Austin Swing Syndicate general updates and announcements
Hey everyone! It’s that time of year again when holidays are happening and schedules start getting a bit weird. So for 2014 (2015), we have a few Thursdays that land on Holidays. Here’s the remaining 2014 Schedule (we are basically open every Thursday except Christmas!): Read more
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! The Austin Swing Syndicate will be open on Thanksgiving (as we have in the previous years)! In keeping with that tradition, the dance will be completely FREE since it will be run by volunteers who have taken time out of their Thanksgiving evening to operate the Thursday dance! Also, special to this year, we’ll have teachers for the beginner lesson starting at 8:15pm! How can you beat a FREE dance and FREE lesson on Thanksgiving? Seems like one of the best pre-Black Friday deals! The schedule for the Thanksgiving dance is:
Please keep in mind, there will be no side room tonight, and Read more
This Thursday’s dance unofficially kicks off Austin Lindy Exchange! There are well over 200 people registered for the event this weekend, so we’ll have a full house! Expect our weekly Thursday dance to be a little more packed than usual, but otherwise we’ll be holding our regular DJ’ed dance, $3 for members and $6 for non-members. If you have friends from out of town attending the Thursday dance, make sure they bring their local swing group membership card to get the affiliate discount ($3)!
The wonderful management of the Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs Headquarters, TFWC Mansion, has provided us with a parking garage down the street from our venue. The parking garage is FREE to all our attendees. No code required!
The parking garage is located under the building at 2401 Longview Street, but NOTE the entrance to the garage is in the ALLEY between Longview and Leon St down the ramp on the west side of the alley. Again the entrance is not on Longview street nor Leon street but off the ALLEY that runs between them.
View of the alley from 24th street:
View of the ramp to parking area on the west side of alley.
Photo Courtesy of Andrew Fritz
The Austin Swing Syndicate will be teaching a Shim Sham Class for the month of August. The Shim Sham is traditional jazz line dance (no partner necessary, think of it like an old school, 1920’s version of Cupid Shuffle or Teach Me How to Dougie). We do the Shim Sham every Thursday around 10:30pm and this is a great way to learn the steps so you can participate with everyone. The best part, is the class is FREE with admission into the dance.
We have fabulous instructors teaching two week series on the Shim Sham. We’ll have two separate series of classes so if you miss one just wait until the next series starts. Here’s the information:
This year marks the celebration of Frankie Manning’s 100th birthday! In a global tribute to Frankie, cities around the world are learning and performing The Lindy Chorus, choreographed by Frankie himself.
To kick off Austin’s participation in this centennial celebration, the Austin Swing Syndicate will be teaching the Frankie 100 choreography in a 4-week class starting Thursday, April 24! The class will be taught by Andrew Muñoz and Gina Helfrich, and is FREE to everyone with admission to the Syndicate’s weekly Thursday dance. Read more
The Austin Swing Syndicate will be having a special dance on May 22, 2014 to celebrate Frankie100. It’s the 100th birthday anniversary for the ambassador of swing dance, Frankie Manning. If you want to learn more, head over to the Frankie100 website and read about how Frankie changed the world with swing dancing. Read more
Join us for our Annual Members’ Meeting on Thursday February 27 at 8pm in the Art Gallery at The Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs. There will be FREE pizza for all Austin Swing Syndicate members! Read more
It’s time for the annual Austin Swing Syndicate Board of Directors Elections!
Voting Dates: February 6 and February 13
To vote:
1. You must be a member. Annual membership is $20 for students and $30 for adults, plus you get in for $3 the rest of the year. If you’re expired, it’s time to renew!
2. You must be physically present to vote during one of the two weeks. Read more