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Shine your shoes, press your shirt, get your hair done and end this year with a bang!

We're proud to present to you the final swing dance of the year, Thursday 3 April, in the Agnes Etherington Art Centre.

Semi-Formal Dance with the SwingMasters Dance to the thrilling arrangements of Chris Alfano (alto sax) featuring Dave Alfano (tenor sax), Clyde Forsberg (trumpet), Andy Sparling (trombone), Ian Fitze (piano), Doug Rooks (bass), Rich Bannard (drums) and Sue Graff (vocals) Thursday 3 April 2003 at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre University Avenue at Queen's Crescent Tickets available at the door: $10 ($8 QSC members) Free Lindy Hop lesson at 8:30pm, Band starts at 9:30pm All ages welcome!

Thanks to Chantal, Sylvain, Fred, Sylwia and everyone who participated in the Cat's Corner Workshop! The Kingston DJ Battle was tons of fun as well! Congratulations to Tim Brown for winning the battle.

Workshop Details

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Swinging Air Force workshop! What an incredible time! We had visitors from Ithaca, Syracuse, Watertown, Montréal, Toronto and everywhere in between!

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Swinging Air Force workshop! What an incredible time! We had visitors from Ithaca, Syracuse, Watertown, Montréal, Toronto and everywhere in between!

The Montréal invasion is far from over though; We'll be staging an invasion of our own, heading from Kingston to Montréal Saturday 1 March. Dance with members of Cat's Corner, the Swinging Air Force and some of the coolest dancers in the Montreal scene.

To round out the Montréal invasion in mid-March (15-16), we'll we hosting Fred and Sylwia from Cat's Corner for the last Kingston Lindy Hop Workshop of the school year! We'll keep you posted as details arrive.

Swinging Air Force: 3rd place (Team Division) at the 2001 ALHC

The Queen's Swing Club is proud to present the Swinging Air Force from Montréal, Québec for a weekend of non-stop dancing.

Several members of the SAF will be here in Kingston to teach you the connection, musicality, balance, movement that has made their style of Lindy Hop so fun.

It was their style of dancing and their infectious energy that won the team 3rd place at the 2001 American Lindy Hop Championships and it is their mission to bring their award-winning style, energy and enthusiasm for swing dancing to Kingston.

Register today!

Andy Poole moving to New Zealand in Feb 2003

Sadly, Andy Poole will be moving to New Zealand with his wife Becky for academic reasons (Becky got a lucrative scholarship: way to go!). Thankfully, Andy and his quintet will play one more swing dance this year: this Sat 23 Nov he'll be playing the workshop dance at the Merchant Macliam.

Tickets: $6 workshop registrants / $8 non-registrants

Class Location Change: Classes now at Queen Street United Church

That's right: the workshop classes used to be at St. James, now they are at Queen and Clergy St. East. It's no big deal; just a five minute walk away.

Queen Street United Church
Queen & Clergy E, ON
Office Info:
K7K 1C4
(613) 542-3818

Register now!

Geoff and Andréa are totally awesome!

Geoff Dinsdale and Andréa Pelletier from Ottawa are holding a full-day Lindy Hop workshop for those of you that want to take your dancing to the next level!

The workshop will be held Saturday 23 Nov and this huge day of Lindy Hop will conclude with a late night dance with Andy Poole held at the Merchant MacLiam!

Workshop Details

The Kingston Jazz Society presents the 2002 Kingston Jazz Festival, Wed 18 - Sat 21 Sep.

Shows at the Baby Grand Studio Theatre

Wed 18 - Mellisa Stylianou and Diamond Jazz, $20
Thu 19 - The Dave Restivo Trio and Rita Di Ghent, $20
Fri 20 - The Jefferson-Grant Quintet and Junk, $20
Sat 21 - The Joe Sealey/Paul Novotny Quartet, $25

All four shows $75. Tickets available at the Grand Theatre Box Office
Visa, MC, Amex accepted. 613-530-2050

Free Shows

Merchant MacLiam

6 Princess St.

Wed 18 Sep 10:30 pm
The Mike Cassells Quartet
Mike Cassells - drums, Artie Ross - bass, Dave Barton - guitar, Rob Frayne - Sax

Thu 19 Sep 10:30pm
The Oscar Free Band

Fri 20 Sep 5:30-8:30pm
The Andy Poole Quintet

Fri 20 Sep 10:30pm
The Zak Colbert Quartet
Zak Colbert - bass, Christos Smirnios - drums, Jon Stewart - Sax, Jay Kenemy - piano

Sat 21 Sep 10:30pm
The Gorgette Fry Trio

The Holiday Inn

1 Princess St

Fri 20 Sep 7:00pm
The Sandy Gordon Quartet

Sat 21 Sep 7:00pm
The Sue Graff Combo

Le Chien Noir

69 Brock St.

Sun 22 Sep 2:00pm
Jazz brunch with The Andy Poole Quintet

Event info: http://www.webwoods.com/kjs/events.html

Our first 'official' swing dance is Thursday 12 Sep, at 8:00 in Wallace Hall (in the JDUC -- same floor as the Common Ground, QP, and campus information).

Free admission for non-members this night only (Regular admission is $2 or free for members). 2002-2003 memberships are available for $10 for Queen's students at the door, $12 non-students.

Remember: no partner, talent, or previous experience required! Just wear comfortable shoes and clothing, and be ready to meet new people and have a great time!

To kick off the school year, we'll be having our annual Street Party at the Sidewalk Sale, next Friday, 6 September, 9am-5pm.

We'll be dancing all day and we encourage you to come out, bring your friends, and enjoy the sun!

Memberships will also be on sale, $10 for Queen's students, $12 for non-students. Members get into our weekly dances for free, receive discounts on swing dance classes in Kingston, as well as on live music nights, road trips and dance workshops.

Come to the sidewalk sale next Friday and we'll be blasting music somewhere on University Street!

If you would like to help us out with the sidewalk sale (handing out flyers or just dancing) then let us know! We need all the help we can get.

Newlands Pavilion (aka The Gazebo), 26 Jul 2002

Thanks to everybody for making this summer in Kingston the best ever (swing-wise)! To show my thanks, I present to all of you the results of five months worth of work (and three years of self-education):

The new Queen's Swing Club website, powered by my work-in-progress CoSMIC (thus codenamed) site management software.

Lindy in the Park starts this Sunday at Newlands Pavilion. Newlands, also known colloquially as "The Gazebo", has been host to many musical events and is now the location of our current Sunday event.

Come out and enjoy the sun!

Lindy (and Picnic, occasionally) in the Park

7:00pm until dark (~9:30), in the gazebo just south of Barrie and King Streets

Andy Poole at the Merchant MacLiam
(613) 547-1313
12 Princess St (though Andy said '4' on the phone, anyway it's near the Holiday Inn and Curry Original) Kingston, ON K7L 1A2

Friday evenings from 5:30pm to 8:30pm

Starring: Andy Poole, vocals with regulars: Paul Chabot, piano Chris Smirnios, drums Zak Colbert, bass and featuring guests including one of: Murray Wilson, trombone Bobby Hsu, alto sax Jonathan Stewart, tenor sax

Plus, a dance floor!!!

That's right, Andy said that they have a great floor and it can get quite packed. I propose the first official Queen's Swing Club field trip there this Friday. This is pretty exciting because we haven't danced in a medium-ish floored Kingston venue in quite some time.

He also mentioned that it would be a good idea to be there at 5:30 sharp so we can cover some floor space.