Thursday, Aug 21, 2008 • Little Wilson Band • Not a SDLI Event
CONCERTS SPONSORED by NORTHPORT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
LOCATION - GAZEBO VILLAGE PARK - Time 8PM
AUGUST 21 - THE LITTLE WILSON BAND (A NIGHT OF RHYTHM and BLUES)
AUGUST 21 - TIME WAS (MUSIC for the GENERATIONS SHOW and DANCE BAND)
Website: http://www.northportny.com/sh_events.php
Sponsoring Organization: This is not a Swing Dance Long Island EventAdmission:
Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008 • Swing Dance Long Island Dance • SDLI
Swing Dance Long Island has it’s weekly Tuesday swing dance at Pomodorino Ristorante Italiano in Hauppauge. The swing lesson will being at 7:30PM with the social dancing from 8:00PM through 10:30PM.
The dances will be held in the main ballroom, which contains a circular wooden dance floor and a small stage for bands. The ballroom entrance is on the front-left corner of the building, please take the stairway down.
Pomodorino servers great Italian food, brick oven pizza and wonderful deserts.
Directions
Pomodorino Ristorante Italiano
648 Motor Parkway
Hauppauge, NY 11788
Restaurant Phone: 631-951-0026
Pomodorino is located just North of the Long Island Expressway (Route 495) on Motor Parkway in Hauppauge. The building is opposite Marcus Blvd. This central location is close to Route 111, Veterans Memorial Highway (Route 454), Sagtikos State Parkway, Sunken Meadow Parkway, and Northern State.
From the West on the Long Island Expressway (495)
Get off at LIE exit 53 onto the South Service Road. (Exit 53 is also the exit for Saqitkos State Parkway.) Travel along the service road passing the Sagtikos State Parkway. Make a left onto Washington Ave at one of the lights. You will head North over the LIE, for about 1000 feet. At the intersection, turn right onto Motor Parkway. Proceed East for 500 feet, turn right at the next light into the Pomodorino parking lot.
From the East on the Long Island Expressway (495)
Get off at LIE exit 55 (Motor Parkway/Central Islip) onto North Service Road. At the light, turn right onto (Vanderbilt) Motor Parkway. Proceed West for three additional traffic lights. Marcus Blvd will be on your right and Pomodorino will be on your left at the light.
Band/Performer: DJ Music
Location & directions: Pomodorino Ristorante Italiano
Admission: $6 General Admission, $5 Students with current ID, $4 SDLI Members
Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 • Lil’ Cliff & the Cliffhangers • IslipArtsCouncil
8/31 at 2 pm (Sunday): Lil’ Cliff & the Cliffhangers – (Bayard Cutting Arboretum) Harmonica-driven swinging blues: Lil’ Cliff on vocals & harmonica, Rick Street on vocals and upright bass, Dennis Phelps on vocals and guitar and Frank Patterson on drums. After winning the regional 2006 International Blues Challenge competition, these four professionals then took their special brand of original jump blues down to Memphis, TN to compete in the annual International Blues Challenge, which is the world’s largest gathering of blues musicians. And wouldn’t you know it, out of literally hundreds of blues artists from all over the world, the boys placed in the final top ten! $ 6. per car parking fee
Sponsoring Organization: Islip Arts CouncilBand/Performer: Lil’ Cliff & The Cliffhangers
Location & directions: Bayard Cutting Arboretum
Tuesday, Sep 2, 2008 • Swing Dance at Pomodorino • SDLI
Swing Dance Long Island has it’s weekly Tuesday swing dance at Pomodorino Ristorante Italiano in Hauppauge. The swing lesson will being at 7:30PM with the social dancing from 8:00PM through 10:30PM.
Fundamental swing lesson from 7:30PM to 8:00PM, taught by Gilles and Sarah
Social dancing from 8:00PM through 10:30PM, Debra and Sarah
The dances will be held upstairs this evening.
Pomodorino servers great Italian food, brick oven pizza and wonderful deserts.
Directions
Pomodorino Ristorante Italiano
648 Motor Parkway
Hauppauge, NY 11788
Restaurant Phone: 631-951-0026
Pomodorino is located just North of the Long Island Expressway (Route 495) on Motor Parkway in Hauppauge. The building is opposite Marcus Blvd. This central location is close to Route 111, Veterans Memorial Highway (Route 454), Sagtikos State Parkway, Sunken Meadow Parkway, and Northern State.
From the West on the Long Island Expressway (495)
Get off at LIE exit 53 onto the South Service Road. (Exit 53 is also the exit for Saqitkos State Parkway.) Travel along the service road passing the Sagtikos State Parkway. Make a left onto Washington Ave at one of the lights. You will head North over the LIE, for about 1000 feet. At the intersection, turn right onto Motor Parkway. Proceed East for 500 feet, turn right at the next light into the Pomodorino parking lot.
From the East on the Long Island Expressway (495)
Get off at LIE exit 55 (Motor Parkway/Central Islip) onto North Service Road. At the light, turn right onto (Vanderbilt) Motor Parkway. Proceed West for three additional traffic lights. Marcus Blvd will be on your right and Pomodorino will be on your left at the light.
Band/Performer: DJ Music
Location & directions: Pomodorino Ristorante Italiano
Admission: $6 General Admission, $5 Students with current ID, $4 SDLI Members
Saturday, Sep 6, 2008 • First Saturday Swing Dance of the Fall Season • SDLI
Band TBD.
Sponsoring Organization: Swing Dance Long Island, Inc.Location & directions: Brush Barn
Tuesday, Sep 9, 2008 • Swing Dance at Pomodorino • SDLI
Swing Dance Long Island has it’s weekly Tuesday swing dance at Pomodorino Ristorante Italiano in Hauppauge. The swing lesson will being at 7:30PM with the social dancing from 8:00PM through 10:30PM.
Fundamental swing lesson from 7:30PM to 8:00PM, taught by Gilles and Sarah
Social dancing from 8:00PM through 10:30PM, Debra and Sarah
The dances will be held upstairs.
Pomodorino servers great Italian food, brick oven pizza and wonderful deserts.
Directions
Pomodorino Ristorante Italiano
648 Motor Parkway
Hauppauge, NY 11788
Restaurant Phone: 631-951-0026
Pomodorino is located just North of the Long Island Expressway (Route 495) on Motor Parkway in Hauppauge. The building is opposite Marcus Blvd. This central location is close to Route 111, Veterans Memorial Highway (Route 454), Sagtikos State Parkway, Sunken Meadow Parkway, and Northern State.
From the West on the Long Island Expressway (495)
Get off at LIE exit 53 onto the South Service Road. (Exit 53 is also the exit for Saqitkos State Parkway.) Travel along the service road passing the Sagtikos State Parkway. Make a left onto Washington Ave at one of the lights. You will head North over the LIE, for about 1000 feet. At the intersection, turn right onto Motor Parkway. Proceed East for 500 feet, turn right at the next light into the Pomodorino parking lot.
From the East on the Long Island Expressway (495)
Get off at LIE exit 55 (Motor Parkway/Central Islip) onto North Service Road. At the light, turn right onto (Vanderbilt) Motor Parkway. Proceed West for three additional traffic lights. Marcus Blvd will be on your right and Pomodorino will be on your left at the light.
Band/Performer: DJ Music
Location & directions: Pomodorino Ristorante Italiano
Admission: $6 General Admission, $5 Students with current ID, $4 SDLI Members
Tuesday, Sep 16, 2008 • Blue Saracens • SDLI
The Blue Saracens will be playing for us this evening.
Swing Dance Long Island has it’s weekly Tuesday swing dance at Pomodorino Ristorante Italiano in Hauppauge. The swing lesson will being at 7:30PM with the social dancing from 8:00PM through 10:30PM.
Fundamental swing lesson from 7:30PM to 8:00PM, taught by Gilles and Sarah
Social dancing from 8:00PM through 10:30PM, Debra and Sarah
Since we are having a band this evening, the dances will be held in the main ballroom, which contains a circular wooden dance floor and a small stage for bands. The ballroom entrance is on the front-left corner of the building, please take the stairway down.
Pomodorino servers great Italian food, brick oven pizza and wonderful deserts.
Directions
Pomodorino Ristorante Italiano
648 Motor Parkway
Hauppauge, NY 11788
Restaurant Phone: 631-951-0026
Pomodorino is located just North of the Long Island Expressway (Route 495) on Motor Parkway in Hauppauge. The building is opposite Marcus Blvd. This central location is close to Route 111, Veterans Memorial Highway (Route 454), Sagtikos State Parkway, Sunken Meadow Parkway, and Northern State.
From the West on the Long Island Expressway (495)
Get off at LIE exit 53 onto the South Service Road. (Exit 53 is also the exit for Saqitkos State Parkway.) Travel along the service road passing the Sagtikos State Parkway. Make a left onto Washington Ave at one of the lights. You will head North over the LIE, for about 1000 feet. At the intersection, turn right onto Motor Parkway. Proceed East for 500 feet, turn right at the next light into the Pomodorino parking lot.
From the East on the Long Island Expressway (495)
Get off at LIE exit 55 (Motor Parkway/Central Islip) onto North Service Road. At the light, turn right onto (Vanderbilt) Motor Parkway. Proceed West for three additional traffic lights. Marcus Blvd will be on your right and Pomodorino will be on your left at the light.
Location & directions: Pomodorino Ristorante Italiano
Admission: $10 General Admission, $8 Students with current ID, $6 SDLI Members
Saturday, Sep 20, 2008 • Swingtime Big Band - Sayville Common Ground – Gillette Park • IslipArtsCouncil
July 20 at 4 pm: Swingtime Big Band - Sayville Common Ground – Gillette Park
This Long Island-based 20-piece Big Band specializes in original and authentic arrangements of Swing-Era music from the 1930s until the early 1950s. The members of Swingtime are veterans of regional Big Bands and orchestras, including Ira Alexander’s Swingtimers, the Tommy Dorsey Big Band, the Stardusters and Artie Shaw’s Big Band. Swingtime boasts two fine vocalists: Bobbie Ruth, who recreates the classic “gal vocal” style and Jerry Costanzo, who evokes the crooners of the age. Swingtime will be coming back for us in Sayville because we just can’t get enough of real Swing music!
Sponsoring Organization: Islip Arts CouncilBand/Performer: Swingtime Big Band
Location & directions: Sayville Common Ground
Tuesday, Sep 30, 2008 • SDLI T-Shirts Now Available for Purchase • SDLI
Stand out in a crowd! Let the world know you love to Swing Dance! Meet more dance friends!
Swing Dance Long Island’s long & short sleeve tee shirts, sweatshirts, tank tops, fitted camisoles and baseball jerseys are now available for purchase on the web. You can custom design the exact size, style, design graphic and color that looks best on you.
The graphic designs have been created exclusively for Swing Dance Long Island by our very own members. Many thanks to our artists! The following design are available:
To give our members a wide variety of clothing styles, we have selected two companies to provide SDLI apparel.
Printfection.com will be providing all of our high quality digital printing. They offer: a secure website, a 30-day/100% satisfaction guarantee (which is rare to find in a custom printed product), 98% of orders are shipped within three business days, 10% discount if you order two or more products, and a toll free number 866.459.7990 for customer service. You must manually type in the following URL to access the SDLI Store, please exclude the spaces between the characters:
p r i n t f e c t i o n . c o m / s d l i
On Selection ... Different garment style have different color and sizing options. For example the sweatshirts have only 3 color options, but the standard tee shirts have more then 30.
On Dark Colors ... Certain graphics are only available on Black or Dark colors.
On Front / Back ... All garments have graphics on the front. Before ordering, check the front and back of the design. Only some of the “Sock Hop” graphics have a smaller graphic on the back.
On Sizes ... A few of the women’s garments as described as “fitted”. On the printfection.com website this is described as “Sporty yet sexy with a form-fitting, contoured cut that flatters a woman’s curves. Very Fitted. Size up for a semi-fitted look.” Most women will want to up-size at least one size and you will still maintain that “Fitted” look.
Discount Code ... Before printfection.com checkout, try typing in the “grandopening5” coupon code. You must visit “shopping cart” to enter the code before clicking “check out”, where it prompts you for your address. Some people have been rewarded with $5 off their $20 or more order. Let me know if it works for you.
Holiday 2007 Cut-off ... Note that you must order by Dec 9th to still use the Super saver shipping option and have a chance of get it by Dec 24th. Other shipping options are available, however.
SDLI has purchased some T-shirts which we will bring along to the next few dances. Feel free to try on the samples, so you have a good idea of the sizes before ordering.
Note that printfection.com offers a secure website, but you will need to place an order by credit card. If you do not have a credit card, there will likely be other members ordering a T-shirts for themselves or as holiday gifts during the next few weeks. You might be join up with another member, this way you can obtain quantity pricing and split the shipping costs.
All embroidered products will be available from Lands End. We are offering the following design, which is able to be embroidered on a wide variety of Lands End’s products, including fleece jackets, blouses, fine knit sweaters, lab coats, oxford shirts and “dance shoe” bags. Just about anything in their “business outfitters” catalog.
The website is now available for ordering. Please MANUALLY type in the following URL, eliminating the spaces separating the characters. The embroidered design is about 4 inches by 4 inches. After you choose your item, you will be prompted for which logo to apply. Please select “SDLI 1” and the location that you want it applied to. If you do not select a logo, you will not get your item embroidered. Please note that the items are a little pricey when your include the price of the item, plus the embroidery charge of $8.10, shipping ~$11 and NY tax.
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Important - please note that if you are ordering black or dark garments from Lands End, you must specify in the comment field “Change black thread to white”. Otherwise, the graphics will be very hard to see.
If you wish to “hide” the website address, you can request in the comment field “Please make website address text the same color as the fabric.” Then the text will blend into the garment.
Saturday, Oct 4, 2008 • Isotope Stompers Dixieland Band - Swing Dance! • SDLI
This Isotpe Stompers Dixieland Band will be performing for us this evening.
Band/Performer: Isotope Stompers Dixieland Jazz Band
Location & directions: Brush Barn
Admission: $13 General Admission, $10 Students with current ID, $8 SDLI Members
Saturday, Nov 1, 2008 • Central Park Stompers • SDLI
The Central Park Stompers and wonderful vocalist Vanessa Trouble will be playing for us at the Brush Barn on Saturday, November 1, 2008.
Sponsoring Organization: Swing Dance Long Island, Inc.Band/Performer: Central Park Stompers
Location & directions: Brush Barn
Admission: $13 General Admission, $10 Students with current ID, $8 SDLI Members