Summertown Swing Sunday Tea Dance Club 08/09/2024
Sunday 8th December 2024 from 3:00pm until 6:00pm
St Michael’s Church Hall, 2 Portland Road, Oxford OX2 7EZ
Entry : Members £6 – Non-Members £7
Swing Dance Summertown are very happy to announce the return of the Summertown Swing Sunday Tea Dance Club in Oxford and invite everyone to attend. The tea dance is back in December for a special Christmas dance. On 8th December 2024 we will once again carry on the great tradition of Sunday Tea Dances that Oxford Swing Dance initiated and ran for so long.
Getting to the Summertown Swing Sunday Tea Dance Club
Summertown provides much better options for parking than central Oxford and this makes the afternoon a lot easier to manage. St Michael’s Church Hall does have some parking spaces although these are often grabbed early. You can however park on Portland Road and any of the other side streets without charge on a Sunday. That makes a trip out to the Summertown Swing Sunday Tea Dance Club a lot more pleasant and easy.
This Google Map shows exactly where St Michaels Church Hall is.
To reach us from the Town centre there are buses available which run fairly frequently. There are also buses that run from the The John Radcliffe Hospital from Headington that run along Cherwell Drive before turning and heading up Banbury Road to Summertown. When you reach the Summertown Wine Bar, then Portland Road is the turning opposite.
For those coming from further afield, The Summertown Exit on the A40 provides a quick and easy way to drive down with the turning on the left as you approach The Summertown Shops.
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Once you arrive, just walk up the stone steps to the upper hall. You will probably hear the music playing already so we should be pretty easy to find.
Swing DJ Exchange Program for The Summertown Swing Sunday Tea Dance
Our local DJs will be at work on the decks to play some great tunes and get your happy feet tapping to the Swing Beat. We are also starting a Swing DJ Exchange Program and welcome visiting DJs from other cities and swing scenes to come and visit for a set on the decks and introduce our dancers to your music. Bring your friends too and let us promote your events to our Oxford dancers. We play everything from the 1920s to the 2020s. We hope to add an old school CD DJ set as well as more modern digital formats remastered from the originals. All this for your dancing and DJing pleasure.
Tea & Cake & A Warm Welcome For Families
One of the highlights of the Tea Dance is the cake table. For those who enjoy a treat there will be some wonderful cakes to enjoy with your tea and coffee. There will also be some savoury snacks for those who don’t have a sweet tooth. Come along and catch up with friends for a relaxed and enjoyable afternoon of music and dancing.
Summertown Swing Social offers a welcome to everyone and tries to provide a unique environment where dancers feel able to bring their non-dancing family and children. It’s perfect for young families who don’t feel they get the time to get out to dance anymore. It also provides an opportunity to catch up with friends.
We have had people driving over from Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Cheltenham, Bedford, Bristol and Birmingham so its also a great way to meet new people and chat whilst you dance the afternoon away. Come and meet new dancing friends and catch up with others you haven’t seen in ages. The venue has free car parking which makes it really convenient too. St Michael’s offers a lovely venue to spend the afternoon with a great dance floor to bust your best moves.
You can find details of all our events on the Swing Dance Summertown Calendar.
Come and join us on Sunday for a great afternoon of dancing.