Thursday Swing Ft. Minidoka Swing Band

Name: Thursday Swing Ft. Minidoka Swing Band
Start: 2024-12-26T18:30:00-08:00
End: 2024-12-26T22:30:00-08:00
Location: Norse Hall

Schedule

Thu Dec 26 2024 at 06:30 pm to 10:30 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Norse Hall | Portland, OR

📣📣Calling all lindy hoppers, balboa-heads, charleston nuts, and shag enthusiasts! Come on out to Portland's longest-running swing dance, bringing you fantastic live jazz music on Norse Hall's magnificent floor.
We have a special treat for you! The Minidoka Swing Band will be performing at Thursday Swing again! This 17-piece big band brings authentic '30s and '40s dance music and offers a unique insight into the swing era in the Pacific Northwest region and the role of jazz music and dancing in the lives of marginalized folks of the day.
"The Minidoka Swing Band remembers the Japanese Americans who were interned behind barbed wire during WWII with big band sounds from the 1930’s, 1940’s and beyond. The band’s name comes from the Minidoka Internment Camp near Twin Falls, Idaho, one of ten major camps where Japanese Americans from Portland and Washington State were imprisoned by the U.S. government without due process. To give a sense of normalcy to the lives of the teenagers and young adults, the camps often held Saturday night dances to make the best of a horrific situation."
https://www.minidokaswingband.com/
Skill Builder Lesson $10
Swing Foundations Lesson (Included w/Purchase of Dance)
Dance $15 | All Ages
*Schedule*
6:30 Doors open
6:45 - 7:45 Swing Foundations Lesson w/Katy + Skill Builder Lesson w/Darcie
*Doors to lessons will be closed at 7PM. Dancers will not be admitted to lesson after this time but are welcome to wait in the downstairs lounge area.
8 - 9 Minidoka Swing Band
9 - 9:30 Set Break/DJ Darcie
9:30 - 10:30 Minidoka Swing Band
The bar and lounge will be open! You may bring your drinks into the downstairs ballroom.
If you have accessibility concerns, please contact PLS.
Brought to you by Portland Lindy Society