by Jay | Jun 9, 2011 | Community Night, Front Page, Music, Toronto Lindy Hop Blog, Videos
I hope you’re all looking forward to catching Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns this weekend! For those of you that have not been to New Orleans or fortunate enough to see Meschiya here’s a video of her and the Big Horns playing in NOLA. This will...
by Jay | May 25, 2011 | Community Night, Front Page, Toronto Lindy Hop Blog
We’re less than a week away from the great Frankie Manning Tribute night here in Toronto. We hope to see everyone out for the wonderful event to help support a great cause – the Frankie Manning Fund. In case you’re wondering what the Frankie Manning...
by Jay | Apr 18, 2011 | Community Night, Social Dance
The annual Frankie Manning Tribute night is coming up on May 28th, 2011. For those that are not familiar, Frankie Manning is considered the father of lindy hop. Frankie passed away two years ago and to commemorate his life and contribution to lindy hop around the...
by Jay | Feb 12, 2011 | Community Night, UT Swing, Videos
Three weeks ago the University of Toronto Swing Club hosted their fourth annual University exchange TUX 4D. As part of the event there was a great Jack and Jill held at the Saturday night dance at Dovercourt House. Here’s a video of the finals of the...
by Jay | May 31, 2010 | Community Night, Toronto Lindy Hop Blog, Videos
As mentioned in a previous post, this past weekend was the annual Frankie Manning Tribute & Fundraiser with all proceeds going to the Frankie Manning Fund. As part of this special evening there were several performances on the first band break. Krister captured...
by Jay | May 31, 2010 | Community Night, Front Page, Toronto Lindy Hop Blog
This past Saturday night (May 29th, 2010) the entire Toronto Lindy Hop community came together at Dovercourt House to once again honour the memory of Frankie Manning, one of the founding fathers of the dance we all love so much. Frankie passed away in April 2009 one...