The Jam Cellar || Swing Dance and Lindy Hop

This Week: DJ Mike Guzzo

This North Carolina boy has some serious skills behind the turntable. A special guest DJ just for you.

Bitter Dose Combo May 22

This band's incredible and well-loved. And they'll be playing at the Jam Cellar Tuesday, May 22. Lots of people enjoy dressing up a little for live bands.

New Blood Night May 29

Bring someone who's never been to the Jam Cellar before, and you both get in free. Free beginner lessons at 8, 8:30, and 9. Aerials class for inter/adv dancers at 8. Flavor ice is free.

Aerials Class May 29 8pm.

You'll learn a flip and a throwing aerial from four teachers, so you get plenty of personal attention. Bring comfy clothes and shoes. Partners required. Warm up 7:50. Class at 8. $16, includes dance.

June Series: Constructing Your Charleston

Lindy Hoppers use Charleston to make their dancing more dynamic and help dance faster. (Charlestons are the kicking moves.) This intermediate series will cover all the basics and more. Anyone who's gone through our basic Lindy Hop series may enter. Taught by David & Chelsea. Begins June. $50, includes dances.

Beginner Lindy Hop Series

Begins the first Tuesday of very month. $50, includes dances.

Free-Beginner Lesson Becomes One Hour In June!

Our weekly beginner lesson in June becomes one hour long and teaches even more stuff. Tell your friends., it will be divine.

Volunteer

And make new friends (us) and/or drinking buddies (us again). Just email us at huh@thejamcellar.com. Speaking of friends, join us at Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JamCellar

Tonight is DJ Betsy Kipperman!

Come check out one of the best DJs and dancing partners in the entire city before her fiance goes and takes her away from us and leaves us a hollow shell of a man. Did we mention we *really* like Betsy?

April: Beginning Lindy Hop

Our famous 4-week Beginner Lindy Hop series begins again in April. It's only $50 for 4 weeks of instruction and free dances. And, it's the gift that keeps on giving: Once you pay for the series, you can take it as many times as you'd like in the future, for free.

Next Month: Advancing Your Awesomeness

In April, aside from our usual Beginner Lindy Hop series, we have our intermediate series A. For graduates of our beginner series, as well as anyone who;s taken any of our other intermediate series (B & C.) It includes lots of standard Lindy Hop vocab. 8 p.m. Every Tuesday in April. $50, includes all dances.

COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

Jam Cellar on Facebook. Can't be bothered to read email but addicted to facebook? Wanna show your love for the jam cellar in the easiest way possible? 'like' us at http://www.facebook.com/JamCellar We don't know what it means but it makes us happy. Wanna be personally invited to events and be able to know at the click of a mouse which of your friends is going too?Join the new jam cellar group http://www.facebook.com/groups/19855781128/ and you can be social in the most effcient way possible.

Wanna Volunteer? Enjoy the Jam Cellar but would also like to get a sense of helping your community out of it? Or perhaps you're strapped for cash and would like to dance without paying? We accept either as part of our Elite Jam Cellar Swat Volunteer Navy Seal Crack Volunteer Team. (Or EJCSVNSCVT for short.) (Yes, we know there are two "volunteers" in there. That's how much we like volunteering.) Email us at huh@thejamcellar.com for more info. Benefits include: Holiday parties for our long-standing volunteers, good friends and times, and we'll also be happy to write references to your future employers saying things like "shows ambition" and "her only flaw is she works too hard sometimes." Oh, and all the Flavor Ice you can eat.

Tonights DJ is Paul Roth!

Not only is paul a great DJ and an all around swell guy but i hear he once was kind to a chicken. He also loves dogs, long walks on the beach, and romantic evenings by the fire.

This Week: Beginning Lindy Hop

Our famous 4-week Beginner Lindy Hop series begins again in March. It's only $50 for 4 weeks of instruction and free dances. And, it's the gift that keeps on giving: Once you pay for the series, you can take it as many times as you'd like in the future, for free.

This Week: Collegiate Shag

In March, aside from our usual Beginner Lindy Hop series, we have a special 4-week series on Collegiate Shag, one of the most popular dances of the original swing era. It will be taught by Shag badasses David and Chelsea. You won't want to miss it. 8 p.m. Every Tuesday in March. $50, includes all dances.

Brooks Tegler at The Spanish Ballroom on March 17th

The Jam Cellar is back at Glen Echo in the amazing Spanish Ballroom with The Brooks Tegler Big Band, one of the DC area's finest swing bands. Drummer and bandleader Brooks Tegler has been a staple of the DC area jazz scene for years and while he has worked with too many jazz greats to name them all, some of the notables include vocalists Helen Ward (Benny Goodman), Helen Forrest (Artie Shaw, Harry James, Benny Goodman), and guitarists Steve Jordan and Danny Gatton. His attention to authentic detail is surpassed by none and he has even recreated the entire Benny Goodman 1938 Carnegie Hall performance. As a drummer, he is heavily influenced by the legendary Gene Krupa, and is one of the few with the feel and the talent to hang with the greatest drummers of the 30s and 40s.

COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

Jam Cellar on Facebook. Can't be bothered to read email but addicted to facebook? Wanna show your love for the jam cellar in the easiest way possible? 'like' us at http://www.facebook.com/JamCellar We don't know what it means but it makes us happy. Wanna be personally invited to events and be able to know at the click of a mouse which of your friends is going too?Join the new jam cellar group http://www.facebook.com/groups/19855781128/ and you can be social in the most effcient way possible.

Wanna Volunteer? Enjoy the Jam Cellar but would also like to get a sense of helping your community out of it? Or perhaps you're strapped for cash and would like to dance without paying? We accept either as part of our Elite Jam Cellar Swat Volunteer Navy Seal Crack Volunteer Team. (Or EJCSVNSCVT for short.) (Yes, we know there are two "volunteers" in there. That's how much we like volunteering.) Email us at huh@thejamcellar.com for more info. Benefits include: Holiday parties for our long-standing volunteers, good friends and times, and we'll also be happy to write references to your future employers saying things like "shows ambition" and "her only flaw is she works too hard sometimes." Oh, and all the Flavor Ice you can eat.

This week DJ Dan Repsch

We're proud to offer the nations favorite migratory worker DJ. Where's he from? Who knows. Where's he going? Ask brandi, maybe she knows. But tonight he's ours.

This Week: Beginning Lindy Hop

Our famous 4-week Beginner Lindy Hop series begins again in March. It's only $50 for 4 weeks of instruction and free dances. And, it's the gift that keeps on giving: Once you pay for the series, you can take it as many times as you'd like in the future, for free.

This Week: Collegiate Shag

In March, aside from our usual Beginner Lindy Hop series, we have a special 4-week series on Collegiate Shag, one of the most popular dances of the original swing era. It will be taught by Shag badasses David and Chelsea. You won't want to miss it. 8 p.m. Every Tuesday in March. $50, includes all dances.

Brooks Tegler at The Spanish Ballroom on March 17th

The Jam Cellar is back at Glen Echo in the amazing Spanish Ballroom with The
Brooks Tegler Big Band, one of the DC area's finest swing bands. Drummer and
bandleader Brooks Tegler has been a staple of the DC area jazz scene for years
and while he has worked with too many jazz greats to name them all, some of the
notables include vocalists Helen Ward (Benny Goodman), Helen Forrest (Artie
Shaw, Harry James, Benny Goodman), and guitarists Steve Jordan and Danny
Gatton. His attention to authentic detail is surpassed by none and he has even
recreated the entire Benny Goodman 1938 Carnegie Hall performance. As a drummer,
he is heavily influenced by the legendary Gene Krupa, and is one of the few with
the feel and the talent to hang with the greatest drummers of the 30s and 40s.

COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

Jam Cellar on Facebook. Can't be bothered to read email but addicted to facebook? Wanna show your love for the jam cellar in the easiest way possible? 'like' us at http://www.facebook.com/JamCellar We don't know what it means but it makes us happy. Wanna be personally invited to events and be able to know at the click of a mouse which of your friends is going too?Join the new jam cellar group http://www.facebook.com/groups/19855781128/ and you can be social in the most effcient way possible.

Wanna Volunteer? Enjoy the Jam Cellar but would also like to get a sense of helping your community out of it? Or perhaps you're strapped for cash and would like to dance without paying? We accept either as part of our Elite Jam Cellar Swat Volunteer Navy Seal Crack Volunteer Team. (Or EJCSVNSCVT for short.) (Yes, we know there are two "volunteers" in there. That's how much we like volunteering.) Email us at huh@thejamcellar.com for more info. Benefits include: Holiday parties for our long-standing volunteers, good friends and times, and we'll also be happy to write references to your future employers saying things like "shows ambition" and "her only flaw is she works too hard sometimes." Oh, and all the Flavor Ice you can eat. M

This week, DJ Kate Hedin

Descendant of Sven Hedin, the great Swedish explorer (we're not kidding.) Tonight we also celebrate Bobby's birthday and that means there will be Chick Webb, and it will be loud. Lessons at 8 (Free beginner at 8:30p.m.) and dancing from 9 to 11:30. BYOB but please drink responsibly.

Next Week: Beginning Lindy Hop

Our famous 4-week Beginner Lindy Hop series begins again in March. It's only $50 for 4 weeks of instruction and free dances. And, it's the gift that keeps on giving: Once you pay for the series, you can take it as many times as you'd like in the future, for free.

Next Week: Collegiate Shag

In March, aside from our usual Beginner Lindy Hop series, we have a special 4-week series on Collegiate Shag, one of the most popular dances of the original swing era. It will be taught by Shag badasses David and Chelsea. You won't want to miss it. 8 p.m. Every Tuesday in March. $50, includes all dances.

COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

Jam Cellar on Facebook. Can't be bothered to read email but addicted to facebook? Wanna show your love for the jam cellar in the easiest way possible? 'like' us at http://www.facebook.com/JamCellar We don't know what it means but it makes us happy. Wanna be personally invited to events and be able to know at the click of a mouse which of your friends is going too?Join the new jam cellar group http://www.facebook.com/groups/19855781128/ and you can be social in the most effcient way possible.

Wanna Volunteer? Enjoy the Jam Cellar but would also like to get a sense of helping your community out of it? Or perhaps you're strapped for cash and would like to dance without paying? We accept either as part of our Elite Jam Cellar Swat Volunteer Navy Seal Crack Volunteer Team. (Or EJCSVNSCVT for short.) (Yes, we know there are two "volunteers" in there. That's how much we like volunteering.) Email us at huh@thejamcellar.com for more info. Benefits include: Holiday parties for our long-standing volunteers, good friends and times, and we'll also be happy to write references to your future employers saying things like "shows ambition" and "her only flaw is she works too hard sometimes." Oh, and all the Flavor Ice you can eat.

This Week, Mardi Gras & DJ Jason Niesz

If you're lucky, he will flash you for beads. Lessons at 8 (Free beginner at 8:30p.m.) and dancing from 9 to 11:30. BYOB but please drink responsibly.

Next Month: Beginning Lindy Hop

Our famous 4-week Beginner Lindy Hop series begins again in March. It's only $50 for 4 weeks of instruction and free dances. And, it's the gift that keeps on giving: Once you pay for the series, you can take it as many times as you'd like in the future, for free.

Next Month: Collegiate Shag

Next Month, aside from our usual Beginner Lindy Hop series, we have a special 4-week series on Collegiate Shag, one of the most popular dances of the original swing era. It will be taught by Shag badasses David and Chelsea. You won't want to miss it. $50, includes all dances.

COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

Jam Cellar on Facebook. Can't be bothered to read email but addicted to facebook? Wanna show your love for the jam cellar in the easiest way possible? 'like' us at http://www.facebook.com/JamCellar We don't know what it means but it makes us happy. Wanna be personally invited to events and be able to know at the click of a mouse which of your friends is going too?Join the new jam cellar group http://www.facebook.com/groups/19855781128/ and you can be social in the most effcient way possible.

Wanna Volunteer? Enjoy the Jam Cellar but would also like to get a sense of helping your community out of it? Or perhaps you're strapped for cash and would like to dance without paying? We accept either as part of our Elite Jam Cellar Swat Volunteer Navy Seal Crack Volunteer Team. (Or EJCSVNSCVT for short.) (Yes, we know there are two "volunteers" in there. That's how much we like volunteering.) Email us at huh@thejamcellar.com for more info. Benefits include: Holiday parties for our long-standing volunteers, good friends and times, and we'll also be happy to write references to your future employers saying things like "shows ambition" and "her only flaw is she works too hard sometimes." Oh, and all the Flavor Ice you can eat.

This week: The DJ Battle for Our Hearts!

We've got three Djs battling it out for your hearts tonight : Bryant, Reese, and Alex. Come show them your love.

Jam Cellar presents…The Blue Crescent Syncopators live at Glen Echo! February 18th! That's THIS SATURDAY!

Celebrating Valentines' Day on Valentines Day is so…predictable. How about surprising your loved ones by having TWO Valentines days and taking your significant other out to Glen Echo for The Blue Crescent Syncopators concert. Or, if you have no significant other, perhaps you will meet one at the dance.* The Blue Crescent Syncopators play from the heart…and usually without music. Musicians include Gary Gregg (clarinet), Pete Ostle, Tom Baldwin (bass), Frank Cocuzzi, Brian Alpert (drums), Dave Sager (trombone), and Craig Gildner (guitar, piano, cornet, vox). All the greatest jazz tunes of the 20s and 30s done up right with some spice and swing – perfect for dancing. Save the date for our next huge Glen Echo dance February 18th. Saturday, February 18, 2012 – 8:00pm –Free hour-long beginner lesson; 9 to midnight, dancing. Admission: $16. Presented in cooperation with the Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts & Culture, Inc., the National Park Service and Montgomery County, MD. *-(Jam Cellar, Inc. does not guarantee romantic interaction with dance admission.)

Next Month: Collegiate Shag (& Beginner Lindy Hop)

Next Month, aside from our usual Beginner Lindy Hop series, we have a special 4-week series on Collegiate Shag, one of the most popular dances of the original swing era. It will be taught by Shag badasses David and Chelsea. You won't want to miss it. $50, includes all dances.

COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

Can't be bothered to read email but addicted to facebook? Wanna show your love for the jam cellar in the easiest way possible? 'like' us at http://www.facebook.com/JamCellar We don't know what it means but it makes us happy. Wanna be personally invited to events and be able to know at the click of a mouse which of your friends is going too?Join the new jam cellar group http://www.facebook.com/groups/19855781128/ and you can be social in the most effcient way possible.

Wanna Volunteer? Enjoy the Jam Cellar but would also like to get a sense of helping your community out of it? Or perhaps you're strapped for cash and would like to dance without paying? We accept either as part of our Elite Jam Cellar Swat Volunteer Navy Seal Crack Volunteer Team. (Or EJCSVNSCVT for short.) (Yes, we know there are two "volunteers" in there. That's how much we like volunteering.) Email us at huh@thejamcellar.com for more info. Benefits include: Holiday parties for our long-standing volunteers, good friends and times, and we'll also be happy to write references to your future employers saying things like "shows ambition" and "her only flaw is she works too hard sometimes." Oh, and all the Flavor Ice you can eat.

This week: DJ Betsy Kipperman!

I've got nothing funny to put here. Bobby usually writes these. She's amazing and we love her. You will too so come out and see.

Jam Cellar presents…The Blue Crescent Syncopators live at Glen Echo! February 18th!

Celebrating Valentines' Day on Valentines Day is so…predictable. How about surprising your loved ones by having TWO Valentines days and taking your significant other out to Glen Echo for The Blue Crescent Syncopators concert. Or, if you have no significant other, perhaps you will meet one at the dance.* The Blue Crescent Syncopators play from the heart…and usually without music. Musicians include Gary Gregg (clarinet), Pete Ostle, Tom Baldwin (bass), Frank Cocuzzi, Brian Alpert (drums), Dave Sager (trombone), and Craig Gildner (guitar, piano, cornet, vox). All the greatest jazz tunes of the 20s and 30s done up right with some spice and swing – perfect for dancing. Save the date for our next huge Glen Echo dance February 18th. Saturday, February 18, 2012 – 8:00pm –Free hour-long beginner lesson; 9 to midnight, dancing. Admission: $16. Presented in cooperation with the Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts & Culture, Inc., the National Park Service and Montgomery County, MD. *—(Jam Cellar, Inc. does not guarantee romantic interaction with dance admission.)

New Beginner Series begins THIS WEEK! (February series)

And SURPRISE! All of our series will now be one month long instead of 6 weeks. Learn the fundamentals of swing dancing from 6-count swing to Lindy Hop. Also, remember, once you've paid for the whole series once, you're allowed to take it again as much as you want, for free. 8 p.m.-9 p.m. $50 including dances. That's roughly a $4,300 value, depending on how you count.

Constructing Your Charleston begins THIS WEEK! (February series)

The next intermediate series (Intermediate C) is all about Charleston for four glorious kicking weeks. You'll learn how to kick in a wide variety of interesting ways. Anyone who has gone through an Intermediate series before may join in, or if you have graduated our Beginner class. Students must know basic 6-count moves and swing-outs. $50, includes all dances.

COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

Can't be bothered to read email but addicted to facebook? Wanna show your love for the jam cellar in the easiest way possible? 'like' us at http://www.facebook.com/JamCellar We don't know what it means but it makes us happy. Wanna be personally invited to events and be able to know at the click of a mouse which of your friends is going too?Join the new jam cellar group http://www.facebook.com/groups/19855781128/ and you can be social in the most effcient way possible.

Wanna Volunteer? Enjoy the Jam Cellar but would also like to get a sense of helping your community out of it? Or perhaps you're strapped for cash and would like to dance without paying? We accept either as part of our Elite Jam Cellar Swat Volunteer Navy Seal Crack Volunteer Team. (Or EJCSVNSCVT for short.) (Yes, we know there are two "volunteers" in there. That's how much we like volunteering.) Email us at huh@thejamcellar.com for more info. Benefits include: Holiday parties for our long-standing volunteers, and we'll also be happy to write references to your future employers saying things like "shows ambition" and "her only flaw is she works too hard sometimes." Oh, and all the Flavor Ice you can eat.

This week: DJ John Mortenson!

One of our newer DJs is going to give a fresh spin on some classic swing. Also, Be sure to check out…

Jam Cellar presents…The Blue Crescent Syncopators live at Glen Echo! February 18th!

Celebrating Valentines' Day on Valentines Day is so…predictable. How about surprising your loved ones by having TWO Valentines days and taking your significant other out to Glen Echo for The Blue Crescent Syncopators concert. Or, if you have no significant other, perhaps you will meet one at the dance.* The Blue Crescent Syncopators play from the heart…and usually without music. Musicians include Gary Gregg (clarinet), Pete Ostle, Tom Baldwin (bass), Frank Cocuzzi, Brian Alpert (drums), Dave Sager (trombone), and Craig Gildner (guitar, piano, cornet, vox). All the greatest jazz tunes of the 20s and 30s done up right with some spice and swing – perfect for dancing. Save the date for our next huge Glen Echo dance February 18th. Saturday, February 18, 2012 – 8:00pm –Free hour-long beginner lesson; 9 to midnight, dancing. Admission: $16. Presented in cooperation with the Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts & Culture, Inc., the National Park Service and Montgomery County, MD. *—(Jam Cellar, Inc. does not guarantee romantic interaction with dance admission.)

New Beginner Series begins NEXT WEEK! (February series)

And SURPRISE! All of our series will now be one month long instead of 6 weeks. Learn the fundamentals of swing dancing from 6-count swing to Lindy Hop. Also, remember, once you've paid for the whole series once, you're allowed to take it again as much as you want, for free. 8 p.m.-9 p.m. $50 including dances. That's roughly a $4,300 value, depending on how you count.

Constructing Your Charleston Begins NEXT WEEK! (February series)

The next intermediate series (Intermediate C) is all about Charleston for four glorious kicking weeks. You'll learn how to kick in a wide variety of interesting ways. Anyone who has gone through an Intermediate series before may join in, or if you have graduated our Beginner class. Students must know basic 6-count moves and swing-outs. $50, includes all dances.

COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

Announcing an Evening of Hot Gypsy Jazz and Blues with The Blue Rhythm Boys to Chase Away Your Winter Chills. The Washington DC Lindy Exchange is pleased to present Tom Mitchell and Jim Stephanson on their vintage archtop guitars, John Previti on bass, Vince McCool on trumpet and the anchor, Big Joe Maher on drums at the historic Spanish Ballroom in Glen Echo Park on Saturday, November 4th. A beginner swing lesson at 8:00 pm is included in the $15 admission followed by dancing from 9:00 pm to midnight. Come hear their blend of "hot club" swing and delta blues. Find out why they've been likened to Mississippi John Hurt jamming with Django Reinhardt and Louis Armstrong, with the Kansas City Five as the backline! Visit us at www.dclx.org and like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/DC.Lindy.Exchange . "Presented in cooperation with the Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts & Culture, Inc., the National Park Service and Montgomery County, MD."

Wanna Volunteer?
Enjoy the Jam Cellar but would also like to get a sense of helping your community out of it? Or perhaps you're strapped for cash and would like to dance without paying? We accept either as part of our Elite Jam Cellar Swat Volunteer Navy Seal Crack Volunteer Team. (Or EJCSVNSCVT for short.) (Yes, we know there are two "volunteers" in there. That's how much we like volunteering.) Email us at huh@thejamcellar.com for more info. Benefits include: Holiday parties for our long-standing volunteers, and we'll also be happy to write references to your future employers saying things like "shows ambition" and "her only flaw is she works too hard sometimes." Oh, and all the Flavor Ice you can eat.

This week: DJ Mike Marcotte

Who doesn't like this guy and his DJing? He's so good, his DJ set will symbolically reflect the tone and mood of the state of the union address. Which will be happy and hopeful, with a few minor notes thrown in.

New Beginner Series begins FEBRUARY!

And SURPRISE! All of our series will now be one month long instead of 6 weeks. Learn the fundamentals of swing dancing from 6-count swing to Lindy Hop. 8 p.m.-9 p.m. $50 including dances. That's roughly a $4,300 value, depending on how you count.

Constructing Your Charleston Begins FEBRUARY!

The next intermediate series (Intermediate C) is all about Charleston for four glorious kicking weeks. You'll learn how to kick in a wide variety of interesting ways. Anyone who has gone through an Intermediate series before may join in, or if you have graduated our Beginner class. Students must know basic 6-count moves and swing-outs. $50, includes all dances.

Glen Echo Dance February 18th!

Save the date for our next huge Glen Echo dance February 18th.

Wanna Volunteer?

Enjoy the Jam Cellar but would also like to get a sense of helping your community out of it? Or perhaps you're strapped for cash and would like to dance without paying? We accept either as part of our Elite Jam Cellar Swat Volunteer Navy Seal Crack Volunteer Team. (Or EJCSVNSCVT for short.) (Yes, we know there are two "volunteers" in there. That's how much we like volunteering.) Email us at huh@thejamcellar.com for more info. Benefits include: Holiday parties for our long-standing volunteers, and we'll also be happy to write references to your future employers saying things like "shows ambition" and "her only flaw is she works too hard sometimes." Oh, and all the Flavor Ice you can eat.