We are pleased to announce our new Swing Dance Calgary Board.  They were elected at our Annual General Meeting.

When you see them next, please take a moment to welcome them, and also thank them for their continuing contribution to our swing dance community.

• Amber Torguson
• Bart Hribar
• Roger Pittet
• Timothy Gladysz

Hurray!

SWING DANCE CALGARY
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Owner’s Lounge of Gateway Garrison Green Condo
5605 Henwood Street SW, Calgary, Alberta

DATE:

Sunday, February 26, 2012

TIME:

5:30pm Registration and Pizza
6:00pm Meeting Time

AGENDA

1. Call to Order
2. Introduction of head table
3. Verification of proper notice and quorum
4. Presentation of 2011 Financial Statements
5. Board Candidates speak from the floor
6. Election of Board
7. Other Business
8. Adjournment

The undersigned member of Swing Dance Calgary hereby appoints ____________________________________________ as proxy holder for the undersigned to attend, act and vote for and on behalf of the undersigned at the Annual General Meeting of Swing Dance Calgary to be held at 6:00pm MST on February 26, 2012 at Gateway Garrison Green. The undersigned hereby revokes any proxy previously given and directs the person named above to vote at the meeting, and any adjournment thereof.

The proxy must be submitted to Swing Dance Calgary prior to 6pm on the day of the Annual General Meeting.

_____________________________________ ____________________________
Name of Member (please print)                                           Date

_____________________________________
Signature of Member

Distributed via swingdancecalgary.com and Facebook on January 26, 2012.

Board Candidates – We will be electing a new board to govern Swing Dance Calgary.  If you are interested, please feel free to chat with us ahead of time about some of the details. We will be posting more information here, shortly.

Food – In gratitude for your attendance at the AGM, we will be providing pizza which will be served at 5:30.

Parking – Please be aware of parking signs along the street. Some is 2hr, some is not.  You’re also welcome to park in the parkade in the first level.  Entrance is at the end of the street to the right.  Sign in your car, and say you’re visiting suite #4111.

Thank you!
Heather, Curtis, Jo, Bart & Bobbie

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Owner’s Lounge of Gateway Garrison Green Condo
5605 Henwood Street SW, Calgary, Alberta

DATE:

Sunday, February 26, 2012

TIME:

5:30pm Registration and Pizza
6:00pm Meeting Time

FURTHER INFORMATION: http://swingdancecalgary.com/agm/

Hope to see you there!

Alberta Inspiration Saturday – Balboa!

Bringing you inspiration from your beloved local instructors, we are so excited to share this day with you at our old swing stomping grounds.

Date: January 21, 2012

Location: Sunalta Community Hall – 1627 10th Ave SW

Class Schedule:

10:00 – 11:00am: Find Your Feet, open floor time

If you need a little extra time to warm up in the morning, this is your chance!  Come get your bal-shuffle started and get ready for the day.

11:00 – 12:30pm: Polish and Push It with Glenn & Nicole

Since basic patterns get boring fast, this class will use some of the basic steps to make musicality make sense. Requirements include having two feet and the ability to count to two, three, four and eight……But don’t be fooled – this will be a challenging class by the end.
Prerequisites: Should be familiar with closed basic, come around, throwout, lollies, crossovers, crabwalks and paddles. Review the 4 “Basics” videos on the Basement Balboa Sessions Facebook group if uncertain.

12:45 – 1:45pm: Looking Good, Feeling Good with Darryl & Kim

Balboa can be a small and simple dance, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do fancy moves too. We’ll show you how to take some of your Balboa staples and spice them up!
Prerequisites: Come around, throw out and lollies. Prior knowledge of looking and/or feeling good is recommended, but not required.

1:45 – 2:30pm: Lunch

2:30 – 3:30pm: To Bal-Finity and Beyond with Amber & Tom

There are an infinite amount of ways you can move in Bal; we’ll be showing you some cool ideas to get you started!
Prerequisites: Must know come around, throwout, lollies and crossovers. Behind-the-back throwout recommended for more advanced moves, but not required.

3:30 – 5:00pm: Balboa Potluck Open Session with All Instructors

Evening Dance: Come enjoy an evening of dancing Balboa with our local gypsy jazz band, The Fedora Club!  Beginner lesson at 8:15pm.  General Admission at 9:00pm.  $17 in advance, or $20 at the door.

Cost: $60 for the full day, including the evening dance.  $15 per individual class.

Registration: Payment will be collected in cash or cheque in advance, at the door or use the PAYPAL button below.  If paying cash at the door, please register in advance by emailing info@swingdancecalgary.com with your name, what classes you’ll be taking, and whether you’re a lead or follow.

Paypal Registration:

Pass Type

Full Deal – All Classes and Dance $60.00 CAD Single Class – Polish & Push $15.00 CAD Single Class – Looking Good $15.00 CAD Single Class – To Bal-Finity $15.00 CAD Evening Dance w Fedora Club $17.00 CAD

You are a:

Follow Lead

Do you need housing?

No Yes

Can you offer housing?

No Yes – for 1 Yes – for 2 Yes – for 3+

Housing: If you require housing please say so when you register, or email info@swingdancecalgary.com.

Be inspired by your local balboa community! Check out the workshops tab for more details!

Alberta Inspiration Saturday

Bringing you inspiration from your beloved local instructors, we are so excited to share this day with you at our old swing stomping grounds.

Date: November 26th, 2011

Location: Sunalta Community Hall – 1627 10th Ave SW

Class Schedule:

11:00 – 12:00 =  Get in, Swing Out! with Jonathan and Katie

Learn the basics of Lindy Hop footwork: 8 count step, triple step, connection techniques, etc…  to reach the extra-ordinary feeling of a swing out!

12:15 – 1:15 = Swivels and Bits with Curtis and Tara

Intermediate to advanced level. Ability to swing out is a must.
Want awesome swivels? Want to know how Curtis can look that cool by barely doing anything? We will be teaching Follows how to get their “swivel” on, and finish the rest of the class playing with musicality – creating the “he goes-she goes” type dancing. This is a fun, playful style that is easier than it looks, and guaranteed to occasionally have awesome results!

Lunch Break! = A short lunch break with dancing videos

A couple classic black and whites to watch while chowing down on your paper bag lunch.

2:15 – 3:15 = Solo Dancing inspired by Josephine Baker with Tim

Are you ready for an hour of making faces, moving your hips in ways you didn’t think possible and making shadowy awesome shapes? This class will help to introduce everyone to some of what made Josephine Baker so amazing and to help everyone realize that you don’t have to be serious to be awesome!

3:30 – 5:00 = Open practice time

Bring things that you’re working on and test it out on the Sunalta floors.  Instructors will be around to help answer questions and other people will be around to try things out with.

Cost: $35 for all three classes and the open practice time OR $12 per class as a drop-in rate

Registration: Payment will be collected in cash or cheque in advance or at the door.  Please register in advance by emailing info@swingdancecalgary.com with your name, what classes you’ll be taking, and whether you’re a lead or follow.

Swing Dance Calgary brings you the 4th Annual Cabaret! Promising to be another evening of amazing local entertainment followed by delightful dancing, this is an event not to be missed.

Entertainment:

Provided by you!

This is your opportunity to put together a wonderful 2 minute (maximum) routine displaying your performance talent. It can be silly, it can be serious, it can be dancing, it can be playing an instrument… use your imagination! Perform and let us be amazed and proud of the wonderful talent that our scene has.

If you’d like to perform please send an email to info@swingdancecalgary.com with information about your performance. Please include: performer names, style of performance, a blurb about how you’d like to be introduced, and any other pertinent information.

Attendees:
Everyone and anyone is invited!

Tickets now available!

$13 advance

$15 at the door

To purchase advance tickets using PayPal, click here:

Timeline:
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Doors at 8pm
Cabaret to begin shortly after.
Dance to start once the Cabaret is done (probably 9 or 9:30?)

Theme:
1920’s era. This is your chance to dress up in your favourite 1920’s flapper dress or suit.

Dancing:
There will be a dance following the performances. Plan to stick around, enjoy the atmosphere, and enjoy the music.

Volunteer:
We will be looking for many volunteers including tasks leading up to the event and the day of. If you’re interested in helping out please talk to Heather, Curtis, Jo, Matthew or just start asking around. This will be a true community building event so we’re hoping to get as many people involved as possible.

Questions:
Feel free to ask around, or email info@swingdancecalgary.com (you’ll reach Jo).

More details will be coming at the date comes closer, but we wanted to get the word out there so that you could start planning your amazing performance and inviting your friends to come watch.

Can’t wait to see your awesomeness!
♥!
The Organizing Committee
Curtis, Heather, Jo, Dana, Carolyn, Matthew, Erik, Tasha, Timothy, Ashley

Click the image for more details, or head on over to the Cabaret tab.

ALBERTA INSPIRATION WEEKEND THREE!

February 18 – 20, 2011

Sunday February 20, 9:21pm

G’evening AIW Attendees!

As you’re all settling into bed (or into a car seat) after a most wonderful, inspirational weekend of dancing music and friends, I want to share with you a list of thank yous. This weekend was full of numerous inspiring instructors, volunteers, and attendees. First of all, thank you to all of you for coming to this weekend with an infectious excited enthusiasm and for bringing that onto the dance floor. The vibe all weekend was positive, and I always love seeing our community come together. It’s because of all of you that a weekend like this is successful! Here are my thank yous, in the order of how I think of people (and hopefully I haven’t forgotten anyone, but if I have please tell me so that I can apologize profusely)….

Thank you to all of the instructors! Your enthusiasm, expertise, and general inspiration was greatly enjoyed and I can’t wait to see all that you’ve taught us on the dance floor! Ashley, Birkley, Carolyn, Curtis, Dave H, Dave P, Eric M, Erik S, Gary, Glenn, Greg, Heather I, Heather R, Heidi, Julia, Julie, Kalina, Krystal, Luis, Matt, Nicole, Rob, Ryan, Sierra, Tasha, Tracy, Tyra

Thank you to all of the volunteers! Events like this couldn’t happen without your commitment and willingness to assist. Especially to Tim for being official volunteer coordinator! Kristen B, Kathy, Amber, Tyra, Laura, Liz, Sarah, Steph, Rob, Greg, Katie M, Tim, Nicole, Yuen-Ying, Matt, Tasha, Erik, Ryan.

For the most delicious food: Homemade cookies on Friday, thank you Tyra and Amber! Holy moly were those amazing! Lovingly prepared fruit, veg, cheese and meat dishes (& jell-o and cookies), thank you Sarah and Michael (and Sarah’s mom!).

For spinning some great tunes during the band breaks: Bobbie, Dave Hall and Dave Parry. Awesome!

Thank you to Leah for organizing a really fun and really funny Jack & Jill! I believe the participants and the observers equally enjoyed the combined sillyness and talent from this competition.

And, thank you to Toe Tappin’ Swing for organizing Saturday night’s “The Big Band Inspiration Ball”. It was great to dance to Johnny Summers’ Lil Big Band. Matthew, we appreciate your assistance over the weekend.

Thank you again to all of you for helping make the weekend amazing. See you all at PLEXi Gras, or sooner!

<3

Jo (& Curtis & Heather)

Are you excited?! We’re excited!!!

Alberta Inspiration Weekend Three is happening, and it’s happening soon!
February 18 – 20, 2011.

Check out our Workshops tab for more information.

See you there!

FRIDAY

7:30 – 8:30 COOKING SESSION

• Basic Aerials – Julia & Eric

This class is not included in the regular AIW workshop registration.  The cost is $5 at the door.  Intermediate dancers only, partners are recommended.

We will be teaching a frog jump, jump for joy, L-train (C-train) and if time the start of a fancier aerial. There won’t be any big dangers or lifting, flipping etc. Bring your jumpin’ shoes!

SATURDAY

10:00 – REGISTRATION

10:30 – 11:30  GREY CELL WAKE UP

• Lindy Basics – Krystal & Gary

Just like you start your day right with a nutritious breakfast, kick off this workshop with delicious Lindy fundamentals! Wake up to scrumptiousness with core moves & concepts, fun exercises, and food for thought.

• Mixin’ It Up – Heidi & Dave Hall

Dust off some of those fun old familiar 6 and 8 count moves, and learn some funky new ones.  Try some cool combos and learn how to
combine 6, 8 and other count patterns on the social dance floor.  You should have a vocabulary of: basic 6 count patterns including passes and turns, 8 count moves including turns, swing-out variations, and side-by-side Charleston.

11:45 – 12:45  LE PETIT PULSE

• Balboa Basics 101 – Julie & Krystal

Dust off those heels, shine your best cap-toes, and “Shuffle-step” your way down to Balboa Basics for some up-tempo, fun dancing! Julie and Krystal will guide you through the basic footwork patterns and body connection, with a few fun moves thrown in along the way! Beginners welcome!

• Balboa Advanced – Birkley & Nicole

Calgary joins Edmonton for an all-out Balboa exclusive event! Nicole (Calgary) and Birkley (Edmonton) will deliver an advanced Bal-Swing class that is intended to be both challenging and rewarding. Look forward to alternative endings of the bal send-out, rolls and catches, cross-overs, and other dynamic moves. Note: you must be quite comfortable leading/following the bal send-out.

1:00 – 2:00  FREE PIZZA LUNCH & LEARN

• More Than Just A Beat – Greg
  

Break out of auto-pilot and spice up your dancing by taking cues from the music. Learn to anticipate the music so you can dance every song as if you already knew it by heart. All skill levels welcome, but be prepared to improvise a bit and learn about song structure during this lunch-time lesson.  Pizza lunch will be provided free of charge for attendees of AIW.

2:15 – 3:15  RAWK YOUR BODY

• Basics of Blues – Curtis & Sierra

We’re taking blues back to the basics.  Come and get an introduction to blues dancing or review what you have learned in the past. We will be covering posture, frame, pulse and learning some blues movements.

• Fun times – Carolyn

How do we take what we already know and make it feel more like art and less like aerobics? By infusing a healthy dose of fun times! Come with an open mind and be ready to use both your mind and your body as we explore ideas of space, emotion and creativity. We will also definitely do some dancing.

3:30 – 4:30

• Jack & Jill Prelims – Hosted by Leah

Leah has provided me with a most amazing description for the J&J.  In order to read the full thing, please scroll to the bottom of this page.

SUNDAY

10:30 – HALL OPENS

11:00 – 12:00 – MAKE YOUR BODY SMILE

• How to look creative and fun on the dance floor – Kalina & Matthew

Matthew Isenor and Kalina Malowany will be teaching a class on how to enjoy yourselves while dancing and how to change things up so that you aren’t doing the same thing over and over. This will be a fun and innovative class that will make you think about how you dance and the infinite possibilities there are within Lindy Hop. Matthew has been dancing since he was 9 years old and has been teaching for the past 4 years. Kalina, even though she is new to Lindy Hop, has been dancing for over 18 years with a background in Ballet, Tap and Jazz. They both teach for Toe Tappin’ Swing in Calgary and really enjoy dancing up a storm!

• Show’n'em How It’s Fun – Eric & Julia

This class will be high energy and open to all levels.  We will be teaching crazy ways to have fun and make your partner want to pay attention.  All the moves have been collected from our travels and workshops we’ve enjoyed.

12:15 – 1:15  LE GROS PULSE

• Kickin’ it Old School – Julie & Ashley

Let’s boogie like it’s 1933! Dust off your Apron, Shine your Shoes, and Pimp Walk on down to our kickin’ solo jazz class! We’re gonna Mess Around with those Crazy Legs and Spank that Baby until you Fall Off the Log, Apple Jack. You’ll be Truckin’ like Shorty George and Suzy Q in no time!

• Learn how to fly – Dave & Tracy

Okay, no aerials in this class, but partnered Charleston is best when it feels like you’re flying. That’s what we want you to experience.

1:15 – 2:15  LUNCH

2:15 – 3:15  FANCY FEET

• The Tango Dancer Within You – Luis

Believe it or not, you were born a Tango dancer. Your body knows more about Tango than you could ever imagine. This class has been designed to save you hundreds of hours trying to figure out what this beautiful dance is about. The first thing you have to do is forgetting everything you think you know and the second is coming to this class.

• Happy Feet – Heather I

An opportunity for all levels of dancers to add some rhythm to their feet, be it with a shuffle ball change or a syncopated beat. This will be a two-tiered tap class, so all are welcome. Come learn a cramp roll or two to spice up your swing dancing!

3:30 – 4:30  STRUT YOUR STUFF

• Burlesque |bərˈlesk| – Heather R
  1. A derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody
  2. A variety adult entertainment show, usually including titillation such as striptease, most common from the 1880s to the 1930s. [as adj.] burlesque clubs.

Description:
Noun
burlesque (plural) burlesques

ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French, from Italian burlesco, from burla ‘mockery‘, of unknown origin

Burlesque history(s) certainly are confusing – but how it makes you feel sure isn’t. Come learn some burlesque basics, get a taste of a couple different styles and find out why so many girls (and boys) are embracing burlesque.
BYOH (bring your own heels* – and what ever else makes you feel good!)
*heels not required

• Al Minns Shim Sham – Rob & Glenn

A different take on the classic shake!

AIW – Jack and Jill

This fun contest is a traditional Jack and Jill event. The contest is free to enter for every dancer who is registered for the AIW weekend, if you aren’t able to attend the weekend classes but still want to participate in the Jack and Jill you can pay $5 and join the fun. This event is open to dancers of all skill levels – our one request is that if you have been swing dancing for more than 3 years, OR if you are an instructor, OR if you are on a performance team that you enter as the “opposite” role. This means that if you are traditionally a lead, you can enter as a follow (and vise versa)! Jack and Jill’s are fun to participate in and very inspiring to watch, so please join us for this wonderful event and show off all the wonderful things you learned this weekend.

Preliminaries will be held on Saturday afternoon at 3:30 pm at MidSun Community Centre – 50 Midpark Rise SE.

Dancers will dance to a maximum of four songs switching partners in between each song, it will be random pairing. Songs will vary in tempo. Although you dance with a partner for the preliminaries you will be judged on your skills as a follow or a lead.

Finals will be held Saturday night to live music by Johnny Summers. The dancers chosen for the finals will be partnered-up and will dance jam style.

Dancers will be judged by a panel of judges and they will be judged on how much fun they have with their partner, how well they connect and how musical they are when they dance together. One of the most inspiring things you can bring to the prelims and to the finals is your joy and love of this wonderful dance, and how much inspiration you get from dancing with your partner.

First prize will be awarded to the top couple from the finals. And the prize is………….free entrance to PLEX! A wonderful tradition held in the prairies, called the Prairie Lindy Exchange – it is a roving lindy exchange and this will be the 11th PLEX. This year’s theme is PLEXi Gras, and it will be held in Edmonton March 11th to 13th.

For a bit more background on Jack and Jill competition check out this link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_and_Jill_competition

ALBERTA INSPIRATION WEEKEND THREE!

February 18 – 20, 2011

Swing Dance Calgary has been working hard planning the 3rd installment of Alberta Inspiration and we have a great weekend planned! Two live bands, 16 workshop classes, performances, a Jack & Jill and more.  We believe that Alberta is full of amazing talent, and absolutely love how this workshop brings out the best of our scenes and lets us learn and grow together, from each other.  This workshop is open to dancers of all levels, and we will have two classes happening at once so that you may chose which class inspires you the most.

!!!CHANGE IN LOCATION!!!

Location: MidSun Community Centre  (50 Midpark Rise SE)
Even though this location is in the far south, it is surprisingly accessible by transit.  It is about 1.7km away from the Shawnessy Ctrain station.  While this is walkable, please let us know if you require assistance in finding a ride between the station and the hall.

Instructors: 30*ish people that you know and love from the Alberta (and Saskatchewan) scenes, teaching classes on the things that inspire them the most! Hopefully what inspires them, will also inspire you! (Ashley, Birkley, Carolyn, Curtis, Dave H, Dave P, Eric M, Eric S, Gary, Glenn, Greg, Heather I, Heather R, Heidi, Julia, Julie, Kalina, Krystal, Luis, Matt, Nicole, Rob, Sierra, Tasha, Tracy)

Schedule: You can now check out all the class descriptions at AIW – Class Descriptions.  They fit into the overarching themes of Grey Cell Wake-Up, Le Petit Pulse, Rawk Your Body, Feel It, Make Your Body Smile, Le Gros Pulse, Fancy Feet, and Strut Your Stuff.

• Saturday – Classes run from 10:30am to 3:15pm, with the Jack & Jill Prelims at 3:30
• Sunday – Classes run from 11:00am to 4:30pm
  

Friday Night: Friday Night with The Fedora Club at Mount Pleasant Community Hall w/ Fedora Club, & snacks!

Saturday Night: The Big Band Inspiration Ball at Hillhurst/Sunnyside Community Hall, w/ Johnny Summers, Jack & Jill Competition hosted by Leah, & snacks!

REGISTRATION

AIW – Full Weekend Registration – $75

This will cover the entire weekend.  Workshops, bands, learning and laughter galore!

Please select:

Follow Lead

Instructors – Click Here

SINGLE CLASSES

Single classes can be purchased for $10 each.  Here is the paypal button which allows you to do that.  (*note* not “singles” classes, but payment for a class if you’re only attending one, and not the whole weekend… just to clarify….).

Single Classes

1 Class $10.00 2 Classes $20.00 3 Classes $30.00

FRIDAY NIGHT with THE FEDORA CLUB

Come join us Friday Feb 18th for some swing dancing to the amazing Fedora Club.  Tickets are $15 and can be purchased here, at the Friday night dances, or at the door.  This dance is already included if you’ve purchased the weekend pass.

Beginner Drop In: 8:30 – 9:30 pm with UofC Swing’s Tasha Hansen and Erik Singendonk.
Band Starts: 9:30 pm
DJs: Dana Codding and Bobbie Beddoes

THE BIG BAND INSPIRATION BALL

On Saturday February 19th, Toe Tappin’ Swing would like to invite you to a night of amazing music and dancing! Don’t know how to dance? That is ok, come out and listen to the amazing band, Johnny Summers’ Little Big Band, or join us for the beginner lesson at 8:30pm! You don’t need a partner or any experience. Tickets are $17 in advance or $20 at the door. This dance is already included if you’ve purchased the weekend pass.

Beginner Drop In: 8:30 – 9:30 pm

Bands Starts: 9:30 pm

Tickets available: via Eventbrite http://tbbib-efbevent.eventbrite.com/

Location: Hillhurst/Sunnyside Community Hall (map)

OTHER INFORMATION

Volunteers: We will need many many volunteers to help with the door, the bar, set up and take down, etc. Please let Tim know if you’re interested in helping out. We promise to give you an extra hug or two in thank you. (info@swingdancecalgary.com)

Housing: Please try to organize your own housing, but if you require assistance email info@swingdancecalgary.com. If you have available space, please also email info@swingdancecalgary.com and let us know!

Facebook: Just in case you want to RSVP so that everyone can see :)

Questions? Talk with Heather, Curtis or Jo, or email info@swingdancecalgary.com. We’re really looking forward to this weekend, and I hope that you are too! Can’t wait to see you!

♥

Hello AIW Instructors!

We are very excited that so many of you are available to teach for SDC’s upcoming event. We love how grassroots and community-focused this event is, and are so grateful that you are all going to be part of making it great.

The custom of Alberta Inspiration has been for instructors to volunteer their time to teach a class or two. This year, we’d like to compensate your hour(s) of volunteering by allowing all teachers to attend both workshop days free of cost. This would include a pizza lunch on the Saturday and other complimentary food throughout the weekend. We would ask however, that if you’d like to attend the evening events that you pay $30. This is for our two fabulous live bands – The Fedora Club on Friday and Johnny Summers on Saturday!

If you’d like to pay for your evenings now, here’s the paypal button! (of course, you can pay us cash/cheque in person too, if you prefer).

♥

You’ve asked for it, and here it is – a party for follows!
This is a great opportunity for us follows to get together, get to know each other, and generally just enjoy each other’s company.

Date: December 2nd
Time: 7 – 10pm
Location: 5605 Henwood Street SW, Calgary
Possible activities include: ice breaker games, eating food, playing around with solo dance moves, swing movie playing in the background, and anything else that you’d like to do with your fellow follows!

It is open to all follows, so please join us!

This party is being hosted by Jo Pesta and Nicole Tomes. Please send email questions to info@swingdancecalgary.com or speak to either of them in person.  You can also check out the Facebook Event.

*cute non-swing cartoon

How exciting!  A regular ‘A’ Train dance but made even more fantastic!  SDC and TTS will be partnering up to offer this fun “First Friday” every first friday of the month, each with a new theme and activities.   See you there!

Psst: SDC is running the bar, so bring a couple of extra bills for some drinks ;)

Official Facebook Event

…written June 11, 2010

I hope everyone’s getting excited to either perform at, or to be entertained by, the upcoming Cabaret! Only 14 sleeps away! I promise that this event is going to be amazing. Make sure you come dressed up as there will be a photo booth, a bar, plenty of great entertainment, and lots of dancing!

Performers:

Please make sure you’ve signed up by June 13!
We’re looking for a couple more non-swing performances, are you interested? Tonight’s your last chance to sign up at the ‘A’ Train Dance, or you can email info@swingdancecalgary.com with the details too!

For music, we are requesting that ALL performers email their song to Curtis, so that he may compile the songs on his laptop prior to the event. This should hopefully prevent some of the awkward iPod shuffling that happened last year.
Music Deadline: June 17
Email: curtis.p.winter@gmail.com

Volunteers:

We’re looking for volunteers for the door, for set up and for take down. Please contact Nicole Tomes or Heather Imorde if you’re interested in volunteering.

Other:

Swing Dance Calgary is missing our wine glasses. They’re stored in two medium sized faux brown leather boxes. Last seen at the Polyjesters dance at the Carpenters’ Hall last December. Does anyone happen to have them, or know where they went? Any tips would be helpful!

Questions? Email me at info@swingdancecalgary.com

See you there! :)
Jo

*thanks Janet Imorde for putting this wonderful poster together!*

CLICK HERE FOR FACEBOOK EVENT

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

If you are interested in volunteering at the door, please Contact TTS. Hope to see everybody out on the dance floor! Bring a friend and have a great time. For Facebook users, check out The ‘A’ Train Facebook Group.

www.toetappinswing.com / Toe Tappin’ Swing on Facebook

Swing Dance Calgary would like to take this opportunity to wish our community

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Unfortunately, our dances and classes are now done for the season.  There will be dances up and running at our new venue, Mount Pleasant Community Hall, starting January 8th.  Check back later to get updated details!

Charleston Penguins photo by Sean Steele

Join us as we say farewell to our time at Carpenters’ Union Hall, and have our end of year bash!

Date: Dec 11, 2009

Entertainment:
The Polyjesters (polyjesters.com)
If you haven’t seen these fellows play, this is your chance! Amazing people, and amazing musicians, the Polyjesters are sure to knock your socks off.
AND! As if they aren’t incentive enough, they will be bringing their fiddler, Jonathan Lewis, too!

Band starts at 9:30pm.

Price:
$15

(and bring a little extra for our cash bar!)

Drop In Lesson:
Come learn a mini routine from 8:35 – 9:30pm. Heather & Carolyn will get you messin’ around in no time to one of the Polyjesters’ favourite songs!

Dress Code:
Your holiday season or swing finest! Wear that extra spinny skirt, or your suspenders, and don your favourite hat.
**Don’t worry, starting January 2010, dances will still be on Fridays, but will be held at Mount Pleasant Community Hall (602 – 22nd Avenue NW). Toe Tappin’ Swing, in association with Swing Dance Calgary, have decided that it’s time to switch it up. Mount Pleasant is a lovely hall, and we’re looking forward to the move.