Weekend Schedule
November 1st - 3rd 2024
DANCES
Friday Night Social | Friday, 8:00 PM – 10:30 PM
The Mahone Bay Legion Swing Band
Location: Kings College Gymnasium, Castine Way (Near 6350 Coburg Road)
Doors open at 6:15 PM, band starts at 8:00 PM!
Workshop (included with admission) from 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Swingin’ With the Fishes | Saturday, 8:00 PM – 10:45 PM
Tuesday Night Big Band
Location: McInnes Room, Dalhousie Student Union Building, 6136 University Ave
Doors open at 6:30 PM with our “Introduction to swing” beginner lesson from 7:00 - 8:00 PM (included with admission).
The Band starts at 8:00 PM with dancing until 10:45 PM!
Blues | Saturday, 11:00 PM - 2:00 AM
Location: The Grawood, 6136 University Ave - Student Union Building
$10.00 at the door
Note: The Blues dance is not included in any Shimmy registration packages.
A Soul dance is returning to the Seaside Shimmy menu!
Soul Supper | Sunday, 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Location: The Brewery by Quinns, 6273 Quinpool Rd
Join us for food, drinks and dancing to the grooves of Soul and Motown music!
Friday and Saturday night dances will be DJed between band sets for two nights of continuous dancing!
WORKSHOPS
HEY DANCERS! This year we have TWO TRACKS: Lobsters 🦞 and Lighthouses 💈! Everyone will be looked at to determine which track will suit your dancing needs best. If you are not at the group auditions, you will be placed in whichever track the organizers think is best. Audition times are: 6:30pm Friday and 9:30am Saturday.
Friday 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Friday Workshop Location:
Kings College Dance Studio, Castine Way (Near 6350 Coburg Road)
LOBSTER + LIGHTHOUSE 1
Let's Walk Together! Experimenting with Swing Walk/One Step, as it was danced at the Savoy!
- With Lunou and Jo
Saturday 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
All Saturday and Sunday workshops will be held in the Dalhousie Arts Centre, 6101 University Ave.
LIGHTHOUSE 💈 Workshops will be held in
Room 111 (2nd Basement), Dalhousie Arts Centre,
6101 University Ave
LOBSTER 🦞 Workshops will be held in
Room 121 (2nd Basement), Dalhousie Arts Centre,
6101 University Ave
LOBSTER 1
“Let's Dance!...”: Everything you need to have an AMAZING dance - the music as your muse, your pulse, groove, finding and creating momentum, and all the fun things
- With Kofi and Megan
LIGHTHOUSE 1
Yin & Yang: How to find the balance, keep the dance flowing, make it fun for everyone
- With Lunou and Jo
Saturday 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
LOBSTER 2
"That's my JAM!...": Can you have a moment with just you and the music? 3 and a break where the break is a solo moment
- With Kofi and Megan
LIGHTHOUSE 2
Candy Crush: Improving and playing with the Sugar Push
- With Lunou and Jo
Saturday 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM
LOBSTER + LIGHTHOUSE 2
"Where the party at?...": How to get the party started...and to keep it going!
- With Kofi and Megan
Saturday 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
LOBSTER 3
Yummy Basics: Make them good to improve your overall dancing!
- With Lunou and Jo
LIGHTHOUSE 3
"Let's Dance...": Everything you need to have an AMAZING dance - the music as your muse, your pulse, groove, finding and creating momentum. Finding the end of the stretch, looking for the juicy feeling of tension/release and how to play with it; making movements longer or shorter by adjusting the amount of tension
- With Kofi and Megan
Sunday 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
YIN YOGA FOR DANCERS
Room 121 (2nd Basement), Dalhousie Arts Centre, 6101 University Ave
Join us for an hour long stretch to wake up our minds and bodies for another great day of dance! Led by Erin Hennessy of Bathurst, NB! Join us for a yoga session geared towards relaxing the muscles we use in swing. This yin class to breathe and stretch will be the perfect way to start our last day of the weekend.
Sunday 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
LOBSTER 4
"Three Swings and Out ...": You can never have too many swingouts...or ideas to shape your swing outs. Are you creating the proper basic shape of a swing out? Are you moving efficiently so as to build the momentum? Can you do an outside turn no hands?
- With Kofi and Megan
LIGHTHOUSE 4
Fine and Mellow: Get comfortable dancing to slower tempos
- With Lunou and Jo
Sunday 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
LOBSTER 5
Tuck These Turns: Playing with tuck Turns!
- With Lunou and Jo
LIGHTHOUSE 5
"Three Swings and Out ...": You can never have too many swingouts...or ideas to shape your swing outs. Are you creating the proper basic shape of a swing out? Are you moving efficiently so as to build the momentum? Can you do an outside turn no hands?
- With Kofi and Megan
Sunday 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
LOBSTER 6
Fine and Mellow: Get comfortable dancing to slower tempos
- With Lunou and Jo
LIGHTHOUSE 6
"That's my JAM!...": Making the best of the music and your partnership... Sneaking in some slick vernacular Jazz steps; Paying tribute to the OGs
- With Kofi and Megan
COMPETITIONS
What is a Mix & Match Competition? Formerly known as Jack & Jill competitions, as invented by swing dance legend Jack Carey in the early 1950s, in this contest dancers rotate to partners randomly drawn. Dancers of all levels are encouraged to enter the Mix & Match (M&M) competition. The focus is on social dancing and improvisation. Leaders and followers are randomly matched and they dance to music they don’t know beforehand. M&M competitions are very popular in the swing dance world and are first and foremost about having fun on the dance floor while spontaneously dancing with a variety of partners. Participants will be judged as individuals in the preliminary round and as a couple in the finals.
There will be two divisions of M&M: Open and Advanced
FINALS will be Sunday at Lunch
PRELIMS will be Saturday after the workshops
Be aware this is a Safe Space.