Verdi Club (San Francisco, CA)
The Second annual San Francisco Shag Jam features 1930s music, dance and culture. The three-day festival features the Collegiate Ball Shag Jam Championships with the Royal Society Jazz Orchestra, the Mobsters Ball with Dean Mora's Modern Swingtet and Varsity Drag with JP & The Rhythm Chasers. Plus, dances, workshops and competitions each day.
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The last date listed for Shag Jam Featuring Mobsters Ball was Sunday October 19, 2008 / 7:00pm-Midnight. (view all dates)
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The Verdi Club is an Italian American social club that was formed in 1916, and moved to its present location in 1935. For close to a century, its members have been dancing, dining, and socializing in this storied hall.
The Verdi Club features a 400 square foot lounge with a full bar, and a 2500 square foot dancefloor which doubles as a dining room. Set into the back wall of the ballroom is a 17
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Three-Day Weekend Pass with Dinner
The three-day weekend pass gets you into festivities Friday night and all day and night Saturday and Sunday, plus dinner at the Mobsters Ball Saturday night. Consult the Shag Jam day schedule and night schedule for up-to-date scheduling info.
Friday October 17th - "Collegiate Ball"
Dress in your best College Wear
Dance Contest, Shag Jam Championships
Live music with: Royal Society Jazz Orchestra
Drawing inspiration from the great bands, performers and composers of the "Jazz Age" and "Swing Era," Don Neely and the Royal Society Jazz Orchestra affectionately and authentically recapture the excitement and fascination of that musical heyday. Guided by their affinity for the superb music of innovators such as Fletcher Henderson, Paul Whiteman, Louis Armstrong, Bix Biederbecke, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington...
Saturday Day October 18th - "Dance Workshops"
Dance Workshops, Ladies Hair styling,
Mens Vintage Clothing Classes
Saturday Night October 18th - "Mobsters Ball"
Suit/Tie - Gown/Dress Strictly Enforced
5 Course Dinner, Speakeasy, Mobsters Skits
Dance Performances and more!
Live music with: Dean Mora's Modern Swingtet
A do not miss, making their San Francisco debut! Band leader Dean Mora is bringing up from Los Angeles, CA his hot jazz seven piece band. You'll hear the famous small groups of the 1930s/1940s, such as Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven, Artie Shaw's Gramercy Five, the Ellingtonians, and the John Kirby Orchestra.
Sunday Day October 20th - "Dance Workshops"
Sunday Night October 19th - "Varsity Drag"
Live music with:
JP & the Rhythm Chasers
Five piece San Francisco bay area band that is passionate about Hot Jazz and Swing. They dig deep and explore the roots that made Jazz great like ragtime, blues, gospel and old world minor melodies. Their music will evoke flashes back to a golden time where Jazz rang through dance halls and hep joints and people experienced stories set to a hot syncopated beat.
Line-up subject to change. Current at time of publication.