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June Improvers+ Shag Workshop – Caroline & Joe

Saturday 7th June, St Matthew’s Church

We are super thrilled to announce our June improver+ workshop with visiting instructors Caroline and Joe. You can expect four hours of progressive content, from enhancing your fundamental technique all the way to learning exciting new variations.

Introducing our teachers:

“Joe started dancing in Manchester in 2016. Though his journey began with lindy hop, he quickly discovered his love for shag, with its fast movement and fun style. His teaching stomping grounds were at Manshagster, where he started out before moving his practice to Lancaster with teaching partner Caroline. Nowadays, you will find him teaching weekly classes at Swing North.

Joe is known to enjoy all swing dances as both a leader and follower, and switching dance styles at any tempo. When he isn’t attending local and international festivals, he is practicing footwork in his kitchen!

Caroline’s love affair with shag began shortly after she started dancing in Manchester in 2018. After moving to Lancaster, she continued to grow her passion by joining the local committee, travelling to events across the country and committing several evenings per week to her dancing. She is now back in Manchester teaching shag with dance partner Joe.

Caroline believes that, by creating a playful and relaxed class atmosphere, she can foster a better, more enjoyable learning environment. She takes care to encourage open dialogue, sharing, and experimentation in her classes. Her teaching approach is focused on helping students develop their technique by anchoring it to attuned connection with the partner and the music.”

Get your tickets on Dancecloud before they sell out. Check the event description for information about concessions, refunds, and facilities available at the event.

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On Monday at Swing Tyne

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!

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Bank holiday Monday at Swing Tyne

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!

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Next week’s activities

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!

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Tonight at Swing Tyne

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!

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Tomorrow at Swing Tyne

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.

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AGM + Magpies of Swing

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!

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This week at Swing Tyne

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.

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AGM info & tonight’s classes

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 😉

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Tomorrow – Magpies are back!

We will be holding our usual shag and lindy hop lessons tomorrow at 7:30PM and 8:20PM, with an extra-special social dance afterwards! Come along and boogie with us to the lovely Magpies of Swing performing live.

Can’t wait to see you there!