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About Mandi

Mandi has 2 primary passions in life; Swing Dancing and Experimental Health Cookery!

Prepare yourselves for the 2013 FTW Silent Auction!

Hold onto your hats, folks! You won’t believe the great prizes we have for this year’s silent auction! There’s a lot going on over the weekend, with a ton of dancing (obviously), terrific workshops, informative talks, a bake sale of … Continue reading

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FTW 2013 Event Details now confirmed

We’re really excited about the schedule this year! 2 tracks of workshops including lessons with Chazz and special guests and Gordon will be bringing the house down on both Friday and Saturday night. Information for the weekend is now up … Continue reading

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Working on the 2013 Schedule!

Friday Night, May 24th, 2013 at The Dovercourt House, 3rd floor 8pm – Shim Sham Lesson 9pm – Opening Dance with Gordon Webster! 1am – first dance wraps Saturday, May 25th, 2013 at The Dovercourt House, 1st & 2nd floor Daytime: Evening: 7pm … Continue reading

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Gordon Webster confirmed, Catrine postponed, Chazz still aboard

We are thrilled to announce that Gordon Webster is confirmed to play again on Friday and Saturday night this year! Unfortunately, Catrine has been postponed on this year’s schedule but we’re still so happy to have Chazz Young coming to … Continue reading

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Frankie Tribute 2013 PLANNING COMMITTEE meeting – Call for help!

This is a cry for HELP! Looking for people who can help to run this fabulous charitable event. This year we’ll be bringing in CHAZZ YOUNG and Catrine Ljunggren! And of course raising money for the Frankie Manning Foundation. Any … Continue reading

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Save the date! Frankie Tribute Weekend 2013 with Chazz Young & Catrine Ljunggren!

We are thrilled to announce that the one and only Chazz Young, Frankie’s son and dancer extraordinaire in his own right, will be joining us for the Frankie Tribute Weekend 2013! Chazz will be partnering with Catrine Ljunggren, one of … Continue reading

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FTW 2012 THANK YOU!

We can’t begin to thank everyone enough for all of the energy, love and support that came together to make FTW 2012 such an incredible success. Frankie Manning’s spirit was definitely with us in Toronto this weekend!!! We’re still tallying … Continue reading

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It’s here!

It’s finally time! Tonight we kick things off at The Lithuanian House (not the Dovercourt) at 8pm!!! Don’t forget to check out all of the event details: THERE IS ROOM AT THE DOOR FOR ALL SATURDAY EVENTS & EVENING DANCES. … Continue reading

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The 2012 Frankie Manning Foundation Ambassadors

Toronto’s big Frankie Tribute Weekend is quickly approaching, and it’s exciting to also be able to share the winners of this year’s global Frankie Manning Foundation Ambassador scholarships! 3 fabulous winners have been selected. They come from 3 different global … Continue reading

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Silent Auction – Amazing 2012 Prize List!

We love all things Frankie! In support of the Frankie Manning Foundation we have put together a one-of-a-kind silent auction featuring Frankie memorabilia, awesome dance experiences from Groove Juice Swing, Aris Allen shoes, Nadege Patisserie, Damzels in this Dress and much … Continue reading

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