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The Queen's Swing Club is proud to present a blues workshop Wednesday 24 March featuring Charlie and Heidi from St. Louis! There will be two blues-intensive classes offered Wednesday evening and a blues dance afterward.

Register today!

It's the Swing Club's 5th year anniversary! And we're going to blow out the year with style!

We are going to be hosting four hours of live continuous music from the red hot Spencer Evens Trio and Chris Alfano's thrilling Swing Masters!

This semi-formal event will be hosted at the ever so classy Agnes Etherington Art Centre! Hors d'oeuvres, modern art, swingin' jazz, high heels and hot times!

The Fifth Year Anniversary Gala

Hosted by the Queen's Swing Club
Sat 27 Mar, 9pm-1am
At the Agnes Etherington Art Centre
University Street at Queen's Crescent

If you're leaving for Reading Week, wait until Saturday to take off!!!

Friday 13 Feb is the Rock, Roll & Remember Dance complete with a live rock and roll band, a genuine Elvis impersonator, and a performance by the Queen's Swing Club's very own Swing Troupe! The cost is $10 if you buy the tickets in advance, $15 if you buy them at the door. All proceeds will go to the Alzheimer Society of Kingston.

Time: Swing Dance Lesson at 8:15pm, Dance 9pm.
Location: Zorba's, a beautiful banquet hall up on 1474 Bath Road.
Transportation: Email Penny to arrange transportation if you don't have a car.
Tickets and Info: outreach@asus.queensu.ca or talk to Penny at the next dance (Mon 9 Feb, Wallace Hall)

If you have a car and are willing to help drive other Queen's dancers to Zorba's, please let me know. If you need transportation, please e-mail that to me so I know who and how many people need transportation.

It's that time of year again! Retail spending is at a record low and the greeting card, confectionery, floral, hospitality and stuffed bear industries have formed an alliance bent on draining us of all our hard-earned cash!

The solution? Come and dance with us! Get a dance card at 8pm! Dance with as many people as you can! Prizes will be awarded for the person who dances with the most people! There will be door prizes as well, so come on out and have some fun!

A reminder that tonight (Monday 2 Feb) we are having our 50's rock & roll dance! We encourage everyone to dress up tonight! We will be spinning the oldies all night long! Come out and bring a friend; we are going to rock around the clock!

Solomon and Alana in front of Barcode
photo by Jody Glanzer

The Queen's Swing Club is proud to present Alana and Solomon from Toronto, Ontario for a wild weekend of Lindy Hopping. This weekend promises to be an effective and enjoyable way to make big improvements to your dancing!

Register now!

We're back on the floor in 2004! Join us and celebrate the new year in style. Fresh tracks and classic grooves for your Lindy Hopping pleasure in Wallace Hall.

Happy New Year everyone; see ya Monday!

For all of you who feel like you'll be suffering from dance withdrawl, the Queen's Swing Club has generously paid for booking the Upper Dance Studio (what a floor!) of the PEC Monday evening. So come out and bring your dancin' shoes!

Mon 1 Dec, 7pm to 9pm (official time, but please come early and stay until 9:30)
Upper Dance Studio, Physical Education Centre

We are now taking orders for Swing Club licensed apparel.

Cap Sleeve Baby Ts

Sizes: S, M, L, XL

Ringer T-shirts

Sizes: S, M, L, XL

Colours: Baby Blue/Navy , Heather/Black

Price: $20 each

You can order your shirts by paying a 50% deposit upon ordering at any of our events, and the balance upon delivery. We will be unveiling this year's design and slogan during the Hallowe'en dance.

These shirts are guaranteed to make you a better dancer* and they make fabulous holiday gifts as well. Pick one up for that special someone back home, and share the groovalicious fun that is swing!

_{*okay, maybe not, but they sure will make you look more stylish than anyone else on the dance floor!}

The Queen's Swing Club is proud to present Geoff and Andréa from Ottawa, Ontario for a weekend of non-stop dancing.

They'll be teaching Lindy Hop Saturday 22 Nov and Balboa Saturday 23 Nov. All classes guaranteed to kick your dancing level up a notch!

Geoff and Andréa are back in Kingston for double the fun!

This year's Hallowe'en dance is in the basement of Victoria Hall, Queen's University. Oh, the memories of residence ...

Costume Contest! Prizes to be Won

We have a prize for best costume, and runner up costume! If you are stuck for an idea, you can join in on the QSC Executive's theme of Heroes and Villains.

Lesson: The Big Apple

Jane de Boer and friends will be teaching the coolest mob dance of then all: the Big Apple! Lesson starts at 8pm.

The Queen's Swing Club is proud to present the ever-popular Chris Alfano on alto sax and clarinet for a rapid-fire swing dance session, Saturday the 18^th of October!

Band Nite with the Chris Alfano Quartet

Wallace Hall, JDUC, Queen's University
Sat 18 Oct, 7:30pm-12:00am
Lesson starts at 7:30pm
Band plays at 9pm
$6 for QSC members, 8 for non-members

Come join us for our first Band Nite of the school year with the Chris Alfano Quartet! Everyone is welcome!

The theme of dress for this dance is "The Rainbow Connection" so dress in your favourite colour!

Read about Chris Alfano's previous swing club event

We got mentioned in a nice 3/4-page story in the 30 Sep edition of the Queen's Journal. Yeah!

Excerpts: Dancing has always been a great way to stay active. A quick glance at anyone who dances regularly will tell you that much. It's the social atmosphere of the group that really attracts members, however. Almost 150 members join the Swing Club every year, with up to 50 others who regularly attend events. Whether it's the upbeat music, the enthusiasm of the club members or a love of 50-year-old dance moves, swing is best summarized simply by having fun.

We're back!

The Queen's Swing Club is back in action for our fifth year!

We hold our weekly dances Monday nights from 8pm to 11:00pm in Wallace Hall, JDUC, Queen's University. To check our upcoming events, go to the event calendar.