The Columbus Youth Jazz Orchestra is an auditioned group of high school students from around the area who get to learn great charts and improvisation under the direction of real-deal professional jazz musicians. I am an alumnus of the trombone section and since I was in it they’ve expanded to offer more groups, according to […]
There is some really great programming coming from the Jazz Arts Group in February! In honor of Black History Month, JAG is featuring the music and history of Louis Armstrong. Lectures, classes, and performances abound! Louis Armstrong’sHot Fives & Hot Sevens Revisited February 19 + 20, 2010 8:00PM Lincoln Theatre, Columbus Byron Stripling – trumpet […]
When I started swing dancing in 2001, it was quite hard to find much in the way of products for swing dancers. Now there are tons of things out there from DVDs to apparel. The holidays are a great time to get other people to buy you things you might not let yourself spend money […]
SwingColumbus presents Tuesday Swing School The month of November will soon be upon us, and that means there’s a new series of Tuesday Swing School about to start! Each month, SwingColumbus brings you new 4-week sessions on various swing dances – Lindy Hop, Charleston, Balboa, or East Coast Swing! This month, we’ll be offering beginner’s […]
Rocktober weekend is coming up October 16, 17, and 18, 2009! We’ve got two amazing instructors ready to turn your brains to mush and teach you to fly, plus 7 amazing DJs who will smack you upside the head with the best music in head to head battles. We can’t wait! The Instructors Kevin St. […]
For those of you who do not know me, allow me to introduce myself: I’m Rob, the President of Swing Dance Club. Swing Dance Club is an awesome little group at Ohio State University that is all about spreading the AWESOME that is swing dancing! OSU’s Fall Quarter is set to begin on September 23, […]
Thanks to Travis in Dayton we were finally able to get a hold of the video from our 1st place performance at the Dayton Swing Smackdown competition in Feb. 2009. The was the second year in a row that Team SwingColumbus took 1st place. Enjoy.
Well, it was a very, very, very long time coming but the new SwingColumbus.com is up and viewable to every corner of the interweb. There had been talk about updating the website since before I even started dancing in Columbus, but it’s finally here. During the process of designing and building the site we learned […]
If you live in Columbus and you’ve never seen the Doo Dah Parade, you are missing out! It’s a very loosely organized (you just show up) Fourth of July parade that REALLY celebrates freedom. The freedom to dress in funny outfits, sling puns around recklessly, and poke fun at politics. And march down the street […]