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Updated Tuesday 30th June 2009 NEWSLETTER FROM
Hey there Guys'n'Gals,
If you enjoy what we do as a free service to the dancing and music community, please do us a favour and check out the adverts placed on this site by various businesses. Their financial contribution is helping us to keep going by defraying the constant cost of running a website, so your support of them will ensure their continuing advertising. Each advert has an embedded link and all you have to do is hover your cursor over the advert and left click which will take you through to relevant website.
We still have comments from people at gigs that they have missed shows that were on and they didn't know about them as they didn't know about our website. You could really help us reach a wider audience by passing our web link on to as many of your friends as possible. I can assure you that we do not use our contact list to spam anyone. All the Kitten does once a fortnight is send the usual 2 line Email to let you know we have updated the site.
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CHUCK CALLS FOR HELP
OK all you Rockabilly/Country guys'n'gals out there. Just received the following plea from our friend Chuck of Chuck's Wagon who are shooting a video clip next week and are in desperate need of some extras and a motor vehicle. Please read on and if you can help, contact Chuck by Email to chuckswagon@live.com or on mobile 0408 438 279. He would rally appreciate any help he can get and you and/or your car will be recorded for posterity. Chucks last video was great and this one will be as well I'm sure.
"Hi Jimmy and Margie,
Over the last two years Chucks Wagon have released their bootleg EP in 2006, followed by their debut album in 2007, engineered by Enrec Studios Steve Newton, and mastered by the great Don Bartley. Chucks Wagon have toured extensively since their inception in 2006, returning to Melbourne, Canberra, Perth and rural NSW many times, including taking Tamworth by storm performing 12 shows in 9 days at the 2008 Country Music Festival. Chuck has toured Texas USA twice, once in 2007 with the debut disc, and again promoting the single and duo acoustic limited edition disc in Texas in June 2008. Chucks Wagon draw their inspiration from the original outlaws - Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings - as well as current day heroes like Jack Ingram, Son Volt, Shooter Jennings and Randy Rogers Band to name a few. Chucks Wagon enlisted the support of Steve Newton and Don Bartley again for their single Black Road, and joined forces with 18 on 9 Producer Alex Wertlinger to create Black Road. Long time Director Mike Conway created just the right atmosphere for Black Road, and as Country Music Channel here in Australia adds it to their roster, Chucks Wagon are hoping to introduce themselves to a wider audience both nationally and internationally. Chucks Wagon will be touring the East Coast throughout September to release the single, with dates being finalised now. They will also be releasing a Live From Roadhouse Rags, Austin Texas Chucks Wagon Duo CD in November, recorded whilst on their recent tour of the USA, followed by the release of their second band album in January 2009. There will be no rest till a Golden Guitar trophy!
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HOT HOT HOT "Hot Rod Rumble" News
It's this weekend folks but still time
to book your seats now.
Tables are filling and tickets are selling fast
"Hot Rod Rumble" turns into a weekend event
Hot news from the Towradgi Hotel is that on Sunday 5th July (just the following day after the Hot Rod Rumble) the hotel will be hosting one of their very popular Muscle Car Shows.
The El Caminos will entertain during the day and Limpin' Jimmy and The Swingin' Kitten are delighted to be gluing the whole thing together with some of our great DJ music throughout the day.
The El Camino's
"The El Camino's are a blues/roots group based in Sydney. The band's style could be described as classic guitar and harmonica driven rhythm & blues with a touch of swing and early rock n roll thrown in for good measure. The El Camino's perform original material as well as covers from artists such as The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Hollywood Fats Band, James Harman and more." Courtesy of http://www.myspace.com/elcaminosblues
Yes folks the weekend of the 4th and 5th July is turning out to be quite a RUMBLE.
HOT ROD RUMBLE
The Flattrakkers at Waves Nightclub in Wollongong on
Saturday July 4. featuring two of the hottest dance bands around.
DJ's Limpin' Jimmy & The Swingin' Kitten will be
spinnin' disc's
How
often do you get a chance to dance to The Dets or Flattrakkers in a venue
with an actual dancefloor!
Call 1300 OSCARS,
or direct from the bottleshop at The Towradgi Beach
Hotel
Tickets are selling well for this monster gig http://www.towradgibeachhotel.com.au/wavesclub.aspx on Saturday 4th July and with the news of the Muscle Car Show the following day, there will be more people rushing for tickets. So don't delay and make your booking now at one of the contact points detailed below :-
"HOT ROD RUMBLE"
Tickets $15 +bf (show only) or $35 + bf (dinner & show) Call 1300 OSCARS, or direct from the bottleshop at The Towradgi Beach Hotel.
Some rodders have been talking about making a weekend of this, cruisin' down on Saturday and staying overnight. Sounds like a great idea. Slow drive to the 'Gong, dance all night to two great bands and DJ's, stagger across the road to the caravan park or down to your motel http://www.coastshop.com.au/caravan_parks/nsw/wollongong.htm , wake up and shake the hangover with a good breakfast of bacon and eggs with your mates at The Towradgi Hotel, or one of Wollongong's fine tourist cafes. Then you are ready for a nice slow cruise home. Or stay for the Muscle car Show.
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Swingfest
SYDNEY2009
Two nights of the best Swing Dancing
action this town has seen!
Warm up for the Gangsters' Ball at Swingfest 2009 brought to you by Limpin Jimmy & the Swingin Kitten in association with the Velvet Set.
Night 1: Friday 17th July Jump, Jive and Wail at the Hotel Chambers, cnr Martin Place and Elizabeth Street, Sydney.
HUGE OPENING NIGHT SUCCESS
FOR JUMP, JIVE AND WAIL
The opening night last month was a Rocking and Swingin success with a very large turnout from the Sydney Swing, Rockabilly and Rock'n'Roll scene to support us. It was so like the old Comets/Dom Halpin/Radium Club Hepsters nights down at The Marble Bar. Here's what one friend wrote :- "It was brilliant! Thanks for puttin' it on. Even the drinking punters loved it and several commented to me about how great the dancing and music was!!!".
A roving photographer came along to record the opening night and you can check out all the fun of the evening from the pics on the website at http://www.hotelchambers.com.au/kgl/090619jumpjiveampwail/356/498/ - especially some great shots there of the Birthday Boy, Chris, working his way through the circle of girls. Let's do it all again on the 17th July!
A night of Neo-Swing and Jump Blues featuring DJ's Limpin' Jimmy and The Swingin' Kitten.
Come and dance the night away at this very cool city venue where you can ease into the wee small hours of Saturday morning. You provide the dancing feet, the venue provides the style and we provide the music!
Behind
the deceptively everyday name Hotel Chambers lies a very funky
underground bar, equal parts New York cocktail lounge and Parisian jazz
cellar. The perfect setting for Jump Jive & Wail. Its chic designer
decor is a mix of retro and futurist, like all great rock'n'roll, jazz
and swing! Walk down the short flight of steps to the neon interior and
you're in another world.
Free before 9pm, $10 entry after 9pm
ph (02) 9233 5388 or website www.hotelchambers.com.au
Night 2: Saturday 18th July The Velvet Set Swings the Gaelic, Again Woo Hoo!
Sydney's 'Hippest Night Out' featuring Australia's most dynamic Swing Band - The Velvet Set, live on stage at the Gaelic Theatre, Devonshire Street, Surry Hills, Sydney!
In addition to the fabulous Velvet Set Swing Band performing 3 sets of the best classic & neo-swing, Sydney's leading Swing & Rock 'n' Roll DJs - Limpin' Jimmy & the Swingin' Kitten will be behind the decks spinning the best swing dancing and 50s rock 'n' roll tunes all night long.
To really spice things up there'll also be Burlesque performances by the stunning Danica Lee, Briana Bluebell and Holly J'aDoll.
And for those needing a break from dance floor, croupier extraordinaire Joel will be dealing the Aces at the FREE Texas hold 'em Poker table!
Tickets just $15 + BF from Moshtix or at the door if not sold out prior...
http://www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=28006&ref=platonic
Doors open at 8pm so come on down to the Gaelic Theatre on Saturday 18th July and be a part of Sydney's 'Hippest Night Out'...
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THE EXCITEMENT IS GROWING FOR THE BIGGEST
KUSTOM CULTURE WEEKEND OF THE YEAR
COME AND JOIN THE COOL CROWD
<> ONLY 5 WEEKS TO GO <>
Now don't forget all you Rockbilly Cats'n'Kittens, Greazefest is just over a month away on the weekend of 30th July till the 2nd August. This is your festival. Check out the latest update below and get onto the travel and accommodation quick or you will be listening to the stories from the rest of us about how sensational the Festival was.
GreazeFest Tenth Anniversary - July 30 - August 2, 2009 The GreazeFest is the 'must-do' kustom kulture gathering in the Southern Hemisphere. The weekend is a crankin' celebration of cool cars, rockabilly tunes, vintage bikes, lowrider cycles, low brow art, pinstripers, tattoos and vintage threads. This year, the GreazeFest celebrates the tenth
anniversary of an event that has become an annual ritual for Kustom Kulture
devotees from all over the world. Here's all the news, just click the titles to fast track to the info: - Dates Dates If you've been living in seclusion for the past three months and have missed the dates, here they are: Thursday - July 30 - Pre-Party ___________________________________________________________________________
"Black Cherry"! Sounds like a wicked cocktail doesn't it. You take some Punk, add a dash of Rock, a twist of Rockabilly and a good shot of Retro. Now if that doesn't get you moving, call the undertaker.
And there you have it folks. A Black Cherry.
The HOT news is that Black Cherry has added a secret ingredient. A jigger of Adrenalin.
On Saturday 25th July, Black Cherry unveils a new format.
LIVE BAND: The
SNOWDROPPERS (late set)
BURLESQUE: Melbourne's
tattooed beauty, Miss NIC + the sultry delights of TASIA
GUEST DJs:
Limpin' Jimmy and
The Swingin' Kitten
AND of course, they're on a SATURDAY for the first time ever! STILL @ Hermann's Bar, Cnr City Rd & Butlin Av, Sydney Uni
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LJ & SK WEBSITE ADVERTISING
Advertise on our website and instantly reach your target market. Our site is heavily pitched at an audience who live and follow a retro lifestyle. They buy retro and vintage furniture and clothing, they drive old cars, motor bikes, scooters and hotrods, listen to retro music and follow retro bands. And so, typically, there is a audience out there for businesses who want to promote their products and services to this target market. You don't have to find them. They are already out there looking for you. They could be looking at your ad right now. If you are interested in becoming an advertiser, we have very reasonable rates and would be happy to assist you. We have a great design service at our disposal or you can use your own graphic designer.
Email your enquiries to The Kitten at swinginkitten@primusonline.com.au and we can Email you a copy of our hit stats so you can check our popularity.
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I know all you Kats out there having been hanging for this
so here are all the juicy details
The Gangsters Ball A Swing Dancing, Burlesque &
Cabaret Extravaganza! The standout event on the Australian Swing Dancing & Burlesque
calendar, The Gangsters Ball is a fully themed night of non-stop
entertainment featuring the biggest names in Australian &
International Burlesque, Cabaret and Swing Dancing. This year the
Gangsters Ball will big bigger, bolder and better than ever, travelling
to: Gold Coast
Seagulls Club, Friday 16th October (tbc) The promoters are extremely excited to announce the following stellar
line-up: Special
Guest MC/Performer:
Meow Meow! ( Live
Band: The Velvet
Set 10-piece Swing Band ( Burlesque
& Cabaret: Bree Robertson (Contortionist - Crystal Boudoir, Imogen Kelly - Syd, Melb & Bris Lola the Vamp - Syd, Melb & Bris Tasia - Syd & Melb Mark Winmill - Syd & Bris Sarina Del Fuego - Syd & Bris The Birdmann - Melb Kitty Van Horne - Syd Rosy Rabbit - Syd & Bris Frankie Valentine - Syd, Melb & Bris Hi Ball Burlesque - Melb Laura la Reyna - Melb B.B. le Buff - Bris La Viola Vixen - Bris With more to be announced very soon Swing
Dancing Performances: Swing Patrol Performance Troupe - Syd & Melb Swingtime Performance Troupe - Syd & Bris Swing Dance Brisbane - Bris Every show also features: DJs:
The countrys best Swing, Rockabilly and 50s Rock & Roll DJs
including Limpin Jimmy & the Swingin Kitten (Syd) The Gambling Den:
FREE Poker, Roulette and Black Jack tables Dance Competitions:
Swing and 50s Rock & Roll dancing contests with great prizes Plus:
Cigarette girls & pin-up models, merchandise stalls, cocktail bar,
themed photo booth and fantastic prizes for the best dressed, best dancers
and lucky door Dress Code:
Strictly Gangster, Moll, Flapper, Burlesque & Vintage
Tickets:
Gold Coast
To be confirmed SPECIAL NOTE - A limited number of discounted first release tickets have been set aside especially for the Swing and Rock & Roll Dancing Community. These tickets have not as yet been announced to the general public and are being sold on a first come, first served basis, so dont delay as these tickets wont
last and each event is expected to sell-out! A limited number of tickets may also be available on the door for each
event if not sold out prior however ticket sales are strictly limited to
ensure sufficient dance floor space The Gangsters Ball 2009 - Presented by The Drum Media, Inpress, Time Off, Time Out Sydney, Route 66 & the Velvet Set.
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Are you a fan of the fabulous music of the 70's, 80's and 90's.
Check this one out guys'n'gals.
Limpin' Jimmy flies solo on the CD decks
Every Thursday night from 6pm till late. Free entry all night.
A classy city venue for a great night out. Drop in, have a drink
and have some fun.
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THE SPECIALS
30th ANNIVERSARY Tour coming to Australia
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NEXT ROCKABILLY DANCE WORKSHOPS
See The Swingin' Kittens Gig Guide below for details of 2009 workshops or check our Dance Lessons page link at the top of this page.
Beginner
Dance Workshop -
Sunday 12th July (see
details below) -
from
Beginner
Refresher Dance Workshop -
Sunday 26th July
(see
details below) -
from
Intermediate
-
Sunday 26th July (see
details below) - from
Beginner
Dance Workshop -
Sunday 16th August (see
details below) -
from
Beginner
Refresher Dance Workshop -
Sunday 30th August
(see
details below) -
from
Intermediate
-
Sunday 30th
August
(see
details below) - from
ROCKABILLY DANCE Private Tuition
Accelerate your dancing skills with a private lesson. Private tuition can really iron out the bumps and improve your skills. If you would like to enquire or make a booking, please ring The Kitten on 0410 668 995 or Email to a private lesson. Private tuition can really iron out the bumps and improve your skills. If you would like to enquire or make a booking, please ring The Kitten on 0410 668 995 or Email to a private lesson. Private tuition can really iron out the bumps and improve your skills. If you would like to enquire or make a booking, please ring The Kitten on 0410 668 995 or Email to swinginkitten@primusonline.com.au
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BARFLY PROMOTIONS PRESENTS
"SUBCULTURE CLUB
Opening Weekend Barfly
Promotions launches Subculture Club on Friday July 17 and Saturday July
18 at The Ivory Lounge, ( including; Garage, Punk, Rockabilly, Psychobilly, Alt. Country, Swampabilly, Blues, Swing, Surf, Ska, Soul, 60s R&B, Mod, Rock & Roll, Power Pop, Alternative Rock and more. Doors Open at Friday 17 July
Features a night of Swamp, Rockabilly Swing & Alt. Country with:
Mother Truckers,
Dirty Lindy,
Chickenstones,
Plus DJs The Rockabilly Rhino and Brian Mother
Truckers are
set to rev the engine back up after a long lay off in the garage.
Cruising Route 66 and turning off to Vegas with their stylish blend of
Raw Rockabilly, Saturday 18 July
Features a night of Ska, Swamp and Surf with:
Backy Skank,
The Endless Surfari,
Plus DJs Paul Shelley ( Backy Skank Sydneys
hip masters of Ska, Blues & Reggae are in fantastic live form after
stunning the crowd at The Specials Australian pre tour party and are
psyched to party again at the Subculture Club. This will be their last
appearance before heading back into the studio to complete their new
album. They are joined by Crampsesque
blues, surf, garage rockers La Mancha Negra and surf
instrumentalists The Endless Surfari with DJs Paul Shelley
(UK) and The Rockabilly Rhino. For further information
contact: BARFLY PROMOTIONS
- Tiffany Palmer 0411
592378 Email: klubbarfly@hotmail.com
www.myspace.com/barflypromotions
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Petersham Bowling Club 24 July / 28 August $12.00 Time 8.pm The Firedomes The Tone Bones (new Rockabilly Band)
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Some details came our way last week about a Country Music outfit making their way around some of the Sydney's Country music friendly venues. A quick Google search turned up the following blog site and I thought the review was rather good so copied it for you below http://jolenethecountrymusicblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/torchsong-country-soul-band.html
Wednesday, July 23, 2008Torchsong Country Soul Band
Last Sunday I saw a divine (relatively) new country band at the Botany View
Hotel in Newtown, Sydney. The Torchsong Country Soul Band are a six-piece
outfit - five men and one lovely girl singer, Maree Byrne - and they are
doing a very nice line in country, bluegrass, blues and folk. It's clear
that this is a 'musician's band'. All players were accomplished and
obviously serious about what they do. It showed in the quality of their
music, which was better than most acts I've seen at Tamworth or, for that
matter, at the Botany View. They're not playing many gigs at the moment -
hopefully they'll get a guernsey at next year's Tamworth Festival - but it
would be so worth your time to check them out.
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ROCK'N'ROLL ON THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH -
Souths Juniors, Kingsford
Next event is Friday 3rd July
WITH
ROC-A-TAC
A fun Rock'n'Roll night with great bands plus
DJ's Limpin' Jimmy and The Swingin' Kitten
This night caters strictly for Rock'n'Roll dancers and Limpin' Jimmy and The Swingin' Kitten draw on their experience of catering to club dancers by providing a variety of music in the breaks, from Rock'n'Roll to Swing and Cha Cha to Tango. We can even throw in the odd Quickstep or Foxtrot for the Ballroom dancer in you. It's surprising how many people like a change from Rock'n'Roll in the breaks and we aim to keep the dancers happy and coming back each month.
ENTERTAINMENT UPDATE FROM SOUTHS
Midnight till 1.30am
Limpin Jimmy and The Swingin' Kitten
play the classic dance party hits from the 70's, 80's and 90's
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The Cocktail Nation presented by Jet-Setting Koop Kooper
- a fortnightly hit of COOLSVILLE!
Cocktail Nation 79-Kooper in Japan Thanks to the Tikishark.com it's Koop Kooper broadcasting from the Ritz Carlton hotel in Tokyo Japan tonight. I'm here to film a commercial for a new cola drink playing the role of a game show host, I'll play a bit of it a little later in the show. We'll catch up with Brad Parker from Tiki Shark tonight for a chat, a look at the world of swank plus the very best classic and neo lounge on the planet.
Lushy - Bella Beretta The SG Sound - Satellite Feeding Clouseaux - Shrunken Heads Waitiki - Ruby Tikiyaki Orchestra - Singapore Swing Dinah Washington - Drinking Again Frank Sinatra - It's nice to go travelling Sammy Davis Jr - Love me or leave me Jimmy Vargas - Torchin The EL Rocco Hugo Montenegro - Solo Busanova Perez Prado - Gurare Bossa Nova Blue Zombies - Fever Jo Stafford - The Gentleman Is A Dope Chet
Baker - That Old Feeling
Cocktail Nation 80-Jetsetting with Tikiyaki Airways
Thanks to Brad Parker and the crew with Tiki Shark in Hawaii it's the Cocktail Nation with Koop Kooper and a big congrats to our winner from the competition last week with Brad Parkers Tiki Cat up for grabs, Mark Eagleson from Connecticut picked up this great piece of artwork !
On the show this week we talk to Jim Bacci from the Tikiyaki Orchestra about the latest album just released this week, got a very interesting book to check out, news on Errol Flynn plus a look at the big events across the world
New Morty Show - Ladies Man Kava Kon - The Killing River Tikiyaki Orchestra - Bachelor Number3 Art Van Dame - Cheers Frank Sinatra - Witchcraft Hugo Montenegro - Theme From FBI Moon-Rays - Lament for a Trapped Spy Cocktail Angst - Stalkers Night Out Fire and Theft - Whole Lot Of Love The Metro Strings - Vacation Time Briamonte Orchestra - Rota Su Helen Merrill - Smog Anita
O'Day - Old Devil Moon Jackie Gleason - I'm in the Mood for Love
Koop Kooper
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Welcome to Radio Northern Beaches
Radio Northern Beaches (2MWM-FM) is a community-based radio station
serving the northern peninsula of Sydney, Australia.
Broadcasting on two FM frequencies, 88.7MHz in the north of the peninsula and 90.3MHz in the south of the peninsula, we serve the area between Manly, Balgowlah, Fairlight and Seaforth in the south, to Palm Beach in the north, from the coast in the east to Terry Hills in the west. Covering the most beautiful stretch of the Sydney coast, our home includes beaches from Manly, Collaroy, and Narrabeen to Palm Beach. We air programs predominantly made and presented by local residents. Radio Northern Beaches is run by the Manly-Warringah Media Co-operative.
Rock'n'Rhythm on Saturday http://www.radionorthernbeaches.org/onairpgms.phpPresented by Glenn Fisher - 5:00pm - 7:00pm Each Saturday.
Tune in at around 6pm on Saturday for Limpin' Jimmy and The Swingin' Kitten's segment "Rock Around Sydney" where we highlight gigs and events around Sydney for the coming week.
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CARS AND BIKES
DRAG RACING
2009 Fuchs Nationals
Friday, 11 September 2009
Saturday, 12 September 2009
Sunday, 13 September 2009
Top Fuel, Top Doorslammer, Top Alcohol, Top Bike,
Pro Stock, Pro Stock Motorcycle
2009 Nationals Top Fuel Round 1
Top Alcohol Round 1
Top Doorslammer Round 1
Top Bike Round 1
Pro Stock Round 1
Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 1
Be sure to check the following websites for everything of what's on with motor sports and car clubs:- http://www.pinky.com.au/aus_states.htm http://www.bevenyoung.com.au/car.htm _______________________________________________________________________________________ ANDRA Drag Racing Television. http://www.facebook.com/n/?inbox/readmessage.php&t=1174879333257&mid=a68394G27649b4eG28c353eG0 For those of you with HD TV and a thirst for Drag Racing, you might want to take note of this Facebook item sent out. I know it's too late for the program changes intimated but I thought it would give you an idea of what is on the box by way of motor sports. I don't have HD but usually get motor sports through Foxtel (if I remember it's on). This way, you have half a chance of scheduling your TV watching instead of tuning in like me to catch the last credits rolling up the screen. Dean Neal sent a message to the members of ANDRA Drag Racing Television. http://web.mac.com/deanneal/Mayhem/Home.html
___________________________________________________________________________ Just while I was on the topic of car related TV shows, in came an Email from my mate Graham who had been following a great TV show and wanted to share it :- "Hi Jim, I meant to ask you the other night: Have
you seen a TV show call "Classic Restos"? It 's on TV S
(Channel 31) on Wednesday night at 8pm and I'm sure you and Margie would love
it. Its about people who own classic cars from the 40's (or earlier) to
the 70's telling their stories about how or where they got them, what
state they were in and how they restored them. Last week was the first of two
parts from this year's Wintersun festival. There's a website: http://www.itchybutt.com.au/classicrestos.html
but the show is really worth watching. You might want get your car on
it one day!" Thanks Graham. I think some of our readers would be interested in this show as well. ___________________________________________________________________________
1950 Chevrolet Club Coupe 437 original, actual miles, only 3 owners.
Now folks, I know we have all heard these stories about the hidden car, lost for decades, only to be discovered with only a few hundred miles on the clock. Thanks to my mate Ben Lawson (yes I'm afraid he's a Chevy man) here is a rare find to get the juices flowing. I did do a Google search on hoaxes but nothing came up. I like to think these things are real, just like I think that Lassiter's lost gold reef is out there in the dessert somewhere just waiting to be rediscovered. Or that my old mate in Adelaide is still looking for the MG still in it's shipping box, left there by the owners grief stricken wife after he died before he could drive it. Looks like this one is real! Thank goodness it wasn't sealed in leaky plastic wrapping in a time capsule only to turn into rust soup.
THIS IS ONE SWEET LOOKIN' CAR EVEN IF IT IS A CHEVY OK. So I still had that doubting itch and plugged a few more words into Google when, BINGO! Up came what I was looking for. The source article from a local Newspaper as follows :- "A 59-year-old car with only 437 actual miles and Modesto connections. Mark Young of Oregon isn't quite sure why the story of the 1950 Chevy Club Coupe he acquired last year has been such a hit on the Internet. Not that he's complaining -- he plans to sell it during an auction in January. The attention-getter, it seems, is the story of how this mint-condition Chevy stayed that way all these decades. 
Mark Young - This 1950 Chevy Club Coupe, which has only 437 actual
miles, was owned by Mrs. Jessie Trueblood of Modesto from 1950 until
1962, and by Bill Wilson of Modesto from 1962 until 2007. He sold it to
a Hughson man who quickly sold it at an auction in Lake Havasu. The
current owner, Mark Young of The Chev Connection in Portland, Ore.,
plans to sell it at auction in Arizona in January.
When Young bought the car, he found a note in the glove box. It was written by William Wilson, the car's second owner, and detailed some of its history. The tale intrigued Young. "I called him up and he told me the story," Young said. "I wrote it up a little clearer, though just like he told me." Young then posted the story on his www.chevconnection.com Web site, listing the car for sale for more than $59,000. He pulled the ad after deciding to sell the car at a prestigious Barrett Jackson auction in Arizona. "Somebody must have copied (the posting)," Young said. "You wouldn't believe how many people have called me about it, even since I took it off." Two readers independently forwarded the story to The Bee. One of them got it from a relative who lives in Minnesota. Wilson's note told that a Modesto couple named Trueblood bought the coupe brand-new from a dealership here in 1950. Shortly thereafter, Harry Trueblood drove to the Old Fisherman's Club west of Modesto. He saw a woman tumble out of a boat on the San Joaquin River and tried to rescue her. The excitement must have gotten to him. He suffered a heart attack and died. The odometer registered 413 miles after his wife, Jessie Trueblood, drove the car back to Modesto and stored it at the plumbing supply business that her husband had owned in downtown Modesto for 30 years. She never drove it again. Wilson, who owned a used-car lot next to the plumbing store, repeatedly tried to buy the car from her. She refused to sell. Then one day in 1962, she told him she wanted a car for her bookkeeper to drive. But the employee preferred Ramblers to Chevys. So Wilson went to the Rambler dealership and bought a new sedan for $1,650 and traded her straight up. Jessie Trueblood died in 1984, leaving no immediate family, according to her obituary in The Bee. I tracked down Wilson, now 81 and living in Tuolumne County, and he confirmed the tale. "(The Chevy) was absolutely brand-new," Wilson said. "(Jessie Trueblood) had them put puncture-proof tubes in the tires. They still even had the original air. They didn't lose more than five pounds of pressure in all those years." Those small, soft rubber spikes that protrude from brand-new tires were still on the Chevy a dozen years after it rolled off the lot, Wilson said. "The tabs had never worn off," he said. He drove it only 20 miles before storing the car beneath layers of blankets in the garage of his home near Salida. "I never drove it after that," Wilson said. "I was always afraid somebody would run into me and wreck it." He trailered the car to the Watson Brothers Upholstery Shop on North H Street and had the Watsons install custom seat covers for a whopping $47. Then it went back to his garage, and only a few chosen friends enjoyed private viewings. "All the ones I'd show it to, they'd want to put their hands on it," Wilson said. Wilson kept the car until 2007, when he sold it to a Hilmar man for $60,000 -- and regretted it because he got creamed by the Internal Revenue Service on the capitals gains tax. The odometer now read 433.9 miles. Hey, about time for a lube and oil job, right? The new owner added only three miles before taking it to a sale in Lake Havasu, Ariz., where he sold it to someone who bought it on Young's behalf. The car turned 437 miles and 59 years old when he rolled it off of trailer at his classic car dealership in Portland. He got a beauty of a car, well-rested in two of Modesto's most comfortable garages and one that has intrigued car buffs all over the country and the Internet. Jeff Jardine's column appears Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays in Local News. He can be reached at 578-2383 or jjardine@modbee.com." I wish our old Val had been like this but unfortunately, although it had only three owners, between them they had certainly put it at least once round the clock as it currently shows 41,148 miles but the wear and tear indicates probably another 100,000 on top of that. Both front doors had lovely worn paint patches caused by many an arm slung out the door on a hot summers day. Character!!! __________________________________________________________________________
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Vanity Fair Vintage Fashion Markets Sydney The monthly event for Sydney (and in 2009 Melbourne) fashionistas .. Looking for a one off hat for Randwick, a dress to wear to the Year 12 formal, a Swinging Sixties dress to wear to a party, a piece of jewellery for someone special, some genuine nylon stockings to complete your forties wardrobe, a pair of designer shoes at a ridiculous price, a length of fifties material to make a dress from an old pattern or maybe an art deco dressing table set. Odds are you will find these items and a whole lot more at the monthly Vanity fair Vintage Markets at the Leichhardt Town Hall in cosmopolitan Leichhardt. Enjoy the markets and then enjoy a meal or a coffee in one of the many cafes and restaurants in Sydneys Little Italy. The
Sydney Vanity Fair ___________________________________________________________________________ THE ARTS and other interesting things
Madame Fling Flong is an intimate restaurant/lounge tucked away upstairs at
Soni's Newtown - right in the heart of King Street. Our retro style lounge is perfect for hanging out with friends, relaxing to chilled-out music, while sharing a mezze plate and enjoying a select range of beer and wine. Our discerning cocktail menu is certainly worth a taste as well! The funky dιcor gives Madame Fling Flong a unique vibe, which spirits you away from the usual King Street fare. Our friendly staff are always close at hand and more than happy to help you so you can just sit back and relax. This room can also be hired for functions, except on Friday evenings. If you are interested in hiring Madame Fling Flong, then please contact Sonia either via telephone or email - sonisnewtown@iinet.net.au Movies @ Madame Fling Flong screens classic, cult and foreign movies every Tuesday night from 7.30pm. For $20 you get a Mezze plate for one, a glass of wine/beer and the movie. Bookings are essential as the seats are limited. For more information about the movies to be screened, please check the movies page. If you would like to reserve your seats either telephone or email - sonisnewtown@iinet.net.au Coming Soon
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Start Date: 2 July 2009 End Date: 25 October 2009 Location: South Gallery Movie sirens, aquatic stars, bathing beauties, athletes, sporting icons, swimmers and designers all played their part in the evolution of the modern swimsuit. Blurring the boundaries between underwear and outerwear, the swimsuit continues to make shock waves. Australian swimwear is placed in a global context, showing how Australian swimmers and swimwear designers responded to their environment, to the strong local swimming and beach culture, and to international fashion trends. Queensland University of Technology 2nd year fashion students have the opportunity to reinterpret the one-piece bathing suit. Looking to the past and designing for the future, the swimsuit designs will embody a contemporary aesthetic and glamour inspired by the original mermaid, Annette Kellerman; a key figure from the story of swimwear which is being showcased in this travelling exhibition. Read the blog that records their design diaries. Free Entry From the 1900s swimwear evolved from hidden, almost medicinal outfits for bathing and soaking to more functional, fashionable garments - and an essential item of leisurewear. Australian designs reflected changes in taste, customs and international trends. The exhibition will explore popular culture, and the designers and personalities who influenced swimwear development. Before 1910 Australia's mermaid Annette Kellerman and her contemporaries created a new modern look, not only for the swimsuit but for women. Australia's appetite for swimwear created a local industry on the back of a developing knitwear manufacturing base. Speedo, founded as MacRae Knitting Mills in 1914, became a household name for sporting suits from 1929 with its innovative Racer-back design. It remains a dominant brand internationally. Innovations in design and textile technology remain a strong feature of swimwear development. Exposed! the story of swimwear highlights the designs and designers, past and present, at the forefront of Australian swimwear fashion. This exhibition is supported by Visions of Australia, an Australian Government Program supporting touring exhibitions by providing funding assistance for the development and touring of cultural material across Australia. |
www.anmm.gov.au
2 Murray Street
Darling Harbour NSW 2000, Australia
+61 2 9298 3777
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directions
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Justice and Police Museum
The Justice & Police Museum served as a policy station to a Court between 1856 to 1886. The museum has been restored to its 1890s character emphasising its themes of crime and punishment and law and order.
The Justice & Police Museum features a magistrates court, a recreated police charge room and remand cells. There is also a gallery of mug shots of Sydney's early criminals and a variety of weapons used during those early years. For those who like the gruesome and the macabre, details on notorious crimes such as the Shark Arm Murder, the Pyjama Girl Case and the Graeme Thorne Kidnapping as well as original objects gathered from an assortment of legendary bushrangers, are on display.
Woman is rarely wicked, but when she is, she is worse than a man. Italian proverb
Wicked women, seductive sinners, vicious vixens the female criminal is portrayed in many guises in popular culture, myth, literature and history but what do these stereotypes tell us about women and crime?
Australian authorities have grappled with how to control wayward women from the moment raucous female convicts stepped ashore. The brutal reality of notorious female criminals such as the man woman murderer Eugenia Falleni, sly grogger Kate Leigh and poisoner Yvonne Fletcher is in stark contrast to the glamour of the noir seductress and pulp novel siren. This exhibition examines these extremes, traversing criminological theory, popular culture and case studies.
Explore the grim reality of some of Sydneys most notorious female criminals in stark contrast to the glamorous film noir seductresses and pulp fiction sirens.
http://www.hht.net.au/whats_on/exhibitions/exhibitions/femme_fatale
Location: Cnr Albert and Phillip Streets, Circular Quay, Sydney, NSW 2000. Contact: 02 9252 1144
Admission:
Hours: Weekends 10am 5pm | Open daily during January & school holidays | get detailed hours
Transport:
| Location: | Cnr Phillip & Albert Streets, Circular Quay |
| Telephone: | +61 2 9252 1144 |
| Opening Hours: | Weekends 10:00 to 17:00 Daily 10:00 to 17:00 (January Only) |
| Website: | Justice & Police Museum |
It was a time we often wish for. Those good old days. The pace of life was just a bit slower. No one was listening to Ipods, on their mobile phones or texting heads down as they walked blindly along the pavement.
People crossing the city streets weren't mowed down by taxis, buses, bicycle couriers or one of the thousands of cars which clog our roads today. But you did have to jump quick if you heard the old rattler coming along the tracks. No disc brakes here. Just a honk on the tram horn and maybe the scream of massive drum brakes as they tried to grab hold of the steel wheels of the lurching monster.
Leave 2009 behind for a while and duck into the Museum of Sydney where for just a short time you will be transported back to the good old days. The Kitten and myself went to see the wonderful Flying Boat exhibition there some months ago and got that "Time Machine" experience of being lost in another world. We will certainly have "Shooting Through" on our list.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_Sydney
Trams are back in Sydney! Climb aboard at the Museum of Sydney for a fascinating journey along Sydney's once great tramway network. At its peak, after Londons, Sydneys tramway network was the largest tramway system in the British Empire. In collaboration with the Sydney Tramway Museum at Loftus, this hands-on exhibition brings together tram memorabilia, photos and archival film spanning a one hundred year history from the first horse-drawn tram in Pitt Street in 1861 to the last electric tram (to La Perouse) in 1961. Experience the sights and sounds of the much-loved trams that played a crucial role in shaping Sydney.
Location: Corner Phillip and Bridge Streets, Sydney, NSW 2000
Contact: 02 9251 5988
Admission:
Hours: Daily 9.30am 5pm | Closed Good Friday and Christmas Day
From: Saturday 4 April Sunday 18 October, 2009
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TEXAS
CHAINSAW TRIVIA
Every Wednesday 8.00pm
Darlo Bar - ROYAL SOVEREIGN HOTEL
Cnr Darlinghurst Rd. & Liverpool St, Darlinghurst
with JAY KATZ and COFFIN ED
from
FBis Naked City
BIG SCREEN VISUALS EXOTIC SOUNDS - TONIGHT SHOW GUESTS - GREAT PRIZES
QUESTIONS TO BLOW YOUR MIND MEET
THE QUIZMASTERS FROM HELL!
Lovells Lager presents
TEXAS CHAINSAW TRIVIA AT THE DARLO BAR
WILL THE JACKPOT BE WON THIS WEDNESDAY?
TEXAS CHAINSAW TRIVIA!
Every Wed 8.00pm
Darlo Bar - ROYAL SOVEREIGN HOTEL
Cnr Darlinghurst Rd. & Liverpool St, Darlinghurst
Join FBi's Jay Katz and Coffin Ed for
Sydney's wildest, craziest TRIVIA QUIZ with an amazing collection of
offbeat prizes
Play as a team or just play solo!
Guest celebrities every week
Its
a trivia night like none other when Jay Katz and Coffin (from FBis
Naked City) get together for a night of inspired madness at
Darlinghursts uber atmospheric Darlo Bar. Not only can you test your
knowledge on a range of subjects far afield of the usual trivia mush but
compete for some truly amazing prizes. As well as the ongoing trivia
quiz there will be insane spot quizzes, remarkable big screen visuals
and music to soothe the most jangled midweek nerves. Add to this weekly
guests (tonight show style), impromptu performance and the cutting edge
of the short attention span.
media enquiries (02) 8013 8219
0405 726 753
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Folks, that's all for this week.
Lotsa love to you all, Limpin' Jimmy
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Please note - Whilst the information we bring you is believed to correct at the time of updating, we cannot be held responsible for any last minute band or venue changes to gigs. Always check with the venue if you require further details - contact numbers are provided.
Just a reminder that our Rockabilly Dance Workshops are on the following dates:
Beginner
Dance Workshop -
Sunday 12th July (see
details below) -
from
Beginner
Refresher Dance Workshop -
Sunday 26th July
(see
details below) -
from
Intermediate
-
Sunday 26th July (see
details below) - from
Beginner
Dance Workshop -
Sunday 16th August (see
details below) -
from
Beginner
Refresher Dance Workshop -
Sunday 30th August
(see
details below) -
from
Intermediate
-
Sunday 30th
August
(see
details below) - from
THURSDAY 2nd July
"Time Warp" featuring DJ Limpin' Jimmy - (Retro 70's, 80's, 90's) - Hotel Chambers, Lower Ground Floor, 53 Martin Place, (Corner of Elizabeth Street), Sydney - Ph 9233 5388 - 6pm - Free entry
Detonators
(VIC) - (Jump
Rock Blues)
National
Press Club, 16 National
Circuit, Barton, ACT Ph
6121 2199 - www.npc.org.au
FRIDAY 3rd July
Roc-A-Tac - (Rock n Roll) Plus DJ's Limpin' Jimmy and The Swingin' Kitten - Souths Juniors, 558a Anzac Parade, Kingsford - Ph 9349 7555 - 8:30pm - Free entry
James Morrison "Motown Special" with Emma Pask & Glen Cunningham - Basement, 29 Reiby Place, Circular Quay Phone 9251 2797 - www.thebasement.com.au 10pm - $25 entry plus booking fee
Detonators
(VIC) - (Jump
Rock Blues) - Belmont
16ft
Sailing Club, The Parade,
Belmont - Ph 4945 0888 - www.16s.com.au
Flaming
Stars -
(Rock n Roll)
-
Ashfield
RSL,
No Brakes (Rock
n Roll) -
Toukley
RSL, Holmes Avenue, Toukley -
Ph 4396 4855 - www.toukleyrsl.com.au
8pm Free entry
Vini
& the Moonliters (Jump
Blues)
-
At
the Hop (Rock
n Roll)
- Speers
Point RSL, 189 Main Road,
Speers Point - Ph 4958 3098
8:15pm to 11:45pm Free
entry
Don
Hopkins -
Vanguard
Restaurant,
1/59
- 65 Gerrale St.
Cronulla
Ph 9523 0738 - www.thevanguardbar.com.au
Unity Hall Jazz Band - (Jazz/Swing) - Unity Hall Hotel, 292 Darling St, Balmain - Ph 9810 1331 - www.unityhallhotel.com.au - 9.30pm - Free entry
SATURDAY 4th July
"Hot Rod Rumble" featuring Flattrakkers - (Rockabilly)
; Detonators (VIC) (Jump Rock Blues); DJ's Limpin' Jimmy and The Swingin' Kitten - Waves Nightclub, Towradgi Beach Hotel, 170 Pioneer Rd, Towradgi - Ph 4283 3340 - www.towradgibeachhotel.com.au - 7pm - Tickets $15 +bf (show only) or $35 + bf (dinner & show) On sale NOW from the following outlets - Call 1300 OSCARS, www.moshtix.com.au or direct from the bottleshop at The Towradgi Beach HotelDr
Dons Double Dose with Illya
Szwec Yulefest in the
Blue Mountains - Clarendon
Hotel, 68 Lurline Street,
Katoomba - Ph 4782 1322 www.clarendonguesthouse.com.au
Bookings essential
Midnight
Shift (Rock
n Roll) - St
Marys Band Club,
Pugsley
Buzzard -
(Blues) - Macquarie
Hotel,
Elvis
Young & New Generation -
(Rock n Roll)
-
Ashfield
RSL,
Melodies - (Country) - Town and Country Hotel, 2 Unwins Bridge Road, St Peters - Ph 9519 1965 - 2pm to 5pm - Free entry
Dave Tice & Mark Evans - (Blues) - Sandringham Hotel, 387 King St, Newtown - Ph 9557 1254 - www.sando.com.au - 4pm - Free entry
Swing
at the Roxbury -
(Swing Dance)
- Roxbury
Hotel, 182
St Johns Road,
Glebe - Ph 9692 0822 -
SUNDAY 5th July
Detonators
(VIC) (Jump
Rock Blues)
- Marrickville Bowling & Recreation Club,
Continental
Robert
(Soul/ Blues)
Woollahra Hotel,
Monica
Trapaga -
(Jazz/Swing)
- Unity
Hall Hotel,
Chocolate
Jazz (Jazz)
Opera
Bar, Lower Concourse Level,
Sydney Opera House - Ph 9247
1666 www.operabar.com.au
2pm to 5pm Free entry
TresMambo Latin Jazz Big Band - Lewisham Hotel, 794 Parramatta Road , Lewisham - Ph 9560 8755 - 6pm to 9pm - $7 entry
"Greg
Dean's Faculties" - Bronte
Bowling Club,
Harmonators
-
Leanne Paris Laneway Experiment - (Blues) - Kurrajong Hotel, 106 Swanson St, Erskineville - Ph 9519 3609 - 5pm to 8pm - Free entry
Dukes
(Blues)
-
Vanguard Restaurant,
TUESDAY 7th July
Adam
Pringle & Friends
-
(Blues)
-
Harold
Park Hotel, 70a
Caddy Daddy's Rock and Roll - St George Leagues Club, 124 Princes Highway , Kogarah - Ph 9587 1022 - www.stgeorge.org.au - 8pm - Free entry
Cult
Sinema Tuesday with Jay Katz
& Miss Death - Annandale
Hotel, Corner Parramatta Rd &
Nelson St, Annandale - Ph 9550
1078 - www.annandalehotel.com
7:30pm Suggested $5
Donation
WEDNESDAY 8th July
Continental
Roberts Blues &
Boogaloo Party - (Blues
/ Soul) -
Kurrajong
Hotel, 106 Swanson Street,
(Corner Park Street),
Erskineville - Ph 9519 3609
7pm to 10pm Free entry
THURSDAY 9th July
"Time Warp" featuring DJ Limpin' Jimmy - (Retro 70's, 80's, 90's) - Hotel Chambers, Lower Ground Floor, 53 Martin Place, (Corner of Elizabeth Street), Sydney - Ph 9233 5388 - 6pm - Free entry
Greg Deans Faculties - Eastern Suburbs Legion Club, 213 Bronte Rd, Waverley Ph 9387 2911 Free entry
Midnight
Ramblers
-
(Blues)
-
Harold
Park Hotel, 70a
FRIDAY
10th July
Jonny
Gretschs Wasted Ones
(Blues/Rockabilly)
-
Cooks
River Motor Boat Club,
Flaming Stars - ( Rock n Roll) - Eastern Suburbs Legion Club, 213 Bronte Rd, Waverley Ph 9387 2911 8pm Free entry
Roc-A-Tac
-
(
Rock n Roll)
-
Ashfield
RSL,
Retro
Rockets - (Rock
'n' Roll / Rockabilly)
-
Unity Hall Jazz Band - (Jazz/Swing) - Unity Hall Hotel, 292 Darling St, Balmain - Ph 9810 1331 - www.unityhallhotel.com.au - 9.30pm - Free entry
Midnight
Drifters - (Rock
'n' Roll)
-
Riverstone
RSL,
SATURDAY
11th July
Creepers
(Rockabilly)
-
Matraville RSL, 1
No Brakes - (Rock
n Roll) Ashfield
RSL,
Jive Bombers (Rock n Roll / Swing) - Footloose Rock n Roll Club Ball, Woonona Bulli RSL, 455 Princes Hwy, Woonona - Ph 4284 1577 - 7pm
Dr
Dons Double Dose with Illya
Szwec Yulefest in the
Blue Mountains - Clarendon
Hotel, 68 Lurline Street,
Katoomba - Ph 4782 1322 www.clarendonguesthouse.com.au
Bookings essential
Take it or leave it (Ska,
2-tone,
Reggae, Punk) - Kellys on King (Upstairs),
Bridie King
(Boogie Woogie) Opera Bar, Lower Concourse Level, Sydney Opera House - Ph 9247 1666 www.operabar.com.au 2pm to 5pm Free entryAt
the Hop (Rock
n Roll)
- Speers
Point RSL, 189 Main Road,
Speers Point - Ph 4958
3098 8:15pm to 11:45pm
Free entry
Dave Tice & Mark Evans - (Blues) - Sandringham Hotel, 387 King St, Newtown - Ph 9557 1254 - www.sando.com.au - 4pm - Free entry
SUNDAY
12th July
SUNDAY 12th
July is our next Beginners
Rockabilly Dance Workshop
"Learn
to Dance Rockabilly
Style"
Ever been in a pub or club listening to Rockabilly,
Hillbilly, Country or Jump
Blues music and seen couples
doing a great cool dance
style? Chances are they will
be dancing Rockabilly to
this type of music. The dance
suits itself to so many music
styles, so if you want to
learn Rockabilly or get back
into the dance, here is your
chance on Sunday 12th
July with a great
Beginners Workshop.
This workshop is designed for brand new
beginners who would like to
learn this very cool dance
style.
Details
are as follows:
BEGINNERS
ROCKABILLY DANCE WORKSHOP
Location: Swingtime
Studio, Level 2,
Cost: $30
per person (cash only)
Date:
Sunday 12th
July
Time:
Register: Margie
on 0410 668 995 by Saturday 11th
July or email on swinginkitten@primusonline.com.au
Deposit: No
deposit required pay in
full on the day
Enquiries: Margie
0410 668 995 or
swinginkitten@primusonline.com.au
Jonny
Gretschs Wasted Ones
(Blues/Rockabilly) -
Botany
View Hotel,
Satellite V -
(Rockabilly
/ Hillbilly)
- Cooks River
Motor Boat Club,
Continental
Robert
(Soul/ Blues)
Woollahra Hotel, 116
Queen Street
,
Woollahra Ph 9327 9700
Unity
Hall Jazz Band -
(Jazz)
- Unity
Hall Hotel,
Robin Lee Sinclair -
(Country) - Marrickville Bowling & Recreation Club,Acca Daiquiris (Jazz) Opera Bar, Lower Concourse Level, Sydney Opera House - Ph 9247 1666 www.operabar.com.au 2pm to 5pm Free entry
"Greg
Dean's Faculties" - Bronte
Bowling Club,
Leanne Paris Laneway Experiment - (Blues) - Kurrajong Hotel, 106 Swanson St, Erskineville - Ph 9519 3609 - 5pm to 8pm - Free entry
Dukes
(Blues)
-
Vanguard Restaurant,
Blues
Bombers
(Blues) -
Towradgi
Beach Hotel, 170
Pioneer Rd
,
Towradgi - Ph 4283 3340 - www.towradgibeachhotel.com.au
TUESDAY 14th July
Caddy Daddy's Rock and Roll - St George Leagues Club, 124 Princes Highway , Kogarah - Ph 9587 1022 - www.stgeorge.org.au - 8pm - Free entry
Cult
Sinema Tuesday with Jay Katz
& Miss Death - Annandale
Hotel, Corner Parramatta Rd &
Nelson St, Annandale - Ph 9550
1078 - www.annandalehotel.com
7:30pm Suggested $5
Donation
WEDNESDAY 15th July
Continental
Roberts Blues &
Boogaloo Party - (Blues
/ Soul) -
Kurrajong
Hotel, 106 Swanson Street,
(Corner Park Street),
Erskineville - Ph 9519 3609
7pm to 10pm Free entry
THURSDAY 16th July
"Time Warp" featuring DJ Limpin' Jimmy - (Retro 70's, 80's, 90's) - Hotel Chambers , Lower Ground Floor, 53 Martin Place, (Corner of Elizabeth Street), Sydney - Ph 9233 5388 - 6pm - Free entry
Vince Jones -
(Jazz) - Basement, 29 Reiby Place, Circular Quay Phone 9251 2797 - www.thebasement.com.au 9pm - $24 entry plus booking feePugsley Buzzard Band - (Blues) - Kurrajong Hotel, 106 Swanson St, Erskineville - Ph 9519 3609 - 7pm to 10pm - Free entry
FRIDAY
17th July
Jump, Jive and Wail (Jump Blues, Neo-Swing) featuring DJs Limpin Jimmy and The Swingin Kitten - Hotel Chambers, Lower Ground, 53 Martin Place, (Corner of Elizabeth Street), Sydney Ph 9233 5388 - www.hotelchambers.com.au
9pm Free entry before 9pm, $10 entry after 9pmUnity
Hall Jazz Band - (Jazz/Swing)
- Unity
Hall Hotel, 292
Darling St, Balmain -
Ph 9810 1331 - www.unityhallhotel.com.au
- 9.30pm - Free entry
Flaming
Stars -
(
Rock n Roll) -
Brighton
Fisherman's Club, Bestic
Street,
"Subculture
Club" featuring a
night of Swamp, Rockabilly
Swing & Alt. Country with Mother
Truckers; Dirty Lindy;
Chickenstones Plus
DJs The Rockabilly Rhino and
Brian - Ivory
Lounge,
Tremblers
- (Rock
n Roll) Ashfield
RSL,
At
the Hop (Rock
n Roll)
- Ourimbah RSL,
SATURDAY
18th July
Velvet Set
(Neo-Swing); DJ's Limpin' Jimmy and the Swingin' Kitten; Burlesque by Danica Lee, Briana Bluebell and Holly J'aDoll; Free Texas Hold 'Em Poker - Gaelic Theatre,Creepers
(Rockabilly)
-
Ashfield
RSL,
Flaming Stars - ( Rock n Roll) - Eastern Suburbs Legion Club, 213 Bronte Rd, Waverley Ph 9387 2911 8pm Free entry
"Subculture
Club" featuring a
night of Ska, Swamp &
Surf with Backy
Skank; La Mancha Negra:
The Endless Safari
Plus
DJs Paul Shelley (UK) and
The Rockabilly Rhino - Ivory
Lounge,
Midnight
Shift (Rock
n Roll) - Oatley
Hotel,
Continental Robert & the Rinky Dinks (Soul / Blues) Opera Bar, Lower Concourse Level, Sydney Opera House - Ph 9247 1666 www.operabar.com.au 2pm to 5pm Free entry
Dave Tice & Mark Evans - (Blues) - Sandringham Hotel, 387 King St, Newtown - Ph 9557 1254 - www.sando.com.au - 4pm - Free entry
Swing
at the Roxbury -
(Swing Dance)
- Roxbury
Hotel,
SUNDAY
19th July
Continental
Robert
(Soul/ Blues)
Woollahra Hotel, 116
Queen Street,
Woollahra Ph 9327 9700
No
Brakes
(Rock
n Roll) -
Cooks
River Motor Boat Club,
Holbeach
Avenue,
Unity
Hall Jazz Band -
(Jazz)
- Unity
Hall Hotel,
Gary
Brown's Bluegrass Afternoon -
(Country/Bluegrass)
-
Marrickville Bowling & Recreation Club,
Johnny
G & The E Types
Towradgi
Beach Hotel,
Lonesome Train -
(Rockabilly) - Orient Hotel,"Greg
Dean's Faculties" - Bronte
Bowling Club,
Leanne Paris Laneway Experiment - (Blues) - Kurrajong Hotel, 106 Swanson St, Erskineville - Ph 9519 3609 - 5pm to 8pm - Free entry
Edwina Blush (Jazz) Opera Bar, Lower Concourse Level, Sydney Opera House - Ph 9247 1666 www.operabar.com.au 2pm to 5pm Free entry
TUESDAY 21st July
Caddy Daddy's Rock and Roll - St George Leagues Club, 124 Princes Highway , Kogarah - Ph 9587 1022 - www.stgeorge.org.au - 8pm - Free entry
Cult
Sinema Tuesday with Jay Katz
& Miss Death - Annandale
Hotel, Corner Parramatta Rd &
Nelson St, Annandale - Ph 9550
1078 - www.annandalehotel.com
7:30pm Suggested $5
Donation
WEDNESDAY 22nd July
Continental
Roberts Blues &
Boogaloo Party - (Blues
/ Soul) -
Kurrajong
Hotel, 106 Swanson Street,
(Corner Park Street),
Erskineville - Ph 9519 3609
7pm to 10pm Free entry
THURSDAY 23rd July
"Time Warp" featuring DJ Limpin' Jimmy - (Retro 70's, 80's, 90's) - Hotel Chambers , Lower Ground Floor, 53 Martin Place, (Corner of Elizabeth Street), Sydney - Ph 9233 5388 - 6pm - Free entry
Midnight
Ramblers
-
(Blues)
-
Harold
Park Hotel, 70a
Greg Deans Faculties - Eastern Suburbs Legion Club, 213 Bronte Rd, Waverley Ph 9387 2911 Free entry
FRIDAY
24th July
Flaming
Stars -
(
Rock n Roll) -
Ashfield
RSL,
Firedomes
(Rockabilly); Tone Bones (Rockabilly); DJ Brian - Petersham Bowling Club,
Midnight
Shift (Rock
n Roll)
- Cooks
River Motor Boat Club,
Unity Hall Jazz Band - (Jazz/Swing) - Unity Hall Hotel, 292 Darling St, Balmain - Ph 9810 1331 - www.unityhallhotel.com.au - 9.30pm - Free entry
SATURDAY
25th July
Black Cherry Club (Rockabilly-Psychobilly-Punk-Rock'n'Roll-Retro+Burlesque) - Snowdroppers (late set); Burlesque Melbourne's tattooed beauty, Miss Nic and the sultry delights of Tasia; DJ's Limpin' Jimmy and the Swingin' Kitten; Arcade games; Pool table; - Larger heated beer garden; Cult visuals all night - Hermann's Bar (Sydney Uni: Cnr City Rd & Butlin Av, Wentworth Building), MUST CARRY PHOTO ID FOR ENTRY, www.myspace.com/blackcherryclub - 9pm to 3am - $10 before 10pm, $15 after (at the door)
Flaming Stars - ( Rock n Roll) - Eastern Suburbs Legion Club, 213 Bronte Rd, Waverley Ph 9387 2911 8pm Free entry
No Brakes (Rock n Roll) - Diggers at
the Entrance, 315 The Entrance
Road, The Entrance - Ph 4332
3399 - www.diggersattheentrance.com.au
Memphis
Outlaws -
(
Rock n Roll) -
Ashfield
RSL,
Four
on the Floor (Rockabilly)
Mittagong
Golf Club, Old Hume
Highway, Mittagong Ph
4872 1523 www.highlandsgolf.com.au
8:30pm - Free entry
Torchsong Country Soul Band -
(Country) - Gearin Hotel,Midnight Drifters - (Rock 'n' Roll) - Mt Druitt RSL - 8pm - Free entry
Dave
Tice & Mark Evans - (Blues)
- Sandringham
Hotel, 387 King St,
Newtown - Ph 9557 1254 - www.sando.com.au
- 4pm
- Free entry
SUNDAY
26th July
Beginners
Refresher Rockabilly Dance
Workshop - Sunday 26th
July at
In
response to numerous requests,
we now hold a Beginners
Refresher Rockabilly Dance
Workshop just prior to the Intermediate
Workshop. You can do this
independently of the
Intermediate Workshop or
you can do this as a warm-up
and confidence booster before
you join the Intermediate
group later in the afternoon.
Location:
Swingtime Studio, Level 2,
Cost:
$15 per person (Cash
only)
Date:
Sunday 26th July
Time:
Register:
Call Margie on 0410 668 995 by
Saturday 25h July
or email on swinginkitten@primusonline.com.au
Deposit:
No deposit required pay in
full on the day
Enquiries:
Margie 0410 668 995 or swinginkitten@primusonline.com.au
The workshop will be a 2 hour
session which is designed to
improve your dancing as well
as learning new dance moves.
And of course have fun.
Remember, if you are more
comfortable dancing with your
own partner, you are welcome
to come as a couple and stay
together or come by yourself
and join the rotating circle,
where you will get a chance to
practice with a number of
different partners. Are there
any ladies out there who are
interested in improving their
leading and learning some new
moves? Here is your chance.
This workshop is for dancers
who have at least
satisfactorily completed our
Beginners Workshop or
experienced dancers who would
like to improve their style or
learn more moves and we would
not be able to accommodate
inexperienced dancers.
Details are as follows:-
INTERMEDIATE
ROCKABILLY DANCE WORKSHOP
Location:
Swingtime Studio, Level 2, 108
Parramatta Rd, Camperdown
(corner of Lyons Road)
Cost:
$25 per person (Cash only)
Date:
Sunday 26th
July
Time:
3pm to 5pm
Register:
Call Margie on 0410 668 995 by
Saturday 25th July
or email on swinginkitten@primusonline.com.au
Deposit:
No deposit required pay in
full on the day
Enquiries:
Margie 0410 668 995 or swinginkitten@primusonline.com.au
Continental
Robert
(Soul/ Blues)
Woollahra Hotel,
Hunter
& Suzy Owens -
(Country)
-
Marrickville Bowling & Recreation Club,
John Calder (Jazz) Opera Bar, Lower Concourse Level, Sydney Opera House - Ph 9247 1666 www.operabar.com.au 2pm to 5pm Free entry
Lonesome Train -
(Rockabilly)
- Orient Hotel,
"Greg
Dean's Faculties" - Bronte
Bowling Club,
Stormcellar & Guests - (Blues) - Lansdowne Hotel, 2 - 6 City Rd, Chippendale - Ph 9211 2325 - 6:30pm - Free entry
Leanne Paris Laneway Experiment - (Blues) - Kurrajong Hotel, 106 Swanson St, Erskineville - Ph 9519 3609 - 5pm to 8pm - Free entry
Unity
Hall Jazz Band -
(Jazz)
- Unity
Hall Hotel,
MONDAY
27th July
The
Specials (UK) second
show announced - Enmore
Theatre, 118 - 132 Enmore
Road, Newtown - www.enmoretheatre.com.au
Tickets www.ticketek.com.au
or Phone 132 849
TUESDAY 28th July
Caddy Daddy's Rock and Roll - St George Leagues Club, 124 Princes Highway , Kogarah - Ph 9587 1022 - www.stgeorge.org.au - 8pm - Free entry
Cult
Sinema Tuesday with Jay Katz
& Miss Death - Annandale
Hotel, Corner Parramatta Rd &
Nelson St, Annandale - Ph 9550
1078 - www.annandalehotel.com
7:30pm Suggested $5
Donation
WEDNESDAY 29th July
Graham
Griffiths "Steel
Guitar Night" -
Sandringham
Hotel,
