Friday Night Swing Dance!

Join us at our regular Friday night dance at All Saint's Church, 317 Chapel St., corner of Laurier., from 8:30 to 12:30. ($5, including a 1 hour introduction to swing dancing). Oh! and please bring an extra pair of clean, indoor shoes.  (Google Map) 

Live Band Fridays are Cancelled for the summer - join us for our DJ dance instead!

Cost: $10 (for live band nights only)
Location: 317 Chapel Street
Lesson: 8.30pm to 9.30pm (drop-in intro)
Dancing: 9.30pm to 12.30am
 
Oct 4th: TBD
 

Announcements

  • Swing Idol - May 26th! Swing Idol "Nite" is back. To refresh your memory and for those relatively new to the Ottawa scene, Swing Idol "Nite" is a combination of performances and social dancing. Food will be provided to keep everybody fuelled for the evening :)   We have a lot of talented people in the swing dance community. This is a chance for Ottawa swing dancers to showcase their talents *other* than swing dancing. At this stage the organizers are looking for anyone who would like to perform and share their talents with their fellow swing dancers and guests. So if you play an instrument,the piano or whatever, sing, tell jokes, perform some other kind of dance, say like belly dancing, we'd like to ...
    Posted May 17, 2013, 3:15 AM by Swing Ottawa
  • April 26th – Solomon Douglas Band Night and Fundraiser for Glenn Crytzer On April 12th, Solomon Douglas, his wife Calico Goodrich and fellow musician and band leader Glenn Crytzer were in a car accident. Fortunately Solomon and Calico escaped with minor injuries, however Glenn Crytzer was not so fortunate and suffered a badly broken arm, which has required surgery and will require extensive physiotherapy to heal. While Solomon Douglas is performing for us next Friday April 26th, the OSDS is going to pass the hat for donations for Glenn Crytzer’s medical costs. As you can imagine, health care costs in the United States are expensive and musicians don’t typically have generous coverage. Glenn Crytzers’ hospital bill is already upwards of $50,000 and that doesn’t include the surgery ...
    Posted Apr 22, 2013, 6:06 AM by Swing Ottawa
  • Solomon Douglas at the OSDS We are pleased to announce a special band night on April 26th featuring internationally renowned swing dance musician Solomon Douglas! Stay tuned for more details...
    Posted Apr 3, 2013, 7:35 AM by Swing Ottawa
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Swing Idol May 26th!

Swing Idol has returned! On May 26th the swing community will gather to share an evening of performances, food and social dancing (and celebrate Swing Idol Dave's 80th birthday!) - here is your opportunity to impress your swing dancing friends with all of your non-swing talents! Interested performers and audience members should contact Dave Watson - tickets for the show are $7 in advance/$10 at the door and are on sale at the OSDS Friday night dance.