SPECIAL EVENTS: San Francisco and environs. November, Dec., Jan. 2004

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SAN FRANCISCO and environs. November, December, 2003; January, 2004
Updated November 4. Caveat: Accuracy is a goal not necessarily
achieved.

This is frequently updated, with relevant links, at
<http://geocities.com/dancefest/Specials.html>.

Compiled by Icono Clast

Saturday, November 1; Noon-Midnight, $15 (Age 17 and younger: $5)
USABDA NorCal Dance Tournament, Elks' Lodge, 4249 El Camino Real, Palo
Alto. Workshops: $10 or $15 for two. Host: James Kleinrath, Telephone:
1650/591-6757.


Thursday, November 6; 9-1, $10
CITY RHYTHM ORCHESTRA ("High energy Swing") at Biscuits and Blues, 401
Mason Street (Theatre) (Telephone: 292-BLUES)

Thursday, November 6; 10-2:30, $15
Pre-Congress Party and Celebration at Café Cocomo, 650 Indiana Street
(Potrero Hill/Dogpatch [Telephone: 824-6910]). Classes at 8:30.


Friday-Sunday, November 7-9
San Francisco International Salsa Congress, Airport Marriott Hotel,
1800 Old Bayshore Highway, Burlingame. Hostess: Michelle Castro


Friday-Sunday, November 7-9
Michelle Kinkaid's MOUNTAIN MAGIC Swing Dance Convention, Horizon
Resort & Casino (Rate: $75 'til block filled), 50 Highway 50, South
Lake Tahoe (1800/648-3322; 1775/588-6211). Event and workshops: $110.
Aged 17 and younger: $60.


Saturday, November 8; 8-1, $30
CITY RHYTHM ORCHESTRA ("High energy Swing") at Sweet's Ballroom, 1933
Broadway, Oakland (Telephone: 1510/893-3500). $25 in advance from
Swing Time Productions, c/o David Allan, 17590 Rancho Tehama Road,
Corning 96021 (Telephone: 1530/585-2308). Dance class at 7.


Saturday, November 15; Noon-11
San José State University Ballroom Dance Club's Classic VII, Barrett
Ballroom, SJSU Student Union. University bounded by South Fourth,
South Tenth, East San Fernando, and East San Salvador streets.
Individuals must register by November 7, teams by November 2.
Information. Telephone: 1408/924-SPIN.


Saturday, November 15; 8-11, $23
BIG BAND BLACK & WHITE BALL with the MOODSWING ORCHESTRA, a docette
playing Swing, Ballroom and Latin favorites of the 1930s and '40s.
Refreshments. Dressy, sem-iformal, Black & White attire suggested.
Grand Ballroom, Lake Merritt Dance Center, 200 Grand Avenue, Oakland.
Advance tickets $17 through November 8 via PayPal or check to: Marilyn
Bowe 3004 Bayo Vista Avenue, Alameda 94501 (Telephone: 1510/523-5587}.
East Coast Swing class w/Marilyn Bowe at 7.


Saturday, November 15; 8-11, $10
Mystic Ball III with THE MYSTICS, City College of San Francisco's John
Adams Campus Third Floor Auditorium, 1860 Hayes Street. Advance
tickets for $8 payable to Swing City Dancers, 740 Natoma Street 1, San
Francisco 94107. Beginners' and Intermediates' classes at 7.


Thursday, November 27; 8-2, $10
The public is welcome to attend the US Open Swing Dance Championships
Pre-convention Dance at the San José Civic Auditorium, 135 West San
Carlos Street.


Friday-Sunday, November 28-30
US Open Swing Dance Championships at San José Civic Auditorium, 135
West San Carlos Street.


Monday, December 1
Today is the deadline to submit your deposit of $250 for Michelle
Kinkaid's SEA MAGIC dance cruise, April 18-25. San Francisco-San
Francisco visiting Monterey, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Ensenada, and
Catalina aboard the Celebrity Cruise Line's MS Mercury.


Saturday, December 13; ?-?, $??
TOWER of POWER at The Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Street
(Telephone: 346-6000)


New Year's Eve
The American Swing Orchestra presents: A Musical Tribute to Benny
Goodman aboard the USS Hornet (docked at Pier 3, Alameda Point). Food
available. Details might not be correct yet. Tickets at
1510/521-8448x228 from 10-4, $35 General ($40 at door), $50 reserved
near floor, $75 reserved near stage. Forty-five minute San Francisco
Jitterbugs class at 7.


Thursday, January 15; 7-4, $10
The public is welcome to attend the Monterey Swingfest's EarlyBird
class and dance at the Regency Hotel, 1 Golf Course Drive, Monterey.


Friday-Sunday, January 16-18, $109
Monterey Swingfest, Regency Hotel, 1 Golf Course Drive, Monterey.


NOTES

The Mondays at 9 CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ORCHESTRA gig ($5) has returned to
Jazz at Pearl's, 256 Columbus Avenue (291-8255) under the management
of Kim Nalley and Steve Sheraton. Food available 'til Midnight.


The Tuesdays at 9:30 COLLECTIVE WEST JAZZ ORCHESTRA, usually a
docette, continues at Foley's Cellar and Speakeasy ($3), 243 O'Farrell
Street but you must call 954-0777 to confirm before going. Foley's
Irish House, in a wise and correct business decision, sometimes kicks
the band out. There is room to dance but be sure to take your own
partner.


Every First Tuesday; 9:30-12, $10 
REALISTIC ORCHESTRA at Bruno's, about 20 pieces playing electronic and
experimental, not traditional, big band music, breakbeats, drum 'n'
bass, HipHop, and jazz under the leadership of Adam Theis. The March
25 gig was a blast. So were the subsequent ones. There is no place to
dance.
        I have attended many of this band's gigs and reached a conclusion: 
        It is not the cutting edge of modern music: It's the goddamn tip o'
the knife!


Thursdays at 9, $5
HAMMOND B-3 ORGAN NIGHT (Soul, Jazz, Funk, and Boogaloo promised)
Foley's Cellar and Speakeasy, 243 O'Farrell Street, 954-0777. There is
room to dance but take your own partner.

            A dancing San Franciscan Leading dancers to dances;
            Following dance promoters to success;
            Groovin' on the baadest sounds. 
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