14 July: Jazzy Countryside party with Swing concert

Ask for the programme:

11am: to dance to DJ Blues

12pm: lunch in a swingy atmosphere (picnic possible in the square)

12.30pm: men’s class to learn how to guide

12.45pm: demonstration of Be Bop

2 p.m.: live concert by the Swing Mallis Band

4 p.m.: Ice cream to regain energy

p.m.: Is your body still asking for a little exercise? Boogie Woogi or Lindy Hop

Dancers will have plenty of room to dance safely and spectators who like to see them will have a full terrace. The Swing Mallis Band will make this piece of the countryside swing in Paris.

Paul, president of the association Pleine Ouverture, organizer of this party, recalls “ The Swing Mallis Band was born between the two lockdowns of 2020, the moment when everyone remembers the degree of anxiety it had”.

This year 2024, The party will have notes of blues. This slow rhythm that comes from swing thanks to the songs of the African-American populations who have suffered segregation.

”It’s mainly a style where the singer expresses his love and his desires.” emphasizes the band’s conductor who continues: “this year we will offer dancers and spectators a live performance that mixes Lindy Hop, Blues and Bebop which will make the 3 colors of our flag and our ties. The 3 most fashionable dances at the moment in Parisian Swing schools. »

At 5 p.m. a swing demonstration is planned in the center of the median at the end of the rue Héricart

A minute of silence will mark our memory for July 14, 2020 when no dance venue was allowed to open.