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Get in the swing with Dixie Wing

Falcon Field Jazzes things up

On Saturday, swing dancers from as far away as Auburn, Birmingham, Greensboro and Knoxville will come to Peachtree City to help restore a rare vintage navy dive bomber at the “Third Annual Dixie Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) World War II Swing Dinner Dance”. The dance will be held at the Historical Airpower Facility, Falcon Field and will feature a live 1940's-style band, silent auction and dance competition with $800 in cash prizes for amateurs and professionals.

Music will be provided by The Peachtree Jazz Edition. The dance competition will be judged by a panel led by local dance instructor Rachel Ferguson. The festivities begin with free swing dance lessons at 6 p.m.

World War II Swing Dinner Dance guests will hear the big band sounds of Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman while enjoying a buffet dinner. Other activities include door prizes, a “best 1940’s costume” contest and souvenir photos. Adding to the WWII atmosphere will be vintage aircraft, vehicles and re-enactors dressed in period clothing. The Dixie Wing CAF is a non-profit education organization that relies on donations and fundraisers to preserve WWII aircraft and teach WWII history.

The 2005 WWII Swing Dinner Dance and silent auction will benefit “The Lady in Blue” and “Education Through Living History” (ETLH). “’The Lady in Blue’ is one of only three Dauntless dive bombers flying in the United States today” said Jake Tryon, Dixie Wing wing leader, “it was restored by the Dixie Wing using blueprints provided by the Smithsonian Institute, but we must now raise $50,000 to replace the engine for the aircraft. The World War II Swing Dance is very important to our fundraising effort” ETLH is a World War II history program made available by Dixie Wing volunteers to schools and youth groups free of charge.

Advance tickets are $30 per person or $50 per couple.

Tickets purchased at the door are $40 per person.

Reserved tables for 8 can also be purchased for $300.

Dance Contest entry fee is an additional $20 per

couple. For more information about the “3rd Annual

Dixie Wing CAF WWII Swing Dinner Dance” and “Education Through Living History” please visit www.dixiewing.org or phone 678-364-1110.