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SwingOrama Forum: Swing Venues: Stompin' at the Aubergine: Archive through July 02, 2003

By Yedancer (Yedancer) on Monday, March 03, 2003 - 08:12 am: Edit

Thanks everyone for coming out last night. Here's the results of the contest. Thanks especially to our judges Andrew, Jim, and Susan, for making the hard decision for us, and to the audience for creating lots of energy and acting as the 4th judge.

The contestants were:

Couple 1 -- Brian and Amy
Couple 2 -- Steve and Jenn
Couple 3 -- Matt and Deidra
Couple 4 -- Mike and Liz

And the winners were . . .

Couple #1
Brian and Amy!

They won tickets to next week's show with Chicago Six, as well as 2 cool swing CDs. We'll be having more contests in the future. Entry will be free, and we'll be giving away cool prizes for each one. Stay tuned and don't miss out on the next one!

By Badkitty (Badkitty) on Monday, March 03, 2003 - 10:31 am: Edit

I had fun!
Am I a geek because I still like Royal Crown Revue?

By Hitman (Hitman) on Monday, March 03, 2003 - 12:46 pm: Edit

no, you're a geek cause you're datin' Gene

he he

btw - i had alot of fun during our dance at Cafe Savoy two weeks back

By Badkitty (Badkitty) on Tuesday, March 04, 2003 - 12:06 pm: Edit

Thanx, Andy. You rock. Bring Emmy next time!

I'm buying some big pants for Gene. Maybe then he can be cool like you. I think I'll still be a geek. ;-)

By Jeff (Jeff) on Tuesday, March 04, 2003 - 05:06 pm: Edit

http://www.aubergineon4th.com/4.html
I notice that the Sunday Swing Night isn't
listed yet.

By Jeff (Jeff) on Tuesday, March 04, 2003 - 05:06 pm: Edit

Brian and Amy were wild! I loved it!!

By Tearshedding (Tearshedding) on Tuesday, March 04, 2003 - 10:13 pm: Edit

which amy?

By Jeff (Jeff) on Wednesday, March 05, 2003 - 09:22 am: Edit

Blueangel

By Blueangel (Blueangel) on Wednesday, March 05, 2003 - 06:07 pm: Edit

oh great, now I'm getting a rep for being wild.... *rolls eyes* oh, well, it all comes in the name of lindy ...

...only remembering hitting the floor two times - haha

By Jeff (Jeff) on Wednesday, March 05, 2003 - 08:54 pm: Edit

I especially loved the "Quick Stop", uh, I mean "Flop" at the end!
You guys even made "falling to the floor" look good and timed to
the music.

By Yedancer (Yedancer) on Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 04:06 pm: Edit

I'm sure there will be more info to come on this in the news section, but I wanted to give everyone a heads up. One of the prelims will be at the Aubergine, when the amazing Hals Angels make their debut appearance. Don't miss it! San Diego needs to represent:

This May & June, get in on the fun as dancers from LA, Orange County, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Phoenix and Las Vegas compete for the big $500 first place prize for best Jack and best Jill in the South West! Come represent your town & club!

Prelim Jack and Jill dates & locations:

Saturday, May 24th - Phoenix, AZ
Tuesday, May 27th - Broadway Studios, San Francisco, CA
Sunday, June 1st - Las Vegas, NV
Wednesday, June 4th - Tia Juana Lindy, Irvine, CA
Tuesday, June 10th - Paladino's, Reseda, CA
Friday, June 13th - Suzy Q's, Westwood, CA
Saturday, June 14th - One O'Clock Jump, Orange County, CA
Sunday, June 15th - Aubergine, San Diego, CA
Wednesday, June 18th - Rusty's Rhythm Club, Playa Del Rey, CA
Friday, June 20th - Carillo Rec Center, Santa Barbara, CA

No partner needed! Top three leads & follows from each prelim progress on to the final - enter as many times as you like until you place! $5 per person to enter, all fees go to the prizes -

Prelims - medals for 1st-3rd

Finals -
1st place $500 ($250 lead, $250 follow)

2nd place full weekend Camp Hollywood/NJC 2003 passes (includes entrance to all classes & dances - some competition fees may be extra. If you win this prize and already have passes to this year's event, you are welcome to sell or transfer this prize to someone else, but cannot receive the cash value in exchange or a refund on your existing pass)

3rd - 5th trophies & medals

The big final this year will take place at The Satin Ballroom, Saturday, June 21st (www.satinballroom.com ). You do not have to pay an entrance fee for the final competition, just the Satin Ballroom ticket to enter.

These contests are open to everyone who is not a professional dancer - ie, not a regular instructor, club promoter, full time performer, etc.

By Chance (Chance) on Monday, June 23, 2003 - 10:01 am: Edit

The Freemonts website makes them look like a cool blues band, but is there a place (in San Diego) to actually get some swing music?

By Tearshedding (Tearshedding) on Monday, June 23, 2003 - 11:15 am: Edit

HAHAHAHAHA... Chance, you're really starting to amuse me. You "almost" sound like some of the rest of us. Where's the swing music... are you trying to incite a riot?

By Henry on Monday, June 23, 2003 - 02:36 pm: Edit

I just wanted to say that the Aubergine is an increadable venue. As an out of towner, from SF, I have never seen a nice, club looking venue, with a nicely finished floor, and with a band stocked full of talented musicians, all for $8! That's a phenominal deal right there. Just hope you all appreciate what you have, and give Mishi (spelling?) credit for putting together such a great venue.
I had fun dancing with you all, thanks for showing me a great time,
Henry

By Adminorama (Adminorama) on Monday, June 23, 2003 - 05:34 pm: Edit

Yea, the website is nice - they look like cool guys. I wonder if they can play something other than the blues.

By Laurel (Laurel) on Monday, June 23, 2003 - 08:34 pm: Edit

I must say that I had a blast last night! Great band (okay, some of the songs could have been shorter - I nearly died on a couple of the fast ones) and oh-so-many leads! I was a happy sweaty mess by the end of the evening. A couple of good leads have come out of the woodwork lately. You guys gotta come out more! Please! And I hope you visit us again, Henry, Paul and good old Tim, of course. I love our local leads but we just don't seem to have enough of them lately.
P.S. I love the blues - pffffth! We don't have to have a swing band every single week in my opinion! Jeremy did a nice job of balancing things out with his dj-ing last night.

By Chance (Chance) on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 08:24 am: Edit

Yeah, I guess I just missed Hal's Angels cause I was in Harlem. HJDF kinda put me in the mood for straight swing and it's been all blues since I got back.

Meeshi: What's the week after The Freemonts?

By Meeshi (Meeshi) on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 02:52 pm: Edit

Hey Chance, where was this enthusiasm when we were trying to infuse more "straight swing" at the Firehouse a few months ago, huh?!

You know, it's not that easy to find a "straight swing" band to play at the Aubergine every week. We already had two this month (10th Ave. Jazz Band and Hal's Angels). It's too bad you missed Hal's Angels, 'cause they would have satisfied your recent craving for swing music, but like Laurel said, "we don't need to have a swing band every single week." Jeremy does balance out the music quite well.

As for the Fremonts, I know it's not classic swing, but they are a great band that plays great juke joint jump blues music (Voted Best in San Diego by the Reader), and you've got to appreciate their unique musical offerings for what they are.

By Julius5 (Julius5) on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 04:40 pm: Edit

get chicago six again

By Jeff (Jeff) on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 07:15 pm: Edit

The Fremonts are fun. Many a defector, (including myself), has bailed
on Cafe Savoy on a Friday night to hear them play live at the Whistle Stop.

I think the different flavored bands Meeshi's bringing in, while of necessity,
due to the lack of actual swing bands in SD, may be a stroke of genius as well.
These bands are bringing in their following, and are getting a taste of our
Sunday night venue. They're seeing us dance, and hearing swing at the breaks.
They're being exposed to our scene, and otherwise may not have.

Also, all the non-swing bands may help us loosen up, and get us out of our
swing snobbery a bit as well; ya know, like when you go into a bar and are happy
to dance to anything that remotely swings, and have a blast. We're just not as critical
of bands that obviously aren't playing swing music, but we give the ones that try hell.

What got me Lindy Hoppin'? I saw ONE couple, and it was over. I was hooked.
I had to learn it and began the next day.

By Ian (Ian) on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 - 08:48 am: Edit

Now now Laurel, I think we do need swing bands every week. ;)

But more to the point, who is this person pretending to be Chance?

By Jeff (Jeff) on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 - 09:12 am: Edit

And in my opinion, we've heard NO blues lately at the
Aubergine from any of the bands.

But we will this Sunday!!!! Can't wait!!! I love blues.
Fast and slow. When it's reeeeeeeaally good, that is.

By Chance (Chance) on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 12:44 pm: Edit

How was the blues band? I was planning on attending, but...

Who's going to David P this Sunday at the Aubergine?

By Yedancer (Yedancer) on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 02:28 pm: Edit

For a blues band, they were awesome. I had a lot of fun just sitting and watching them.

By Yedancer (Yedancer) on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 04:24 pm: Edit

UPDATE TO BAND SCHEDULE: For everyone who's been clammering for REAL swing music at the Aubergine, you had better be in town on July 13th. By a cosmic coincidence, Hal Smith is available, and will be getting some musicians together to play for us. It will not be Hal's Angels, but will include Carl Sonny Leyland and other awesome local musicians. MARK YOUR CALENDARS. Get ready to bust out to live swing music!!!

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