Hey all you crazy cats!  Don’t forget to send your suggestions for naming our Tuesday night dance to info@bostonswingcentral.org!  If you suggest the winning name, you get into the Tuesday night practice session for FREE for two whole months!

Shawn Hershey and Amanda Gruhl from New School Swing will be leading a guided practice session - a practica - from 7:30 to 8:30PM.   Shawn and Amanda will make sure they work one on one with everyone who attends.  Most if not all of the advanced dancers and instructors have improved their own dancing by taking private lessons and working one on one with more experienced dancers. Think of a guided practice as a cheap short private lesson; an opportunity to work on whatever you want with Shawn and Amanda.

We’ll follow the lesson up with a practice session from 8:30 to 11pm.

Lesson: 7:30pm-8:30pm
Practice Session: 8:30-11pm
Admission: $5 practica/lesson, $3 practice session

The Crosby Whistle Stop
24 Roland Street
Charlestown, MA 02129

It’s a Barnum and Bailey World, but tonight at Boston Swing Central, “It’s Only a Paper Moon” a vintage ball. You’ll definitely want to dress up and look spiffy in fancy dress.  We’ll have a photo booth complete with Paper Moon and Cardboard Sea as backdrop for youse a muggin’ or perhaps you can do a Zoolander pucker…or pucker up with your sweetie.  So bring a couple extra Mr. Washingtons to pay our amazing photographer Zac Wine for capturing the moment.  Props to accentuate your attire will be available on us!

Now if we can only figure out what muslin tree is…

Lesson: 8pm-9pm (included with admission)
Dancing: 9pm to 11:45 PM

Admission: $10 (general), $8 (students and seniors with valid ID)

The Crosby Whistle Stop
24 Roland Street
Charlestown, MA 02129

This is week four in our month long Lindy Hop Series taught by Shawn Hershey and Amanda Gruhl from It’s All Swing.  There’s no need to bring a partner or have any prior experience.  If you’re a beginner, come back for next month’s series in July.  If you’ve taken some Lindy before, you can join the class.  Even intermediate dancers can learn from going back to the basics and are encouraged to join in!  We’ll follow the lesson up with a practice session from 8:30 to 11pm.  DJ’s to be announced!

AND don’t forget to send your suggestions for what to name our Tuesday night dance to info@bostonswingcentral.org!  If you suggest the winning name, you get into the Tuesday night practice session for FREE for two whole months!

Lesson: 7:30pm-8:30pm
Practice Session: 8:30-11pm
Admission: $5 lesson, $3 practice session

The Crosby Whistle Stop
24 Roland Street
Charlestown, MA 02129

Boston Swing Central is tickled with the theme for tonight’s dance…”The Chicks Will Have Their Say and the Guys Will Have to Pay.”  Yes, it’s our own twist on a Ladie’s Night.  Tonight we’ll feature 6 lovely and talented DJs:  Cara Ball, Julie Brown, Megan Damon, Tina Descourcy, Julie Irish and Nicole Zuckerman all spinning whatever they damn well please, and you’re going to love it!  

We’ll also have some fun other surprises for the other ladies in the room starting with the gents picking up some of their admission, as tonight, and tonight only we’re changing the pricing to $11 for guys, and $9 for gals.  That’s right gentlemen, you’re going to have to pony up, but think of all the happy ladies who will be here looking for someone to dance with.   Then again, if you don’t show up, they might just learn how to lead and thus render males obsolete.

Lesson: 8-9pm
Dancing: 9pm to 12:30 AM

Admission: $11 for Gents ($9 student and senior discount), $9 for Ladies ($7 for students and seniors)

The Crosby Whistle Stop
24 Roland Street
Charlestown, MA 02129

This is week three in our month long Lindy Hop Series taught by Shawn Hershey and Amanda Gruhl from It’s All Swing.  There’s no need to bring a partner or have any prior experience.  If you’re a beginner, come back for next month’s series in July.  If you’ve taken some Lindy before, you can join the class.  Or even if you’re an intermediate, you’re encouraged to go back to the basics!  You may be surprised what you’ll learn.  We’ll follow the lesson up with a practice session from 8:30 to 11pm.  DJ’s to be announced!

AND don’t forget to send your suggestions for what to name our Tuesday night dance to info@bostonswingcentral.org!  If you suggest the winning name, you get into the Tuesday night practice session for FREE for two whole months!

Lesson: 7:30pm-8:30pm
Practice Session: 8:30-11pm
Admission: $5 lesson, $3 practice session

The Crosby Whistle Stop
24 Roland Street
Charlestown, MA 02129

So it’s Monday morning, and you’re standing at the coffee machine talking to your work buddy.  “What did you do this weekend?”  You went swing dancing!!!  You’re so excited, and you want your friends to come too!  But inevitably, no matter how many times you ask them, something always come up…I’ve got this date with a guy I met on match.com.  He’s into Grand Theft Auto, but his picture looks cute…I’ve got to watch Glee!…. I’m too tired after the work week……  Blah blah blah.  We know how hard it is to get your friends on the dance floor – we’ve all been there.  And for those of you that can weed through all of those excuses and get someone new to our dance, you’re finally getting rewarded!  For this night and for this night only, if you bring a friend that has NEVER been to our dance, you (the hard working, dedicated, good looking, suave dancer) get in FREE!

And not only do we have a special promotion, but the Shawn Hershey Quartet will be playing songs that swing dancers love!  And it’s very fitting, because Shawn is one of the most amazing and dedicated friends the BSC has out there.  (SMILE!)  What could be a better experience to start folks off right (on the right foot..tee hee) in their dancing careers?  Start working on you friends NOW!

Promotion Qualifying Details:

1)      In order to get free admission when bringing a friend, you (the dancer) needs to have attended at least one BSC Dance prior to June 11, 2010.  Your friend must have NEVER, EVER, NOT EVEN ONCE been to a BSC dance.  How will we know?  Oh, we’ll know!

2)      You must get there with your friend BEFORE 8:20PM so they can take our beginning lesson that starts at 8PM.

3)      If you bring a friend and you have also NEVER been to our dance, you DO NOT qualify for the discount.

4)      The person must be your friend and of the homo sapiens.  Imaginary friends, Lassie, ET, pet rocks, etc. do not qualify.

5)      You must mention this promotion at the door when paying admission to receive it.  You can’t come back later and ask for it if you forget (if ya snooze, ya lose).

6)      Who gets in free?  Well that’s up to you…and how good of a friend you are.  Show up with a friend and only one admission has to be paid (buy one, get one free).  How you settle up is at your discretion, but please resolve any disputes by peaceful means (i.e. thumb wrestling, drawing straws, and dance offs).

7)      May not be combined with any other promotions or discounts(i.e. get in free or half off coupons/passes, discounts received for angeling or DJ’ing, etc.  Board Members do not qualify.)

8)      If you get caught gaming the system, you may be subject to the consequences thought up on the spot by BSC staff.  May include but are not limited to the following activities with your new “friend”:  wearing matching ski sweaters throughout the entire dance,  doing a Charleston duet to “You Can’t Touch This” to be posted on YouTube, dancing in your bare feet.

New people coming by yourselves or with other people are still of course welcome!  And what a great night to come out with lots of other new people.  We’re sorry you won’t qualify this time, but if we run this again in the coming months, and you attend our event this Friday, you will qualify for next time!  

Lesson: 8pm-9pm (included with admission)
Dancing: 9pm to 12 midnight
Admission: $15 (general), $13 (students and seniors with valid ID)

The Crosby Whistle Stop
24 Roland Street
Charlestown, MA 02129

This is week two in our month long Lindy Hop Series taught by Shawn Hershey and Amanda Gruhl from It’s All Swing.  There’s no need to bring a partner or have any prior experience.  And this is especially great for those of you that have come to our dance and learned 6 count before!  Here’s is your opportunity to learn the Lindy Hop.  And it couldn’t be easier b/c it’s right in our own Crosby Whistle Stop!  But if you’ve never come to one of our dances before - never fear!  Shawn and Amanda are patient and very experienced teachers that will show you what you need to know.  Even if you missed week one it’s not too late to join it!

We’ll follow the lesson up with a practice session from 8:30 to 11pm.  DJ’s to be announced!

AND don’t forget to send your suggestions for what to name our Tuesday night dance to info@bostonswingcentral.org!  If you suggest the winning name, you get into the Tuesday night practice session for FREE for two whole months!

Lesson: 7:30pm-8:30pm
Dancing: 8:30-11pm
Admission: $5 lesson, $3 practice session

The Crosby Whistle Stop
24 Roland Street
Charlestown, MA 02129

We’re happy to welcome back Sweet & Low Down to the BSC.  They played a couple months ago for us when we were at Springstep, and now they get to jam with us in our new home!  The Sweet & Low Down are a side project of Miss Tess, which features Miss Tess and co-vocalist Rachel Price.  They have a strong local following and reguarly play at many prominent Boston Venues, including the Beehive, Precinct, and Toad.  You can check out some of their music here: http://www.myspace.com/thesweetandlowdownmusic.  Now that they’ve moved to Brooklyn, it’s even more of a treat when we can get them in Boston.  We are really excited to have them and hope you’ll come on out and see why!

Lesson: 8pm-9pm (included with admission)
Dancing: 9pm to 12 midnight
Admission: $15 (general), $13 (students and seniors with valid ID)

The Crosby Whistle Stop
24 Roland Street
Charlestown, MA 02129

Tonight is week one in our month long Lindy Hop Series taught by Shawn Hershey and Amanda Gruhl from It’s All Swing.  There’s no need to bring a partner or have any prior experience.  And this is especially great for those of you that have come to our dance and learned 6 count before!  Here’s is your opportunity to learn the Lindy Hop.  And it couldn’t be easier b/c it’s right in our own Crosby Whistle Stop!  But if you’ve never come to one of our dances before - never fear!  Shawn and Amanda are patient and very experienced teachers that will show you what you need to know.

We’ll follow the lesson up with a practice session from 8:30 to 11pm.  DJ’s to be announced!

AND don’t forget to send your suggestions for what to name our Tuesday night dance to info@bostonswingcentral.org!  If you suggest the winning name, you get into the Tuesday night practice session for FREE for two whole months!

Lesson: 7:30pm-8:30pm
Dancing: 8:30-11pm
Admission: $5 lesson, $3 practice session

The Crosby Whistle Stop
24 Roland Street
Charlestown, MA 02129