News Archives 2001-2002

Presented by the Queen's Swing Club Fri 15 - Sun 17 Mar, 2002

Registration forms are now online! Send them asap or fill them in at Monday's dance, 4 March. The deadline for early registration is the end of the day, Monday 4 March.

Andy Poole is back! He plays gigs Wednesdays at the Grad Club, and Thursdays at Monté's. Since coming back from Thailand, he's been seen at the Common Ground and the Queen's Pub (Mondays), at the JDUC.

We'll be in Wallace Hall tonight for the first swing dance of the year! If you are still new to swing dancing, we'll be teaching six-count Lindy Hop at 8pm. After the lesson, join all of our more experienced Lindy Hoppers at 9pm for the dance!

Thanks for making the Queen's Swing Club a success and more fun than we've ever imagined! Happy Holidays and drive safely!

We have Solomon's workshop notes. Check the workshop site for the updated version.

They'll be useful in jogging your memory, although all the detailed stuff should be in your heads or in your body somewhere. If you would like to add or otherwise edit the notes and would like to submit them to the website, make a copy and send them to the club. The more, the better!

Spencer Evans will be playing his last gig of the year at the Grad Club tonight (starting at 9:30) so you should check the band out there as well.

This weekend is the Great Canadian Lindy Weekend!

Schedule: Montreal on Friday December 7th, 2001, Ottawa on Saturday December 8th, 2001 and Toronto on Sunday December 9th, 2001. Some of us are going (Laura and others) so if you want to come, talk to Laura.

Details here.

Here it is, the announcement you've all been waiting for! The details have finally been ironed out regarding our workshop on Dec 1 and 2, 2001.

Many of you will remember Solomon Douglas (from Toronto) coming to teach a Queen's Swing Club workshop last year with his partner, Alana Hock. Well, Solomon, who now lives in Cleveland, is coming back to teach a 2-day workshop with a wonderful follower from Cleveland, Rebecca Kelm!

Not only do we have 2 days full of exciting classes, but we're also having 2 dances, one on Friday night (with a DJ in Wallace Hall) and one on Saturday night with the Spencer Evans at Dunn's Famous Deli.

Information and Registration can be found at the workshop website.

Our first band nite of the year was a success as Pat Murray belted out some very fine music.

We thank all of you who came out to the dance and made it a night to remember. We had no idea how many guests came in from out of town! If you can offer some suggestions on what you would like to see and do for our next big event, send us an email.

We'll be posting photos of the dance as soon as we get them developed! If you would like to send us some photos, please email the web manager and he'll put them up on the site.

The Queen's Swing Club is proud to present Pat Murray with the Rich Bannard Quartet, this Friday!

Personnel

Chris Alfano - reeds
Bob Arlidge - bass
Rich Bannard - drums
Dave Barton - guitar
Pat Murray - vocals

Details

Date: Friday September 28
Times: Swing Dancing Lesson 8pm, Dance from 9pm to 12am
Place: Wallace Hall, John Deutsch University Centre (JDUC)
Tickets: $6 members, $8 non-members
Tickets on sale now at the UBS exchange (in the JDUC)!

Time: Fri 7 Sep, 9:00am-5:00pm
Place: University Street, on campus.

We need tons of help to put this on! We'll be starting our membership drive and our advertising blitz to prepare for this event. The sidewalk sale is always a great time. I've already booked a massive sound system and you'll hear fresh new grooves for our first event of the year! Don't miss it for anything (unless you're lucky enough to have the cash for the workshops).

Please email us if you want to help out with the street party. All we really need are people to dance, hand out flyers, and talk to newbies about the club.

It's Blues Festival time again and if you're in K-town it's time to get those moves on. Last year it really suprised us to hear so much great music that we could dance to. Check the schedule for details. If you're going out tonight or this weekend, or if you've heard some of these performers, let us know!

Kim, Laura, Juergen, Megan and Paul enjoyed a fun dance-filled week at Montréal during the Montréal International Jazz Festival and of course, Fred's Swing Camp. We can't wait to hear all the details from them!

Expect to see a new workshop section in the QSC website. You will find information on upcoming swing dance workshops and detailed notes from workshops that club members have attended. We're going to have a huge section on the Montréal swing camp (even huge-er than the Fuccillo Auto Mall)!

We're proud to announce the names of the new QSC Executive for 2001-2002. Drum roll, please...

President: Kim Meredith

Vice President: Laura Stewart

Treasurer: Chris Gibb

Public Relations and Web Manager: Dave Tran

QSC Representatives:
Tim Brown
Krystal Kehoe
Janice Allen
Kate Witherly

A new year for the club and a brand new website, by hand, from scratch. The site is organized (we hope) to serve you better. Everything you wanted to know about the club is here as always, and you'll have easier access to all the information we have to offer.