Join us for a swing dance this Friday on the very last day of September! No experience necessary, no partner required. DJs Stan Yen and TBA will be spinning some tunes for us. This dance will also be extra Balboa friendly (since we have some Bal folks visiting from out of town, if you’re not familiar with Balboa or Bal, then you’ll see it and there will be a lot of songs where one can dance swing, lindy or Balboa). See you there!

First Set: Andrew Selzer
Andrew Selzer started DJing for weekly dances in the college town of State College, Pennsylvania; but these days he hails from Boston, Massachusetts. With over five years of experience dancing Lindy Hop, Collegiate Shag, and Balboa all over the globe from Paris, France to New Orleans, Louisiana he brings to the table music true to the swing era that appeals to the international swing dance community.

Second Set: Stan Yen
Although he started swing dancing in 1997, Stan can still remember being captivated by Duke Ellington’s East St. Louis Toodle-Oo and Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue in a college class almost 10 years earlier. He started DJing out of necessity in 2010 when he and his wife, July, decided to grow the Balboa scene in the Boston area and needed to provide music for practices. Since then, he’s DJ’d locally at MNP, Uptown Swing and the BBJ in Providence while continuing to be the “House DJ” for Boston Balboa’s regular events. Recently, he was also the strictly competition and post-band DJ at the Great Lakes Balboa Escape in Chicago.

He has a thing for xylophones and songs about food or with unusual lyrics. He likes to stick with artists from the original Swing Era (with a particular fondness for the late 1930s), but that hasn’t stopped him from occasionally playing more contemporary songs so long as they make him want to dance — he hopes they’ll make you want to dance too.

Lesson (included w/ price of admission): 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Swing Dancing: 9:00pm – 12:00am
General Admission: $10
Students and Seniors (with Valid ID): $8

Extreme Dancesport
26 New Street, Suite 3
Cambridge, MA 02138

Come squeeze out those last few dance steps and say goodbye to our out of town friends! Join us for the last dance of the Dirty Water weekend at Extreme Danceport with DJs Katie Piselli and Dustin Spicuzza.

Dancing: 8:00pm – 10:00am
General Admission: $6 at-the-door

Extreme Dancesport
26 New Street, Suite 3
Cambridge, MA 02138

With some of the most beautiful views of downtown Boston, Piers Park is a hidden gem in East Boston! Come join your friends, new and old, for our annual Dirty Water Sunday afternoon outdoor Lindy and Blues dance on the harbor. DJs Natalie Eringros, Miranda Lank and RetroMike with spin some tunes for us! Since we will be dancing right on the water in autumn, we recommend you bring a jacket with you.

Social Dancing: 2:30pm-5:30pm
THIS DANCE IS FREE!

Piers Park
95 Marginal Street
East Boston, MA 02128

Take the Blue Line to Maverick
Free parking

www.dirtywaterlindy.org

With their unique brand of musical Americana and hot jazz revelry, the Boilermaker Jazz Band brings the party to you! Led by Paul Cosentino on clarinet, this acclaimed group interprets the great American song book in their own unique fashion, bringing the swinging sounds of the jazz age back to life. You’ll hear familiar classics and rarities performed by superb instrumentalists and heartfelt vocalists. From concert halls to dances, festival stages to elegant soirees, listeners and dancers agree — with their infectious beat and enthusiasm this band can make any crowd move! http://www.boilermakerjazzband.com/

Band Break DJ – Andrew Selzer

Andrew Selzer started DJing for weekly dances in the college town of State College, Pennsylvania; but these days he hails from Boston, Massachusetts. With over five years of experience dancing Lindy Hop, Collegiate Shag, and Balboa all over the globe from Paris, France to New Orleans, Louisiana he brings to the table music true to the swing era that appeals to the international swing dance community.

Social Dancing: 8:00pm – 2:00am
General Admission: $35
Students and Seniors (with Valid ID): $30

Sorry, no passes or coupons will be accepted tonight.

Get your blues on late into the night with DJs Paul Loschak, Tanya Teal and Steven York!

Social Dancing: 1:00am – 4:00am
General Admission: $20

Central Rock Gym – Yoga Studio
74 Acton St
Watertown, MA 02472

www.dirtywaterlindy.org

NOTE: Venue is HIBERNIAN HALL!!  (Not at Extreme in Cambridge)

The Vanguard Serenaders are a special project created to expand the sound and scope of Michael Gamble’s widely admired Rhythm Serenaders. With a beefier front line, the band pushes further toward the big band sound, digging most deeply into the work of various Basie and Ellington band alumni and the small to mid-size groups they created at the peak of their creativity in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s. If the Rhythm Serenaders classic sextet focus on deft and fleet 1930’s arrangements full of levity and flash, the Vanguard Serenaders reach more for heavy, groove-focused arrangements that invite a slow, vigorous head-nod. Real genre aficionados will recognize, in addition to the Basie and Ellington material, close transcriptions of Buster Smith, Cootie Williams, Earl Hines, Roy Eldridge, and even very early Dizzy Gillespie. As with all Gamble’s projects, every tune is chosen with a DJ’s eye for the dance floor, and a deep love for the swing community which shares his passion for authentic and mind-blowing dance music of the last century.

Band Break DJ – Kevin Lin

Kevin loves swing dancing, swing music, and loves listening to the music at all waking hours of the day. He has DJ’ed at local venues around Boston including MIT Lindy Hop Society and Monday Night Practice. Some of his favorite bands include Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and Chick Webb. Kevin’s goal is to keep the energy high and the dancing fun, and he firmly believes in the saying… “It don’t mean a thing, if it ain’t got that swing!”

Swing Lesson (included w/ price of admission): 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Social Dancing: 9:00pm – 12:00am
General Admission: $30
Students and Seniors (with Valid ID): $25

Sorry, no passes or coupons will be accepted tonight.

Kick-off the Dirty Water Lindy & Blues Exchange with a blues dance featuring DJs Joey Science and Stephen York!

Joey Science is a dork for both lindy hop and blues. From 2010-2016, Joey ran 50Fifty, a lindy and blues dance in Chicago, DJing sweet tunes whenever needed. Joey has taken DJ lessons from both Dan Repsch and Rob Moreland and is always looking to learn more about the super rad job of playing music to keep people moving. They love supporting modern swing and blues bands and have an ear out for new albums all of the time.

Stephen York – There are times he has been seen stalking across the MIT campus, his mutterings circling back and again to rhythm, to structure, to any element he can use to link his obsession back to his shivering
reality. He has heard the world and the smallest bit of what it offers. His search for more, for anything else he was able to gather in his flashbulb glimpse has brought him to lead others. Those who follow him through the murky streets of Boston seek to glean whatever ghostly tones he will drop in his wake like hard candy: enough to keep them near, never enough to satisfy or surpass…

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Blues Intermediate Class – 7:30-8:30pm
Blues Basics class: 8:30-9:30pm
Social Dancing: 9:30 – 11:30pm
Lesson and Dance Admission: $10
Dance Admission ONLY: $5

Dance Union aka Blues Union
16 Bow St, Somerville, MA 02143 (map)

Take an exhilarating “energetic” (Wall Street Journal) “doze of jazz vocals” (Time Out), and “shining” instrumentals (Wall Street Journal), and a dash of yesteryear, then mix in a whole lot of musical dexterity and charm – and you have one of New York’s most beloved swing bands, Svetlana & the Delancey Five, delivering the special New York brand of swing and “making hot jazz sound cool” (BlueMonkMoods).  Lead by “outstanding singer and songwriter” (Will Friedwald) Svetlana whose “vocals sparkle” (blogcritics.com), the band has performed on stages ranging from the premier jazz clubs (Blue Note, BBKings, Iridium, Zinc Bar) to the authentic New York secret speakeasies and the most coveted NYC’s private clubs.  Whether you’re a jazz aficionado or a lover of all things New York, “get ready to swing and be moved” (JazzLives))

Lesson (included in the price of admission): 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Dancing: 9:00pm – 12:00am
General Admission: $16
Students and Seniors (with Valid ID): $13

Extreme Dancesport
26 New Street, Suite 3
Cambridge, MA 02138

The 18-piece Beantown Swing Orchestra will be sharing their gift of swinging big band tunes! The BSO is known for their stellar performances of vintage Swing Era classics arranged for that big band sound that inspires memorable dances. The band even adds their own flair by adding in some original songs and arrangements! For this dance, BSO will feature vocalists Kiva Trumbour and Cara Campanelli.

Lesson (included in the price of admission): 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Dancing: 9:00pm – 12:00am
General Admission: $15
Students and Seniors (with Valid ID): $13

Extreme Dancesport
26 New Street, Suite 3
Cambridge, MA 02138

Join us for a swing dance with our local Boston DJs!

Andrew Selzer
Andrew Selzer started DJing for weekly dances in the college town of State College, Pennsylvania; but these days he hails from Boston, Massachusetts. With over five years of experience dancing Lindy Hop, Collegiate Shag, and Balboa all over the globe from Paris, France to New Orleans, Louisiana he brings to the table music true to the swing era that appeals to the international swing dance community.

Miranda Lank
Miranda (aka DJ Legs Magoo) became addicted to dancing during her high school days in South Carolina and with DJing soon after. Along with DJing regularly at all three of South Carolina’s swing scenes, she has DJed for several lindy hop and blues events in the state, including Charleston Lindy Exchange, Greenville Lindy Exchange, Holy City Blues Exchange, and Swing Into Spring. Her favorite part about spinning tunes is inspiring people to get on the dance floor.

Lesson (included w/ price of admission): 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Swing Dancing: 9:00pm – 12:00am
General Admission: $10
Students and Seniors (with Valid ID): $8

Extreme Dancesport
26 New Street, Suite 3
Cambridge, MA 02138