The skinny is, some blip hepcats are going to don their glad rags tonight and cut up the rug for some jumpin' jives at Centennial Hall.

It's been a few years since a few Gap commercials featuring some 20-something dancers and "Matrix"-esque special effects helped to revitalize swing dancing, but never let it be said that the dance genre is not still alive and kicking, so to speak. The record sales of the Brian Setzer Orchestra may be waning, but swing, a dance style predating World War II, has proved to have a shelf life that extends beyond its late-'90s cultural hipness.