The Swing Book (33 page)
Authors: Degen Pener
Michael Finegan
Ann Arbor Dance Classics
734-975-9055
Joyce Stoughton
734-973-2575
Detroit Area
Clutch Cargo
65 East Huron Street
Pontiac
248-333-2362
Swinging the weekend on Friday and Saturday
Token Lounge
28949 Joy Road
Westland
734-513-5030
Call for details
Velvet Lounge
29 South Saginaw
Pontiac
248-3347411
Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays swingout
Paulette Brockington
313-869-9385
Barry Douglas
1-888-IHUSTLE
Dance site for all of Michigan
http://hometown.aol.com/dancealert/index.html
All kinds of dancing in the Detroit-Ann
Arbor area
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis-Saint Paul
Famous Dave’s
3001 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis
612-822-9900
Let the Senders send you on Wednesdays
Fine Line Music Café
318 First Avenue North
Minneapolis
612-338-8100
Hop to the sounds of Vic Volare and the Volare Lounge Orchestra on Tuesdays
Lee’s Liquor Lounge
101 Glenwood Ave
Minneapolis
612-338-9491
Free lessons plus the Jaztronauts on Mondays and Wednesdays
Mario’s Keller Bar
2300 University Avenue
Minneapolis
612-781-3860
Free lessons and DJ on Sundays, live bands on Tuesdays (rockabilly)
Wabasha Street Caves
215 South Wabasha Street
Saint Paul
651-224-1191
Dancing inside actual caves, a former Capone hangout, on Thursdays, all ages
Cindy Geiger and Terry Gardner
612-722-9976
Land O’Loon Lindy Hoppers
612-920-7648
Listing of everything swing in the Twin
Cities
Calendar listing of local swing nights
with news updates
MISSOURI
Saint Louis
Blueberry Hill
6504 Delmar
314-727-0880
Call for details
The Casa Loma Ballroom
3354 Iowa Avenue
314-664-8000
Lessons and dancing Wednesdays
Jukebox Party Club
2140 Schuetz Road
314-993-5449
Tuesdays (Saint Louis’s Imperial swing)
Just Dancing
Jane Humphrey
Woods Mill Road and Manchester
Manchester
314-227-7202
http://digdugdar.net/swingme/swingin/main.html
Swing Me Saint Louis’s guide to dancing in the Show-Me state
http://members.aol.com/stlballrm/dring.htm
Links to all types of dance venues in the Saint Louis area
http://www.rescomp.wustl.edu/~ballroom/
Washington University’s Dance Club offers swing and some Latin dance classes on most Sundays
NEVADA
Las Vegas Area
The Beach
365 Convention Center Drive
702-731-1925
The Sinn City Daddies, plus lessons, on Tuesdays
Bellagio
Fontana Lounge
3600 Las Vegas Boulevard South
702-693-7075
888-987-7111
The coolest spot in town, with Jump, Jive, n’ Wail performing daily except Mondays
Desert Inn
Starlight Lounge
3145 Las Vegas Boulevard South
702-733-4444
Great dance floor, occasional swing bands
New York, New York
The Big Apple Lounge
3790 Las Vegas Boulevard South
702-740-6969
Occasional swing bands; call for events
Sunset Station
1301 West Sunset Road
Henderson
702-547-7777
Live music on Tuesdays
Arthur Murray Dance Studio
Maryland Parkway at Harmon
702-650-5275
Full info on the Vegas swing scene
Hip-looking guide to the city
NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT
www.databasewebworks.com/swingdance
The National and New England Swing Dance Server homepage
New Hampshire and Vermont’s Upper Valley Swing Dance Network
NEW JERSEY
KatManDu
50 Riverview
Route 29/Executive Park
Trenton
609-393-7300
Lessons and dancing on Sundays
The Leopard Lounge
Club Bene
Route 35
South Amboy
732-727-3000
Live music on Saturdays
Trump Marina
Huron Avenue and Brigantine Boulevard
Atlantic City
609-441-2000
800-365-8786
Booking some of the scene’s best swing bands; call for nights
Information on dancing and music in northern New Jersey
NEW MEXICO
Events and classes in both Albuquerque and Santa Fe
NEW YORK
Buffalo
Homepage of the Buffalo Swing Dance Network
Long Island
The homepage of Swing Dance Long Island
Manhattan
Cotton Club
656 West 125th Street
212-663-7980
Monday and Thursday night swing dancing in Harlem at this re-creation of the famous club
Irving Plaza
17 Irving Place
212-777-6817
Long-running Sunday-night party sponsored by the New York Swing Dance Society
Rodeo Bar
375 Third Avenue
212-683-6500
East Coast and Western swing; call ahead for schedule
The Supper Club
240 West Forty-Seventh Street
212-921-1940
Art deco dance palace hops after midnight on Fridays and Saturdays
