Event Archives

Tuesday, Jul 2, 2013 • Swing Dance and Food at the Moose • SDLI

With tapping toes and dancing feet, the time has come for us to meet.

Hot Trays of Food will be available
Please bring your favorite snack/side-dish/salad/dessert to share.
Door Prizes / Cash Bar

Tuesday, July 2, 2013 - Doors Open at 7

Loyal Order of Moose Lodges, 631 Pulaski Rd, Greenlawn NY 11740, 631-757-2777

Singles & beginners are welcome. No partner necessary
Come alone…bring a friend…make a friend…

Large Wooden Dance Floor with Tables - Ample Parking

LEARN TO SWING DANCE!
7:30 - 8:00 PM Dance Lesson

ENJOY GENERAL DANCING
TO DJ MUSIC
8:00 - 10:30 PM Social Dancing

Dance Styles include Swing, West Coast Swing, Ballroom and more.

Dance to the sounds of
Big Band, Standard, Oldies, Country, Blues and Latin

Thursday, Jul 4, 2013 • Midsummer Night Swing’s 25th Anniversary Season at Lincon Center - George Gee • Not a SDLI Event

Battle of the Big Swing Bands: The George Gee Swing Orchestra vs. Mora’s Modern Rhythmists
Thu, July 4, 6:30pm

Dance Lesson at 6:30
Live Music at 7:30

Dance Instructor: Jaime Shannon and Tony Fraser teach Collegiate Shag

Who’s the heppest? Will it be New York favorite, George Gee, who brings his Chick Webb–inspired 12-piece combo to defend the heritage of the Savoy Ballroom? Or will it be left coast darlings Dean Mora and his Modern Rhythmists, representing Los Angeles’s mid-’60s Palomar Ballroom with its Roaring ‘20s take on swing and its focus on period arrangements? Dress in your red, white, and blue vintage finest for an intermission fashion contest.

The Liberty Belle Extravaganza is a vintage Fourth of July rooftop celebration so spectacular, it is on two of NYC’s hottest rooftops—the Empire Hotel and The DL! Celebrate the stars andstripes all night long with a combo ticket. $40 guarantees you entry to both The Liberty Belle and Midsummer Night Swing, so you can freely go between both events, only a block apart.

The George Gee Swing Orchestra
Mora’s Modern Rhythmists

Saturday, Jul 6, 2013 • Tommy James and the Black Tie Affair - Riverhead Theater • Not a SDLI Event

July 6th 2013 8-11pm

Tommy James and the Black Tie Affair

Playing at the new Riverhead Theater

he said there is dancing there
check website- thesuffolktheater.com

Tuesday, Jul 9, 2013 • Country Western Two-Step Instruction at Moose Lodge • SDLI

A beginner two-step lesson by Ellen will be given at 7:30PM to get you on the floor. At 8PM our DJs will be playing some of their great swing dance tunes. A few ballroom dances will be in the mix as well.

The recently renovated Moose Lodge has a fabulous, HUGE 1000 square foot dance floor, freshly painted walls, new ceiling, new lighting & plenty of tables to relax and chat.

No partner is needed and beginners are always welcome. 

Wednesday, Jul 10, 2013 • Old Westbury Gardens Picnic Pops - Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks • {REL[5111][sponsor]3ACgOglWREL}

Wednesday, July 10 - Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks

Farrell FritzIn 30 years as a bandleader, Vince Giordano has become the authority on recreating the sounds of 1920s and ‘30s jazz and popular music. “I just love the energy of the early jazz,” says Giordano. “I wanted to recapture some of that.” Vince GiordanoEarly appearances with Leon Redbone and on the Prairie Home Companion and lending his talents to Francis Ford Coppola’s film The Cotton Club, led to working with Dick Hyman’s Orchestra in half a dozen Woody Allen soundtracks then as a bass player in Sean Penn’s band in Woody’s Sweet and Lowdown. He and the Nighthawks were featured in Gus Van Sant’s film Finding Forrester, in Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator, Robert DeNiro’s film, The Good Shepherd, Tamara Jenkin’s The Savages and recently Sam Mendes’ film: Revolutionary Road, and Away We Go; and Michael Mann’s film Public Enemies; plus HBO’s Boardwalk Empire.

Saturday, Jul 13, 2013 • Midsummer Night Swing’s 25th Anniversary Season at Lincoln Center - Harlem Renaissance Orchestra • Not a SDLI Event

Harlem Renaissance Orchestra: Tribute to Illinois Jacquet featuring the 5th Annual Ambassador Prize Dance Contest
Sat, July 13, 6:30pm

Dance Lesson at 6:30
Live Music at 7:30

Dance Instructor: Margaret Batiuchok teaches Lindy Hop and Shim Sham
DJ: Ryan Swift

The traditional Midsummer Night Swing finale, these guardians of Harlem’s musical traditions, HRO turns to the music of Basie, Ellington, Lionel Hampton, and of course Illinois Jacquet. The evening’s festivities include the awarding of the Ambassador Prize, an honor bearing the nickname Frankie Manning, one of lindy hop’s best dancers and master teachers.

http://midsummernightswing.org/swing

Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 • Rockabilly-Swing with Big Daddy Deluxe • SDLI

We are please to have Big Daddy Deluxe from the Rockabilly Rave fame perform at our Tuesday Swing Dance.

A beginner east coast swing lesson will be given at 7:30PM to get you on the floor.

The recently renovated Moose Lodge has a fabulous, HUGE 1000 square foot dance floor, freshly painted walls, new ceiling, new lighting & plenty of tables to relax and chat.

No partner is needed and beginners are always welcome. 

Wednesday, Jul 17, 2013 • Old Westbury Gardens Picnic Pops - The Hot Sardines • {REL[5109][sponsor]3ACgOglWREL}

Wednesday, July 17 - The Hot Sardines

Hot Jazz, Dixieland, French Chanson & Gutbucket Blues.  The Hot Sardines sound – wartime Paris via New Orleans, or the other way around – is steeped in hot jazz, Hot Sardinessalty stride piano, and the kind of music Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt and Fats Waller used to make: Straight-up, foot-stomping jazz. (Literally – the band includes a tap dancer whose feet count as two members of the rhythm section). They manage to invoke the sounds of a near-century ago and stay resolutely in step with the current age. 

Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 • Tuesday Swing Dance At Moose Lodge • SDLI

A beginner East Coast lesson will be given at 7:30PM to get you on the floor. At 8PM our DJs will be playing some of their great swing dance tunes. A few ballroom dances will be in the mix as well.

The recently renovated Moose Lodge has a fabulous, HUGE 1000 square foot dance floor, freshly painted walls, new ceiling, new lighting & plenty of tables to relax and chat.

No partner is needed and beginners are always welcome. 

Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 • Old Westbury Gardens Picnic Pops - Issa Cabrera and Los Tropicales del Ritmo • {REL[5115][sponsor]3ACgOglWREL}

Issa Cabrera and Los Tropicales del Ritmo

Issa CabreraIssa Cabrera sings with an 8 piece ensemble, Los Tropicales del Ritmo, creating Latin Dance rythyms combining Salsa, Samba, Cumbia and Cha-Cha.  Issa’s lush vocals soar and serenade over her stellar band’s infectious rhythms. It’s an escapade through the Americas sure to make you want to dance!

Issa (pronounced “EE-sa") Cabrera sings the styles of Samba, Bossa Nova, Lando, Cumbia and more in Spanish, Portuguese, and English.  A powerful, multi-lingual combination sure to pormise a memorable music experience.  Combining folkloric traditions, a jazz foundaiton, and her appreciation for modern pop, Issa enjoys expressing her own sound on the Latin music scene.

Since her debut recording in 2008, which featured the extremely talented Lonnie Plaxico, Quincy Davis, Nich Russo, Bennett Paster, with musical director and percussionist, Emiliano Valerio, Issa has performed at venues such as the New Jersey Performing Arts Center Prelude Series, Trumpets Jazz Club, the Bronx Museum of the Arts and many more.

Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 • Tuesday Swing Dance At Moose Lodge • SDLI

A beginner East Coast lesson will be given at 7:30PM to get you on the floor. At 8PM our DJs will be playing some of their great swing dance tunes. A few ballroom dances will be in the mix as well.

The recently renovated Moose Lodge has a fabulous, HUGE 1000 square foot dance floor, freshly painted walls, new ceiling, new lighting & plenty of tables to relax and chat.

No partner is needed and beginners are always welcome.

Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 • Old Westbury Gardens Picnic Pops - Vanessa Trouble & The Red Hot Swing • {REL[8376][sponsor]3ACgOglWREL}

Wednesday, July 31 - Vanessa Trouble & The Red Hot Swing

Swing and Jazz Music Since their debut in 1995 to a crowd of more than four hun-dred Lindy hoppers, The Red Hot Swing have been thrilling audiences with their eclectic mix of jazz, jump blues, origi-nals, and swing. The Red Hot Swing are Vanessa Trouble, lead vocals; Michael Hashim, tenor saxo-phone; Marty Bound, trumpet; Stefan Schatz, drums; Kelly Friesen, acoustic bass; and Mark McCarron, guitar and arrangements.

Vanessa TroubleThe Red Hot Swing have performed widely, including The Five Spot in Philadel-phia, Roseland in Boston, and Swing 46, Tavern on the Green, and the Empire Room in New York City. They were asked to bring their unique sound to the Grand Central Terminal re-dedication ceremonies in New York City. They toured the Palestinian Territories, presenting workshops and concerts as “swing ambassadors” invited by the US Consulate General in Jerusalem. They have been featured on “E” Television and on Fox 5’s “Good Day NY”, performing live at sunrise on Y2K in front of Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn to thousands of TV viewers.