• Fri: La Dolce Vita at the Forge (featuring @kaiscats): http://tr.im/forgewo
• Fri: Lady Luck Club: http://www.ladyluckclub.co.uk/
• Fri: Swing Night at Stokey (*FREE*): http://tr.im/spsocial
• *N.B.* No Lindy Circle: http://tr.im/LCcal
• Sat: @SwingPatrolLdn Guys & Gals – Lindy and Jazz Styling with Sharon Davis Workshop: http://tr.im/SPhome
• Sat: Shake Rattle & Bowl club: http://shakerattleandbowl.com/london/index.html
• Sat: @LSDS Suzi Q Club: http://tr.im/lsdssuziq
• Sat: Mouthful O’ Jam: http://vintagedancing.blogspot.com/
• Sat: Saturdays at the Last Days of Decadence: http://tr.im/tldod
• Sun: @LSDS Begs Balboa with International Bal-Swing champions Steve & Heidi workshop: http://tr.im/LSDScls
• Sun: @LSDS Just dance in Stratford: http://tr.im/sdl038
• Sun: Blues Revolution Learn to Dance the Blues: http://tr.im/blrev
• Sun: @SwingPatrolLdn “French” Swing Pit: http://tr.im/sp002
• Sun: Gangbusters: http://tr.im/hellza
• Sun: Swingsters Blues for Swing Dancers Workshop – http://tr.im/swstrs
• Sun: @Swingland Swing Cellar: http://tr.im/slsc

And a treat for you: Doris Day singing Blue Skies:

Here’s what’s on to keep the ♫♪ Weekend Blues ♫♪ away:

• Fri: Swing Night at Stokey (*FREE*): http://tr.im/spsocial
• Fri: Lindy Circle Lindy/Balboa Nights: http://tr.im/LCcal
• Fri: The @white_mischief Revue feat La Clique’s Marawa the Amazing: http://tr.im/wmscf
• Fri: The Sizzle Suite: http://tr.im/sdl035 (Facebook link)
• Fri: Die Freche Muse (feat TJ Johnson): http://tr.im/sdl036 (Facebook link)
• Sat: @Swingland Beginners/improvers workshop: http://tr.im/slws
• Sat: Club Thunderbird – A nite of Blues & Roots, Rhythm & Soul:  http://tr.im/clubth01
• Sat: Jive Party at the Rivoli with King Groovy & The Horn Stars: http://www.jiveparty.com/
• Sat: Saturdays at the Last Days of Decadence: http://tr.im/tldod
• Sun: The Legendary Monthly Jive Joint Sunday Tea Dance (*FREE*): http://tr.im/tljjstd
• Sun: *NEW* @SwingPatrolLdn: Dalston – The Blue Orchid fortnightly classes: http://tr.im/spcls
• Sun: @LSDS Balboa workshops: http://tr.im/LSDScls
• Sun: Swingsters Sizzling Sundays – http://tr.im/swstrs
• Sun: @Swingland Swing Cellar: http://tr.im/slsc

Some ppl for #FollowFriday @mewtopia @justafish @lestmak @swingpatrolldn @swingland @white_mischief @LSDS @laurahknight – anyone else? #ff

Have a great weekend!

• Fri: Rock-a-hula Friday Night at Bloombury Bowling Lanes: http://tr.im/rockahula
• Fri: Swing Night at Stokey (*FREE*): http://tr.im/spsocial
• Fri: Lindy Circle Lindy/Balboa Nights: http://tr.im/LCcal
• Fri: Shugapush at Birkbeck: http://bit.ly/a1IAiv (Fb Link)
• Sat: @SwingPatrolLdn: Leave the Beginner Label Behind Workshop: http://tr.im/SPhome
• Sat: Rock ‘n’ Bowl Club: http://www.myspace.com/rocknbowlclub
• Sat: Blues Revolution Down Home Blues: http://tr.im/blrev
• Sat: Hellzapoppin Club: http://tr.im/hellza
• Sat: Saturdays at the Last Days of Decadence: http://tr.im/tldod
• Sun: LSE RAG week Lindy Hopathon: http://bit.ly/bW12c2 (Fb link) #charity
• Sat: Blues Revolution Mo’ Better Blues: http://tr.im/blrev
• Sun: @LSDS Beginners Lindy Hop workshops: http://tr.im/LSDScls
• Sun: Swingsters Sizzling Sundays – http://tr.im/swstrs
• Sun: @Swingland Swing Cellar: http://tr.im/slsc

NB: Jive Party is next week (27 Feb)

Have a great weekend!

And here’s Rhythm is Our Business…

[By the way, that's Grace Chan (Ge Lan)'s song, translated as I Want Your Love, a version of Louis Jordan's I Want You To Be My Baby - see videos below.]

And being Valentine’s Weekend, it’s GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART time too. Have fun those who are going! For the rest of us in London:

• Fri: Black Cotton Club: http://www.ladyluckclub.co.uk/
• Fri: Swing Night at Stokey (*FREE*): http://tr.im/spsocial
• Fri: Lindy Circle Lindy/Balboa Nights: http://tr.im/LCcal
• Sat: @LSDS and 52nd Street Jump Saturday Night Swing Club: http://tr.im/LSDSsnsc
• Sat: Saturdays at the Last Days of Decadence: http://tr.im/tldod
• Sun: @LSDS 60s/Shag/Balboa Workshops: http://tr.im/LSDScls
• Sun: Swingsters  ”BLUES ANGEL” – http://tr.im/swstrs
• Sun: @Swingland Swing Cellar: http://tr.im/slsc

Have a great weekend!

Grace Chang (Ge Lan’s) Wo Yai Ni De Ai

Louis Jordan – I Want You To Be My Baby

But occasionally, we’ve found that one or both don’t work too well, so we’ll start posting them up here too. So here goes!

• FRI 18 DEC – ROCK-A-HULA CHRISTMAS IN HAWAII
• FRI 18 DEC – JITTERBUG JIVE
• SAT 19 DEC – TJ JOHNSON AT THE GREEN NOTE
• SAT 19 DEC – HELLZAPOPPIN
• SAT 19 DEC – SATURDAY AT THE LAST DAYS OF DECADENCE
• SAT 19 DEC – JIVE PARTY CHRISTMAS PARTY with OO-BOP-SH’BAM
• SUN 20 DEC – CHRISTMAS JAZZ BASH AT DRAGON HALL – See wall at our Facebook Group
• SUN 20 DEC – SWINGLAND SWING CELLAR
• MON 21 DEC – LSDS STOMPIN’ AT THE 100 CLUB XMAS PARTY
• MON 21 DEC – SWINGLAND EALING HOPPERS
• TUE 22 DEC – SWINGLAND C-JAM XMAS PARTY
• TUE 22 DEC – SWING CATS CORNER CHRISTMAS PARTY
• THU 24 DEC – 78RPM at the SOUTHBANK CENTRE
• MON 28 DEC – KAI’S CATS AT STOMPIN’
• TUE 29 DEC – SWING CATS CORNER PRE-NEW YEAR PARTY
• THU 31 DEC – 8th DANCERS’ OWN NEW YEAR’S EVE CHARITY DANCE – contact us for Judy’s details
• THU 31 DEC – WHITE MISCHIEF “NEW YEAR’S EVE 1910″ at Proud
• THU 31 DEC – KAI’S CATS AT RONNIE SCOTT’S
• THU 31 DEC – NYE AT THE LAST DAYS OF DECADENCE
• SAT 2 JAN – JIVE ACES at the SOUTHBANK CENTRE
• SUN 3 JAN – STRICTLY CHRISTMAS BALLROOM

If you’re not you’re not out and about this Saturday, catch the Strictly Come Dancing Final, where Chris Hollins will reprise his Charleston, and both Ricky Whittle and Chris compete in the first ever competitive Lindy hop. We wish both of them the best of luck in their respective swing dances.

With Christmas next weekend, this will be our last set of updates until the New Year, when we’ll start it all over again for a new decade! So keep on swingin’!

By the way, we aren’t Swedish so we don’t pay their broadcasting fees (only our own TV Licence in the UK to fund the BBC’s lavish Strictly Come Dancing programme). But we encourage all Swedes to pay, and to go to the Snowball and Herrang next year!

It’s cold outside. Which means Christmas is on its way.

And we reckon London swings like no other city, as demonstrated by the masses of Christmas parties taking place over the next month. So deck yourselves out with your favourite gladrags and get on those dancefloors!

Here’s a list of some of the highlights.

WED 2 DEC – THE JAZZ JOINT
FRI 4 DEC – SWING PATROL WHITE CHRISTMAS @ The Florence
SAT 5 DEC – SWINGLAND’s WINTER SWING BALL feat Graham Hughes & The Sunshine Kings
SAT 5 DEC – NOSEY JOE’S feat The Hep Chaps and The Jive Romeros
SAT 12 DEC – THE HOME FRONT
SAT 12 DEC – SWINGSTERS “BLUES ANGEL”
SAT 12 DEC – LSDS SATURDAY NIGHT SWING CLUB XMAS PARTY
SUN 13 DEC – SWINGSTERS “SPARKLE” feat the Boogie Woogie Braves
WED 16 DEC – JITTERBUGS “BIG SNOW BALL” feat Blue Harlem
THU 17 DEC – SWINGLAND “A-TRAIN” feat KING CANDY & THE SUGARPUSH
FRI 18 DEC – ROCK-A-HULA
SAT 19 DEC – HELLZAPOPPIN
MON 21 DEC – LSDS STOMPIN’ AT THE 100 CLUB XMAS PARTY
TUE 22 DEC – SWINGLAND C-JAM XMAS PARTY
THU 24 DEC – 78RPM at the SOUTHBANK CENTRE (*FREE*)
SUN 27 DEC (tbc) – LSDS SWING ALLEY (*FREE*)
THU 31 DEC – 8th DANCERS’ OWN NEW YEAR’S EVE CHARITY DANCE – [Facebook event page]*
THU 31 DEC – WHITE MISCHIEF “NEW YEAR’S EVE 1910″ at Proud
SAT 2 JAN – JIVE ACES at the SOUTHBANK CENTRE (*FREE*)
SUN 3 JAN – STRICTLY CHRISTMAS BALLROOM (*FREE*)

Please note, these are only some of the special events taking place this festive season, and doesn’t include all the other regular/weekly events taking place. Check out the individual websites for those.

* A mention especially for the 8th Dancers’ Own New Year’s Eve Charity Dance, it’s organised by swing dancers led by Judy Cook. There’s no bar, but DJs wll be swinging from 8pm to 1am at St Michaels & All Angels Church Hall, Turnham Green. For more details check out the Facebook event page, or if you don’t have Facebook, contact us and we’ll forward on their contact details.

In the meantime, every weekend, we publish a list of events on our twitter feed, so check those out. Otherwise, from all of us at SDL, hope you have a swinging festive period and see you on all the dancefloors!

It’s bound to be fun, so for more details see here. Please note, you must contact the organisers before you attend.

Otherwise, it’s a usual, packed weekend of dancing. See our twitter feed for the latest listings.