*PLEASE NOTE WE ARE AT SPRINGSTEP IN MEDFORD TONIGHT!*  ADDRESS BELOW.

Sweet Molasses Blues invades Boston Swing Central…they’ll be supplying the teachers, the DJs and many of the dancers.  Come and check out all of the fantastic out-of-town dancers who will be gracing us with their presence, and get your winter groove on.  If you don’t have any experience or clue as to what blues dancing is,  this is the place to start!  And tonight we will be running LATE! LATE! LATE! until 4 AM.  So that’s 8 hours of dancing for the bargain price of $17!!!

The line up for the night includes asome amazing DJs including Mike Marcotte (DC), Steven “Dr. Feelgood” Watkins (San Francisco), Devona Cartier, Gui Cavakcanti, Julie Brown, and BSC’s own Tim Lewandowski!

And we’re very excited to have our introductory blues lesson with Tina Davis & Don West of Dallas Texas!  So come and try it out and see what all this “groove on” stuff is that people are talking about… 

There will be a teacher’s performance and a blues performance in the early half of the evening.

Space is limited so be sure to get there early to reserve your spot on the dance floor!

Due to the volume of guests we will be having tonight, we will not be able to accept discounts or passes.  We will not have an active guest list.

**SPECIAL LOCATION TONIGHT ONLY**

Springstep

98 George P. Hassett Drive

Medford, MA

Fats Waller was a larger than life character.  Definitely the “Snoop Dogg” of his time…and we just love playing his music at our dance.  So tonight we’ll pay tribute to him once again as our artist of the week.

Lesson (included in price of admission) 8pm-9pm

Dancing 9pm-12am

$10 / $8 for students (with valid ID) and seniors

Extreme Dancesport

288 Norfolk Street, # 3 (upstairs)

Cambridge, MA 02139

A Valentine’s Day Extravaganza.  For those of you who missed this dance last year, this is one dance you don’t want to miss.  We have custom Swing Valentines and Cupids to deliver them to your friends, that secret crush, your favorite DJs, they don’t mind.  Just fill out one of the Valentines we’ll give you upon your entrance and put it in a mailbox and Cupid will do the rest.  Tonight we also welcome back J-Street featuring Josh Fialkoff from NYC (also know as the piano player in the Fried Bananas).  

Please note, tonight is a special event and we will not be accepting passes or have a guest list. 

Shawn Hershey and Amanda Gruhl from It’s All Swing will be teaching our lesson.

We are very excited to welcome, for the first time, Daryl Begin from Providence as our guest DJ, he picked the theme for tonight’s musical party…where he plans to take us back to old New Orleans and the birthplace of jazz, the red-light district known as Storyville, Basin St where it all began…think Louis Armstrong, Buddy Bolden and Jelly Roll Morton.

Not sure where to PARK?  Try the Whole Foods overflow parking lot, that it is a block or two down from Whole Foods  on Prospect and Bishop Allen. You can park there for free after 6:00pm…Extreme is a couple of blocks up Prospect (North).  Please note that this is NOT the lot in front of the store.

Django Reinhardt would’ve been 100 years old this past Saturday, Jan 23rd, 2010. So this Friday we celebrate his centennial by featuring him as our artist of the week. Django Reinhardt singularly pioneered the genre of Gypsy Jazz. His phenomenal guitar work is world reknowned and the music of his Quintette du Hot Club de France is guaranteed to inspire you to dance. This is hot jazz at it’s finest! We also welcome back one of our favorite guest DJs, Isaac Marx who will be spinning for you.

Not sure where to PARK?  Try the Whole Foods overflow parking lot, that it is a block or two down from Whole Foods  on Prospect and Bishop Allen. You can park there for free after 6:00pm…Extreme is a couple of blocks up Prospect (North).  Please note that this is NOT the lot in front of the store.

We are happy to welcome back Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade. Some of you might have seen her last June, and we’re excited to have her back!  She’ll soon be moving to Brooklyn very soon, and it’s a real challenge to get on her packed calendar.  The Bon Parade is her backing band, which promises to keep things lively and swinging with their reimagined 21st century Golden-age jazz.  You will leave with a smile on your face.  And if you feel so inclined, dress in your best quirky-retro-modern-vintage-wear to blend in with the band.

Not sure where to PARK?  Try the Whole Foods overflow parking lot, that it is a block or two down from Whole Foods  on Prospect and Bishop Allen. You can park there for free after 6:00pm…Extreme is a couple of blocks up Prospect (North).  Please note that this is NOT the lot in front of the store.

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): $12

Our DJs dig through their collections to pay tribute to Fletcher Henderson.  Many of you might not know who Fletcher Henderson was, but his 1925 band gave Louis Armstong a job when he relocated to New York.  The band also featured Coleman Hawkins.  Henderson went on to arrange for Benny Goodman and is an essential artist in Swing History.

Let’s celebrate the end of the decade, the beginning of the New Year and all that jazz!  2010 is here and we’re not quite ready to move into our new space (yet)…a couple more weeks.  Hang in there – we’re just as anxious as you! The floor is finished and it is magical.  The bathrooms are tiled, but they still need to finish a few details.  Anyhow, we will be back at Extreme Dancesport to kick off the year with some awesome swing music.  Come celebrate with us and stay tuned for more details on our space.  

We’re closed for New Years, but we’ll be back in full force in 2010!

All I want for Christmas is a new home for the BSC….You can fit that on your sleigh, right Santa?  I’ll know it’s you if you leave your cane there.  P.S., if that really can’t fit, I might settle for a Wii.

Tonight we’ll have a DJ Party with Jason Provost and other DJs (TBA).   Jason and others will be pulling out all the stops to get you in the holiday mood and send you off into the New Year with our final dance of the year.  Beat the holiday bulge and get your dancing feet movin’!  And keep your fingers crossed for a new year in a new space!

Closed due to construction.

We’re closed.  Enjoy the Turkey!

The Back Bay Rhythm makers return to Boston Swing Central to tear it up with their smaller combo (you might recognize them as members of White Heat Swing Orchestra). This smaller, more nimble, group has played for us many times. And we love them!  Fueled by the high energy clarinet of leader Craig Ball, these cats know how to bring it.  Be prepared to cut loose!
 
This also kicks off a big swing dancing weekend where we welcome some of our favorite teachers Skye Humphries and Naomi Uyama, and we’re hoping that they get a chance to stop by.  See hoptothebeat.com for more details.

Boston Swing Central at Extreme Dancesport

288 Norfolk Street, 3rd floor

Cambridge, MA 02139

Lesson (included in the price of Admission): 8PM-9PM

Dancing: 9PM-12 Midnight

Admission: $13 General, $10 Students and Seniors (with Valid ID)

Hey good lookin’, what ya got cookin’?  Yes, it’s that time of year, when thoughts of turkey appear in our heads.  We’ve challenged our DJs to come up with their best swing songs about food.  Yes, there are many swings about food, like “Hey Sweet Potato” by Fats Waller (with a name like Fats, you gotta expect that he’d sing the praises of food, or at least use at as an analogy for a his sweet heart).   We’ll try not to overdo the theme tonight….there’s nothing worse then a slightly burned dance.  And it might make you more hungry than wanting to swing, but we’ll season the evenings proceedings by peppering the mix with some songs about food.  Okay, enough with the food references, we’ll save the rest for Friday night.

Boston Swing Central at Extreme Dancesport

288 Norfolk Street, 3rd floor

Cambridge, MA 02139

Lesson (included in the price of Admission): 8PM-9PM

Dancing: 9PM-12 Midnight

Admission: $10 General, $8 Students and Seniors (with Valid ID)

Tonight we’ll pay homage to the King of Swing, Benny Goodman.  Before rising to Royalty starting his own band, Goodman played the clarinet with other Jazz legends like Red Nichols and Glenn Miller in the 1920s and early 1930s.  In the mid-1930s, Goodman’s big band swing sound ignited the swing scene with the foot stompin’ rhythms of the “King Porter Stomp”.  Dancers loved it then, and they love it now.  There’s nothing like those big brass trumpets to get you hoppin’ and jumpin’.  Not only was Goodman at the forefront of Jazz, but he was also forging the way for societal changes, leading one of the first racially-integrated bands during an era of segregation in the 1930’s.  Jazz was a music that brought many different people together, just as we hope it will bring all of you together tonight!  So come on out and swing to the King of Swing!

Boston Swing Central at Extreme Dancesport

288 Norfolk Street, 3rd floor

Cambridge, MA 02139

Lesson (included in the price of Admission): 8PM-9PM

Dancing: 9PM-12 Midnight

Calling All Zombies! Rise up!  It’s time heed the bell toll for another ghastly and ghoulish Halloween party at Boston Swing Central.  So rise from your crypt and pay tribute to the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson and dance to the creepy sounds of the Fried Bananas.  The lesson will feature Michael Jackson’s Thriller line dance as taught by the undead duo, Jason Provost and Diana Byrne.  The lesson begins promptly at 8pm – 9pm and then performed later on in the evening.  So, start studying YouTube now…  Don’t miss this party as it will be one of the best of the Fall!

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): $12
 
Boston Swing Central
at Extreme Dancesport
288 Norfolk St # 3 (Upstairs)
Cambridge, MA 02139

Last week, we went back to the 90s for Neo Swing, this week, Boston Swing Central will go way back, back to the days of Fats Waller, Bunk & Lu, and Cab Calloway.  So we won’t be kickin’ it old school with Young MC, Tupac or Flavor Flav, we’ll be kickin’ it really Old School…30s and 40s style.  In recent weeks, you might have noticed our distinctive shift this direction, and we hope to continue to mine our mp3 collections to bring you the best music we can find to keep your imaginations stimulated and your feet moving…this week we also welcome guest DJ Isaac Marx back.  

And as always, we’ll have our beginning lesson at 8pm before social dancing.  So come on out and dance with us!

Lesson (included in the price of admission): 8:00pm – 9:00pm

Dancing: 9:00pm – 12:00am
General Admission: $10
Students and Seniors (with Valid ID): $8
 
Boston Swing Central
at Extreme Dancesport
288 Norfolk St # 3 (Upstairs)
Cambridge, MA 02139

Lesson (included in the price of admission): 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Dancing: 9:00pm – 12:00am
General Admission: $10
Students and Seniors (with Valid ID): $8
 
Boston Swing Central
at Extreme Dancesport
288 Norfolk St # 3 (Upstairs)
Cambridge, MA 02139

Lesson (included in the price of admission): 8:00pm – 9:00pm
Dancing: 9:00pm – 12:00am
General Admission: $8 with school gear, $10 regular
Students: $5 with school gear, $8 regular
 
Boston Swing Central
at Extreme Dancesport
288 Norfolk St # 3 (Upstairs)
Cambridge, MA 02139

This week the BSC steps back in time, to the 1930s and the Savoy Ballroom.  Dress-vintage…our DJs will bring their best Savoy Ballroom-inspired music to keep your feet jumpin’ to the Lindy Hop.   This was THE era.  Known as the “Home of the “Happy Feet”.  The Savoy Ballroom was the epicenter for swing dancing.  It’s where Frankie Manning got started and where he later joined the amazing performance troupe, Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers.  It was also famous for a supreme battle of the bands facing off Bennie Goodman, Count Basie and Chick Webb.  And the general concesus was that Chick Webb’s band won handily.  We’ll try our best to recreate that feeling.

Kellian and Brian will be teaching our lesson this evening.

Lesson (included in the price of admission): 8-9pm

Dancing: 9pm-12am

General Admission: $10, Students and Seniors (with valid ID): $8

Boston Swing Central at Extreme Dancesport

288 Norfolk Street

Cambridge, MA 02139

General Admission: $10/ Students and Seniors (with Valid ID): $8