Swing Tyne
Saturday 30th Nov, 7:30pm
John Marley Centre
Swing Tyne and Newcastle University Swing Society invite you to our end-of-year celebration in the beautiful Art Deco hall at Newcastle’s John Marley Centre.
Dancing, games, swingin’ DJ sets and LIVE music from House of the Black Gardenia
Advance tickets £10/£7 concs:
https://swingtyne.dancecloud.com/dance/36643
Join us and the Magpies of Swing for a great evening of music and social dancing with a fantastic line up of talent from across the Newcastle jazz scene. New songs, new faces and a good time guaranteed!
There will be space to dance and Swing Tyne DJs on decks the whole night in between live sets
You can buy tickets online for slightly cheaper or pay on the door, plus there’s a big discount for 25 s and under!
Live music and dance classes in Newcastle this coming week
This Monday we have our regular Lindy and Bal classes:
In Lindy intermediate’s Elise and Alec will be working on mastering dancing on a dynamic and busy floor, be ready for anything! Beginners will be the 2nd week of Charleston, suitable for all
Balboa will be taught by Graeme and Sarah. Fundamentals will focus on throw outs from lollies and Improvers will show some more dynamic throwouts
There will be no Magpies live music next Monday, but that’s because there’ll be a whole extra night of live music on Sunday! Oct 20th at the Globe will be a great night of live music and social dancing with the Magpies and Swing Tyne DJs, get tickets for the event here:
https://facebook.com/events/s/the-magpies-of-swing/7541615552607159/
Doors 7pm, Band from 8pm
Finally, our friends at Hoodoo Blues have some live music and lessons this week too. On Friday there will be live music from Michael Woods, a local solo acoustic Fingerpicking, Ragtime Bottleneck & Blues Guitarist based with four well received albums under his belt to date.
Doors open at 7:15pm, dance class 7:30pm – 8:30pm, followed by social dancing till midnight.
With live music from Michael Woods 9-10pm
http://www.michaelwoodsmusic.com
At the Prohibition on Pink Lane.
https://www.facebook.com/share/Y8MbbSpZ4YAithc9/?mibextid=9l3rBW
And if you want to learn how to dance to country blues come along to their dance class on Wednesday:
https://www.facebook.com/share/hxi55J3WjpedoSR4/?mibextid=9l3rBW
Rev de Swing is back! After a summer break we have confirmed dates for:
Thursday October 10th
Thursday November 14th
Join us for a fantastic night of social dancing with Swing Tyne DJs downstairs in Rev De Cuba
We are back with a bang for Balboa on Monday with Sarah and Graeme:
Newbies – intro to lollies
Improvers – lollies variations with quicks, slows , pauses and direction changes
For Lindyhop at Summerhill we have the final Solo Jazz class with the fabulous Niffi at 7:30 followed by Swing Out fundamentals at 8:20 and social dancing from 9-10:30pm. See you there!
Another busy week this week! Tonight at Summerhill we have a Solo Jazz class for Improvers alongside Shag at St Matthew’s and Beginners Lindy Hop as normal
There are still a few tickets left for our Collegiate Shag workshop with Lujo and Immy from Cambridge this Saturday. Don’t miss out!
https://swingtyne.dancecloud.com/dance/36217
Then in the evening on Saturday join us at Prohibition Cabaret Bar from 7pm for some fantastic live jazz from Lachlan (Magpies of Swing) and friends! Sure to be a great night
Tomorrow at Swing Tyne, Solo September continues with another solo jazz class in Intermediates with the fabulous Niffi at 7:30pm. Lindy Hop beginners is then on from 8:20pm as normal
At St Matthew’s we have Balboa, starting with Beginners at 7:30pm
Then from 9pm it’s Social Dancing with live music from The Magpies of Swing!
A busy evening, see you there!
A few tickets are still available for this fantastic workshop at the end of the month. Don’t miss out on the chance to take your Shag dancing to the next level with these great teachers from Cambridge!
https://swingtyne.com/2024/07/28/shag-on-the-tyne-september-edition-improvers-and-beyond/
Coming up this week at Swing Tyne it’s the start of Solo September!
We will have our Fundamentals class as normal and then from 8:20 the fabulous Niffi will be teaching solo jazz, don’t miss it!
Balboa Returns
It’s also the return of our regular Balboa lessons. Our 1st class is with Hilary and Elise for beginners at 19.30 then improvers at 20.20 at St Matthews Church
Blues dancing in September
If you are interested in learning to dance to blues music there are classes starting back Wednesday 4th September; 6:30 for intermediates and 7:30pm for beginners at Prohibition Cabaret Bar with our friends at Hoodoo Blues
There are also beginner classes at Dance City on Fridays (6-7pm) starting from the 27th September.
There is also a weekend event Belta Blues happening 20-22 Sep. If you want to throw yourself into learning blues this is a good place to start. There’s daytimes workshops on Saturday or Sunday afternoon, and three nights of parties. You can sign up for the whole thing, or just go to the parties which includes a beginner friendly class.
Live musicality class on Monday and more blues dancing opportunities in Newcastle
Next Monday (19th) we will be having a live musicality class with the Magpies of Swing before the band’s set for social dancing. The class will be from 8:20 and there will be a fundamentals class as normal before from 7:30. Come along to learn how a swing band works and how this can help your dancing connect with the music!
https://www.facebook.com/share/DpiybqRKZp9Evo28/?mibextid=9l3rBW
If you enjoyed Hillary and Owen’s class on Slow Drag/Blues then get yourself along to Hoodoo Blues this Friday. Anders will be DJing and will be adding some tunes that you can dance slow drag to.
At the Prohbition Caberet Bar on Pink Lane, NE1 5DW. Doors open at 7pm, beginner friendly class from 7:30pm, dancing till midnight.
Swing Tyne