BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//WordPress - MECv5.22.2//EN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://gottaswing.com/ BEGIN:VEVENT UID:MEC-96c974552b3f2839fcc751e7f12679ce@gottaswing.com DTSTART:20251122T200000Z DTEND:20251122T233000Z DTSTAMP:20250311T210700Z CREATED:20250311 LAST-MODIFIED:20251122 SUMMARY:Debra’s Boogie Woogie Birthday Bash Swing Dance with MITCH WOODS AND HIS ROCKET 88s with DARYL DAVIS in the Spanish Ballroom DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n• Beginner swing lesson 8-9pm\n• Band plays 9-11:30pm\n• Admission $30/door. SAVE $10! Purchase in advance online and pay $20; ticket sales ends at 12noon the day of the dance. Advance ticket sales are final; no refunds or credits.\n\nTICKET PRE-SALES CLOSED; PAY AT THE DOOR.\nPraline Cafe in the Spanish Ballroom lobby will be open, serving wine, beer and more.\n\n\n\nIt’s Debra’s birthday! When it’s your birthday and you run the company, you get to decide who’ll provide the music for your dance party. Nothing gets her dance motor running more than Boogie Woogie piano, Jump Blues, and Rhythm and Blues, and we’ve chosen two of the very best purveyors. Get ready for a night of fun—and birthday cookies, too.\nThe torch bearers of a great American musical heritage, MITCH WOODS AND HIS ROCKET 88s take their inspiration from the great jump n’ boogie outfits and swingin’ little big bands of the ’40s, breathing fresh life into the music that gave birth to rock n’ roll. Woods styled his group after the jumpin’ n’ jivin’, shoutin’ n’ honkin’, pumpin’ n’ poundin’ bands of Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, Joe and Jimmy Liggins, Amos Milburn, and Roy Milton. Adding a healthy dose of New Orleans rhythm and blues, pile-drivin’ piano, and some of his own contemporary playful lyrics, Mitch Woods and His Rocket 88s forge their own brand of music they call “rock-a-boogie.” One of our long-time favorites, we are supremely delighted to welcome them back to the stage at the Spanish Ballroom.\nInternational recording artist, author, actor, leader of the band, DARYL DAVIS was born in the Electric Blues Capital of the world, Chicago. He moved to Washington, DC, to earn his Bachelor of Music Degree from Howard University and never left the area. Since then, he has worked with pretty much everyone: Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley’s Jordanaires, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Platters, The Drifters, The Coasters, Bo Diddley, Percy Sledge, and Sam Moore (of Sam and Dave fame)–and that’s only a partial list! He’s also an author of renown and widely-recognized expert and lecturer on race relations and the Ku Klux Klan.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

• Beginner swing lesson 8-9pm
• Band plays 9-11:30pm
• Admission $30/door. SAVE $10! Purchase in advance online and pay $20; ticket sales ends at 12noon the day of the dance. Advance ticket sales are final; no refunds or credits.

TICKET PRE-SALES CLOSED; PAY AT THE DOOR.

Praline Cafe in the Spanish Ballroom lobby will be open, serving wine, beer and more.

It’s Debra’s birthday! When it’s your birthday and you run the company, you get to decide who’ll provide the music for your dance party. Nothing gets her dance motor running more than Boogie Woogie piano, Jump Blues, and Rhythm and Blues, and we’ve chosen two of the very best purveyors. Get ready for a night of fun—and birthday cookies, too.

The torch bearers of a great American musical heritage, MITCH WOODS AND HIS ROCKET 88s take their inspiration from the great jump n’ boogie outfits and swingin’ little big bands of the ’40s, breathing fresh life into the music that gave birth to rock n’ roll. Woods styled his group after the jumpin’ n’ jivin’, shoutin’ n’ honkin’, pumpin’ n’ poundin’ bands of Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, Joe and Jimmy Liggins, Amos Milburn, and Roy Milton. Adding a healthy dose of New Orleans rhythm and blues, pile-drivin’ piano, and some of his own contemporary playful lyrics, Mitch Woods and His Rocket 88s forge their own brand of music they call “rock-a-boogie.” One of our long-time favorites, we are supremely delighted to welcome them back to the stage at the Spanish Ballroom.

International recording artist, author, actor, leader of the band, DARYL DAVIS was born in the Electric Blues Capital of the world, Chicago. He moved to Washington, DC, to earn his Bachelor of Music Degree from Howard University and never left the area. Since then, he has worked with pretty much everyone: Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley’s Jordanaires, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Platters, The Drifters, The Coasters, Bo Diddley, Percy Sledge, and Sam Moore (of Sam and Dave fame)–and that’s only a partial list! He’s also an author of renown and widely-recognized expert and lecturer on race relations and the Ku Klux Klan.

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