<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Good going, Jim!<br></div>More bands should do it! After all, the revival also started with playing jazz for dancers, hitherto used to swing.<br></div>I was in the UK in 1964 and was flabbergasted to see dancers in all the jazz clubs I visited. The more prestigious ones had their dance floors behind the chairs for listeners, others had them in front of the bandstand. But all catered to dancers.<br></div>Now another generation of dancers is discovering jazz, and that brings about a spate of young bands. A circle, but hardly vicious!<br></div>Cheers<br></div>(And cheers for the pious monks who brew great beer in Belgian and Dutch monasteries)<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 3 July 2016 at 19:12, Jim Kashishian <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jim@kashprod.com" target="_blank">jim@kashprod.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span>We've have just
played a second Swing Dancer's Party, both in the last two weeks. Jam
packed dance club (about 200), mainly kids in their 20's. We played from
11pm to 1pm. I've put two short videos up on our Facebook page....
Canal Street Jazz Band, if anyone wishes to see/hear a bit of the action.
There's a 3rd video just below those two that was taken a few years back at the
same dance place....older crowd & not doing all the Swing
stuff. </span></font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span>Just been contacted
for another gig at the end of September, so hopefully this will roll into
being another branch of possibilities for our band. </span></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><span>Playing for dancing creates new
restrictions of course, mainly on tempos & duration of our songs. A
bit more strain on me, the one in the band that chooses the songs &
tempos. Still, it's great to see the kids enjoying the
music.</span></font></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span></span></font> </div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span>Jim</span></font></div></font></span></div>
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