Gangsters of Love

Hey, all you Dapper Dans & Sassy Molls! Get ready for the Gangsters of Love Swingstravaganza coming up this Valentines Day! The Grooves are getting ready to massacre your hearts, with the live sounds of Brother Arntzen, Salt Spring Island's DJ Daniel Tramp, plus Flappers, GoGo Dancers (yeah, we know it's anachronistic!), burlesque and mime… with a FREE swing dance class at 8:45! Modern day mobsters and molls can step back in time to a bygone era where men wore three-piece suits and fedoras, women wore feathers and pill box hats, big bands ruled the airwaves and gangsters ruled the streets. Also, Get your glam duds shot at our custom Photo Booth for those forever moments of love! ******************************************************** On the Bill: Free Swing/Charleston dance lesson 8:45 pm - 9:15 pm Gut-Bucket Guerilla sounds from a band to stomp to, with Brother Arntzen Swing Jazz band Daniel Trump https://www.facebook.com/danieltrumpswing Bringing you the old and mixed with new..West Coast Swing cat Daniel Trump aka The Prodigal Sun, wishes to take you on a journey back in time..When the music was classy, sassy and full of brass....With over 10 years experience. Dabbling in various styles of music that moves his soul..You'll be sure to have a chord stuck within yours..Drawing upon the electro-swing that accentuates many layers and textures. Combined with high energy, Inspirational vocals, and a dash of debonair. There's sure to be a zoot suit riot. Word is spreading fast about this cat from Saltspring island. DJ K-Tel http://soundcloud.com/dj-k-tel/live-electroswing-xmas DJ Phucian (ESCV recident DJ) Authentic 20's Charleston Burlesque performance by Mandy Steward. https://www.facebook.com/DollyHazeModel Sensual silky fairy is spinning and turning into colorful nymph by Helena Hrubesova Cabaret Girls Mime by Chris Stache And much more ... Come in your finest 1920s to '50s gangsters, flappers, molls, burlesque, vintage glamour and dance hall swing.. RED color is favorite for the night. So dress up and bring the swing people!!!! Welcome to the retro-future. As our economy revisits the depression era, it is time for our culture to revel in the glory of those days. It is time to get snazzed up, and get down to the sounds of Electro Swing that have been taking over the UK and the rest of Europe in the last few years. We are bringing you the first monthly event to focus on these sounds of now on this continent where the music began. As we scour the crates of dusty old record stores and remake these songs into club tunes of today, updating the swing sounds with electro, hip hop, house, bass, and dub. The sounds have been spreading through the Electro Swing compilations on Wagram music out of France, and the White Mink/Black Cotton albums from the UK in the past few years. With Electro Swing coming to every major festival in the EU this summer, we know it will only take a moment for folks on this side of the sea to find out why we are all working up a sweat about the sound. ADV $15 and $20 at the door. Online tickets here http://electroswingclub.ca/ no fees, will call-only. No minors 19+/ Gov. I.D.