Events Page

 

Here are the classes, dances and events

we currently have scheduled,

listed in chronological order

 

Live Music Dances – Every Month!

We’re pleased to announce that GottaswingCharlotte will now be hosting dances with live music on the third Saturday of every month (holidays and scheduling conflicts aside)! It is our firm belief that live music adds an element of excitement and spontaneity to a dance and allows us to present a variety of musical styles, once again proving that you can swing dance to just about anything!  So come on out!

 

Swing Thursday!

Weekly Free Swing Dancing - Lindy Hop, Charleston, Balboa, Blues, Shim Sham to the Best Swing on the Planet! – Every Thursday at Ed's Tavern II!

Join us for weekly Swing Dancing in the "Swing Loft" at Ed's Tavern II conveniently located to everything near uptown Charlotte at 7th and Caswell.

9:00pm - 11:00pm

 

 

Lead and Follow Skills Class

 

Thursdays, July 22,29, Aug 12,19 – no class or dancing on August 9

Ed’s Tavern

366 North Caswell Street, Charlotte

7-8 PM

4-week series - $49

 

In this 4-week session we will focus on Sharpening your lead and follow skills--a must for being a good social dancer.  Must have taken the GottaswingCharlotte beginning swing class or be able to do a basic whip, lindy circle, side by side Charleston and tandem Charleston.  Sorry, no drop-ins allowed.  Free dance party from 8-10 PM after lessons.  Please support the venue when you come out to dance.  (No class or dancing on Aug 5).

 

Beginning Swing

Thursdays, starting August 26

Ed’s Tavern

366 North Caswell Street, Charlotte

7-8 PM

8-week series - $99

The entire 8 week beginner class covers basic 6 and 8 count swing dancing as well as basic partner Charleston and tandem Charleston moves.  Knowing how to do the material in this class is be the prerequisite to attend the Intermediate Swing Dance class.  New students are admitted up until the 2^nd week of class.   Sorry, no drop-ins allowed.  Open dancing after lesson, Free for students & public on nights with DJ dancing, $6 for band dances (Band dances free for current GottaswingCharlotte students). 

 

Intermediate Swing

 

Thursdays, starting August 26

Ed’s Tavern

366 North Caswell Street, Charlotte

8-9 PM

8-week series - $99

 Once you've taken the beginner class and have a foundation for swing dancing, the Intermediate classes are always different to let you keep putting more moves in your swing dance tool box and offers a great place to meet new people and have fun while you do it.  To take this class you must be able to do a basic whip, circle, partner Charleston and tandem Charleston covered in the beginning class.  .  Sorry, no drop-ins allowed.

 

Free dance party from 9-11 PM after lessons.  Please support the venue when you come out to dance.

 

 

 

Charlotte Cool Cat Corner Workshop Weekend

 

October 22-24, 2010

Charlotte, NC

 

The second Cool Cat Corner Workshop Weekend promises an all-star line-up. The featured teachers will be none other than Tom Koerner and Debra Sternberg, creators of Gottaswing in Washington, DC. Tom and Debra have been teaching Jitterbug and Lindy Hop since 1987. They have won a number of national and international swing dance competitions, including the United Kingdom Lindy Hop championship and they are 6-time Virginia State Open Lindy Hop champions. They learned their craft from the likes of Frankie Manning, Jean Veloz and other legends. They began their teaching career with one class one night a week in 1994; now their swing lessons are taught at eight locations, six nights a week. Gottaswing now teaches more than 500 students each week and introduces over 4,000 new dancers to the joy of swing dancing annually.   Tom and Debra, along with their performance group The Eight Week Wonders, have performed at The National Air & Space Museum, The Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap and with The Count Basie Orchestra, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and Lionel Hampton. Their schedule is so busy that they rarely put on workshop weekends, so this is an opportunity you do not want to miss!

Joining Tom and Debra is a woman correctly billed as the Absolute Treasure of the Swing Dance Community: Jean Veloz. Jean's career started in the 1940's. She was the star of "Groovie Movie" in 1944, with Lenny Smith, Kay Vaughn, Irene Thomas and Chuck Saggau. "Groovie Movie" has become a favorite of swing dancers all over the world as they study this piece of history for the fabulous look of this style of Lindy Hop. Rarely in any field does one have the opportunity to meet with a true living legend. Jean Veloz IS a charming living legend!

 

Watch Jean in Groovie Movie:

 

 

The band line-up will include Russ Wilson, the Southeast's "King of Swing,"  & His Mighty, Mighty Men who will perform on Saturday night.  This will be our annual Halloween Party as well, so don you now your scary apparel! The Friday night line-up is being put together as this is being written, as is the update to the website, so keep your eyes peeled here for more information!

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