The company line in Toronto has always been, “we are lucky to have so many great live bands”. Well, truth be told, I was not a company man for a very long time. I’m slowly starting to see the light, I just need to look in different avenues and directions.
Last night, at the end of Yonge and Bloor Blues, after our last blues song we turned back on all the lights and I played a couple soul/motown songs to wrap up the night. The people who were still around and still wanted to dance got a chance to bust out the moves one more...
Tyler Yarema in Ottawa Saturday March 20th (During Steven and Virginie Weekend). I was exceptionally impressed with the dance Saturday in Ottawa. The music was clicking, the dancing was clicking, it was the best night of dancing I have had in months.
Coming back from the lindy hop mini workshop that Alcina Chiu and I taught at UWO, we were treated to a FANTASMICAL band at Dovercourt, Patrick Tevlin’s New Orleans Rhythm. Toronto dance organizers, take his name and band contact information down because that’s the SOUND that we want to HEAR so we can SWING. I...
