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Founded in September 2001 by Carl and Sandra Moller, Swing-Out Edmonton has since been building a community of swing dancers here in Edmonton. We are a non-profit, University of Alberta student group that endeavours to encourage students, non-students, and people of all ages to join our community. We offer lessons, workshops, dances, and demonstrations in the city of Edmonton.
Swing dances are a group of partnered and solo dances — such as charleston, lindy hop, shag, balboa, and peabody, to name a few — that were popular during the swing era. For further information, please refer to Wikipedia:Swing dance and this.
1-year memberships terminating at the end of December 2010 may be purchased at the Tuesday lessons at a cost of $10 for students and $15 for non-students.
Membership is required to register in lessons and club members receive discounted admission to club and certain community social dance events and workshops.
This term, we offer a Beginner class on Tuesday nights in the Education South building (ED S 213).
It runs from 6 pm to 7 pm, beginning January 26. The 8-week lesson series will provide you with all the fundamentals for 6-count Swing and Lindy Hop, plus lots of fun stuff to play with - courtesy of our bad-ass instructors Read and Sierra. Plan to arrive 15 minutes early for registration on the first night.
Cost:, $20 for students, $30 for non-students.
The lesson will be followed by a jam session from 7 pm to 9 pm in ED S 213. The jam session is free if you are registered in the Beginner class. We also welcome all other interested dancers to come and join us for some practice and fun at a cost of $3 for students / $5 for non-students.
Please feel free to come early (and stay late) to socialize and practice what you're learning.
Partners are not required.
Keep a look out for details on our next class series which should be available in September!
These social dances are held every Saturday at Orange Hall or Pleasantview Hall unless otherwise noted below. The evening begins with a non-progressive beginners' lesson from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm and the dance runs from 9:00 pm to 12:00 am. Check sugarswing.com before you head out to confirm the week's location.
| Sugar Foot Stomp Prices | ||
| Dance + lesson | regular | $12.00 |
| Dance + lesson | student | $11.00 |
| Dance + lesson | member | $10.00 |
| Dance + lesson | student + member | $9.00 |
| Dance only | regular | $8.00 |
| Dance only | student | $7.00 |
| Dance only | member | $6.00 |
| Dance only | student + member | $5.00 |
There will be an additional dance, Sweetheart Swing Dance, on Friday, February 12th. This will be a dance you won't want to miss, featuring live music by the Elphida Orchestra. It will take place at Pleasantview Hall. Beginner lesson at 8:10 pm, dance until 1 am! Lesson + dance $17 regular, $15 members, -$2 students. Please visit sugarswing.com for more information.
The tenth Prairie Lindy Exchange will be taking place in Saskatoon on the weekend of March 12-14, 2010. The tenth anniversary of this international event will bring together swing dancers from across the prairies and beyond for a weekend full of dancing to live music, performances and competitions. All levels of dancers are welcome! Mark your calendars, plan a road trip! For further details, please visit plexology.org.
The building is located on the University of Alberta's North Campus on the north side of 87 Avenue between 112 and 114 streets, just south of the University Transit Centre. (Link to campus map)
Parking is available in the adjoining Education Parkade for a flat rate of $3.75 after 4:30 pm.
The hall is a small wooden, orange trimmed, white building located at 10335 84 Avenue. It is directly east of the Strathcona branch of the Edmonton Public Library and northwest of the Farmer's Market. (Link to Google map of Orange Hall)
This community hall is located at 10860 57 Avenue. It is about 300 m west of Lendrum Place Shopping Plaza. Free parking. (Link to Google map of Pleasantview Hall)
This community hall is located at 7727 98 Street. It is about 700 m SSW from the intersection of Whyte(82) Avenue and 99 Street. Free parking. (Link to Google map of Ritchie Hall)
This live music venue and pub is located at 10329 Whyte(82) Avenue half-way between 104 Street and Gateway Boulevard (103 Street) on the south side. (Link to Google map of Blues-on-Whyte)
Swing-Out Edmonton is short on volunteers to take over its simple executive duties. If you have a few hours a week to kill, or even a few hours a month, don't hesitate to contact us.
Want to keep up-to-date? Send us an e-mail requesting to be put on our mailing list and receive regular club e-mails.
This page was last updated by mgc on 2009-01-26 19:30