BIG SWING DANCE, Friday, Walker Memorial

[Ken T Takusagawa]

The biggest swing dance of the year!  
This event is FREE for MIT students ($20 general admission).
Come to dance, or just to listen!

 *************** THE BIG SWING DANCE ***************
           Friday, May 23 (end of finals!)
            Walker Memorial, 8:30-midnight

       featuring a battle of the bands between
        Boston's top two Big Band swing bands:

            The White Heat Swing Orchestra
                        VERSUS
             The Beantown Swing Orchestra

         hosted by The MIT Lindy Hop Society
                           
Walker Memorial is located at 142 Memorial Dr., MIT, Cambridge.
 http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=walker




(press release)
BOSTON'S TOP TWO BIG BAND SWING BANDS TO DO BATTLE

Get ready - this Friday is the huge Battle of the Big Bands, 
with the Beantown Swing Orchestra vs. the White Heat Swing 
Orchestra!  

The White Heat Swing Orchestra, consisting of older and 
experienced musicians, was the house band at the Roxy 
Ballroom on Tremont Street for almost five years during the 
swing dance craze of the 1990s.

The Beantown Swing Orchestra is a newer ensemble consisting 
primarily of students and recent graduates of Berklee 
College of Music and New England Conservatory of Music, with 
an average of 23 and a fierce competitiveness. "We're going 
to bring on the heat and take down the Heat," proclaimed 
Katie Thiroux, Beantown Swing Orchestra's 20-year-old 
bassist.

Both bands not only perform regularly at events such as 
swing dances, corporate parties, wedding receptions, and 
fundraisers, but each has had a taste of Hollywood as well. 
The White Heat Swing Orchestra performed on the soundtrack 
to the Warner Brothers film "Dick Tracy," while the Beantown 
Swing Orchestra will appear in and perform on the soundtrack 
to the upcoming Lions Gate movie "My Best Friend's Girl," to 
be released in theaters on September 19.

The event is the headliner for the second annual Boston 
Independence Exchange (BIX2), a four-day swing dance event 
featuring live bands and DJs at various venues in Boston, 
Cambridge, Somerville, and Arlington. More information can 
be found on the BIX2 website at 
http://www.freedomofdance.com