Boston Swing Central is looking for a new home in July.  Look below for our dances in July and August and keep an ear out.  We plan to be back running our weekly dance in August.  There have been some promising developments on the venue front the last couple weeks.  We hope to share some good news with you soon!!!

Check out our upcoming dances below the video.


Click play to watch Boston Swing Central do the Shim Sham in honor of Frankie Manning.

Jul, 10 2009

Closed

We will be closed July 10th.

Jul, 12 2009

Copley Square FREE Outdoor Dance

Boston Swing Central is really excited that Summer has finally arrived! (well sort of, you wouldn’t know it by the chilly temps and rain we’ve had lately, but technically it’s summer).  And with our fingers crossed for a warm and dry day, we are letting you know about Copley Square Swing on Sunday July 12th. 
 
This is a free dance, it’s open to the public and we’ll be teaching a lesson for those that are interested from 1pm - 2pm…and of course there will be open dancing throughout the afternoon.
 
In August, we’ll be back at Piers Park in East Boston one more time, hopefully this time it won’t be so windy!  
 
Below is a complete calendar of the remaining BSC Summer Outdoor Dancing events:

July 12th Copley Square   1pm - 4:00pm  FREE
 
Saturday August 1st - Swingin’ on the Charles at Community Boathouse  7:30pm - 11pm.  Admission $10/$8 students and seniors

Aug 16th Piers Park, East Boston 2pm - 5pm  FREE
Sept 13th Copley Square  1pm -  4:00pm  FREE

Jul, 17 2009

BSC Incorporation and New Venue Fund Raiser!

If you missed us this last couple Fridays, well, we missed you too.  But as promised, we’ll be back soon!  And to help speed our return,  we are doing this dance as a special event fund raiser to get some much needed cash for our incorporation, which requires us to carry some insurance and kickin’ new venue we’re moving to in late August/early September (which we hope to tell you about soon!). 

We will be dancing tonight at the awesome facilities at Springstep in Medford.  And to give you your bang for your buck, we’ll be running late until 2 AM.  And we’ve also convinced The Cangelosi Cards to come up from New York  to make it extra special.  This band is amazing, they will delight you with their unique mix of Hot Club Jazz, Gypsy swing, and Blues.  Most people leave their shows  swinging on a cloud with the bouncing chugga-chugga rhythms and the haunting trill of Tamar Korn’s mellifluous voice reverberating in their heads.

As this is a special event to raise money for the BSC, we will not have an active door list on this night.  We will also have a limited number of volunteer spots, and will not be able to offer reduced admission to angels.  However, if you would like to angel for us anyway, please email Khrysti Smyth.  We’ll also be holding a silent auction to raise some additional funds!

We hope with how hard we have worked to give back to the dance community, as many of you as possible will come out on this special night.  We need you if we are going to continue to bring great dances to the Boston Community.   So grab a friend…or two…or three…   and we’ll see you on the dance floor!

Lesson: 8-9pm

Dancing: 9pm-2am

Price: $20 General Admission, $15 Students and Seniors (with valid ID)

Address:

Springstep
98 George P. Hassett Drive
Medford, MA 02155

www.springstep.org

Aug, 1 2009

Swingin’ on the Charles

Boston Swing Central is very excited to tell you that this year, we’ve been asked to host Swingin’ on the Charles.  Swingin’ on the Charles has been an annual tradition and is one of the highlights of the Summer season.  This dance is outside underneath the twilight sky along the Charles River on the docks of the Community Boathouse on August 1st.  If it rains (and lord knows this is a possibilty), we’ll move it inside the Boathouse.  Previous years we’ve been lucky with the weather and we’ve always had a large crowd of both experienced and new dancers.
 
The dance features one of Kellian & Brian teaching our beginners dance lesson which gets started at 7:30pm.  The dance starts early at 8:30pm and ends at 11:00pm.  We will be featuring some of Boston’s best swing DJs.  We hope you mark this on your calendar, as this is definitely not the weekend to go to the Cape or up to Maine…
 
Please note: All proceeds from this dance go to benefit the Community Boating’s Junior Program which allows children to sail for $1.  More info: http://www.community-boating.org/acc_geninfo.php
Parking: Parking is available at Mass Eye & Ear for $5 (validated voucher by CBI).  In the past some folks have been frustrated to realize they need to bring the voucher into CBI and have it validated, please don’t forget it, or you’ll have to make a trek back to your car. More info describing those restrictions: http://www.community-boating.org/benefits.php 
 
Community Boathouse
Storrow Drive 
near Charles MGH T-Stop
Lesson 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Dance  8:00pm - 11:00pm
General Admisson: $10
Students and Seniors: $8