TVX: TUX the 5th
University of Toronto
Presenting the 5th Annual Toronto University eXchange!
Celebrate the fifth anniversary of TUX with a classic spin!
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Navigation
- Price & Registration
- Refund Policy & Guarantees
- Friday, January 27th
- Saturday, January 28th
- Sunday, January 29th
- Band and DJ Bios
Price & Registration
Student weekend pass: $35
Regular weekend pass: $40
If you are the driver and there are three TUX attendees with you in your car, pay only $20!
Map of all events
Drop-in price for evening events: $15 students, $20 regular
Drop-in price for late-night events: $10
All events are included in the weekend pass. No drop-ins for Saturday afternoon social and Sunday brunch.
Want to volunteer! Email swing [DOT] club [AT] utoronto [DOT] ca 
Register for passes and sign up for housing at SwingTix!
Refund Policy & Guarantees
Cash or cheque registrations will be transferable with clear written or email permission of the registrant. Any credit registration is non-refundable and non-transferable, and no credit card purchases will be adjusted after payment is made. If you are a weekend volunteer, please select another option so you may be properly discounted. No paid registration is refundable.
You must register by January 7th to guarantee a t-shirt. Any currently pre-ordered T-shirts will be held or honoured for some time if unclaimed at the time of the event. Any new shirt requests will be reserved if available, and comparable sizes will be offered if unavailable.
To guarantee housing, registration and payment must be received by January 20th. Drivers must also be registered and paid by the 20th in order to receive the discounted price. Please include the name of those you are travelling with if you are applying for the driver discount.
Friday, January 27th: Evening & Late Night
Location: Dovercourt House, 805 Dovercourt Road
Time: 7PM — 3AM
Come dressed as your favorite mythological character: we’re having a costume contest! We’re also going to be having our first ever Social Dance Competition and our annual Jack & Jill competition!
Lesson: 7PM — 8PM, blues lesson featuring teachers Jules Nerestant and Jessica David
Social Dance Lesson and Competition: 8PM — 9PM, details TBA
Social Dance: 9PM — 3AM featuring PATRICK TEVLIN AND HIS NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM
Patrick and his Rhythm will start the night with some hoppin’ lindy sets and slooowwwly transition to blues as the night goes on. Then, Gabrielle Kern takes over to DJ at 2AM. Band breaks feature DJs Arthur Lulu and Randy Freaking Panté.
(Note: late-night drop-in price begins at 11PM!)
Saturday, January 28th: Afternoon
Saturday Afternoon Board Games
Location: Centre for International Experience (Cumberland House), 33 St. George Street
Time: 12PM — 3PM
Come and join us for some low-key dancing, food, and classic board games!
Featuring DJs Rizwan Dar, Shannon Refvik, and Phil Bourassa
Saturday, January 28th: Evening
Location: Polish Combatants’ Hall (SPK), 206 Beverley Street
Time: 7PM — 12AM
Come dressed in your best vintage/classy get up! We’ll also be featuring dance routines from visiting universities as well as your hosts, UT-Swing.
Lesson: 7PM — 8PM, lindy hop lesson featuring Jasper Palfree and Heather Armstrong as your fabulous teachers
Social Dance: 8PM — 12AM featuring UP JUMPED SWING
Another local Toronto favorite that you don’t want to miss! Lots of lindy all night, with DJ Arthur Lulu spinning during the band breaks.
Saturday, January 28th: Late Night
Location: Sigma Pi Fraternity House, 12 Grange Ave
Time: 12:30AM — 4:30AM
Get your blooOOoOOOoozzzz on! We’ll have not one, but TWO rooms of late-night blues dancing. What more could you ask for? Oh yeah, did we mention it’s TOGA BLUES?! Bring your favorite bed sheet and dress like the Romans did.
Featuring DJs Gabrielle Kern, Joe Lin, Jukin’ Jules Nerestant, and Brooke Filsinger
Sunday, January 29th: Brunch
Location: QuantumHouse, 30 Pinewood Avenue, Apt. A
Time: 11AM — 4PM
End-of-the-weekend Brunch! Chill out and grab some grub before you leave. We’ll be showing some classic old movies while you stuff your face before heading home. Additionally, there will be a DJed room in the back while you eat featuring the tunes of Jessica David, Alex Lafortune, Jasper Palfree, Heather Armstrong, and Alexander Mucke.
Band and DJ Bios
Bands
Patrick Tevlin and his New Orleans Rhythm
Bio coming soon!
Up Jumped Swing
The ‘Up Jumped Swing’ band is made up of the following musicians: Kid Kotowich (trombone/vocals), Chuck Clarke (trumpet/vocals), Toby Hughes (saxophone/vocals), Jack King (banjo/vocals), Chris Daniels (bass/vocals) and Lowell Whitty (drums). They have all been on the New Orleans Jazz scene in Toronto for a number of years and are featured players in various New Orleans Style Jazz bands here (Happy Pals, Don Valley Stompers, Climax Jazzband, Silverleaf Jazz band, Heavyweights Brass band). This particular group together about a year and a half ago to play specifically for swing dancers in and around the Toronto area. They frequently play at Saturday night swing events at Dovercourt House.
Special Guest DJs
Brooke Filsinger
From crisscrossing North America to some recent European hops, Brooke’s been sprinkling the Canadian musics wherever her dj travels take her, but her heart belongs to Toronto, the place she calls home. Be it late-nite house parties, exchanges, swing clubs, or competitions, Brooke’s always spinning full-bodied ‘scrumpditiliumptious’ music, the kind that you can really sink your teeth into. Swing standards, blues, funk, and soul – you’ll get that stuff that keeps you dancing all night long!
Gabrielle Kern
Whether it’s Blues, Lindy Hop, or Collegiate Shag, Gabrielle loves playing music that gets dancers out on the floor and keeps them there! Her passion is music that moves you, be it blues, classic swing, vintage-style jazz, or more soulful funky tunes. Be careful, her music will often inspire you to dance long after your feet would have called it a night.
Joe Lin
Joe’s love of music from vintage jazz and traditional blues to R&B and funk has led him to DJ at exchanges and workshop weekends in Waterloo, Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal. He is always on the lookout for obscure jazz tunes to inspire dancers, but he is best known for his delicious late-night sets that will have you wondering how the sun snuck up on you.
Arthur Lulu
Bio coming soon!
Jukin’ Jules Nerestant
He has taken a liking to the word “Jukin,” reffering to the style of movement his favored music evokes. From hair-raising harmonica sounds to soul-tearing vocals, to electrifying slide guitar and back, Jukin’ Jules will make you do three very distinc things: shiver, boggie, sweat.
Repeat as necessary.
Randy Pante
I like pie, I like cake,
I like everything you bake,
And I like some crackers, too,
Crumbled up in a stew.
When I see a jelly roll,
I lose all my self-control.
But of all these things I like you best of all.
UT-Swing DJs
Coming soon!
