NY Night Train SOUL CLAP & DANCE-OFF 3RD ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZA March 8, 2010

New York Night Train’s Soul Clap and Dance-Off celebrates its third birthday on Saturday, Mar 13. In the last three years, the underdog party, which features an all night get-down to Mr. Jonathan Toubin’s exquisitely exciting soul 45s and a dance contest in the middle, has evolved from intimate neighborhood get-together to one of NYC’s biggest sold-out monthly institutions to global phenomenon. In the last year the party broke out of Brooklyn to ping-pong back and forth from Portland, Oregon to Portland, Maine, and from Mexico City to Tel Aviv while remaining stronger than ever at home – hipping both NYC and the rest of the world to some of the finest music of all time in the process.

To commemorate hitting the three year mark, the Soul Clap will feature an early record fair with sellers from the DJ and record vendor community, guest MC/DJ Ian Svenonius, and two Dance-Offs – a regular $100 contest at 11pm open to everyone and, at 1am, a $200 championship featuring winners of three years worth of contests leading up to tonight’s. As always, Laura Leigh is the MC and a cast of neighborhood personalities will judge the contests (see below) while Mr Toubin shakes you all night long!

Here’s the schedule:

9pm – 10-ish: Soul Record Fair/Swap with both record dealers and DJs hawking their wares. NY Night Train wants to get you not only to get down to the vinyle but get involved in the culture! Dealers will be making a collaborative DJ set out of 45s they have for sale. Also, all Sky Vodka drinks are $2! Dealers include:
- Casey from Eat Records
- Jonathan Toubin of New York Night Train
- Mr. Fine Wine of WFMU’s Downtown Soulville
- Doug from The Record Grouch
- Rodney of NY Vinyl
- William from Radio Heartbeat (NY’s most notorious power-pop DJ with a box o’soul from his native New Orleans)

10pm – 4am: All night dancing to the 45rpm magic of Mr Jonathan Toubin and guest DJ Ian Svenonius (Chain and the Gang, Make-Up, Nation of Ulysses). While Mr Jonathan Toubin tries to introduce around fifty new 45s every month, tonight we get down only to the Soul Claps biggest and baddest classics

11pm: Dance-Off w/MC’s Laura Leigh and Ian Svenonius and a panel o/judges: - Alana Amram of Alana Amram and the Rough Gemsand bassist for everybody except Lou Reed
- Jake Noodle Boy of Wellington Ladies Welfare League
- Amanda Berkowitz – Ms. Socia-Lite 2009 of FiASCO, Soviet, WIT, etc
- Seva Granik, head of NYC event production company Abracadabra Talent and founder of Myopenbar.com
- Tara McPherson – illustrator, artist, and professor (”the crown princess of poster art” – ELLE Magazine

1am: Dance-Off Championship w/MC’s Laura Leigh and Ian Svenonius and judges:
- Brooke Baxter proprietress of Glasslands and Manhattan Inn
- Jason Sinopoli of legalizedancing.org
- Laurel Bell – raw chef of Rockin’ Raw
- Mr. Fine Wine DJ/voice of the world famous WFMU radio show Downtown Soulville
- Sarah Brown

dance ’til 4 and then go to see Mr Jonathan Toubin spin at Shanky afterhours at the Badlands immediately following the Soul Clap!

a few more great upcoming New York Night Train/Jonathan Toubin events:

- Tue, Mar 16: Boston, MA: Mr Jonathan Toubin at Bay State College lecture then Soul Clap
- Wed, Mar 19: Lower East Side, Manhattan – Motor City Bar: New York Night Train Wednesday w/Mr Jonathan Toubin and friends
- Thu, Mar 18: Austin, TX – Mr JT SXSW bowling alley dance party then afterhours action
- Thu, Mar 18: Greenpoint, Brooklyn – Enid’s: Thursday Thump with special DJ
- Fri, Mar 19: Chinatown, Manhattan – Home Sweet Home: Shakin All Over w/Ian Svenonius
- Fri, Mar 19: Austin, TX: Jonathan Toubin dance party action early and late
- Sat, Mar 20: Austin, TX – Spider House: NY Night Train 5th Annual SXSW Hoodang (Noon – 2am) w/45 bands like Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds, Dum Dum Girls, So Cow, Cheap Time, Awesome Color, Garotas Suecas, Golden Triangle, Turbo Fruits, Beets, and many more… go to http://www.newyorknighttrain.com/2010/03/04/sxsw10/ for details !
- Sat, Mar 20: Austin, TX (12AM – 4AM); Mr. Jonathan Toubin spins VICE party
- Sun, Mar 21: Monterrey, Mexico – The Garage: Todd P presents Soul Clap and Dance-Off
- Mon, Mar 22: Monterrey, Mexico – TBA: Todd P presents special dance party w/Mr Jonathan Toubin
- Wed, Mar 24: Lower East Side, Manhattan – Motor City Bar: New York Night Train Wednesday w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin and guest DJ Jello Biafra(!)
- Fri, Mar 26: Chinatown, Manhattan – Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down with Mr. Jonathan Toubin
- Sat, Mar 27, Williamsburg, Brooklyn – Live With Animals: Kid Congo Powers all-night birthday extravaganza featuring the first NYC Pink Monkey Birds show in years w/openers Stalkers, K-Holes, Tommy Volume, and, later, Le Congo: International Discotheque Psychedelique: all night dancing to tripped out 60s beat, garage, and psych from around the world with Mr. Jonathan Toubin and Josh Styles!