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We are back tomorrow with our regular schedule of lindy hop in Summerhill with Anders and Hilary, and balboa in St Matthew’s with Chris and Mac. Social dancing in Summerhill starts at 9 – we will be hearing sets from DJs Jane and Hilary.

We would also like to remind everyone that there are still some tickets left for our improver+ shag workshop in June – check out the Dance Cloud page for more details.

Lots of exciting stuff to look forward to in the coming weeks – starting tomorrow! It is bank holiday Monday, so we are only running one set of classes this week. There will be no lindy hop class – instead, we will have two shag classes for improvers and beginners at Summerhill. Social dancing will start at 9PM at usual, with DJ Harry serving up some hot tunes until 10:30PM!

On Thursday, we are back with our free monthly social dance at Revolucion de Cuba from 7:30 until 10:30PM – the usual event with your favourite local DJs.

On Friday, our friends at Hoodoo Blues are throwing their monthly beginner class and social dance. Pop in to Prohibition Cabaret Bar from 7PM onwards to have a boogie and meet lots of new people in a relaxing atmosphere of this iconic Newcastle jazz venue. Check out event page for details.

We are also excited to announce that tickets for our next workshop are now on sale! This one is for the shagsters – we have the brilliant Caroline and Joe visiting from Swing North to give us a day of improver level classes on the 7th of June. Dance cloud link available in our instagram bio, or through here.

See you soon!

This Monday is a special one! Rathish and Ewa will be teaching lindy hop in Summerhill at 7:30PM, but at 8:15 we will be welcoming a (hopefully) massive crowd of new dancers for our taster class in collaboration with Post-Modern Jukebox. Meanwhile, in St Matthew’s, Ian and Jan will be running our regular balboa lessons.

We will celebrate the night with a social dance with live music by our favourite Magpies of Swing. Can’t wait!

Happy Easter! To get your bank holiday dancing fix, join us on Monday for lindy hop lessons with Alec and Elise at Summerhill. We are taking it easy this week with only one set of classes – there will not be any shag at St Matthew’s. The social at 9PM will have a Swing Tyne debut set by DJ Rachael!

Next week (the 28th) our fundamentals lindy hop class will be in collaboration with Post-Modern Jukebox, so expect to see lots of new faces We will also have Magpies coming back with another fabulous set.

See you soon!

Lots to look forward to for your dancing next week!

On Monday, our usual weekly classes are back on (lindy hop in Summerhill, shag in St Matthew’s) with an evening social dance.

On Thursday, we are supporting The Magpies at their charity gig for The Globe – get your tickets in advance.

And on Friday, we will be paying a visit to Hoodoo Blues for a beginner-friendly class and a party at Prohibition.

There will be no Revolucion de Cuba social this month, so grab these social dancing opportunities and get yourself on the dance floor!

See you soon!

This evening, join us for our usual swing dance classes. In St Matthew’s, Sarah and Graeme will be teaching an introduction to slow balboa; in Summerhill, Jane and Jenny will be teaching lindy hop. Social dancing will start at 9PM as usual. Can’t wait to see you there!

Tomorrow we are back on as usual! Hilary and Jane will be teaching improvers and beginners lindy hop at Summerhill, while over at St Matthew’s Elise and Owen will be throwing down with some shag. Social dancing will start at 9PM at Summerhill as usual 🙂

Next week, Graeme and Sarah will be giving us an introduction to slow balboa – a smooth and flowy dance style full of delightful textures, unlike anything you’ve done before! So make sure to pop over to St Matthew’s to give it a go.

Tonight is out Annual General Meeting! Classes are suspended for the evening. Join us from 19:30 to talk about all things Swing Tyne and help us shape your local dance community, with a nice side of tea and biscuits 🙂

At 21:00, Magpies of Swing will be on stage for social dancing. You can also see the Magpies perform at the Globe on the 10th of April in support of this fantastic, beloved local venue – save the date or grab your tickets via The Globe website.

See you tonight!

Join us tomorrow for lindy hop classes at Summerhill, and collegiate shag classes at St Matthew’s!

On Wednesday, come along to Hoodoo blues for a slow jazz/jazzy blues class with Melissa and Anders (6:20PM start) at Prohibition Cabaret Bar – email melissadavy@googlemail.com with code “Swing Tyne special” to get a discounted fee. Afterwards, we will be going to Revolucion de Cuba for our free monthly social dance.

We are back on tonight with balboa lessons in St Matthew’s and lindy hop in Summerhill!

We are also excited to announce our annual general meeting, which will take place on Monday the 17th of this month. There will be no classes on this day – instead, we will host a forum to elect the next year’s Swing Tyne committee and hear your feedback on the way things have been run this year. We are committed to always improving our organisation and helping this community flourish, so please join us and make your voice heard.

And to make this even more rewarding, we are happy to share that the Magpies of Swing will be playing at the social dance after the meeting! Come along in your springtime finest, vote, chat, and let’s have a boogie 😉