Perth City Swing

🎵 Where to Social Dance in September! 🎵

Friday 4 September - The Mustang Bar
Swing DJ from 6.30pm
Live music from AJ Hix and His Rhythm Six from 7pm
FREE before 8pm, $10 door charge after
https://facebook.com/events/s/spring-swing-the-mustang-bar/1443146067628275/

Saturday 5 September - Swing Soirée
Swing DJ from 7pm - 9pm at Como Primary School Hall
$5 at the door (cash preferred)
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Friday 11 September - The Mustang Bar
Swing DJ from 6.30pm
Live music from The Matt Cahill Swing Combo from 7pm
FREE before 8pm, $10 door charge after

Sunday 13 September - Smooth Sailing:
**PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE FOR THIS MONTH ONLY**
DJ from 4pm - 6pm at the WA Rowing Club
$5 Members / $10 Non-members
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Friday 18 September - The Mustang Bar
Swing DJ from 6.30pm
Live music from Oz Big Band from 7pm
FREE before 8pm, $10 door charge after
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Friday 25 September - The Mustang Bar
Swing DJ from 6.30pm
Live music from Adam Hall and the Velvet Playboys from 7pm
FREE before 8pm, $10 door charge after

Friday 25 September - Tuesday 29 September
** BOOGIE DOWN SOUTH Lindy Hop Exchange **
Workshops and events in Busselton with live music from
AJ Hix and his Rhythm Six
Oz Big Band
Adam Hall and the Velvet Playboys
https://boogiedownsouth.com.au/

See you on the floor!

Image: Cab Calloway dancing with Ivie Anderson by Charles Peterson, 1939

✨ CLASS REVIEW! ✨

WOWEEEEE, last nights classes were a HOOT!

Level 1 took mixing the six and eight count rhythm in their stride with Wolf, Belinda, Genevieve, Jordan and Bev all joining the crew.

While Level 2 mixed some rhythms of their own - challenging leads to create the unexpected and follows to respond with some personal improvisation. There were a few priceless ah-ha moments but most importantly there was joy, connection and PLAYFULNESS which is what this dance is all about!

Congratulations to Dan and Maria for conquering their first ever Level 2 class and looking ACES while they did 🌟

AJ Hix and His Rhythm Six will be at the Mustang Bar on Friday night from 7pm
https://facebook.com/events/s/spring-swing-the-mustang-bar/1443146067628275/
and our very own Swing Soirée with DJ Bron bringing the beats is on Saturday night from 7pm - 9pm 🎵
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Let’s dance!

- Gemma and Robbie

TONIGHT AT NORTH PERTH TOWN HALL!

We’re swinging into the new Spring season with style, snazz and sass. Let’s play!

6:30pm Level 1: Week 5 of our 5 week drop in Beginner Syllabus - Mixing Rhythms!

7:30pm Level 2: Mixing Rhythms of a different kind…

See you there 🌟

- Gemma and Robbie

✨ Happy Birthday Lester Young! ✨

Lester Willis Young was born on 27 August 1909. He was an American composer and leading jazz tenor saxophonist of the 20th century.

Nicknamed ‘Prez’ by his good friend Billie Holiday, Lester Young was a rhythmic genius who reached jazz stardom in the 1940’s after playing with Count Basie and other leading musicians such as Benny Moten and Fletcher Henderson.

With the rare gift of being able to play a melody after hearing it once or twice, Lester Young could effortlessly perform his parts without learning to read music. Known for his smooth ‘singing’ sound and a preference to float lazily behind the beat, he was a master of melodic phrasing.

With a pioneering light, relaxed approach and carefully chosen notes, Lester Young replaced the heavy, aggressive style of his era with a signature slow vibrato that changed the sound of the tenor saxophone and revolutionised jazz in the process.

Fun fact: Not only an iconic figure in music, Lester Young made his mark in fashion too. A standard item in his slick and varied wardrobe was his wide, black, low crowned Pork Pie Hats, which he made himself by converting ordinary wide brimmed hats and is credited by many jazz musicians as originating.

Image: Portrait of Lester Young, Famous Door, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1946 by William P. Gottlieb

✨ CLASS REVIEW! ✨

Oh MY! What a night!

Sandra and Fred joined us in Level 1 where we got kicky with it while conquering the Charleston rhythm Side by Side, adding a playful variation that kept the follows on their toes.

Then it was all JAZZ hands on deck in our Shim Sham Specialty Class where we Tacky Annie’d, Boogie Backed and Shorty George’d our way through the classic solo routine with prowess. Oof! The energy was so high it could have powered the building! The beaming grins in our Finishers Photo say it all. Thanks to everyone who joined in, we had an absolute BLAST 💥

Oz Big Band is bringing the tunes at the Mustang Bar on Friday night from 7pm!
https://www.facebook.com/share/18LJYyBZYf/

See you on the floor!

- Gemma and Robbie

TONIGHT AT NORTH PERTH TOWN HALL!

Come cut a fine rug on a great floor in a gorgeous hall to some sweet tunes with cool people all wearing big SMILES!

6:30pm Level 1: Week 4 of our 5 week drop in Beginner Syllabus - Side by Side Charleston!

7:30pm - 9pm: Learn the Shim Sham! OPEN LEVEL 90 minute Specialty Class
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Let’s JAZZZZZZZZ

- Gemma and Robbie

📸 Josh Wells Photography