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Aurora Theatre continues the Aurora Swing Night concert series with Swing with the Stars of Les Mis on November 2 at 8:00pm.

South Bend Civic Theatre invites you to the swankiest spot in town for the Civic Swing!

Our second Morning Melodies is coming up next month 'Swing Into Spring With the Cottontail Trio & The Supper Club' today, 9 October 2013 @10.30am on the main stage of His Majesty's Theatre.

After sell-out shows and rave reviews at The Southbank Centre and Tricycle Theatre, CAFE SOCIETY SWING - the true story about the legendary New York nightclub which promoted racial equality and progressive causes, will play a limited season at The Leicester Square Theatre on 21 and 22 December 2013.

JetBlue Airways (JBLU), New York's Hometown Airline, today announces its fifth annual Swing For Good Golf Classic and Bid For Good online charitable auction, the airline'smajor fundraising campaign of the year. Swing For Good began as a friendly competition between JetBlue and its business partners, with the ultimate goal of making a difference and raising funds for non-profit organizations. This year's recipients are KaBOOM! and First Book.

On Friday, November 1 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, The New York Pops under the direction of Music DirectorSteven Reineke is joined by Tony Award nominee Montego Glover and clarinetist Dave Bennett for Sing Sing Swing, an all-swing music program that harkens back to the era when big bands ruled the dance floor. The program also pays tribute to the 75th anniversary of Benny Goodman's storied debut at Carnegie Hall with his jazz orchestra. The concert, which took place on January 16, 1938, helped to elevate the status of swing music in the US and beyond, and included some of the brightest jazz luminaries of the day, including Count Basie and members of the Duke Ellington orchestra. The recording of Goodman's performance at Carnegie Hall remains one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time.

On November 1, 2013, The New York Pops continues its 31st season in a return to the days when big bands ruled the dance floor with Tony Award nominee Montego Glover and Dave Bennett, clarinet, guest artists, joining the orchestra in an all-swing program, featuring a tribute to the 75th anniversary of Benny Goodman's legendary live recording at Carnegie Hall.

South Bend Civic Theatre invites you to the swankiest spot in town for the Civic Swing!

Aurora Swing Nights begins another season of crowd-pleasing concerts on Saturday, September 14 at 8:00 PM. The opening concert will offer patrons something completely different, as Aurora takes them on a musical journey to the exotic Andes mountains of Peru with the band Apu Inka.

For one unforgettable night, this mini festival celebrates Gypsy swing of the 1930s in unexpected ways under the artistic direction of guitarist and composer Stephane Wrembel(Fontainebleu, France/NY). Wrembel, who has been called 'a revelation' by Rolling Stone and who composed the music for Woody Allen's last two films will be joined by Kamlo (Nantes, France) who interprets Django via the Mediterranean, and Flamenco and Gypsy swing-style guitar master Alfonso Ponticelli(Chicago). The electrifying sounds of three of the world's leading Gypsy jazz artists - who each share a deep knowledge of Django's style yet express it in individual ways - will move effortlessly between beloved Gypsy jazz standards and stunning improvisations ending in a spectacular super jam finale.

New Jersey's acoustic electric blues and swing band, Fish Cakes and the Fried Daddies, bring their crowd pleasing and unique blend of classic American music to The Robin's Nest on Friday, September 13 at 9pm. Fish Cakes and the Fried Daddiesare a group of accomplished and world class musicians who together create an original take on New Orleans Gumbo, Road House Blues, swing music, country, blues and R&B. Renowned for their tight vocal arrangements, superb instumentals and entertaining showmanship, Fishcakes and the Fried Daddies deliver an old school mix of good time music tailored for a modern audience.

Summertime in Austin seems like the perfect place and time for a happy-go-lucky musical celebration of jazz music and swing dance. At least SummerStock Austin thinks so, and I whole-heartedly agree. Their production of Swing!, a dazzling and energetic musical revue, is absolutely astonishing and completely entertaining. Though SummerStock Austin's other two current productions of Pippin and The Bremen Town Musicians are excellent and memorable, Swing! proves to be the biggest crowd-pleaser of the bunch.

Trying to boil down the swing of one of the greatest golfers to ever play the game to just one element is a daunting task. A new eBook by startup golf publisher 1 Step to Better Golf does just that in 1 Step to Swinging Like Tiger by author Thomas J. Smith.

Performances of New Voices of 2013: Swing Awakening will be held on Friday, August 2nd at 7:30pm and Saturday, August 3rd at 1:30 and 7:30pm. Single tickets range in price from $25 to $45. Tickets may be purchased by calling (973) 376-4343, online at www.papermill.org, or visit the Paper Mill Playhouse Box Office at 22 Brookside Drive in Millburn. Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express are accepted.

Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing - This summer marks the 25th Anniversary season of Midsummer Night Swing. Midsummer Night Swing takes place Tuesdays through Saturdays, today, June 25-July 13, on the elevated dance floor in Damrosch Park on West 62nd Street, between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues.

Digiplex Solon Cinema 16 will be rolling-out the red carpet for newly-inducted Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, Public Enemy, for the World Premiere of Cleveland independent film 'Swing Lowe Sweet Chariote,' an emotionally charged urban drama that is based on a novel by Cleveland author, Stella Hall.

Patrons will thrill to music from the Big Band Era all the way to Funk and Rock classics of the 70s and 80s at Aurora Swing Nights Rock, Roll & Remember concert tonight, June 22 at 8:00pm. Now a summertime tradition, this upbeat edition of the popular Swing Night concert series will feature the Metro Jazz Club, a smokin'-hot 17 piece band performing a memorable array of rock 'n roll songs.

When Wendy Richards' marriage ended, she realized she wanted something more. In her new autobiography “Swing N2 My World: Insanely Different Lifestyle” (published by Trafford Publishing), she offers readers the true story of how she found the swinger lifestyle and the profound change it has had on her life.

Country Dance*New York will present a lively contra dance on Saturday, June 8th, from 8:00 pm to 10:45 pm at the Church of the Village (201 West 13th Street, Manhattan). No previous experience is required and it is not necessary to come with a partner. From 7:30 pm to 8:00 pm there is a beginners' workshop, and the caller walks everyone through the patterns of each dance. Dynamic and spirited music will be performed by the popular New York-based dance band, the Brooklyn Swing Ensemble.

Patrons will thrill to music from the Big Band Era all the way to Funk and Rock classics of the 70s and 80s at Aurora Swing Nights Rock, Roll & Remember concert on Saturday, June 22 at 8:00pm. Now a summertime tradition, this upbeat edition of the popular Swing Night concert series will feature the Metro Jazz Club, a smokin'-hot 17 piece band performing a memorable array of rock 'n roll songs.

The Westport Community Theatre has postponed their SWING INTO SUMMER cabaret, originally scheduled for tomorrow, May 31.

Bad Things? How about good things? With Season Six of HBO's runaway vampire hit 'True Blood' set for a June 16 opener, Washington, DC 'casino music' big band The Swing Set with Alex Cook announced today that it will donate 100 percent of download profits from its Rat Pack-inspired reimagining of the fanger theme song 'Bad Things' to horror-themed theatre company Molotov Theatre Group.

Tickets go on sale for Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing starting Wednesday, May 22. Individual tickets are $17, which includes a dance lesson with a professional instructor followed by two sets of dancing under the stars to a live orchestra. This summer marks the 25th Anniversary season of Midsummer Night Swing, and to celebrate, tickets will be sold at a special '2 for $25' price on May 22 only. There are also Midsummer Night Passes priced at $84 for six admissions, and $170 for the full season. Four-admission passes are available for $60.

Cape May Stage will present the world premiere of New Jersey playwright Shawn Fisher's How to Make a Rope Swing: the inaugural production of the Equity theatre's 25th anniversary season. Directed by Emmy nominee Roy Steinberg, How to Make a Rope Swing, is a dramatic story about long-buried secrets in a Jersey Shore town, and will feature guest performers Lynn Cohen and Barry Phillips along with Ben Rosenblatt. Winner of the Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award, How to Make a Rope Swing opens Friday, May 17 at 8 p.m. at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse on Bank and Lafayette Streets.

New York's most fabulous outdoor dance party - Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing ? marks its 25th Anniversary season this summer by inviting New York's iconic dance bands to bring live music to Damrosch Park. Taking place Tuesdays through Saturdays, June 25-July 13, Midsummer Night Swing will bring together people of all ages, at every skill level, and from dozens of different ethnic and economic backgrounds for evenings of social dance. Says Bill Bragin, Director of Public Programming for Lincoln Center, "In its 25 year history, Midsummer Night Swing has been responsible for helping revive social dancing, not only in New York but around the country and abroad. This anniversary year we celebrate the magic of dancing to some of New York's greatest bands, along with some of the best from around the globe."