Saturday 1st November at St. Matthews Church, Summerhill
Save the date, more details to follow
The classes are designed for both improvers and intermediate (Dancers who have been dancing for more than 1 year and also those that want to improve/hone their technique). Or, an opportunity to learn the alternative role to your norm or switch! You will need to know some basic moves to have the best experience (Basic up/down hold with variations, come a rounds, throw-outs and pop turns as these will not be taught).
The workshop will be at:- St Mathews Church Hall, 11 Summerhill Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE46EJ (where we hold weekly balboa and colligate shag classes) It is permit parking round the hall but there is a free carpark 300 m away at NE46HL off Colby Court.
Classes will be run by your Swing Tyne teachers Sarah, Graeme & others TBC.
These will be progressive and ensure that everyone attending will benefit.
Of course, we will explore fundamental techniques and also cover Pure Balboa, throw–out variations, Grape vines, Crossovers and Flow.
No dance partner is required as we will rota partners however a balance of leads and followers is required so there may be a wait list until an opposite role is booked.
The cost of this event will be £15 per person (£7.50 for concessions)
Tickets can only be pre-purchased to ensure that we are within the capacity of the hall. Book via the dance cloud link.
Dancers attending this 1day workshop should then have all the skills ready for the intermediate weekend workshop we’re planning for late January with guest teachers
The class format will be 5 hours of classes in total with regular breaks and a lunch break with 60 minutes social dance at the end where you can hone and practice your moves learnt.
Timetable for the day is:(exact timing are the confirmed)
10:00 doors open for arrivals.
Tea & coffee and warm up exercise
10:15 Lesson 1
11.15 BREAK
11.30 Lesson 2
12;30 break
12;45 Lesson 3
13:45 Lunch
14:45 lesson 4
15:45 BREAK
16:00 Lesson 5
17:00 Social Dancing
18:00 Close
Tea/Coffee and water will be provided. However, we do recommend bringing your own lunch with you as there are just a few Cafes nearby.
Please bring leather soled shoes (not rubber heeled) spare socks and a change of shirt always goes down well if you have been putting in a lot of effort and being considerate of your dance partners.
Concession prices are for those who are students/unemployed, and we ask that anyone who can afford the standard priced tickets please purchase one. We are a not-for-profit charity so every £ paid is used for our dancing community.
No refunds will be given, and No tickets are to be resold (you can re-allocate your ticket). Swing Tyne will try to sell your place and if successful a refund will be issued (up until the September 30th 2025).
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This week at Swing Tyne
Join us on Monday for one of the final tasters of our summer program, we have the fantastic Melissa from Hoodoo Blues teaching blues taster classes at Summerhill this week and next week as well.
Come along to try something new and learn how to dance to slow music!
Check out her blues festival happening right here in Newcastle in September as well!
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Next Monday at Swing Tyne
Join us next week for lindy hop lessons with Rathish and Elise in St Matthew’s! Social dancing in St Matthew’s will start at 9PM, with an exciting set from DJ Rachael!
See you there!
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First week of Summer Schedule
Welcome to Swing Tyne Summer! Our first week of the Summer schedule is up next Monday, 21st of July. Join Geoff and Mim for improvers and beginners balboa in Summerhill Bowling Club. Social dancing will feature crowd favourites – DJ Geoff and DJ Owen! See you there 🙂
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Tonight at Swing Tyne
Come and dance with us tonight! Lindy hop classes at Summerhill will be taught by Hilary and Rathish, and at St Matthew’s we will have shag with Rachael and Joel.
Social dancing to awesome tunes from DJ Rathish will start at 9 as usual 🙂
Reminder that we switch to Summer schedule starting next week. See last week’s post for info.
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Tomorrow night & Summer schedule
Join us tomorrow for weekly lessons! Chris and Mac will be teaching balboa at St Matthews, and Mike and Elise are in Summerhill for lindy hop. Social dancing will start at 9PM with DJ Harry!
We will be switching to summer schedule on the 21st, which means only one venue and two classes on Monday nights. This is to accommodate for reduced traffic and volunteer availability during summer holidays. The summer schedule will run until the 1st September, after which we will go back to normal. Here is our timetable – we will be releasing class info every week as usual:
– 21 July: improvers and beginners balboa at Summerhill
– 28 July: improvers and beginners lindy hop at St Matthew’s
– 4 August: improvers and beginners shag at Summerhill
– 11 August: tap dancing at Summerhill
– 18 August: improvers and beginners lindy hop at Summerhill
– 25 August: blues dancing at Summerhill
– 1 September: blues dancing at Summerhill and balboa at St Matthew’s
Get in touch if you have any questions 🙂
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Tomorrow at Swing Tyne
Tomorrow night we will be back on as usual! Lindy hop will be taught by Elise and Owen at Summerhill, and we will see a shag teaching debut from Rose! Be sure to give her and Mike a warm welcome at St Matthew’s.
Social dancing will start at 9 and we will be hearing from DJ Jane! See you there.
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On Monday at Swing Tyne
This Monday we are back on with our regular weekly classes! In Summerhill, Rathish and Ola will be teaching Texas Tommy for improvers and Charleston for beginners. In St Matthew’s, join Graeme and Sarah for a beginner balboa lesson on lollies and throwouts. Improvers will be revising all of their pure bal footwork variations and incorporating exciting new options.
Social dancing starts at 9PM, this week featuring DJs Rathish and Ola!
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Tomorrow at Swing Tyne
For our weekly classes tomorrow, we will have Mike and Phee teaching shag classes in St Matthew’s, and Owen and Hilary in Summerhill for lindy hop lessons. Social dancing this week will be accompanied by our favourite Magpies of Swing with another fantastic live set! Be sure to bring some cash to support the band and don’t miss out – the social starts at 9PM.
We would also like to offer our apologies to everyone who was disappointed by the last-minute change of venue on Thursday this week. We rely on the goodwill of the monthly social dance venues that allow us their use free of charge, which often means that event plans can be subject to sudden rearrangements. Our volunteers always do their best to immediately notify the community of any such changes via social media – make sure to connect with us on Instagram and Facebook for updates and live communications! And if you are interested in getting involved with volunteering, or joining the Swing Tyne committee, please do get in touch via email, direct message, or in person – we are always keen to have more people on board team Swing Tyne 🙂
See you soon!
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