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Saturday Night Swing * Friday Blues * Friday Waltz * Saturday Workshops

DATE

LESSONS

DANCE

VENUE

COST

Saturday  January 30

Saturday Night Swing

Beginner Dance classes 7pm to 9pm

Charleston 7pm

Lindy Hop 8pm

Swing Dance Party featuring the swingin Mike Daley Swing Quartet!

9:10pm to past 1am

 

Dovercourt House Dance $13, $15 with one class, $18 with both

$3 off for full-time students

Friday February 5

Mostly Waltz

Beginner Waltz class 7pm to 7:50pm taught by Simon & Bonnie Mostly Waltz Live Band Dance featuring the Steve Fuller Duo (violin & piano)!

8pm to 10:30pm

Full details: mostlywaltz.ca

St. Barnabas church hall, 361 Danforth Ave., Toronto. Dance $10, $15 with the class. Full-time students $7/$10.
Saturday Night  February 6

Saturday Night Swing

Beginner Dance classes 7pm to 9pm taught by Mandi Gould of beeskneesdance.com

Charleston 7pm

Lindy Hop 8pm

Big Band Swing Dance Party featuring the swingin 18 member Toronto Jazz Orchestra!

Conductor: Josh Grossman

Guest vocalist: Shannon Butcher

9:10pm to past 1am

Dovercourt House Dance $18 including one lesson, $20 with both lessons.

Full-time students $17/$15

Saturday February 13 daytime Waltz Workshops, daytime, Viennese Waltz 10:30am to 1:40pm, Polka 3pm to 5:20pm, mostlywaltz.ca Dovercourt House, first floor
Saturday Night  February 13

Saturday Night Swing

 

Beginner Dance classes 7pm to 9pm taught by Caitlin Wellman

Charleston 7pm

Lindy Hop 8pm

Valentines Swing Dance Party featuring the swingin Shannon Butcher & Her Choice Cuts!

9:10pm to past 1am

Dovercourt House Dance $13, $15 with one class, $18 with both

$3 off for full-time students

February 19-20-21 Steven & Virginie Lindy Hop Weekend!!!

Alex Pangman & Her Alleycats Saturday Night! Beginner classes before the Saturday Night Dance as usual

Dovercourt House
February 22 Viennese Waltz course Mondays 8pm to 9pm starting Monday February 22. Details at mostlywaltz.ca Trinity St. Paul's, Gym, 427 Bloor West
Saturday February 27 daytime. One Step Workshop 10:30am to 12:40pm (fun, easy to learn traveling partner dance,  popular 1910s to 1940s)

Peabody Workshop 2pm to 5:20pm (cool form of One Step hugely popular in the 1920s and Swing Era)

Teachers: Simon & Bonnie

A dance practice follows the workshops til 6pm (free with registration for a workshop)

Chad & Midori doing Peabody mixed with Charleston.

Dovercourt House, first floor One Step $20

Peabody $30

Full-time students $15/$20

Saturday February 27 Beginner Dance classes 7pm to 9pm taught by STAT (swingandtap.com)

Charleston 7pm

Lindy Hop 8pm

Saturday Night Swing features the swingin six member Ragweed Jazz Band!

9:10pm to 1am

Dovercourt House Dance $13, $15 with one class, $18 with both

$3 off for full-time students

Friday March 5

Friday Waltz

Waltz beginner class 7pm to 7:50pm Mostly Waltz Live Band Dance! 8pm to 10:30pm. Details: mostlywaltz.ca St. Barnabas
Friday March 5

Friday Blues

Yonge & Bloor Blues Dance
Saturday March 6

Saturday Night Swing

Beginner Dance classes 7pm to 9pm

Charleston 7pm

Lindy Hop 8pm

Saturday Night Swing features an excellent band tba!

9:10pm to 1am

Dovercourt House
Friday March 12

Friday Blues

Blues beginner dance classes 7pm to 9pm Friday Night Live Band Blues & Swing features an excellent band tba!

9:10pm to 1am

Dovercourt House
Saturday March 13 daytime workshops Workshops 10:30am to 5:30pm. Topics tba. Dovercourt House
Saturday March 13

Saturday Night Swing

Beginner Dance classes 7pm to 9pm

Charleston 7pm

Lindy Hop 8pm

Saturday Night Swing features an excellent band tba!

9:10pm to 1am

Dovercourt House
Friday March 19

Friday Waltz

Beginner Dance classes 7pm to 9pm, 7pm topic tba, 8pm Waltz Mostly Waltz Live Band Dance! 9pm to 11:45pm. Details: mostlywaltz.ca Dovercourt House
Saturday March 20

Saturday Night Swing

Beginner Dance classes 7pm to 9pm

Charleston 7pm

Lindy Hop 8pm

Saturday Night Swing features an excellent band tba!

9:10pm to 1am

Dovercourt House
Friday March 26

Friday Blues

Blues beginner dance classes 7pm to 9pm Friday Night Live Band Blues & Swing features an excellent band tba!

9:10pm to 1am

Dovercourt House
Saturday March 27

Saturday Night Swing

Beginner Dance classes 7pm to 9pm

Charleston 7pm

Lindy Hop 8pm

Saturday Night Swing features an excellent band tba!

9:10pm to 1am

Dovercourt House
Friday April 2

Friday Waltz

Mostly Waltz Live Band Dance! 9pm to 11:45pm. Details: mostlywaltz.ca
Saturday April 3

Saturday Night Swing

Beginner Dance classes 7pm to 9pm

Charleston 7pm

Lindy Hop 8pm

Saturday Night Swing featuring Alex Pangman & Her Alleycats including Kevin Clark & Peter Hill! Dovercourt House Dance $13, $15 with one class, $18 with both

$3 off for full-time students

Dovercourt House

 

Saturday Night Swing happens every Saturday Night at Dovercourt House featuring excellent live bands and lessons!

Blues Fridays! Friday Night Live Band Blues & Swing happens most second, fourth and fifth Fridays at Dovercourt House starting in March, and featuring excellent live bands and blues dance lessons! Friday Night Yonge and Bloor Blues starting in March happens most first and third Fridays featuring an excellent blues dance class and a DJ'd Dance! On the TSDS (Toronto Swing Dance Society) Lindy Hop nights there will be nothing at Dovercourt House - instead we will be supporting the TSDS Lindy Hop Dance which happens about once every sixth Friday.

Mostly Waltz Fridays happen on the first and third Fridays of most months, featuring excellent beginner lessons and live bands! Full details at 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 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.

Friday Blues & Swing: Blues Dancing is currently at the beginning of a resurgence in Toronto!

*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 Fridays.

 

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