Thirteen! That is correct! What started as a mere thought to have a Valentine's Day event with decked out dancers has morphed into an event that has a historical spot in Chicago's Swinglore! It has moved from a mid-winter affair to a Spring Kick-off! It has gone from different locations each year to the Swinger's Ball home at Willowbrook! Please visit our website for full details at http://www.swingersball2010.com . >>>

Need some dancin' on a cold Saturday night?

Come to the Galaxie where Dr. Swing will be rockin' it for the dancers from 10pm to 1am. Bring your friends for the beginning swing lesson at 9pm.

This night is another great opportunity to dance away your winter blues! (Remember that spring really is just around the corner!) Take advantage of the night to stay active and keep honing your dance skills, and experience the unique energetic and social atmosphere unique to the Galaxie. >>>

Join us for a night that is the epitome of elegance with one of the country's national treasures of stage and screen, Milt Trenier of the Treniers, a chart-topping band from the 1950s. Milt will provide the musical entertainment once again at the second annual Galaxie Valentine’s Night on Saturday, February 13.

Don your finest dancing apparel for a night of dancing, feasting on an exquisite array of handmade desserts and enjoying a stellar performance from one of Chicago's classiest ensemble of musicians. If you missed last year's overwhelmingly successful event, then you have never seen the Galaxie adorned in such cultivated beauty and grace as this night entails.

A blues dance lesson will be taught at 9pm and the band starts at 10pm. Tickets are $25 per person and can be purchased on the Galaxie web site at http://www.galaxiechicago.com or in house at the Galaxie. Tables of four or six may be purchased as well. To reserve a specific table, please make a note of the table number in the field marked “instructions from buyer.” No worries! All reservations will receive a table assignment.

The price includes the Valentine’s dessert buffet. The event sold out last year and is sure to again. >>>

Need some hot bluesy sounds this winter?

You can find them at the January Galaxie Nite, provided by one of Chicago's established blues ensembles, Morry Sochat and the Special 20s.

Saturday, January 16
9pm: Beginning Swing lesson
10pm-1am: Live music and dancing
$15 at the door

Morry Sochat and The Special 20's are bringing a fresh sound to the Chicago Blues scene. They mix classic Chicago Blues with Swing from the 1950’s. They’re influenced by the best in blues history: Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Louis Jordan, Junior Wells, and all of the Chicago greats.

To learn more about this hot and swingin' band, check out their web site at: http://www.special20s.com/about.html.

Check out the Facebook event at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=237056343041&ref=mf#/event.php?eid=237056343041.

Questions?

Call (773) 267-6010 or
e-mail

Be there for the filming promptly at 9pm. It will go until 11pm. Open dancing will follow from 11pm to 1am. NO COVER! Just be yourself if you want to be on film, and be dressed to impress. You want to look good on camera, don't ya? We want to get a good crowd going for shoot. >>>

Come out and celebrate with us on the dance floor! Blues Workshop kicks off a night of dancing - all fun to watch and do!
John Joven teaches Blues Moves and Dips at 8 p.m., floor opens at 9 p.m.
http://www.studioviva.com/events.htm >>>

You have two more chances to get out there and dance it up to live music this week at the Galaxie!

Gypsy Jazz and Dance Jam
Thursday, December 12
8-11pm
Lead by Rhythm Futur
$5

Galaxie Nite Dance
Saturday, December 12
9pm: Beginner lesson
10pm-1am:Dancing to Pat McClintock's Combo Du Jour
$15 >>>

This Saturday is the next Galaxie Nite dance! After a day of learning from the famous Skye and Frida, test out your new, fresh ideas on the dance floor. It’s always a party at the Galaxie, so come by, bring some friends, and dance it up on a Saturday night!

10pm-1am
9pm beginner lesson
$15 at the door

The Galaxie
2603 W. Barry Ave.
(773) 267-6010 >>>

Yes! The WCLX Party goes on and on and on...

with Solomon Douglas from Seattle with his Quartet back at Fizz Bar and Grill! That's at 3220 N Lincoln starting at 9pm. and It'll be 10 dollars at the door, folks!

{Solomon's bands (including the Solomon Douglas Swingtet, Back Pocket, Corner Pocket, and the Solomon Douglas Trio) have played at countless exchanges, camps, workshops, and other events in North America, Asia, and Australia since 2000. His experience as a swing dancer and dance instructor gives him an understanding unique among musicians of the music that swing dancers and blues dancers like to dance to!

His influences as a pianist include Erroll Garner, Oscar Peterson, Gene Harris, Count Basie, and Thelonious Monk. His small groups play a mixture of musical styles including blues, old-school swing, and groovy mainstream swinging jazz with tinges of bop and soul-jazz.}

We all know Chicago has some great live swing bands that you can dance to every week- but how often to you get to dance to TWO big bands dueling it out all night?

Come dance to the hot sounds of two of the region’s most swingin-est big bands as they battle for four hours on Saturday, September 19.

Chicagoland’s own Shout Section Big Band and the GRT Big Band from Kankakee, Ill. are dishing out their high energy sound for your dancing inspiration on the 19th from 7 to 11 pm at the Beecher Community Hall in Beecher, Ill. >>>