http://swingcityboston.com/YaBB2/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl - Swing City Forum en-us Swing City Forum Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:13:59 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 30 http://swingcityboston.com/YaBB2/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1283731236/1#1 Swing City Forum/General Chatting http://swingcityboston.com/YaBB2/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1283731236/1#1 PS - I apologize if I'm not supposed to post about non Swing City events. &nbsp;Is that the case? &nbsp;I specifically posted about a show on a Thursday, so that does not interfere with Swing City so I hope that's ok!<br /><br />Lindi http://swingcityboston.com/YaBB2/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1281145536/1#1 Swing City Forum/General Chatting http://swingcityboston.com/YaBB2/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1281145536/1#1 Never a problem, I drive in from Worcester and usually arrive 9:30-9:45 and have always found parking. http://swingcityboston.com/YaBB2/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1280868223/0#0 Swing City Forum/General Chatting http://swingcityboston.com/YaBB2/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1280868223/0#0 Celebration Sale:<br />Our 8 Swing Dance Instructional DVDs are on SALE now. You can learn Lindy Hop, Balboa &amp; Bal-Swing with the choice of Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced and 4 additional DVDs which focus on Balboa and Bal-Swing as well as 1 DVD that focuses on Transitions between all 3 dances. One through four DVDs are $34.95 each or buy four or more DVDs and they are only $29.95 each. &nbsp;Now is the time to buy and save big!<br /><br />What's the celebration? &nbsp;We've put our DVDs on Amazon in order to reach out to the non-swing dance community. &nbsp;Of course, we prefer those in the know to order directly from our website: jitterbal dot com. &nbsp;But for those not in the community they now can buy them on Amazon and learn to swing dance AND hopefully get out into the swing dance scene. &nbsp;How can we help that? &nbsp;When we send out our DVDs we send out a letter to the customer explaining how they can find where to go out to social dance. &nbsp;If you have an event or discussion board in your area and would like us to include it in our letter, please send us an email and we'll be sure to do so. &nbsp;Our goal is to not just teach people to dance but to get them to join the community so that it can thrive and grow.<br /><br />As a side, if you have purchased one of DVDs and would give it a 5 stars, and you have an amazon account and have bought anything there, please consider writing a review. &nbsp;You can find all 8 by going to amazon.com and searching &quot;steve heidi swing DVD.&quot; &nbsp;<br /><br />Thank you so much! And do check out the sale.<br />Happy Dancing,<br />Heidi &amp; Steve http://swingcityboston.com/YaBB2/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1205802145/11#11 Swing City Forum/Swing City: lessons http://swingcityboston.com/YaBB2/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1205802145/11#11 Words like &quot;intermediate&quot; and &quot;advanced [beginner]&quot; may mean more to experienced dancers than to those of us with some-but-limited experience and maybe a few lessons from a teacher or a different swing venue. Can you give a guideline for helping to decide whether to attend the &quot;Beginner&quot; or &quot;Advanced beginner&quot; lesson?<br /><br />Thx http://swingcityboston.com/YaBB2/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1247571164/2#2 Swing City Forum/General Chatting http://swingcityboston.com/YaBB2/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1247571164/2#2 I like the City Club better than Huron Ave or the Marriott. <br />Huron Ave...Parking. I don't feel comfortable going to my car whether I'm parked in the lot (very dark also) or on the street where it's so secluded and scary for us ladies that go by ourselves. I don't like the amviance, feel like I'm dancing in a childs &quot;daycare&quot; space instead of an adult space. &nbsp;<br />The Marriott...I still expect more from the dance floor. For a place like the Marriott I thinks it's horrible, could be dangerous. Parking there is too limited.<br />City Club...The dance space could be bigger and the stage higher but it has plenty of parking, nice lighting and no doubt your in an adult space. &nbsp;I little distance from the T but all in all I rank it higher than the other 2. http://swingcityboston.com/YaBB2/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1266816736/0#0 Swing City Forum/Other Swing Dance Events http://swingcityboston.com/YaBB2/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1266816736/0#0 Join the 20-piece Compaq Big Band this Friday night February 26th when we return to the Brown University campus in Providence, Rhode Island for our fifth consecutive year at the “Zoot Suit Ball”.  ADMISSION IS FREE!  This is public dance sponsored by Brown's Swing Club and the Ballroom Club, and is funded by a university grant.  The venue is the fabulous Alumnae Hall, and the public is enthusiastically invited.  There’s a group-friendly swing and ballroom lesson 8:00pm-8:20pm, and the band plays 8:20pm to Midnight.   Alumnae Hall is a great dance venue - located at 194 Meeting Street in Providence.   We'll be doing swing for our sets and there will be a mix of DJ’d ballroom music on our breaks.<br /><br />Make a night of it by dining at one of Providence’s wonderful restaurants and head on over to Brown for some dancin’.  Visit <a href="http://www.brown.edu/Students/Swing_Club" target="_blank">www.brown.edu/Students/Swing_Club</a>.<br /><br /> http://swingcityboston.com/YaBB2/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1266438418/0#0 Swing City Forum/General Chatting http://swingcityboston.com/YaBB2/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1266438418/0#0 I have just got an email from my friends who syas the the Mighty House Rockers are playing at Swingcity this Saturday is that true........?<br /><br />What is Olaf doing!!!!!!........watch out for (Bob, Satch or never he calls himself Romano) he is trouble...<br /><br />I will not be there this saturday nor will my friends........<br /><br />PLEASE PLEASE DONT HAVE THIS GUY AGAIN <img src="http://swingcityboston.com/YaBB2/yabbfiles/Templates/Forum/default/angry.gif" border="0" alt="Angry" /><br /><br /> http://swingcityboston.com/YaBB2/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1264525457/0#0 Swing City Forum/Other Swing Dance Events http://swingcityboston.com/YaBB2/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1264525457/0#0 The 20-piece Compaq Big Band will present their eighth annual Valentine's Dance on February 12, 2010 at the C.R. Sparks Event Center in Bedford. &nbsp;The venue has a large dance floor, and a cash bar will be available. &nbsp;Doors open at 6:30pm. &nbsp;A group-friendly dance lesson will be presented by Dance2Swing Studios (<a href="http://www.dance2swing.com" target="_blank">www.dance2swing.com</a>) from 7:00pm-8:00pm. &nbsp;The band will play from 8:00pm-11:30pm.<br /> <br />Tickets are $19 per person. &nbsp;Walk-ins are welcomed as space permits, but advance ticket purchase is suggested on-line at <a href="http://www.compaqbigband.com" target="_blank">www.compaqbigband.com</a> with any major credit using. &nbsp;For table reservations for groups of four or eight persons call (603)673-7683 after advance ticket purchase. &nbsp;All other seating is General Admission, but everyone will get a seat at a table.<br /> <br />This evening will feature different dances, from swing to foxtrot, to slow-dance ballads, with an occasional waltz or cha-cha. &nbsp;C.R. Sparks is located at 18 Kilton Road in Bedford, just off the intersection of I-293 and Route 101. &nbsp;Dinner reservations in their restaurant can be made separately from the dance by calling C.R. Sparks is not selling dance tickets or accepting table reservations.<br /> <br />The Compaq Big Band is one of New England’s longest continuously operating big bands, playing a busy schedule of gigs across the region that includes swing dances, gala fundraisers for nonprofits, summer concert series, nightclub appearances, and other events. &nbsp;The band has toured the United Kingdom in ‘06 and hosted the world’s foremost big band (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band from Los Angeles) for concerts in ’07 and ’08. &nbsp;They have sold 1,500 copies of their first album “Bandwidth”, which plays currently on New England jazz radio stations and on BBC2 in the United Kingdom, and they are currently in studio recording a second album. &nbsp;The Compaq Big Band has been featured in ’07 band ’08 at New Hampshire Magazine’s “Best of New Hampshire” galas and is returning to this event in ’10. <br /><br />More info at <a href="http://www.compaqbigband.com" target="_blank">www.compaqbigband.com</a>. http://swingcityboston.com/YaBB2/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1260239210/1#1 Swing City Forum/Other Banter http://swingcityboston.com/YaBB2/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1260239210/1#1 <b><i>As a special offer to fans of the Compaq Big Band you'll get a discounted rate of just $33 by asking for &quot;The Saloky Deal&quot; (no, I didn't make that one up...) when you call!</i></b> http://swingcityboston.com/YaBB2/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1259283449/0#0 Swing City Forum/Other Swing Dance Events http://swingcityboston.com/YaBB2/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1259283449/0#0 The internationally acclaimed 20-piece Compaq Big Band returns to Durham, NH for a public swing dance sponsored by the UNH Hepcats(<a href="http://www.unh.edu/hepcats" target="_blank">www.unh.edu/hepcats</a>) on Saturday December 5, 2009.  There's a group-friendly swing dance lesson from 7:00pm to 8:00pm that will have you doing all the basic steps, and the band plays from 8:00pm to 11:00pm. Doors open at 6:30pm.<br /><br />The dance will be held at the Memorial Union Building (MUB), 83 Main Street, Durham, NH, in the Granite State Room.<br /><br />Admission is $3 for UNH students and $5 for all others. The general public is cordially invited. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Ticket Office located on the 3rd floor of the MUB, or at the door of the event.<br /><br />The Compaq Big Band has kept New England swingin’ since 1975, with a big band repertoire that begins with honoring the classics from the ‘30s and 40’s as performed by the bands of Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and other greats. They balance instrumental charts and horn features with vocal numbers such as those popularized by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Bobby Darin, Frankie Randall, Nancy Wilson, Diane Schuur, and many more.<br /><br />But standards are merely a terrific base for a truly complete big band. The Compaq Big Band complements these arrangements with the best swing charts from the ‘50s right up through the hottest big bands of today. They believe that music from the bands of Buddy Rich, Stan Kenton, Maynard Ferguson, Tom Kubis, Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, and more are a vital part of what dancers and listeners alike want to hear. <br /><br />The Compaq Big Band showcases the power of 15 horns, a cookin’ rhythm section, a great feature vocalist, and terrific instrumental soloists for a diverse range of clients and events across the Greater Boston, Greater Worcester, Rhode Island, and Southern New Hampshire regions. For more information, or to order their CD &quot;Bandwidth&quot;, please visit them on-line at <a href="http://www.compaqbigband.com" target="_blank">www.compaqbigband.com</a>