Dear Swing City Patrons!

We have quite a few things for you to read about this week. Highlights include the Boilermaker Jazz Band in a couple weeks, presenting Fat City Band this week, and also note that our early Fall schedule has been filled in completely with plenty of great acts. See you this Friday!

Somerville's Sullivan Square Segways into the Sole Swing Source

In what is bound to the most controverisial move in the Boston Swing Dance scene of late, what has already been talked about using terms like "speechless" and "dumbfounded", Boston Swing Central announced their new venue last weekend, which is a mere 914 ft (yes, FEET) from the doorstep of Swing City. There is an old industrial loft-type building around the corner from the City Club which I actually looked at myself in late May or so. It was ruled out because it requires a commercial lease, quite a lot to get into. Anyway, welcome to the neighborhood, guys...

The ramifications of this move certainly remain to be seen, and who knows, it might all work out in some big happy family reunion of sorts, but one thing is for certain folks:

IF YOU WANT TO DANCE ON FRIDAYS YOU'LL HAVE TO COME TO SULLIVAN SQUARE!

Ah, never a dull moment.

This Boilermaker Jazz Band at Swing City, Friday Oct. 9

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In a rare New England appearance, the Boilermaker Jazz Band is debuting at Swing City a week from Friday at the Somerville City Club! This will be an exciting event with a full house, and we are featuring 2 hours of workshops with some New England's hottest instructors, and an intro lesson to warm up. Several venue improvement will be in place by then as well.

Tickets for this event will be limited and cost $20. Advance tickets may be purchased on our website, and include the workshops for FREE! Tickets at the door are also $20, but do not include the workshops and may be limited based on advance sales. Be sure to reserve your ticket now. (Note: $5 off as usual for college students.)

Also a limited number of volunteer slots are available, so please contact us if you would like to help out in lieu of admission.

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Featured workshop instructors:

Tony & Aurelie (Hop to the Beat)
Todd and Beth (Zazous Swing, Providence)
Alex & Megan
Adam LaMontagne and Nicole

Please check the website for more details and ticketing.

This Week at Swing City:

Making their debut appearance at Swing City, the "Fat City Band" joins us this week! This band was recently discovered by several of our regular and dancers and music critics, and comes HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. We do like to bring new acts to Swing City, some admittedly more appropriate than others (hey, what's learned without trying), but this one most assuredly will get your thumbs up! So please join us!

Alex Megan will be teaching intermediate and DJ'in, and Karen Leeds heads up the beginner class, both at 7:45.

We have lots of plans in the works for the venue, but in the meantime, please join us this coming and every week as we establish the City Club as the new best weekly venue in town!

- Tons of free parking
- Ice Cold Air Conditioning
- Full Bar, ~$4 cocktails
- Great Floor (one patron was giddy with excitement last week! thx)
- Easy "T" Access

7:30pm: Beginner and Intermediate Swing Dance Lessons, no partner necessary.
9:00pm: Band goes on (DJ in the breaks)
until ~12:30am or when people leave

The great thing about the new intermediate lessons program is that the bulk of our regular dancers will be able to take a non-beginner class with our rotation of Boston's top dance instructors, while still being able to bring beginner friends for the intro lesson. The intro class will be single step East Coast, while the intermediate class will be taught in triple-step and sometimes will include some Lindy and more. The intermediate class will be different each week. Furthermore, if either lesson is too hard or simple for you, one can just switch to the other one as needed.

So please join us for lessons, a night of rich live music, dancing, affordable cocktails (yes, $4!), lots of cool fun people of all ages, and some great exercise. Bottom line, a great night out for only $15 ($10 with college ID), the cheapest cocktails in town, and a super vibe! Read, "Boston's official Cheap Date."

Tons of Swing City Photos are in the Photo gallery

See you there!

A Note on Parking

Please use the huge free lot to the LEFT of the main entrance of the City Club. The lot to the right is the club members' parking and they get annoyed when it's filled with other cars. Simply turn into the driveway before the awning, proceed through the gate in the fence, and park in the large lot.

This week's Raffle Winnner:

Bob Furhent (sp? bobio@...) You win a pair of tickets!

To claim simply contact me at olaf@swingcityboston.com

 

Comments on some recent requests for feedback:

We got a lot of great comments and suggestions from people in regard to improving Swing City. One thing was somewhat common: a lot of people simply haven't come out to Swing City recently, some folks even dating back to the move to Newton (!).

Thus, a brief Swing City FAQ or sorts:

- MYTH: Swing City is far away and hard to get to. It's not! On the map it looks far for the people coming from the 'burbs, but if you made it to Newton, the Somerville location takes literally only 5 minutes longer to reach from Newton Corner/Mass Pike than the MacKenzie Center. It's easy highway driving all the way, and just three blocks from the highway exit. Getting to Swing City probably even takes less time than going through traffic lights to the various past and present Watertown/Cambridge spots. Coming from Rt. 2 via Alewife is obviously local roads, but its not bad once you have it down.

- Call to action: Swing City Needs You! Many people haven't made it out to the new place yet. Now is the time! Given the economy and all the competition, it is YOU, the grass-roots past and present Swing City patrons, who are going to determine the future success. Some people just don't know why they haven't made it yet. Come join the party! Swing City is a great community and a lot of people would really like to have you there! Also, Swing City is definitely a great, yet inexpensive night out.

If you have your own comments to share, we'd love to hear them. Please email us at olaf@swingcityboston.com

See you this Friday!
-Olaf
on behalf of all of our entertainers and staff

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Getting to Swing City: Quite a few people have griped about finding the City Club. I ask them how they got there, and they all say, "I used my GPS". AH! NO WONDER! Trust me, it's REALLY EASY if you just follow our directions. We're just off the higway. GPS will take you on the scenic "shortcut" through Cambridge and Somerville. Take my word--take the highway route!

Thus, for those people coming from south and western 'burbs, just take Mass Pike to I-93 North, take exit 28, make a left, left again at the second light, and park in the huge lot. From the Newton Corner exit it's maybe 10-15 minutes max.

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