Melbourne Swing Festival
Welcome to the 3rd annual Melbourne Swing Festival, proudly presented by Swing Patrol. Join in on the laughter at the Swedish Bugg Party (with Mattias and Hanna), take a chance at the Melbourne Lindy Battle or enjoy dancing in disguise at the Masquerade Ball.
Take it back a notch and enjoy the Blues Party, relax outside at Moomba with the Pearly Shells or release your inner need to get some sleep and come to our Pajama Party. However, make sure not to miss the Dance Workshops targeted towards ALL levels of dancers featuring fabulous classes by:
* Mattias Mattias Lundmark & Hanna Zetterman (from the Harlem Hot Shots, Sweden)
* Jojo Jackson (USA)
* Mike Faltesek (USA)
We are also pleased to include some of our talented local Aussie teachers as part of the optional classes at the Melbourne Swing Festival. Come along and make the most of learning from interstate teachers who you rarely get access to…
* Vas Pelecanos & Trevor Hutchison (Perth)
* Derek & Trish Carruthers (Sydney)
* Mark Paroz & Vicki Lawrance (Brisbane)
* Liam Honer (Canberra)
* Dave & Shan Connell (Hobart)
Registrations have now closed but all the events are pay on the door (except classes), so please just turn up on the night!
MELBOURNE SWING FESTIVAL – LATEST NEWS
1. Blues Shake Down – The Official Pre-MSF Party
Happen to arrive in Melbourne before MSF kicks off? Come along to the official Pre-MSF Party at our Blues Shake Down. Jump into Solo Blues classes by Mike Faltersek and then dance the night away to our fabulous DJ’s Vas Pelecanos (Perth) and Kenny Russell (Hawaii). It’s a great opportunity to meet all the visiting dancers, have a drink with our International Teaching Team and of course… Dance, Dance, Dance!
What’s in store? The night will kick off with Solo Blues classes by Mike Faltersek as follows:
7pm – Solo Blues (open level)
8pm – Solo Movement (open level)
9pm – Social Dancing until LATE!
To read more about Blues Shake Down, click HERE
2. Swingin’ Bands at MSF!
Live music is a priority at MSF and we are pleased to announce that the following bands wills be playing at MSF in 2008:
Michael McQuaid’s Red Hot Rhythmakers
Where: Melbourne Lindy Battle on Fri March 7th 2008
To read about MLB click HERE
The Society Syncopators
Where: Masquerade Ball on Sat March 8th 2008
To read more about the Masquerade Ball, click HERE
Paul Williamson Hammond Combo
Where: Blues Party on Sun March 9th 2008
To read more about the Blues Party, click HERE
3. MSF DJ Team
The DJ lineup at MSF has been finalised and we are excited to announce that the following DJ’s will be spinning the decks at the third annual Melbourne Swing Festival:
Andy Fodor (Melb), Di King (Melb), Drew Ringsmuth (Brisbane), Ellen Stantschew (Germany), Gunther Hang (Sydney), Jess Faggian (Melb), Keith Hsuan (Melb), Kenny Russell (Hawaii), Liam Honer (Canberra), Mark (skip) McCarthy (Brisbane), Mark Paroz (Brisbane), Noni Clarke (Melb), Russell Turner (Canberra), Sam Carroll (Melb), Timana Hattam (Melb), Trevor Hutchison (Perth) and Vas Pelecanos (Perth)
Hope to see you there!
To download a PDF file of the schedule of MSF, click here.