Newish webpage with our most up to date information on swing events and classes in Winnipeg.
upcoming events for 2022
Hey everyone, it’s been a while. We are hoping to reopen for events soon. Tentatively booked for the near future:
Saturday April 30 - Saturday Swingout at Ted Motyka Dance Studio
Saturday May 28 - Saturday Swingout at Ted Motyka’s, maybe with live music??
Sunday June 5 - Swingin’ At Sunset at CCFM
Sunday July 17 - Swingin’ At Sunset at CCFM
Sunday August 14 -
Swingin’ At Sunset at CCFM
Sunday September 11 - Swingin’ At Sunset at CCFM
We when have more information, we’ll let you know. Keep an eye out on facebook and other social media.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2260234642/
Stay safe everyone. We miss you all dearly and hope to dance with you again soon!
Hey everybody, we all miss you out there in the dancing world. We don’t know when we’ll be back to our usual shenanigans, but please keep an eye on the website or over on facebook. We are still running our weekly zoom meetups on Saturday evenings. Come join us and see some friendly faces.
Keep safe, and hope to see you soon!
short break
Hey everyone, it’s not the end of the world but we are gonna take a step back while this whole COVID-19 thing simmers down. Classes and dances will be temporarily suspended. We’ll let everyone know when things resume. Thank you for your patience.
Dixie Beats - Feb 22
https://www.facebook.com/events/s/saturday-swingout-ft-the-dixie/190718155631979/
Saturday Feb 22, tickets $20 (or $15 in advance), drop-in lesson at 8pm, band starts at 9pm.
2020 Upcoming classes and band nights
Jan 18 to Feb 22:
6:45pm (downstairs) - 8 Count: Learn to Lindy
6:45pm (upstairs) - Solo Moves & Improv
8:00pm (downstairs) - Mixing 6&8 Count
8:00pm (upstairs) - weekly beginner drop-in lesson
Mar 28 to May 2
6:45pm (downstairs) - Big Apple
6:45pm (upstairs) - Blues
8:00pm (downstairs) - Swingouts
8:00pm (upstairs) - weekly beginner drop-in lesson
Band Nights
Jan 22: Fort Richmond Collegiate Senior Jazz Band (at the U of M)
Feb 22: Dixie Beats (at Ted’s)
Mar 13-14: Solomon Douglas Swingtet (at Patricia’s, see PLEX)
April 25: Executive Big Band (at Ted’s)
Fall 2019 band nights
Oct 19 - Murray Riddell Big Band
Nov 2 - Tetyana Haraschuk and her Swing Band
Nov 16 - Executive Big Band
$20 at the door.
All nights have a drop-in lesson at 8pm, and first band set at 9pm.
Nov 28, Oct 5
There is no Saturday Swingout on November 28. It’s Nuit Blanche, go out and enjoy the craziness (or stay in and avoid the crazy, up to you).
Oct 5 there is a ballroom event at Ted’s. We will have our sessional classes as normal, but times will shift to start classes at 6:30pm and 7:30pm respectively. There will be no drop-in class or social dance that night.