FILM SCREENING The Last Swingin’ Supper Club
October 6 @ 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Thank you for joining us tonight to celebrate and watch this important film which has been more than two plus decades in the making! https://vimeo.com/895659475
“Swing 46: The Last Swingin Supper Club” by Jay “Jay Kay” Kolucki
“It’s a love letter about a special club, community, and music of a bygone time.” – Jay Kay
“Swing 46: The Last Swingin Supper Club” is a short documentary developed at Montclair State University that gives a snapshot of the overall impact of this key music venue as well as the nationwide swing movement of music, community, history, culture, passion, style, and humanity that brought so many together to swing out like a wildfire! Featuring vintage and modern swing music, photos, and videos as well as live performance footage from Swing 46, memorabilia, and interviews from 16 key figures of the retro swing era spread across several states on the east coast of the United States, “Swing 46: The Last Swingin Supper Club” will have you hooked from the first beat until the final dance!
Swing 46 is one of the last swingin supper clubs out of the neo/retro swing era. Born on Restaurant Row in Manhattan, it is still going some 27 years later.
“Swing 46: The Last Swingin Supper Club” features interview subjects including Swing 46 Founder/Owner John Akhtar and Talent Booker/Performer Michelle Collier. Writers Ken Partridge and Ralph G. Giordano and Dancers Jeff Griffith, Nathalie Gomes, and Paolo “Pasta” Lanna (Lindyland). Promoter Lenny Lounge (Leopard Lounge), Bandleader George Gee, & Musicians Michael Hashim, Jen Jones (The Camaros), Ingrid Lucia (The Flying Neutrinos), Nick Palumbo (The Flipped Fedoras), Dave Post (Swingadelic), Dirk Shumaker (Big Bad Voodoo Daddy), and Ron Sunshine (Full Swing). Plus, more!! – Director Biography – Jay Kay
SCHEDULE FOR THE EVENING:
5:30-6pmJay Kolucki’s CD play list of songs by his favorite Swing bands featured in the film to play as folks arrive and get seated, order drinks and dinner… or dance, of course!
6pmMC Introduce the film
6:03-6:20Screening of “Swing 46: The Last Swingin’ Supper Club”
6:20-6:50Q&A/Talkback Session with Jay Kolucki, moderated by Sarah Beling, reporter who wrote article on Swing 46 and the film in W42ST magazine.
Break 10 min
7:00-7:20VIP Bandleaders Panel (George Gee, Ron Sunshine, Dave Post, Nick Palumbo, Ingrid Lucia) Q&A/Talk re Swing 46 & film & history
Break 10 min
7:30-8:30Live performances by All-Star Band (Nick, Dave, Ron, Ingrid, etc) for dancing
(1) $25 Tickets for General Admission for the Screening, Q&A Session, Live Performance
(2) $85 Dinner Package includes Admission plus 3-Course Dinner with reserved seating
(3) $125 VIP Package includes Admission, 3-Course Dinner plus 2 hour Open Bar with VIP seating.
