The Return of an Old Friend…
The latest in a line of events hosted by Eight Count Swing, Kit Kat Swing Club is our new favorite swing dance evening here at QuickSteps!
I attended the opening night last Wednesday under the impression that this was a brand-new event. After chatting with a few of the local swing dance crowd I found that this was not the case at all!
Maria tells me
“Yes, the first few times we went to The Kit Kat Club it was back in the 80’s. We heard about it from the man who used to run a business behind our studio, he ran the club as a side business. This was at least 20/30 years ago now!”
Joe adds
“They used to run them here at the Arkaba generally but the very first one we ever went to was in Hahndorf.”
Back in the day, the dress code was very tight with attendees getting dressed up in cocktail gowns, silk gloves, and tuxedos. They even had cigarette girls doing the rounds of the club and selling cigarettes from trays!
A Full House!
Being the opening night, the day before ANZAC Day public holiday AND free entry it was always going to be a very busy place. It was positively bursting at the seams, not a spare seat in sight and the dance floor was pumping!
The music was a soothing mix of the 1920s-40’s swing both live and recorded.
The Adelaide Big Band headlined, playing from 8 pm-9:30 pm with a short break where ‘Balboalicious’ performed a Balboa for the crowd.
Below is a video of some of the social dancing.
At 9:30 pm the DJ started up and played for the rest of the evening which wrapped up around 11:30 pm. As always the dance floor emptied a little and became more managable around 10:30 pm. If you’re new to dancing, stay until the end for a chance to dance on a quieter, open floor. The next day we continued dancing at the ANZAC DAY Street Party. See here for more.
