SWING TORONTO (Odd Socks)

Swing Schedule

Saturday Night Swing & Thursday/Friday/Saturday Blues

DATE	LESSONS	DANCE PARTY	VENUE	COST
Saturday May 5 Saturday Night Swing 7pm to 1:30am	Beginner Dance classes 7pm to 9pm. Charleston 7pm to 8pm. From 8pm to 9pm your choice of Lindy Hop (first floor) or Blues (Basement Blues Lounge). Joanna Kasoulides teaches the Charleston and Lindy Hop classes. Simon & Carlynn teach the Blues class.	Saturday Night Double Deck Swing & Blues Party!!! The Swing Floor (first floor) features the swinging band Roberta Hunt & The Gents! The "Basement Blues Lounge" features DJs providing great traditional blues music including Joe Lin and John Wong! Double Deck Party 9:10pm to 1:30am. DJ Phil Bourassa on the Swing Floor on the band breaks.	Dovercourt House, first floor and Basement Lounge, 805 Dovercourt Road, Toronto. Subway and parking close by.	Dance $13, $15 with one class, $18 with two classes. $3 off for full-time students ($8 for the Blues Dance Party only, no student discount, $15 with one class, $18 with both.)
Saturday May 12 Saturday Night Swing 7pm to 1am	Beginner Dance classes 7pm to 9pm, Charleston 7pm, Lindy Hop 8pm. Teachers: Reesa & James	Saturday Night Swing features the swinging six member Hot Five Jazzmakers! 9:10pm to 1am. DJ Phil B on the band breaks	Dovercourt House	Dance $13, $15 with one class, $18 with both $3 off for full-time students
Friday May 18 3rd Friday Blues	Blues beginner class 8pm to 9pm Teachers: Cheryl & Simon	Blues Dance Party features the Fraser Daley Blues Band! This is the first time this great blues band is playing for us! DJs on th eband breaks include Joe Lin 9:10pm to 1am	Dovercourt House	Dance $10, $13 with the class. Full-time students $8/$10.
Saturday May 19 Saturday Night Swing 7pm to 1am	Beginner Dance classes 7pm to 9pm, Charleston 7pm, Lindy Hop 8pm. Teachers: Shannon & Kevin	Saturday Night Swing features the Mike Daley Swing Band! 9:10pm to 1am. DJ Jasper on the band breaks.	Dovercourt House	Dance $13, $15 with one class, $18 with both $3 off for full-time students
May 25-26-27 Weekend	Frankie Manning Lindy Hop Tribute Weekend!!! Features the great Norma Miller formerly of Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, and the Gordon Webster Uptown Swing Band!!!		Dovercourt House
Thursday May 31 Thursday Night Blues Lounge 7pm to midnight	Blues Dance Beginner Class 7pm to 8pm Teachers: Carlynn & Simon	"Basement Blues Lounge" Blues Dance Party featuring the great Patrick Tevlin Blues Band/Trio! 8:10pm to midnight	Dovercourt House, "Basement Blues Lounge"	Party just $8, $12 with the class. Full-time students $6/$8.
Saturday June 2 Saturday Night Swing 7pm to 1am	Beginner Dance classes 7pm to 9pm, Charleston 7pm, Lindy Hop 8pm.	Saturday Night Swing	Dovercourt House	Dance $13, $15 with one class, $18 with both $3 off for full-time students
Saturday June 9 Workshop 2pm to 5pm	Tricks, Dips, Drops, Lifts, Floorials for Lindy Hop and Swing Workshop!!! 2pm to 5pm (note that we might go a bit past 5) Teachers: Cheryl & Simon Unlike all other workshops and classes you need to bring your own dance partner for this as partners do not change in tricks and air steps workshops. You also need to be athletic, and the lead should be able to comfortably carry the follow. See the Workshops page for some comments from past Simon & Cheryl Tricks and such workshops.		Dovercourt House	$35. Full-time students $30.
Saturday June 9 Saturday Night Swing 7pm to 1am	Beginner Dance classes 7pm to 9pm, Charleston 7pm, Lindy Hop 8pm.	Saturday Night Swing features Roberta Hunt & The Gents!	Dovercourt House	Dance $13, $15 with one class, $18 with both $3 off for full-time students
Thursday June 14	Blues Dance Beginner Class 7pm to 8pm	"Basement Blues Lounge" Blues Dance Party! 8:10pm to midnight	Dovercourt House, Basement Blues Lounge
Saturday June 16 Saturday Night Swing 7pm to 1am	Beginner Dance classes 7pm to 9pm, Charleston 7pm, Lindy Hop 8pm.	Saturday Night Swing features 9:10pm to 1am.	Dovercourt House	Dance $13, $15 with one class, $18 with both $3 off for full-time students
Saturday June 23 Saturday Night Swing 7pm to 1am	Beginner Dance classes 7pm to 9pm, Charleston 7pm, Lindy Hop 8pm (first floor), Blues 8pm (Basement Lounge).	Saturday Night Swing & Blues Double Deck Party! Swing Floor (first floor) features the swinging Silverleaf Jazz Band! Blues Party in the Basement Blues Lounge! 9:10pm to 1am.	Dovercourt House, first floor and Basement Blues Lounge	Dance $13 (includes both floors), $15 with one class, $18 with both $3 off for full-time students

Saturday Night Swing is every Saturday Night with a great line up of swinging bands! Sometimes we have a "Double Deck" Swing & Blues Party on two floors with a great swing band on the Swing Floor, and either DJs or a great blues band in the "Basement Blues Lounge".

Beginner classes are suitable for the absolute beginner. There is no need to bring your own dance partners (because partner rotate), and no prior experience is needed.

The Dance Ambassadors are a team of volunteers who welcome beginners to Saturday Night Swing (the main swing dance in Toronto) and invite them to dance, especially in the early part of the evenings - Ambassadors attend the second lesson and also act as Ambassadors for the first band set after the lessons. The Dance Ambassadors program is a Toronto Lindy Hop program founded by Krister when he was President of Toronto Lindy Hop, and is run by volunteer co-ordinators (currently Peter). There are four teams of Ambassadors, one team is on duty in their red T shirts each Saturday night. They are named in honour of the late great Frankie Manning who was known as the Ambassador or Lindy Hop.

Saturday Night Swing happens every Saturday Night at Dovercourt House featuring some of the best swing bands in Canada and excellent beginner dance classes! It has been going strong for years, is the largest and most popular swing dance in Toronto, and is a central part of Toronto's Lindy Hop and swing dance community.

3rd Friday Blues at Dovercourt House! Friday Night Blues happens the 3rd Friday of each month at Dovercourt House! It features excellent blues bands and blues dance beginner lessons!

Rock'n Roll Fridays happen the first Friday of each month. See www.beeskneesdance.com for details

For Waltz Dance Parties, classes and workshops see www.mostlywaltz.ca

Saturday Night Swing, Mostly Waltz events, and the Friday Live Band Blues & Swing Dances are held on big sprung wood dance floors in charming high ceilinged halls on the Bloor subway line. There is no need to bring your own dance partners as partners rotate (change) in the classes and as the custom at dances is to change partners for each song. Most of those who come are in their 20s, 30s and 40s, some older, some under 20.

Lindy Hop is the most popular swing dance in the world today and also the most popular swing dance of the Swing Era. It is Swing Toronto's favourite swing dance.

3rd Friday Blues: Blues Dancing is currently at the beginning of a resurgence in Toronto! Blues dancing is a group of dance styles typically done to blues music, and with roots and history going back to the 1930s, the 1920s, and earlier. People who Lindy Hop often also do Blues dancing and vice versa. Friday Night Live Band Blues is on the third Friday of every month at Dovercourt House.

*Full-time student price/discount: $3 off the regular price for Saturday nights. Must show a valid current student card. There are also similar student discounts for the Blues Fridays and the Mostly Waltz events.

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Questions: for questions and details contact Swing Toronto (Odd Socks) or call 416-5three7-3337.

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