T.O. Mish Mash

The T.O. Mish Mish was created by Alana Hock, Jane Jedlovsky, Solomon Douglas, and Mandi Gould in 2000 in preparation for the Big T.O.E. It was the community’s own unique mob dance.

New Notes, 2018:

And here are Mandi’s ooooooooold notes, verbatim, from the old Yahoo Groups:

T.O. MISH MASH
remember that this follows the AABA pattern. The music
is the Groovin’ Juice Jive by Slim Gaillard.

PHRASE A — 1st time around.
START RIGHT
Fall off the log on 8 and shorty George on 4 beginning
with your left. Then Fall off left and shorty right.
Stomp off right left right left.
Fish tail on your right. (sit odds)
Pivot beginning left.
REPEAT PHRASE A
START LEFT
All moves begin on the opposite foot.
Finish final pivot by breaking on 7.

PHRASE B (BRIDGE IN THE MUSIC)
She goes — squat charleston, 8 count
He goes — squat charleston, 8 count
Note for squat charlestons that everyone breaks on 7.
She goes — boogie drops, 4 count
He goes — boogie drops, 4 count
Jiggle wiggle around — All, She goes right, He goes
left.
PHRASE B is always followed by…
This is the final ‘A’ in your chorus of music. (AABA)
Camel walks for two 8 counts. Start left. The rhythm
is 123 (hold 4) 567 (hold 8).
Pivot left on one and walk, Pivot on 1 back. 2 8
counts.

2nd time around. REPLACE ORIGINAL ‘A’ SECTION (fall
off the log, etc.) with
2nd PHRASE A.
Stomp off slides with claps FACING LEFT SIDE.
Begin facing left side. start left right to stomp off
and 8′ clap twice. Slide on 1.
The rhythm is ‘and 8’ 1 23 ‘and 4’ 5 67. Do two 8
counts of this (ie. 4 times)
Snake boogies forward. Left then right. Then last time
becomes a hitch hike to the left.
Slide — With right foot kick hitch and slide. rhythm
is 12 and 34 your sliding. Hit 5 and style 67 but be
ready for 8!
REPEAT PHRASE A
START ON RIGHT SIDE.
All moves begin on the opposite foot.
Finish final slide by breaking on 7.

REPEAT PHRASE B and the camel walk phrase.

DANCE for a whole chorus (4 phrases, 4 X 4 8 counts)

FINALE
Facing partner PHRASE B and camel walk phrase. Hit
last 8 count at the end of the pivot by ‘accentuating’
your big toe. NICE WORK!

December 17th Newsletter

FYI You can’t just show up…

We are at capacity for many parts of the weekend. If you aren’t already registered, the only tickets that will be available at the door are:

  • Friday night at the Jam Factory – $15 at the door
  • Saturday night at the Dovercourt House at 9pm (or for the beginner lessons) at Swing Toronto‘s discretion

For all other parts of the weekend you must get on the waiting list(s):

**There is someone who can’t make it to the brunch who is selling 2 tickets. Please get in touch with me if you don’t have tickets and I’ll connect you. 

Schedule & Venues

Friday, January 5th, 2018

  • Location: The Jam Factory, 2 Matilda St, Toronto, ON M4M 1L9
  • Time: 8pm++
  • Dress Up! It’s Damzels night!
  • Price: $15 at the door/part of the full weekend pass

Saturday, January 6th

  • Location: The Dovercourt House, 805 Dovercourt Road, Toronto, ON M6H 2X4
  • Time: 4pm-12am+
  • Old School night! Party like it’s 1999 (or earlier!)
  • WAITING LIST ONLY – For the dance portion of the night only, tickets will be available at the door via Swing Toronto

Sunday, January 7th

  • Location: Revival Bar, 783 College St, Toronto, ON M6G 1C5
  • Time: 11:30am to 5pm
  • WAITING LIST ONLY
Clarification about the jazz brunch on Sunday:

Hot Ticketed Jazz Brunch at

REVIVAL

Revival Bar, 783 College St, Toronto, ON M6G 1C5
The Sunday brunch will by ticket and includes one visit to the food bar and one Mimosa. Food will be served from 12pm to 2pm.

Yes, there will be dancing! The band will include:

Tyler Yarema
Janice Hagan
William Sperandei
Scott Neilson
John Meyer
Chris Lamont

If you don’t have tickets, don’t wait: get on the waiting list(s) ASAP.

And don’t forget that Alex Pangman will be playing on Saturday night! It’s going to be an awesome weekend of music, dancing, and catching up.

Photos!

We’d love more old photos! You can upload your photos directly to our shared Google folder. Please upload your photos directly:

Submit your Photos!
On Friday night, wear your favourite Damzels dress or drop by either of their Toronto locations (Queen St. E or Roncy) to pick up something new and wonderful. Reunion registrants will receive 20% off their purchase in the month of December! Just show your registration email receipt at the store to get the discount, or if you can’t find it, drop me a line and I’ll send you a receipt.

Thank you to our sponsors

lindyhopreunion.com

Make sure to tell all your friends to get on the waiting list(s) and we’ll see what we can do.

That’s it for now!

Mandi & Team

New Sunday Venue + Waiting Lists

BIG NEWS!

We have officially moved to Waiting Lists for ALL events!

Waiting Lists:

The only tickets that will be available at the door are:

  • Friday night at the Jam Factory – $15 at the door
  • Saturday night at the Dovercourt House – at Swing Toronto’s discretion

For all other parts of the weekend you must get on the waiting list.

However, we’ve CHANGED VENUES for Sunday which will allow for more space. The waiting list for Sunday will hopefully move quickly so don’t wait to get your name on the list.

Sunday Brunch moved to…

REVIVAL

Revival Bar, 783 College St, Toronto, ON M6G 1C5
The Sunday brunch will now be a hot meal and one Mimosa will be included with admission on every full-price registration ticket.

With the new venue, we’ll be able to move people off of the waiting list as quickly as possible. Don’t wait: get on the waiting list(s) ASAP.