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Swing Dance w/ One Straw Revolution

Sat 14 December 2019
7:30 PM - 10:30 PM
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SWING DANCE W/ One STRAW REVOLUTION, Saturday, December 14, 2019,Dewey Hall, 91 Main Street, Sheffield, MA 01257 Doors open at 7:00, Lesson with Emily Vail at 7:30, Live music at 8:30 Sliding fee scale $20-$10. No partner necessary, beginners welcome and refreshments available. Enjoy dinner before the DANCE AND GET 15% off at the Stagecoach Tavern at Racebrook Lodge: (https://rblodge.com/thestagecoachtavern/ [https://rblodge.com/thestagecoachtavern/]) with coupon code #oldtonenative. One Straw Revolutions plays the standards from the Swing era, when jazz, popular music and dance music were all the same tunes. Back then it was Big Bands, 18 or more musicians blowing like crazy....a small band with a big band sound. The band's hot rhythm section with a stand up bass, and three fine soloists (2 guitars and a trombone) and a vocalist brings the old tunes to life in the here and now on the dance floor.  The Band is: Bobby MacVeety, guitar & vocals | Roger Suters, bass | JonSuters, guitar | Grisha Alexiev, percussion | Peter McEachern, trombone Please note the day/date change for this dance it is Saturday, not Friday. Dances for 2020 will be on second Saturdays, and there will be SIX swing dances in 2020. To keep up with dances and concerts at Dewey Hall please sign up for the Dewey Hall email list: www.deweyhall.org and follow Dewey Hall on Facebook.  Please email beth@oldtonemusicfestival or call (413) 429 1176. for more information NEXT UP: December 12: Concert w/ Tony Trischka from Oldtone Productions December 14: Swing Dance w/ One Straw Revolution This program is supported in part by Massachusetts Cultural Council grants from the towns of Sheffield, Alford-Egremont, Monterey, and Mount Washington Massachusetts.  Oldtone concerts and DANCES AT DEWEY HALL ARE SPONSORED BY BIG ELM BREWERY http://bigelmbeer.com/ [http://bigelmbeer.com/] , Wheeler and Taylor http://www.wheelertaylor.com/ [http://www.wheelertaylor.com/], Racebrook Lodge: https://rblodge.com/ [https://rblodge.com/], and Berkshire Mountain Bakery: http://berkshiremountainbakery.com/This [http://berkshiremountainbakery.com/This] program is supported in part by Massachusetts Cultural Council grants from the towns of Sheffield, Alford-Egremont, Monterey, and Mount Washington Massachusetts. 
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Dewey Hall
Main Street 91, Sheffield, 01257, Massachusetts, United States

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