As it’s the last weekend before Christmas, here’s a bumper list of what’s happening not just this weekend, but for the next couple of weeks.

• 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’!

Every Friday, we post on Twitter swing dance events happening over the weekend. Usually we also post this information up on our Facebook page, but for some reason, today, it’s not working. So here’s an update for everyone!

A fun little video. They love us in Sweden.

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!

As some of you may have seen on our Facebook wall, the BBC and Lambent Productions are filming a series of clips for BBC Learning this weekend. Featuring the Jiving Lindy Hoppers, they are re-creating a 40s wartime dance and are looking for people dancing the lindy hop in 40s clothing. There will be a live band and we will provide lunch, tea, cake and refreshments and it should be a lot of fun.

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.