Ska Dance Workout

Chicago-based group fitness with ska music & moves

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YouTube Ska Dancing Videos

I’ve watched a lot of YouTube ska dancing videos. Here are my favorites, all in one playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyH_gjjGrtZ7TU1QkOAuLoUKAnGSW1Xq0

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A Ska Christmas Playlist

There are loads of great Christmas ska songs. This is by no means comprehensive but it does include 30 songs. You can also listen to it on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyH_gjjGrtZ4lbjnQfNdOgCbFzOEioUz7 Hope you enjoy!

MU330- Everyday Christmas Toasters- Blue Christmas Reel Big Fish- Whatever U Celebrate Voodoo Glow Skulls- Feliz Navidad Mighty Mighty Bosstones- This Time of Year Holophonics- Jingle Bell Rock Bad Manners- It’s Christmas Time Again Less Than Jake- Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer Ska-P- Villancico The Selecter- Skank ‘Til Christmas Atomic Potato- Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer Slow Gherkin- Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight) Dr. Ring Ding- All I Wanna Do The Mods- Christmas Time (Ska version) Call Me Malcolm- All I Want for Christmas is a Pony with a Jetpack The Action- A Trumpet for Christmas King Brillo- Ska Bells Uptown Rag Mustard Plug- Real True Santa Go Jimmy Go- Merry Christmas Baby Desorden Publico- Corre Caballito Suicide Machines- You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch 4 Aspirin Morning- Let It Snow Taj Motel Trio- Angels Strange Manor- Run Rude Rudolph Party Like It’s . . .- All I Want for Christmas Cynimatics- Deck the Halls Detroit Riddim Crew- Take Care Five Iron Frenzy- New Year’s Eve Planet Smashers- Happy New Years Codename Colin- New Year’s Resolution

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Happy Pulaski Day! (Chicago Ska Bands Playlist)

Tomorrow March 6, 2017 is Pulaski Day, a holiday celebrated the first Monday of March, primarily in the Chicago area. (Pulaski was a Polish immigrant who helped out in the Revolutionary War, and there are a lot of Poles in Chicago.)

To celebrate, here is a playlist of Chicago ska bands.

You can also hear a playlist with a lot of this material on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyH_gjjGrtZ4M5BjTKcmZsPsXzJDQyPvQ

Happy Pulaski Day!

Beat the Smart Kids- Rudie @runandpunch - Another Day Deal’s Gone Bad- You Get the Keys Slapstick- Eighteen Green House- 822 Anywhere On Your Marx- Spark ToneZone Skam- Payazo Los Vicios de Papa- Stay Strong Still Alive- Deny Bumsy & the Moochers- All Day Everyday Waste Basket- Cruise Control Ska’s the Limit- If It Were Me Evil Empire- Deport Me Skapone- Trouble Again The Crombies- It’s You Charley Organaire- Troubles Eclectics- Things We Say Hot Stove Jimmy- Butterflys The 9 Spot- I See You Drop Steady- Everything Girl Manic Sewing Circle- I Love You Baby (But I Don’t Have Time) Heavy Manners- Blue Beat Rude Guest- Girl Like You Shortstop from Tokyo- One Sided Conversation The Land Before Tim- Practice at Your House Malafacha- Deztruktor Nahuales Underground- Vongo’s Revenge Bombflower- Structure on Fire Runforyerlife- Spy The Adjusters- Our Town

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October 15, 22 & 29 Dance Center Chicago- 11 a.m. 3868 N Lincoln SkaDanceWorkout.com Class is $5 with a Groupon at groupon.com/deals/zumba-with-ska Hope to see you there!

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Next Classes Start October 15

I’ve scheduled 3 Zumba with Ska classes for October 15, 22 and 29

Also an all-ska Ska Dance Workout for November 5

All classes at 10:00 a.m.

Dance Center Chicago 3868 N Lincoln

Details & signup at SkaDanceWorkout.com

Hope to see you there!

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Take your pick of upcoming classes:

Zumba with Ska on June 12 at 10:00 a.m. Ska Dance Workout on June 26 at 10:00 a.m. Both classes at Dance Center Chicago, 3868 N. Lincoln, Chicago Details & signup at SkaDanceWorkout.com

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June 12 class is just a few days away. Hope to see you Sunday!

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From the last Ska Dance Workout. (Didn’t realize my hair did that when I danced.)

We’re doing it again June 26 at 10:00 a.m.

Also offering Zumba with Ska on June 12 at 10 a.m.

Dance Center Chicago. Details & signup at SkaDanceWorkout.com.

Hope to see you there!

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June 12 - Chicago Details at SkaDanceWorkout.com

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Thanks to @JumpUpRecords for the free souvenir record at Deal’s Gone Bad show (original lineup) last night. Brought bag ties to connect mine to my coat’s locker loop so I could be hands-free. OGDGB=Original Gangster Deal’s Gone Bad.

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Signup is open for #Ska Dance Workouts. Chicago March 19 at 10 am &/or March 30 at 7 pm. $10 per class goes to Northside College Prep, a Chicago public high school. Details and signup at SkaDanceWorkout.com

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A young ska fan skanking with Less Than Jake trombonist Buddy Schaub at the Double Door in Chicago on March 4.

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Happy Pulaski Day! (Chicago Ska Bands Playlist)

Tomorrow March 7 is Pulaski Day, a holiday celebrated the first Monday of March, primarily in the Chicago area. (Pulaski was a Polish immigrant who helped out in the Revolutionary War, and there are a lot of Poles in Chicago.)

To celebrate, here is a playlist of Chicago ska bands. (It’s similar to one I posted recently but that one only had active bands; this list includes a few more that are no longer active.)

You can also hear a playlist with a lot of this material on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyH_gjjGrtZ4M5BjTKcmZsPsXzJDQyPvQ

Happy Pulaski Day!

Beat the Smart Kids- Rudie @runandpunch - Another Day Deal’s Gone Bad- You Get the Keys Slapstick- Eighteen Green House- 822 Anywhere On Your Marx- Spark ToneZone Skam- Payazo Los Vicios de Papa- Stay Strong Still Alive- Deny Bumsy & the Moochers- All Day Everyday Waste Basket- Cruise Control Ska’s the Limit- If It Were Me Evil Empire- Deport Me Skapone- Trouble Again The Crombies- It’s You Charley Organaire- Troubles Eclectics- Things We Say Hot Stove Jimmy- Butterflys The Land Before Tim- Practice at Your House Malafacha- Deztruktor Nahuales Underground- Vongo’s Revenge Bombflower- Structure on Fire Runforyerlife- Spy The Adjusters- Our Town

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I'll be playing songs from upcoming #Ska Dance Workouts tomorrow March 5 at 5 pm CST at radio.depaul.edu. Give it a listen!

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Come join us for Ska Dance Workout. March 19 &/or March 30. Chicago.

Details at www.SkaDanceWorkout.com

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First Wave Jamaican Ska artist Charley Organaire lives in Chicago now. Got to see him recently. He puts on a great show.

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The Chicago Ska Scene

There has been at least one ska band playing in the Chicago area almost every weekend since late last year. Although some have been visiting bands, there’s more than a dozen active local ska bands – including several female-fronted bands and several Mexican-influenced bands.

I put them all into a playlist. (A few of the bands on the list play other types of songs besides ska, but all have more than one or two ska songs.)

Beat the Smart Kids- Rudie @runandpunch Another Day Deal’s Gone Bad- You Get the Keys On Your Marx- Spark ToneZone Skam- Payazo Los Vicios de Papa- Stay Strong Still Alive- Deny Bumsy & the Moochers- All Day Everyday Waste Basket- Cruise Control Ska’s the Limit- If It Were Me Evil Empire- Deport Me Skapone- Trouble Again The Crombies- It’s You Charley Organaire- Troubles The Land Before Tim- Practice at Your House Malafacha- Deztruktor Nahuales Underground- Vongo’s Revenge Bombflower- Structure on Fire

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Reckless Records got in a lot of used #ska CDs. Picked these up but left some good stuff for others. #Chicago