Dear Swing City Patrons,

Sax Gordon was fantastic last week, again with a great crowd. The switch to just Saturdays has really helped us make Swing City much more consistent, which as organizers--believe us--is HUGE! Thanks to all for your continued and/or renewed support. Also, look for Sax Gordon again later this year.

Just a heads up for April 12: we will be featuring a new band, "Barry Fleischer and his Radio Swing Orchestra." Some of the musicians in this band are part of a band which we used to get often which was excellent musically, except the music selections were just not a good fit for Swing City's hard core dancers. These guys had put together a swing band some time ago which gigs here and there at various dances outside of the Boston area, and when we announced changes for 2014 they asked us if we could give them a try. We have high expecations for a great night, and they promise they will deliver. Please mark your calendars!

"Tom Nutile Big Band" this Saturday

Tom Nutile has put on some great shows for us since he started gigging at Swing City, with sets of highly dancable classic big band swing. We hope to see you this Saturday for more of that!

And as usual, Mike's "famous" free, fresh, hot popcorn and cotton candy. Check it out.

Dance lessons at Swing City

New to Swing Dancing or already an expert? No worries, we've got something for everyone!

Join us for a beginner swing lesson, or if you're a more experienced dancer, we offer a concurrent intermediate class. Classes begin at 8pm promptly, so be sure to arruve a few minutes early.

Classes have been HUGE lately, so be sure to come for those. Beginner and intermediate levels are concurrent so most of our regular dancers will be able to take a non-beginner class with our rotation of some of Boston's top dance instructors, yet still bring your friends who might be more comfortable at a the intro level. Moreover, the classes are a GREAT way to meet people if you're new to the scene, single, or just feeling social!

The intro class will be single step East Coast, while the intermediate class generally assumes you can dance a triple step and are comfortable with a variety of basic moves. The intermediate class is different each week, generally Charleston. We sometimes features guest instructors.

If either lesson is too hard or simple for you, one can just switch to the other one as needed.

Swing City, the best Swingin' venue in town!

- Tons of free parking
- Ice Cold Air Conditioning
- Juice, Soda, and Water available, plus snacks
- Great, New, Sprung Bamboo Floor (one patron was memorably giddy with excitement! thx)
- Easy MBTA Access (bus #72 direct from Havard Square)

8:00pm: Swing Dance Lessons
FREE with cover charge
Choice of two Lessons:

Swing lesson (beginner, east coast swing)
-learn basic 6-count patterns to get you started

Charleston lesson (intermediate, add moves to your swing)
-each night will show a different variation

9:00pm: Band goes on (DJ in the breaks)
until 12:00pm

So please join us for lessons, a night of rich live music, dancing, lots of cool fun people of all ages, and some great exercise. Bottom line, a great night out for only $16 ($12 with college ID), and a super vibe! Read, "Boston's official Cheap Date."

Tons of Swing City Photos are in the Photo gallery

See you there!

 

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

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