********************************************************************** Swing News, Tuesday 10/13/98, Issue #20 Send submissions to XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Send addition/deletion/address-change requests to XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Send all other e-mail to XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's the 20th Swing News, hot off the presses. Enjoy. --Sam ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SET 'EM UP JOE See the NYC band, "Set 'Em Up Joe", on Friday or Saturday (Oct 16/17) at the Sugar Palm, or on Sunday (Oct 18) at Skipper's. Skipper's literature calls Set 'Em Up Joe a "NYC swing outfit w/ amazing originals, traditional swings & a sprig of rock 'n roll". The Sugar Palm gives free dance lessons 8-9pm on Fri and Sat, and also features "swing show-offs" both nights, where a few couples can sign up at the DJ booth to dance their favorite song for the crowd. Admission is $9. Ages 18 and up are admitted. Dress code: No shorts, sneakers, sports sandals, baseball caps, sloppy jeans and t-shirts, torn underwear, etc. Doors open at 8pm. Dancing goes to about 3am. Call 813-248-5549 for more info. Saturday only is the band's CD release party, with CD giveaways and DJ Matt Mikas spinning during the breaks. Rumor has it that the Sugar Palm is giving Lindy Hop lessons, beginning and intermediate before the show. Call the club during daytime business hours for details. The Sugar Palm Ballroom has a large wooden dance floor, is nonsmoking (with adjacent rooms provided for smokers), and is located at the corner of Palm Ave and 15th St in Ybor City. Directions: Take I-4 to Exit 1, go south about 2 blocks, turn right on Palm Ave, and go to 15th St. The Sugar Palm's on the left. Turn left and pay to park or turn right and park on the street. On Sunday, the band moves to Skipper's Smokehouse in North Tampa. The concert is in the usual outdoor "Skipperdome". Dance on the wooden decks, some of which are covered, or in front of the stage on the plywood and sand dance floor. Skipper's is located at the corner of Skipper Road and Nebraska in North Tampa. Phone 813-971-0666 for more info. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ALSO THIS WEEK It's your last chance to see the Swingin' Mooks at Club More, before they move to their new Thursday night location at Storman's Palace. They play on Thursday (Oct 15) at Club More from 10pm to 1am. Club More is in downtown Clearwater (703 Franklin St). Smoking is allowed, but windows can be opened. Club More has a floorboard dance floor of moderate size. Phone 727-466-6673 or http://www.greenbenches.com/club.htm . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NEXT WEEK AND BEYOND Fri Oct 30: Dan Electro & the Silvertones at Sugar Palm; 813-248-5549 Sat Oct 31: Dan Electro & the Silvertones at Sugar Palm; 813-248-5549 Sun Nov 22: Cherry Poppin' Daddies at Jannus Landing; 727-896-1244 Friday and Saturday, Oct 30 and 31, the Sugar Palm is having a Halloween Costume Ball, with Dan Electro and the Silvertones, costume contests (scariest, funniest, swinginest), dance contests, prizes, and hors d'oeuvres. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Costume or appropriate swing attire is required. --------------------------------------------------------------------- BOURBON ST. / MOOKS / HALLOWEEN / FREE PASSES Saturdays are Swing Nights at Bourbon St., McMullen Booth and Enterprise Road in Safety Harbor (at Oakbrook Plaza). Frank Ingo gives complimentary swing dance lessons 9:30-11:00pm. Swing bands start at 11:00pm. (The Swingin' Mooks play every Saturday in October.) Phone 727-797-1366 for more info. Bourbon Street has a fair-size dance floor and allows smoking. Saturday, Oct 31, is a Swinging Halloween Party, featuring the Swingin' Mooks, free dance lessons, and a costume contest with a $100 prize for the best swing costume and a $100 prize for the most original costume. We have some free passes for two to Bourbon Street's swing night. If you'd like to get one, send your postal address to XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX . It's first-come first-serve, so you'll know you got one if a pass arrives in the mail. --------------------------------------------------------------------- SPATS OPENS IN SARASOTA Pam Callender writes: After many months of planning and renovation, the doors have opened for dancing every night. SPATS, "A Vintage Dance Club", is currently open Monday through Friday at 8pm for a group dance lesson and at 9pm for dancing til 'the fat lady sings?' Monday, we play general ballroom dance music and advanced lessons are taught by local dance studio professionals. Tuesday is smooth dancing including Foxtrots, Waltz, and Tango. Wednesday is Big Band Swing dancing. Thursday is all Latin. Friday, we call Hep Cat Swing. Admission is $8.00 at 8pm, which includes the group lesson, and $5.00 after 9pm. Last Friday [mid-August] was very cool. There was a full crowd of swing kids and over six couples in the dance contest at 10pm. Thanks for coming and see you next week. SPATS is located at the Town and Country Plaza on the corner of Fruitville and Beneva Rd in Sarasota in the courtyard next to Sullivans. Phone (941) 954-8696. --------------------------------------------------------------------- DANCE PARTNER WANTED Sean writes: Hi there! I am new to the Tampa area (and the United States in general) and am looking to meet and hang out with some people. What about organizing a loose get-together for people on the list? I am also looking for a lady to learn to dance with. I'm 6'4", so a little height would be nice (as well as low expectations) :-). Also, are there any Swing friendly clothing stores in the Tampa area? Thanks -- Sean ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DC SWING Don and Kacy write: Check out http://www.erols.com/swing4me/Psdcnews.html . We're going to DC and will check out the scene. --------------------------------------------------------------------- LESSONS AND WORKSHOPS Tue at 7:00pm: Abdul Mohammed, Beginning/Intermediate, North Tampa, Rhapsody Ballroom, 12101 N 56th St (just N. of Fowler), $5, 985-6570. Beginners at 7:00; Intermediate at 8:00. Sat at 11:00am: Lee Holton, Beginning, Tampa, Swing City Studio, 7532 N Armenia Ave (between Waters & Sligh), $7 or $25 for first 4 classes, $18 for 4 classes thereafter. Phone 935-7458 or e-mail XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX. 1 hour. Sat at Noon: Lee Holton, Beginning Lindy Hop, Tampa, Swing City Studio. Other details same as above. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Swing News Submissions are not only welcome, but required to keep this newsletter going. Send them to XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX . The deadline for each Tuesday issue is Sunday at 2pm. Editors reserve the right to edit submissions or to select based on relevance. Be sure to call and confirm events before going! The SWINGANG is a network of swing dancers and other swingsters, committed to promoting swing events in places with large, smoke-free or open-air dance areas; to encouraging great music & instruction; to building a united swing community; and to publishing this newsletter! E-mail XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX . Send addition/deletion/address-change requests to XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX . **********************************************************************