PerthSwing
Your guide to swing dancing in Perth, Western Australia

Club Splanky

Saturday,
June 1st, 2013

Beginners take over Club Splanky!

Time: 8 pm to 12 midnight.
Place: Innaloo Sportsmans Club, Innaloo.
Cost: $5 PSDS members / $10 Non-Members.
Regular Local Gigs

Every Friday
The Mustang Bar, Lake Street, Northbridge
Band 7:00pm to 9:30pm, Swing DJ during the band breaks

Every Saturday
The Cornerhouse Jazz Band
The Railway Hotel, 44 Tydeman Road, North Fremantle
4:00pm to 7:15pm

Every Tuesday
The Jazz Club of WA Presents
Yokine Bowling Club, 10 Wordsworth Ave, Yokine
7:30pm to 10:30pm
$9 PSDS Members, $12 Visitors

Different bands every Tuesday night and dancers are welcome!

For other jazz gigs please visit:
The Perth Jazz Society
and JazzWA


MagicFM
Good old nostalgic tunes 24 hours a day. Although not entirely swing music there is still a lot of it
Where: MagicFM 87.8FM or magicfm.com.au
When: 24hrs a day

Saturday:
Saturday Jazz
A blend of jazz styles from the very beginning up until recent times.
Where: RTRFM 92.1FM or rtrfm.com.au
When: 9:00am – 11:00am

Internet Radio:
Yehoodi Radio
Now you can listen to all the swingin' tunes you hear at your favorite dance classes, workshops, clubs, exchanges and speakeasies...all from the comfort of your boring office. Just log into Yehoodi Internet Radio and tap your toes 24/7! There's a different mix every day: yehoodi.com/radio
When: Continuous

The Kingdom Of Swing
Classic Swing tunes broadcast around the clock out of Chidlow, WA!
Where:
The Kingdom Of Swing
When: Continuous

 

 

Joondalup Festival Swings!
Presented by: City of Joondalup
March 24, 2013

Follow your senses to the festival hub in Central Parkand enjoy magic, vaudeville, swing dance, circus, jazz, fashion, cabaret, projections and illuminations after dark. The Darling Buds of May will be playing at 3.30pm and Adam and the Velvet Playboys will be playing at 5.30pm on the 24th March. There will also be performances by Swing It! WHERE: Central Park, Grand Boulevarde, Joondalup COST: FREE! INFO: More info here

Saturday Night Blues Party!
Presented by: Swing Zing
23 March, 2013

Time for some more Blues action! Join Camden and Sophie with a beginner class then dance and socialize into the evening.

WHEN: Class 7.30-8.30pm, followed by free social.
WHERE: Sophie’s Studio, 42 Fortescue St, East Fremantle
COST: $15 or use your Class Pass

* Bookings ARE required for the class, as there is a limit of 15 leads and 15 follows. Please also RSVP for the party. Please email sophie@swingzing.com to book your place. Please bring a plate of nibbles to share for the party.

Learn the Big Apple - 4 week series
Presented by: Swing Zing
April 2, 9, 16 & 23, 2013

Just in time for Hullabaloo! Swing Zing has a tradition of teaching the Big Apple Contest routine during the lead up to Hullabaloo, as it’s one of the most fun and exciting routines to dance! Check out the famous routine, as done by Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers in 1939. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfgKMfexdPQ

This is a must-know routine for all die-hard Lindy Hoppers! It’s not only a fun one to dance, it also teaches you a heap of jazz steps in cool combinations. The routine has a lot of detail and will be taught in 4 sections over the 4 weeks. Naturally it is wisest to take all four sessions in order to really learn the sequences, however you are more than welcome to drop in on any night.

WHEN: 8.10 - 9.10pm
WHERE: Tivoli Theatre, 2 Kintail Rd, Applecross.
COST: $50 for the 4-week series paid on the first night, or $15 casual class
LEVEL: Open class. No experience or bookings required.

Learn the Tranky Doo with Lexi!
Presented by: Lexi Rollins
April 7, 2013

Just in time for Hullabaloo, one of Perth’s longstanding leading ladies of jazz is here to help you Tranky Doo your way to glory (or at least join in with everyone else). The Tranky Doo is a solo jazz line dance that came out of the Savoy Ballroom in the 1940s. Featured in the Spirit Moves documentary, it is now danced by Lindy Hoppers around the world. Lexi Rollins has been Lindy Hopping since 2005 and winning Charleston battles since 2007. She has a love for movement, rhythm, and the kind of dancing that...’s easy on the eyes – let her share that love!

Tranky Doo Review
11.00 am - 12.00pm - $20.
If you’ve tranky’d before but it’s a little rusty, this is the class for you. We’ll run over that baby real fast and make sure everything is tight and shiny. Alternatively, you are an ace at all the jazz steps, pick up routines quick smart, and want to nail this routine in an hour.

All new Tranky Doo
12.30 -3.00pm - $50.
If you’re all like, “what’s a Tranky Doo?” or just want to join in when you see people doing a snazzy routine, this is the class for you. We will take it slow and spell out each of the individual jazz steps until you’ve got it down.

WHERE: Manning Hall, cnr Bradshaw Cres and Jarman Ave, South Perth
COST: See Times Above

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