August 2022 Newsletter

 

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August 2022 Newsletter

Hello dance fans!
 
From the east to the west
From the coast to the coast
Jazz is king
Jazz is the thing that folks
Dig
Most
Now that's jazz


Swingin' in the Shell continues on August 4th with DJs Liana and Spencer and 18th with DJs Meagan and Andrew! Each Swingin' in the Shell has a free beginner lesson followed by music and social dancing! This year we have a mixture of Live Bands and DJs. Swingin' in the Shell is running every two weeks through out the summer! See our Website or our Facebook Event  or City Vibe for more information.

Save the date for Capital City Stomp 2022! That's right, Victoria's workshop weekend is back! November 12-13, 2022, mark it in your calendars because you don't want to miss it. Tickets go on sale September 1st! 
More details to come, see our Website or our Facebook Event for more information.

 
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The Rhythm City Mess Around is Back! September 3-5, 2022 in Vancouver. Tickets go on sale August 1st. Check out the Rhythm City Production Newsletter for details and keep an eye on Rhythm City's Website and Facebook Page for registration details. 
 
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As many of you know, Maria Wong is leaving us to pursue higher education in Alberta. Come celebrate her achievement with a social dance featuring all of Maria’s favourite dance styles (meaning everything!), a rotating platter of djs, frozen treats, and of course a jam. Please bring $$ donation to help pay for the rental. 
Saturday, August 13 @ 8pm. 

Dance Your Freedom Studio presents: Solo Jazz / Blues with Jay Holman. Blow your mind and tighten up your dancing with a new slew of jazz/blues movements. Thursday, August 11 @ 6:30-8:30pm. A-516 Quadra Street. $30 via etransfer or $40 at the door (if space is available). Email danceyourfreedom@gmail.com for more information.

Back for you Balboa betterment, the Balboa Practice Space on Wednesdays 7-9. See their Facebook Page for more information.


The Victoria Event Centre is back! They have restarted their Tuesday night live music offerings with their Prohibition Jazz Nights. See their Website and Facebook Page for more information. 

Red Hot Swing has Social Dancing on Mondays and Fridays at Norway House and is running their Classes. Check out their Website or Facebook Page for more details.
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As always, please consider a membership - it’s $12 for a year - and your support goes towards building the swing dance community. You can now buy your membership online.

Stay in touch with us! We’ve got this email list, a website, and we’re on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Instagram too. We’d love to hear from you, too. And please feel free to pass this newsletter on to any friends or family that you think might be interested in learning about or re-connecting to swing dancing, or who might benefit from long-overdue social interaction in a fun, safe and friendly environment.

Swing Dance Association of Victoria gratefully acknowledge that we are able to live, work and play on the ancestral and un-ceded territories of the Lkwungen Peoples of the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations, and also the WSANEC peoples of the Pauquachin, Tsartlip, Tseycum and Tsawout First Nations.

 
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