Seattle Lindy Exchange - Aug 13-15, 2010

[freedie]

Save the Date, peoples! AUGUST 13-15, 2010

More great musicians and dancing is sure to be in store next year!

Tell your friends!

-Freddie

[dargoffthemerciless]

DO NOT MISS SEATTLE LINDY EXCHANGE 2010
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-Joel Hedge
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[GhettoBooty]

Mark you calendars today!!! This event just keeps getting more and more epic!!!
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[Casey323]

Will there be the 2nd Annual Seattle Karaoke Exchange? I'm not coming without it!



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Savoy Swing Jam ~ March 2011
The Lindy Hop Competition For One and All!
www.savoyswingjam.com
Stay tuned for details

[SolidSwing]

My favorite event of the year.
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[SeattleLindyExchangePeeps]

Are you as excited as we are??



www.seattlelindyexchange.org

[freedie]

Hey Rip Tippy,



www.seattlelindyexchange.org is now live!

Seattle,

Check it out and if any questions come up, please ask them. We want to be clear with info when we get the word out about our great city.

We use volunteer photographers (Jared Luxenberg) and videographers (Bobby Bonsey), and most of our content comes from them. If you have ideas for spreading the word about lindy hop in Seattle and the Seattle Lindy Exchange, let us know!

Registration will open quite soon! Volunteers can contact Justin Hill, or email seattlelindyexchange at yahoo . com

August 13, 14, 15, 2010, a great weekend in Seattle!

Freddie

[GingerKid]

REGISTRATION IS OPEN!!!

Early Bird discounts are LIMITED and going fast. Really fast!

$65 - Early Bird Discount (limit 30 total)
$55 - Savoy Swing Club member discount (limit 30 total)

http://sealx.dancecamps.org/booking.php

SEATTLE LINDY EXCHANGE
Aug 13 - 15, 2010
www.seattlelindyexchange.org

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At the Seattle Lindy Exchange, the musicians are the special guests! Friday evening will feature...

BLACKSTICK with special guests LLOYD and EVAN ARNTZEN!



Check out a video of Blackstick playing at last year’s exchange featuring a surprise performance by Seattle’s own Lorraine O’Neal and Michael “Dargoff”!
http://www.seattlelindyexchange.org/friday

Sometimes things skip a generation. That is definitely the case with Blackstick; the union of a grandfather-grandson team of clarinet players. Evan Arntzen, the leader of the band, has been playing hot music for dancers for the past few years on the west coast. His grandfather, Lloyd, taught him the clarinet and a love for New Orleans Jazz, and has been a mainstay on the Western Canadian Jazz scene since the 50’s. This all-star band includes guests John Reynolds (gtr), Ben Polcer (trpt) and Jason Jurzak (bass).


Blackstick: Lloyd Arntzen, Evan Arntzen - cl/ss; Ben Polcer - trpt; John Reynolds - gtr;
Jason Jurzak - bass; Benji Bohannon - drums & cymbals


SEATTLE LINDY EXCHANGE
AUG 13-15, 2010!
www.seattlelindyexchange.org

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SATURDAY EVENING of the Seattle Lindy Exchange will feature 

THE SWINGIN’ M’GILLS



The Swingin’ M’Gills is the reunion of Casey MacGill (uke/piano/crnt), John Reynolds (gtr) and Paul Woltz (bass sax), all former band mates from California!  Joining them will be Evan Arntzen (cl/sax) from Vancouver, BC with Seattle residents Robin Cady (bass) and Michael Faltesek (gtr) in a band that was born to swing! 

Check out this clip of Casey and John playing with the MOOD INDIGO trio!  John tears it up on the guitar at 1’46 and you can’t beat Casey’s scat solo at 2’08!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ciq0RMAzSU


Casey MacGill
From California, he is a classic Hollywood character in appearance and style. MacGill plays boogie-woogie, swing, and stride piano. He blows a lyrical cornet, and his most unique instrumental voice is a 6-string tenor ukulele. He has been singing and arranging vocal harmonies for almost 30 years, in a career that stretches from Los Angeles (Mood Indigo, feature films “Frances” and “Swing Shift”) to Spokane, WA (The Spirits of Rhythm and the classic album “Jump”) to Broadway (the musical “Swing”) and finally to Seattle.  He can be found playing with his Blue 4 trio at local spots around Seattle weekly.
www.blue4trio.com

John Reynolds
John Reynolds picked up the banjo at the age of 11 and shifted his focus to the guitar after he heard Eddie Lang on the the 1926 Jean Goldkette recording of “Sunday”.  John was a member of Disneyland’s Banjo Kings for several years and has played guitar and banjo with his brother, Ralf Reynolds, Paul Woltz and the cream of the Southern California traditional jazz musicians since the late 60s.  He's played with Mood Indigo, the Palms Springs Yacht Club, Dean Mora, the Reynolds Brothers and a number of other groups.  
www.reynoldsbrothers.net

Paul Woltz

Paul and Casey played in the Rubber Band (1973-75), on the Gong Show (1976), and Paul was in the Mood Indigo Orchestra from 1980-84.  He has been playing as a reed man with the UptownLowdown Jazz Band since about 1985.
http://www.uptownlowdownjazz.com/ULJB.htm


THE SEATTLE LINDY EXCHANGE
Aug 13-15
www.seattlelindyexchange.org

*HOUSING NOTICE!
HOUSING WITH A SEATTLE HOST IS ONLY GUARANTEED IF YOU HAVE REGISTERED BY JULY 1st!  We’ll try our best to find accommodations for all who need a place to stay, but register as soon as possible to secure a spot with one of our generous Seattle hosts!!

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SATURDAY LATE-NIGHT will be featuring New Orlean's

BEN POLCER AND THE WOLVERINES




Ben Polcer, trumpeter and pianist extraordinaire, will be joined by fellow New Orleans guests Jason Jurzak on upright bass and guitar, and Meschiya Lake singing vocals. Together with our local traditional jazz ringers, Ben Polcer and his Wolverines will bring the Big Easy alive late into the night.

CHECK OUT THIS CLIP OF THE LOOSE MARBLES AT THE 2008 SEATTLE LINDY EXCHANGE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGBM0cO77bk&feature=player_embedded


Since first playing Seattle with the Loose Marbles at the 2008 lindy exchange, Ben Polcer, Jason Jurzak, and Meschiya Lake have been making yearly returns. They bring a musical connection from New Orleans to Seattle with a spark of joy and intensity for the music and the dancing.

Ben Polcer : www.sidewalksaints.com; [url]babysoda.org[/url]; Ben co-leads the Loose Marbles Jass Band, playing gigs weekly at all the hot spots in New Orleans. A former resident of New York City, Ben and others began a street jazz band, Baby Soda, which has taken off as a great addition to NYC busking, bringing hot jazz to the streets and subways.

Jason Jurzak : Jason Jurzak is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and dedicated member of the rhythm section. As a bassist/sousaphonist in New Orleans he is a regular on the vibrant Frenchman Street music scene and in traditional jazz clubs around the city. As a composer and songwriter, his work has been heard on PBS, NPR, Sirius/XM and numerous radio stations throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe.

Meschiya Lake : www.sidewalksaints.com; Meschiya, once a member of the Loose Marbles, now fronts her own eclectic band of jazz folk, the Little Big Horns. She sings often on Royal St. during the day and Frenchman St. in the evening, and has a hot new album out, "Lucky Devil".


The Wolverines
Ben Polcer - trpt/piano, Craig Flory - reeds, Dave Loomis - tbone, Dave Brown - bass, Benji Bohannon - drums & cymbals, Jason Jurzak - gtr, Meschiya Lake - vocal melody



BAND CAMP

Do you play an instrument? Guitar? Clarinet? Trumpet? Uke? Wanna jam with New Orleans guests Ben Polcer and Jason Jurzak? Well, bring your instrument to the Seattle Lindy Exchange for BAND CAMP on Saturday afternoon. This is a generous one-of-a-kind musical opportunity that you won't want to miss! Register and tell us what you play. More details to come.

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SUNDAY EVENING at the beautiful CENTURY BALLROOM will feature....

CRYZTER’S BLUE RHYTHM BAND


*Photo of Meschiya by LensJockey

Get yourself gussied up and latch on to the groove of big band swing. These 13 swinging jazz men will be hittin’ and blowin’ amazing arrangements from the swing era, as well as some original charts by Glenn Crytzer. Topping it off will be special guest MESCHIYA LAKE, our fabulous guest vocalist from New Orleans.

Check out this clip of the Blue Rhythm Band at last year’s Exchange!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZwNMGJkkxw&feature=player_embedded#!

Cryzter’s Blue Rhythm Band has been one of Seattle’s favorite big bands since their formation in 2008 for Seattle’s Killer Diller Ball. They brought the house down at the 2009 Seattle Lindy Exchange and we’re excited to have them back! This 13 piece line up is comprised of some of the finest jazz musicians in the Pacific Northwest. Cryzter’s Blue Rhythm band plays charts from the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra, the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra, the Benny Goodman Orchestra, and many more including of course their namesake, the Mills Blue Rhythm Band. The band also pioneers new arrangements of classic tunes written in the 1930’s style by bandleader Glenn Crytzer. www.syncopators.net

CRYZTER’S BLUE RHYTHM BAND:

Lance Buller, Steve Mostovoy - trpt; Dave Loomis - tbone; Steve Tresler, Craig Flory, Paul Woltz, Galen Green - reeds; Glenn Crytzer - gtr; Dave Brown - bs; Solomon Douglas - p; Benji Bohannon - dr; Meschiya Lake - v; Glenn Cryzter - arr.


SEATTLE LINDY EXCHANGE
Aug 13-15, 2010
www.seattlelindyexchange.org