"The venue, the dance floor, and the great variety of music was a treat. I have performed with a number of big bands over the years and your band sounded GREAT. The music was tight and the tempos were great for dancing."
Alana Hock,
Dance With Alana Studios
Highlights
Carleton Place Big Band Dance Saturday June 16th, 2012
Standing Room Only and Tania's Dance Studio in Carleton Place are partnering to present an evening of big band dancing
WHEN: Saturday June 16th, 2012, from 8 pm to 11 pm (doors open at 7:30 pm)
Note: Standing Room Only and Tania's Dance Studio previously partnered to present a big band dance on March 10th, 2012. This sold-out dance, which was a great success, was a 'swing dance'. The June 16th dance will feature a range of dance rhythms including swing, waltzes, and Latin.
WHERE: Tania's Dance Studio - 55 Lansdowne Avenue, Carleton Place, Ontario (former Carleton Place LCBO)
Note: Tania's Dance Studio has the largest sprung hardwood dance floor in Eastern Ontario - 5000 (!) square feet. Even the floor finish was researched and selected to meet the stringent requirements of dancers. Professional dancers have called the floor the best they've ever danced on.
ADMISSION: Tickets $15 in advance, $18 at the door (if still available - To ensure sufficient room on the dance floor, there are a limited number of tickets. When they're gone, they're gone. Buy your tickets in advance to avoid disappointment).
TICKET OUTLETS:
Carleton Place - Tania's Dance Studio, 55 Lansdowne Avenue, Carleton Place, (613) 253-0035, info@taniasstudio.ca
Ottawa - Lorna's Dance Collective, 1574 Walkley Road, (613) 260-7883, lornasdancecollective@gmail.com
DIRECTIONS:
1. From Highway 7 westbound or eastbound, at Carleton Place turn onto Franktown Road (Highway 15) northbound
2. At the first traffic lights, turn left onto Coleman Street (1.2 km)
3. Continue on Coleman Street, which turns into Arthur Street, and cross the railroad tracks (300 m)
4. Just after the railway tracks, turn right onto Lansdowne Avenue
5. Tania's Dance Studio is on the right (300 m)
PARKING: There is plenty of free parking in front of and beside the dance studio.
Next Tea Dance October 28th!
Standing Room Only hosts the first Almonte big band tea dance of the 2012-2013 season (our seventh!) on Sunday October 28th!
The five Sunday afternoon tea dances of the 2012-2013 season will be held on October 28th, November 25th, January 20th, February 24th, and March 31st. Click here for more information.
Putting the Almonte Tea Dances and SRO on the Map
Check out the recently published web article on the Almonte big band tea dances on Linda Mondoux's website MyNewWaterfrontHome.com. Her website profiles Ontario's waterfront communities, of which there are more than four hundred. One of the approximately one hundred profiles she's written to date is on Almonte. Linda recently came across our website and decided to write a follow-up feature article on the tea dances. We really like it.
Standing Room Only is ...
... a 15-piece big band plus vocalist Sandy Faux, with members from the Almonte area and Ottawa. The band is best known for its popular 'tea dances', which it organizes and for which it provides the live big band music. The Sunday afternoon tea dances - now in their SIXTH! season - are held monthly from October to March in the historic Almonte Old Town Hall, a beautifully preserved venue with a clean and spacious wooden dance floor, natural lighting, and wonderful acoustics. Click here for more information about the SRO tea dances.
The band also plays for a variety of public and private functions - for example the Ottawa Swing Dance Society (OSDS) Live Band Friday night swing dances, Almonte's RiverEdge Festival, and Spencerville's 'A Country Christmas Remembered' festival. Click here if you are interested in booking SRO for your event. Click here for the band bio.