There’s a lot going on over the weekend, with a ton of dancing (obviously), terrific workshops, informative talks, a bake sale of mouth-watering treats, and our famous silent auction. Last year, thanks to YOU, the auction alone raised $1500 for the Frankie Foundation. And we’re pretty certain we’ve got the goods to beat that figure this year.

You’ll want to make sure you bring a bundle of bills with you on Saturday. Whether you’ve got your eye on dance classes, art and memorabilia, event passes, tasty treats, gorgeous fashions, music, flowers, or even a haircut or osteopathic treatment, we’ve got something for you.

New this year — items will be on display all day Saturday. Bidding wars welcomed … and encouraged! It feels good to support a cause we all believe in, and if you get to take home some cool loot, all the better! So sharpen those pencils and get ready to pounce!

A HUGE thank you to all our wonderful donors. Check back regularly for updates to this list.

• Art Gallery of Ontario
• Ashley Bratty, artist
• Bees’ Knees Dance
• Big Rude Jake
• Chachi
• Dean Villafuerte, man about town
• Doll Factory by Damzels
• Fête Flower Design
• Frazinator Custom-made Fascinators
• Heartbreaker Fashion
• Hogtown Swing
• Knot Just Dreads – Karen Wallington
• Lindy Hop Revolution
• Nancy Hitzig, baker extraordinaire
• Red Hot & Blue Rockabilly Weekend
• Sam Dobbie / Balance Point Health Centre
• Spectacle Eyewear
• Sugar Shakers
• UT Swing

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Saturday, May 25th, 2013
at The Dovercourt House, 1st & 2nd floor
Daytime:

Evening:
7pm – Beginner Charleston Lesson
8pm – Beginner Swing Lesson
9pm – Double Decker Extravaganza Swing Night featuring Gordon Webster!
2am+++ the band wraps at 1am but this dance goes late!

Sunday, May 26th, 2013
at The Gladstone
11am – Brunch begins
11:30am – Chronological retrospective of Frankie’s work with Mike Thibault
1pm – Dance begins with the Jesse Barksdale Trio
5pm – Afternoon dance wraps up
Dinner Break
9pm – After party TBA

Unfortunately, Catrine has been postponed on this year’s schedule but we’re still so happy to have Chazz Young coming to Toronto.

More news to come!

Click here for the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/365565293530643/

MEETING DATE: Tuesday, November 6th – 8pm to 9pm at The Hive, 750 Yonge St.

Please mark your calendars for May 24, 25, 26, 2013 in Toronto for this fabulous Frankie Manning Foundation fundraising event!

And thank you again to everyone who participated in FTW 2012. We raised an incredible $8,080.62 CAD which contributed directly to this year’s Frankie Manning Foundation scholarships, sending 4 deserving Ambassadors to the Herrang Dance Camp from locations around the world. The 2012 Ambassadors were from Mozambique, Korea, Taiwan and the USA and all 4 of whom are still in Herrang right now. Other Frankie Manning Foundation programs include children and youth programs and the planning of FRANKIE 100 in NYC in May 2014!

More information about the Frankie Tribute Weekend 2013 coming soon…

Thanks, enjoy your summer, and see you soon!

Mandi, Chachi & The FTW Team
http://www.frankietributeweekend.com

We’re still tallying the final fundraising totals for the weekend but we’re ecstatic to have raised over $5000 for the Frankie Manning Foundation. Exact totals coming very soon! Please click here for more information about the Foundation and you can learn more about how the Foundation is alloting some of those funds in 2012 here. 

Amazing special thanks to our special guests for the weekend who helped to make this so incredibly special. Norma Miller, the Queen of Swing, truly honoured us with her presence this weekend with her inspiring and memorable talk and book signing. Gordon Webster and guest vocalist Naomi Uyama brought the house down with incredible music on Friday and Saturday nights and both Gordon and Naomi also graced us with excellent Saturday workshops. And it was an absolute pleasure to have Judy Pritchett join us to celebrate Frankie’a legacy and to share the origin’s of the Big Apple with us on Sunday evening.

Thank you also to the great trio who joined us for the Sunday brunch and dance and to Combo Royale who played on Sunday evening.

And of course thank you to all of the volunteers who helped run so well. So much work went into the various aspects of this event and we couldn’t have done it without each and every one of you. THANK YOU!

Please mark your calendars for May 24, 25, 26 2013 for next year’s celebration of Frankie’s 99th birthday!

Sincerely,

Mandi & Chachi

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.

And don’t miss Norma Miller’s talk Saturday at 4:30pm!!!

Welcome!!!

3 fabulous winners have been selected. They come from 3 different global locations:

• Taiwan
• Mozambique
• Orange County, CA

The Foundation is also sponsoring youth programs, sending some teens individuals to Beantown and to the International Lindy Hop Championships.

It’s very exciting that our event in Toronto is able to help with funds that go through the Frankie Manning Foundation to support these fabulous programs. Have a look at this video sent in from the Mozambique group. It’s the most incredible mix of African dancing, Lindy Hop and The Big Apple! Frankie would have LOVED this!

A One, A Two, You Know What To Do!
Learn from Frankie himself with these instructional DVDs.

Bowl your heart out
Enjoy two passes for two hours bowling, a lane, up to six people, shoe rental
NOT included, expiry Dec 30/12.

Bring out your inner pin up
Vamp it up with a photo shoot, makeup and styling for your very own pin up shot. Dress to impress with a gift certificate from our friends at Damsel in this Dress

C’est Si Bon
A case of delicious Limonana. Made w/ mint leaves, lemon juice and organic cane juice; a Canadian product to be enjoyed year-round. Low in calories & sugar, drink it HOT or COLD!

Driving me nuts
Specialty gourmet nut butters with a wholesome & delicious twist! 3 varieties of artisinal nut butters from Health Nut, a Mandi Gould Company.

Happy feet
Walk away with a voucher for his and hers Aris Allen dance shoes.

Never Stop Swinging
This special documentary features Frankie Manning’s last major interview, as well as precious archival footage of his dancing from the 1930s to 2009. Highlights include scenes of Manning’s later birthday parties, where he danced with one woman for each year he’d been alive; the legendary dance scene from Hellzapoppin, and a phenomenal duet with his son, Chazz Young, himself a professional dancer.

One, two, you know what to do
Take home these two beautiful Frankie posters.

Queen West is the best
Perfect for a Saturday afternoon. Treat yourself to a new pair of shades with this $100 gift certificate to Spectacle Eyewear lounge on the patio of Toronto’s best patisserie Nadege.

Steven and Virginie For the Win
Don’t miss the 15th Anniversary Weekend of Steven & Virginie in Rochester, October 5 – 7, 2012. A lindy hop tradition, enjoy the complete workshop with dances, musicality classes and the incomparable Gordon Webster and his band. Not to mention unforgettable late nights at the Lindy Compound. Passes are non-transferable.

The legend, himself
Celebrate the legend of Frankie Manning with these beautiful posters

Well I wish I was in New Orleans
Dream of the French Quarter with this assortment of taste treats from NOLA. Tide yourself over til ULHS!

Bees’ Knees All You Can Dance!
Hone those Swing Outs, Shorty Georges and everything in between with a 1 month all-you-can dance class package from Bees Knees dance.

Bees’ Knees Swag
Men’s Bees’ Knees bowling shirt and t-shirt.

Hogtown Fun
Improve your swing outs with a Hogtown Swing class pass good for any 4 or 6 week session.

***Frankie Manning Ambassador of Swing – Autographed copy!
An absolutely priceless collectible! This item will be sold by live auction. 

*Winners will have the option of paying cash or by Paypal.