner class at 7pm
Lindy Hop beginner class at 8pm
Social Dance: 9pm-1am
Dance $13, $15 with one class, $18 with both classes.
($3 off for full-time students)
http://odd-socks.org/swing_schedule.htm
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Swing & Blues Non-UT-Swing Event) *THIS WEEKEND*
Imperial Pub, 54 Dundas Street East Back of Ye Pub (backroom on the first floor)
Created by: UToronto Dance
8:30 - 01:30 Sunday May 23rd 2010
FREE
Torontos newest weekly dance! STAT is proud to present Swing and Blues Sundays at the Imperial Pub in downtown Toronto. Each and every week, come dance to some of the best blues and swing DJs in town. Were warming up the cold winter nights with some hot swing and sultry blues!
Cheap drinks, good music, fun dances, friends old and new
What are you doing Sunday night?!?
http://swingandtap.com/content/events/sunday-dances/swing-blues-sundays/
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Swing Dancing at UT Swing (Location: TBA)
TBA
Created by: UToronto Dance
7:00 - 9:45 Wednesday May 26th 2010
Every week, UT Swing puts on a _beginner lesson_ followed by social dancing. This is a great opportunity to learn cool dance moves, meet new friends, and have a fantastic evening!
Lesson: 7pm-8pm
Social dance: 8pm-9:45pm
Prices are $2/$5 (students/non-students) for drop-ins, and $10/$20 for a semester-long membership. Please remember to bring ID when dropping in or buying a membership.
Hope to see you on the dance floor!
http://swing.sa.utoronto.ca/
swing.club@utoronto.ca
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Blues Jam
Bobby O'Briens (The Still)
Created by: KWSDS
8:00 - 11:00 Wednesday May 26th 2010
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Dovercourt Saturday Dance [Non UT Swing Event]
Dovercourt House - 805 Dovercourt Road
Created by: UToronto Dance
7:00 - 01:00 Saturday May 29th 2010
Charleston beginner class at 7pm
Lindy Hop beginner class at 8pm
Social Dance: 9pm-1am
Dance $13, $15 with one class, $18 with both classes.
($3 off for full-time students)
http://odd-socks.org/swing_schedule.htm
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Frankie Manning Tribute 2010
Created by: Toronto Lindy Hop
7:00 - 1:00: Saturday May 29th 2010
http://www.torontolindyhop.com/swing/2010/05/frankie-manning-tribute-2010/
[by: steve]
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Swing & Blues Non-UT-Swing Event)
Imperial Pub, 54 Dundas Street East Back of Ye Pub (backroom on the first floor)
Created by: UToronto Dance
8:30 - 01:30 Sunday May 30th 2010
FREE
Torontos newest weekly dance! STAT is proud to present Swing and Blues Sundays at the Imperial Pub in downtown Toronto. Each and every week, come dance to some of the best blues and swing DJs in town. Were warming up the cold winter nights with some hot swing and sultry blues!
Cheap drinks, good music, fun dances, friends old and new
What are you doing Sunday night?!?
http://swingandtap.com/content/events/sunday-dances/swing-blues-sundays/
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Swing Dancing at UT Swing (Location: TBA)
TBA
Created by: UToronto Dance
7:00 - 9:45 Wednesday June 2nd 2010
Every week, UT Swing puts on a _beginner lesson_ followed by social dancing. This is a great opportunity to learn cool dance moves, meet new friends, and have a fantastic evening!
Lesson: 7pm-8pm
Social dance: 8pm-9:45pm
Prices are $2/$5 (students/non-students) for drop-ins, and $10/$20 for a semester-long membership. Please remember to bring ID when dropping in or buying a membership.
Hope to see you on the dance floor!
http://swing.sa.utoronto.ca/
swing.club@utoronto.ca
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Blues Jam
Bobby O'Briens (The Still)
Created by: KWSDS
8:00 - 11:00 Wednesday June 2nd 2010
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Swing Into Summer
Waterloo ON
Saturday June 12th 2010
Created by: KWSDS
A full-day workshop with Caitlin Wellman from Toronto!
http://www.waterlooswing.com/swingintosummer/
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Uptown Waterloo Jazz Festival
Waterloo ON
Friday July 16th 2010 to Sunday July 18th 2010
Created by: KWSDS
http://uptownwaterloojazz.ca/
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Kitchener Blues Festival
Kitchener ON
Thursday August 5th 2010 to Sunday August 8th 2010
Created by: KWSDS
http://www.kitchenerbluesfestival.com
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National Events
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Beantown Camp
Beverly, MA
Thursday June 24th 2010 to Thursday July 1st 2010
Created by: National Swing
beantowncamp.com
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Twin Cities Balboa Festival
Friday July 23rd 2010 to Sunday July 25th 2010
Created by: National Swing
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Camp Hollywood
LAX Marriott, 5855 Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
Thursday July 29th 2010
Created by: National Swing
http://www.camphollywood.net
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Bands
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Django Reinhardt Centennial Celebration
Tralf Music Hall, 622 Main Street, Buffalo, NY
8-11 Thursday May 27th, 2010
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114824798554837
Django Reinhardt Centennial Celebration Featuring Stephane Wrembel & the Django Experiment, Babik.
January 23rd, 1910. In a small caravan in Belgium a Gypsy woman gave birth to a man that would change the face or music forever. Jean Baptiste “Django” Reinhardt would grow to be one of the most innovative and revered guitar players the planet had ever known. With the use of only two fingers on his fretting (left) hand, Django would go on to bring the guitar to the forefront of modern music influencing and inspiring the talent of Jimi Hendrix, Joe Pass, Al DiMeola and many more. Blending American jazz with his French Gypsy sound, he created a style known today as Gypsy Jazz.
100 years later in Buffalo, NY the celebration of his life continues when two groups committed to Django’s style converge on The Tralf Music Hall. 7 time Buffalo music award winners Babik will host a 100th birthday celebration in honor of Django. Babik (named after Django’s son) has enlisted the talents of French guitar master Stephane Wrembel and his group “The Django Experiment” to join them for a double billed concert at The Tralf on May 27th at 8pm.
Stephane Wrembel has been leaving audiences awestruck with his high energy improvisations and an unparalleled level of virtuosity for over a decade. His ability to blend traditional gypsy jazz with world and rock elements has given new life to the age old music. Growing up only 3 miles from Django’s final resting place, Wrembel discovered the jazz legend in his teens and never looked back. Spending years travelling and studying with gypsy masters he harnessed the soul, passion, and fire of this music.
Word of Wrembel’s talent reverberated far and fast. Upon moving to New York, Les Paul invited Wrembel to join him at his legendary Monday night concerts in Manhattan. Music icons have been clambering ever since to have an opportunity to work with this talent. He recorded and toured with David Grisman to support their 2005 album “Gypsy Rumble”. Wrembel’s composition “Big Brother” from that album appears on the soundtrack to Woody Allen’s movie “Vicky Christina Barcelona”. He has performed all over the world with other legends such as Patti Smith, Mark O’Connor, John Scofield, Elvis Costello, as well as Buffalo favorite Ryan Montbleau Band.
Perhaps that why Rolling Stone magazine calls him “A revelation”; the NY times calls him “Fast, intense and full of charisma…radical”; Relix Magazine says Stephane is “One of the greatest guitar players I have ever seen…and I don’t say that lightly”. We should all take the advice of the critics at All About Jazz and "Don't miss this opportunity to see a truly astonishing talent in action."
Buffalo gypsy jazz outfit Babik will open the show with their own interpretation of the style. Fresh off a round of gigs through the south, the group is glad to be back home for one of only a few concerts in the area this year. These two groups met in New York City in January for a string of 5 sold out shows at the legendary “Joe’s Pub”. These shows were such a success and so well received that the groups have decided to have an encore in Buffalo
Thursday May 27th.
Doors at 7pm/Show at 8pm.
Tickets are $20 presale and $23 the day of show
Tickets available at www.ticketmaster.com
or The Tralf Box office.
For more info visit:
www.babikjazz.com
www.stephanewrembel.com
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114824798554837
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