Instructors
LaTasha Barnes
LaTasha Barnes, multi-Bessie-award winner, is an internationally awarded and celebrated dance artist, educator (Asst. Prof of Dance, Arizona State Univ.), decorated U.S. Army Veteran (SFC/ SATCOM Engineer), and Tradition-Bearer of Black American Social Dance. Her love of dance and music exceeds her known life, as Barnes’ parents lovingly joke she was dancing even before she was breathing, recalling memories of LaTasha grooving in her mother’s womb while she sat next to speakers at parties LaTasha’s father DJ’d. From this early love/education her expansive artistic, competitive, and performative skills flourished and have made her a frequent collaborator to prominent artists and arts organizations around the world.
She is deeply honored to be in service to her culture across social, academic, and performative spaces as shared in her March Today Show feature with Hoda & Jenna as well as her July 2022 Dance Magazine profile. Barnes deeply cherishes the guidance, support, and empowerment bestowed by her family/framily, elders, mentors, and ancestors. Their love gives her the strength to strive for authentic expression, excellence, and fulfillment in every endeavor – for them and this work LaTasha is eternally grateful. Visit www.latashabarnes.com to learn more about her journey, achievements, and ways to support her cultural efforts.
Felix Berghall
Felix Berghäll is a choreographer, performer and educator as well as a music researcher and DJ in Lindy Hop and African American Vernacular Jazz. He has studied Sport Coaching and Sport Science at the Swedish School of Sport and Health Science in Stockholm. He has been part of the national team as an athlete in Boogie Woogie and Lindy Hop and is now Co-Head Coach with his partner Mikaela Hellsten for the national team of Lindy Hop in Sweden. He has also been working the last 5 years co-organising one of the biggest events in the world with focus on Lindy Hop and African American Vernacular Jazz, Herräng Dance Camp. He just resigned from his position at Herräng Dance Camp in November 2021.
Felix has been dancing since he was 8 years old, starting with training and competing in the Swedish dance style Bugg as well as Lindy Hop, Boogie Woogie and Double Bugg. All dances derived from Lindy Hop and African American Vernacular Jazz. He was in love from the beginning and was really, and still is taken by the music. Currently, he is also part of leading a new NGO as board member and treasurer, Collective Voices for Change, along with other dancers and scholars in order to create a platform to address social issues in the Jazz dance community. The current focus of the initiative is to discuss the issues of cultural appropriation and racial injustice.
Jamica Zion
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Jamica Zion takes pride in being a groovy solo dancer, a dynamic follow, and rising lead. Jamica aims for range, not just in connection and style, but across genres too! They hold multiple titles in Blues and Lindy Hop contests from top US events including Lindy Focus, Camp Jitterbug, Beantown, and Camp Hollywood. As a solo artist, Jamica has prioritized performance over contests so instead of lots of shiny titles, she has a diverse and abundant performance portfolio (check some out on YouTube)! When Jamica is not social dancing, teaching, or working on choreography, she is likely spending time with her dog, reading, playing video games, napping, or relaxing with loved ones.
Jamica’s approach towards sharing dance with others includes a critical understanding and appreciation of its history and culture, while simultaneously ushering students to build their own styles and meaningful connections to it. Jamica draws on their professional training from working with organizations like the Anti-Defamation League, and a long educational background which includes nearly three degrees in Sociology. This unique blend of experiences, pedagogy, and knowledge allows Jamica to deliver inclusive and culturally responsible classes that are creative, thought provoking, and original!
Chester Whitmore
Marie N’Diaye
Dr. Marie N’diaye (PhD) is a Lindy Hop and African American Jazz dance choreographer, performer and educator as well as a dance researcher.
Marie has been dancing almost as long as she has been walking, training mostly in modern Jazz. She fell in love with Lindy Hop and other Jazz dances in 2006.
The Lindy Hop is an African-American social dance that was developed in Harlem, New York City, in the 1920s and 1930s and originally evolved with the jazz music of that time. It was very popular during the Swing era of the late 1930s and early 1940s. Lindy Hop grew from the Charleston and Breakaway and incorporate jazz and tap rhythms. It is a Street and Club partnered dance and is a member of the swing dance family.
Jazz Dance ( or African American Jazz Dance – AAJD, nowadays also called Authentic Jazz, Solo Jazz or Jazz Roots) is the solo jazz dance that grew alongside jazz music. Flash, eccentric or class acts that you can see danced by Albert Minns, Leon James, Katherine Dunham, Marie Bryant, Jeni Legon, The Nicholas Brothers and many many more.
A true scientist (She obtained her PhD in Neuroimmunology from Karolinska Institute, Stockholm Sweden in 2018), Marie loves history and facts. She has been applying her scientific method and dance education to conduct an embodied practice-based research of Jazz dance through the study of original video clips and collaborations with many established dancers. She has also researched the cultural and social context of the Jazz dance era through literature study and interviews of artists. Her main focus is on the African American Jazz Women and Chorines (chorus girls) of the time. In 2023, Marie completed the Choreomundus Program, an International Master in Dance Knowledge, Practice, and Heritage. This program focuses on dance and other movement systems as cultural heritage and includes Ethnochoreology, Anthropology of Dance, Dance Studies, and Heritage Studies.
Marie worked and danced with the fantastic teachers of the Cat’s Corner Studio in Montreal, Canada and Chicago Swing Dance Studio in Stockholm, Sweden. She also teaches internationally, in France, Spain, England, Australia, Russia, USA, China, Korea, South Africa… as well as at the world famous Herräng Dance Camp in Sweden.
Currently, Marie is a board member of the newly founded Black Lindy Hoppers Fund, an organization dedicated to support African and African diasporic dancers and artists in Lindy Hop and Jazz. She is also leading Collective Voices for Change a non-profit organization created together with other dancers and scholars in order to propose a platform to address social issues in the Jazz dance community. The current focus of CVFC is to address the issues of cultural appropriation and racial inequities in the dance scene.
Adam Brozowski (He/Him)
Adam is a leader, a follower, and absolutely thrilled to join the team at Camp Hollywood once again! He’s been Lindy Hopping since he was 10 years old, has won more dance awards than you can count, and spent years tap dancing and choreographing in the commercial and theater worlds. But maybe most proud of being the first and only person to hold two Golden Budgie awards from Camp Hollywood and the National Jitterbug Championships!
In the Lindy Hop community, Adam’s been a loud and proud advocate for intersectional LGBTQIA+ issues in social dance spaces for years. He’s developed a teaching style that’s both unique and queer-inspired, focusing on decentering the power dynamics often tied to gender roles in lead/follow.
You might also know his work with his long-time friend and mentor, Norma Miller (aka The Queen of Swing). Adam assisted and traveled with Norma for several years, and after her passing, organized The Global Trickeration Project in her honor, with support from ILHC.
Adam believes dancing should be about empowering each other through music, the conversation, and self-expression between partners, regardless of role. #hellaqueerlindyhopping. On the floor Adam’s dance style is known for its rhythmic approach, humor, and the ability to not take things too seriously—except what’s for dinner.
Lindy Hop is a Black American legacy artform. Adam is committed to supporting intersectional Black cultural empowerment in dance spaces. If you love Jazz and Lindy Hop, this is the work we’re all called to do. Let’s get to it!
Learn more about Adam: www.AdamBrozowski.com
Bianca Locatelli & Nils Andren
Bianca Locatelli and Nils Andrén are Lindy Hop and Boogie Woogie dancers, choreographers, instructors and performers with a passion for driving the art form forward and have devoted the last decade to teaching, performing, and choreographing. Their true passion lies in Lindy Hop and Boogie Woogie, two vibrant dance styles that have deep roots in African American culture.
They discovered their love for dance at a young age, exploring various styles such as ballet, latin dances, hip-hop, and ballroom. However, it was swing dancing that captured their hearts. Their paths crossed when Bianca moved to Sweden, and they began performing and competing together.
Soon after, they embarked on a performing, competing and teaching career, sharing their passion and vision with audiences and students worldwide.
Jovon Miller
Jovon uses his music background—having performed with Gerald Turner (Digable Planets and Cherrywine), Kevin Gardner (platinum producer for E-40), Greg Adams (Tower of Power), and many others—to explain music theories, musicality, and rhythm. He frequents master classes and workshops in various Pacific Northwest dance studios and universities, including his alma mater, Western Washington University.
Andrea Gordon
Andrea Gordon is a social dancer’s dancer. Lover of music, rhythm, connection, and the ability to express your individual style, Andrea started dancing in 2006 to supplement her need – not desire – for human connection. From that time until 2013, she traveled to dance and occasionally compete, placing at a number of Lindy Hop events across the country including first place in the 2013 ILHC Pro-Am with Mikey Pedroza, first place in the ILHC Strictly Open of the same year with Jack Chen, and first place in the 2014 Inspiration Weekend Lindy Hop Tournament with Matt Richey, where she exclaimed victoriously “…damn, this is about to get real hard…” and left on a pretty high note if you ask her.
Now, she’s returned to the community to teach Lindy Hop at Atomic Ballroom with her award-winning partner Matt and will join us hot off the heels of teaching with the incomparable and world-renowned Chester Whitmore at Camp Jitterbug. Best known as your favorite friendly registration lady and “that one girl from the video”, let Andrea regale you with stories about how she almost took a class with Frankie Manning, what she almost learned, and how she almost placed at Camp Hollywood, a story better than the one about actually placing at Camp Hollywood.
Sylvia Sykes
Sylvia Sykes began dancing in 1966, competing in 1970, and teaching in 1979. She has studied with many of the dance greats, including Frankie Manning, Dean Collins, Maxie Dorf, Willie Desatoff, and Connie Wydel. Her extensive studies and travels have made her an expert on regional dance styles and she is known for her expertise in, and the preservation of the older forms of Swing dance. In addition, she is credited with helping to preserve the Balboa by introducing the dance World Wide. Her dance troupe (with Jonathan Bixby) ran for fifteen years, performed with some of the great Swing bands, and nurtured other International teachers. She was a founding partner of ILHC, has taught at the University of California, and has appeared in many TV shows and in several documentaries on Swing dancing over the years.
Sylvia is actively judging and teaching various forms of Shag, Balboa, and Lindy Hop, throughout the U.S., Europe, Australia, and Asia. No longer an active competitor, she has won or placed in virtually every Swing event she has entered, in a multitude of Swing forums.
Gaby Cook
Gaby Cook is an esteemed, active professional in the global lindy hop community. For nearly 20 years, she has established her career performing and teaching for major swing dance festivals worldwide. On stage, she is a principal dancer for the acclaimed “SW!NG OUT” which premiered at the Joyce theater (2021) and tours regularly. Other stage credits include: “Macy’s Day Parade Live Broadcast” for Nickelodeon’s Blues Clues (2022), “Swing’s the Thing” with Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (2023), “Decades of Dance” at the BET Soultrain Awards (2021), “Don’t Mean a Thing” with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center (2021), “Swingtime: Revolution in Rhythm” with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (2017) and many appearances in film and TV.
As a choreographer, her work has been featured at the Guggenheim “Works & Process”, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Jacob’s Pillow’s Inside/Out Series and Lincoln Center. She regularly advocates for lindy hop in industry dance communities and is consistently “on-call” with university-level programs (Julliard, Marymount, NYU, Columbia).
At home, Gaby is one of Lindy Hop’s most influential community organizers. She curates and teaches in two weekly educational programs: Swing at the 92NY (with co-producer Nathan Bugh) and Midtown Swings (with co-producer AJ Howard). In class, she is playful, informative and honest — building a culture of inclusivity, respect and joy. She prioritizes equality for followers and leaders in the classroom space — and has championed a movement first approach to teaching partnered dance content.
AJ Howard
As a California-based dancer with influences from Sacramento, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, AJ Howard brings a unique style and energy to the Lindy Hop community. Getting introduced to the world of Lindy Hop at the age of 19, AJ quickly took an appreciation to dance which lead to him running home, getting changed, and heading out to dance almost every day of the week after working his job at a car dealership. He burst into the scene in 2016, winning competitions throughout the US with his partner at the time Jennifer, showing the dance world what Sacramento really had to offer! Competing at international events such as Camp Hollywood and the International Lindy Hop Championships, AJ became well known for his generous use of aerials paired with his energetic dancing. AJ has also had the honor of performing with dance groups such as HellaBlackLindyHop, San Francisco Jitterbugs, and the Midtown Stompers, and the privilege to spread his love of dance through teaching at Lindy Hop events in the US, on a Carnival Cruise ship, and overseas in countries such as Denmark and Sweden.
Mikey Klaus-Pedroza
Mikey Klaus-Pedroza is a celebrated Lindy Hopper and instructor whose passion for dance has taken him to stages and classrooms across the world. Known for his vibrant energy, technical precision, and charisma, Mikey has inspired countless dancers to embrace the joy and history of Lindy Hop.
Inducted into the California Swing Dance Hall of Fame, Mikey is not only a skilled performer but also a dedicated educator. His teaching philosophy emphasizes strong foundational techniques paired with personal creativity, ensuring students develop both confidence and individuality on the dance floor. Whether competing, choreographing, or teaching, Mikey’s love for the art form is evident in every step.
Nikki Klaus-Pedroza
Nikki Klaus-Pedroza is an internationally acclaimed Lindy Hop champion, choreographer, and producer whose impact spans the swing dance, burlesque, and entertainment industries. She has choreographed and performed for film, television, and music videos, with credits including Dancing with the Stars, Jon Batiste, Katy Perry, Marvel, and many more. A multiple-time inductee into the California Swing Dance Hall of Fame in multiple categories, Nikki has played a key role in shaping the modern swing dance scene while preserving its rich cultural roots. She is also the co-owner of the world-renowned Atomic Ballroom, a hub for dance education and community in Irvine, California. Beyond the swing world, Nikki is an acclaimed burlesque producer and highly sought-after performer, featured regularly in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and abroad. She is the producer of Muse Burlesque, a vibrant showcase blending dance and artistry. Admired for her elegant style, engaging teaching methods, and commitment to fostering inclusivity, Nikki’s passion for storytelling through movement and her reverence for the history of dance make her a standout figure in the industry.
Kim Clever & David Frutos
David and Kim met in a dark, smokey Swing dance class at a bar in 1994. By 1996 they were teaching Swing dance together at the world famous Brown Derby. It was there that they first learned to teach a class that was both informative and entertaining. Over the years they have honed their skills as teachers in small and large class rooms. As competitors David and Kim have numerous titles together from The National Jitterbug , International Lindy hop, and US Open Championships, just to name a few. They have also been inducted into the California Swing Dance hall of Fame, both individually and as a couple. David and Kim have been honored to have worked in Hollywood as choreographers, consultants and performers over the years, but their real passion is teaching and sharing their love of all things Swing. They are known for their humorous and comprehensive teaching style that welcomes all. When they are not on the dance floor, you can find them in their garden together being ridiculously excited about tomatoes. They look forward to seeing all of you on a dance floor soon!
Nick Williams
Nick Williams has embodied the passion and spirit of swing dancing ever since his first lesson in 1998. The depth of his understanding of Lindy Hop, Balboa, and Collegiate Shag stems from studying with the original dancers. Nick’s desire for authenticity, combined with his passion for dance evolution, leads to a style known for precision, lightness, musicality and dynamic energy. His successes include World Lindy Hop Champion, US Open Swing Dance Champion, American Lindy Hop Champion, National Jitterbug Champion, International Lindy Hop Champion, Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown Champion, American Classic Balboa Champion and California Balboa/Swing Champion.
He is also an accomplished choreographer and has been featured on the hit television show So You Think You Can Dance. As an instructor, he is known for his ability to break down movements and technique to create a fun and light-hearted learning environment. His true love of music and dancing will forever inspire him to learn, teach, and grow. In 2004 and 2010, Nick was honored to be recognized by the California Swing Dance Hall of Fame. Nick is also a member of the performance dance troupe Hot Club Stomp.
Chandrae Roettig Gomez & Stephen Sayer
Steve Sayer is an award-winning swing dancer, instructor, and choreographer based in Los Angeles, California. Originally from Dayton, Ohio, Steve began dancing in 1998 at the age of 16. Falling in love with Lindy Hop and other dances of the swing era, he traveled all across the U.S. to dance and to learn the different styles of swing dancing. Steve is a 6-time Collegiate Shag champion and 4-time Lindy Hop champion at the National Jitterbug Championships, where he has also choreographed and coached multiple teams to 1st place victories. He is a 2-time inductee in the California Swing Dance Hall of Fame and has also been inducted into the Camp Hollywood Hall of Fame. Steve has traveled the world teaching and performing at dance festivals, with symphony orchestras, and even with Aretha Franklin! He has been featured in movies such as Babylon and Gangster Squad, in TV shows such as A League of Their Own and Dancing with the Stars, and in music videos for Adele and LeAnn Rimes. Since 2006, Steve has taught weekly classes at Madilyn Clark Studios in North Hollywood.
Chandrae began her early career as a gymnast, after which she was introduced to contemporary dance at Dance Vision, in Portland Oregon. She received a scholarship to The Edge Performing Arts Center in Hollywood, where she graduated from their professional program in 2006. Specializing in Jazz, Hip Hop, Modern, Contemporary and Theater Dance Styles, her early training and success as a graduate from The Edge has allowed Ms. Gomez to work with some of LA’s top choreographers in film, television, music and stage. Often she serves in dual roles of dancer/performer and co-choreographer. Some of her recent credits have been and are, traveling orchestra show, “Swing is the Thing”, the recently released movie, “Babylon” and music videos of Adele, “Oh My God” and Jason Mraz , “I Feel Like Dancing”. Chanzie, alongside her dance partner Stephen Sayer, has been teaching, performing, competing and holding titles on an international scale in Lindy Hop and Collegiate Shag for over a decade. They currently teach local classes in North Hollywood.
Musicians
Jonathan Stout
Musical director, band leader and instructor
Jonathan Stout is a bandleader, guitarist, lindyhopper, and balboa dancer. For the last 16 years his bands have played all over the world to deliver Swing music with the specific purpose of serving the Swing dance community. His four albums with the Campus Five are fixtures in swing dance classes and DJ sets around the globe. Jonathan’s background as a dancer allows him to provide the very best contest music, and his background in 20th century American History allows him to provide the stories, context and meaning behind the music.
As a guitar player, he specializes in the varied styles of pre-bebop jazz guitar, most notably the electric single note style of Charlie Christian, and the rhythm and chord melody style of Allan Reuss. His album of solo guitar in the Reuss-style, “Pick It and Play It”, was released in 2018. As a dancer, Jonathan is proud to have learned from such original masters as Ann Mills, Hal Takier, Freda Angela, and Bart Bartolo, and to have danced on the first place team at the 2002 National Jitterbug Championships. He was inducted into the Camp Hollywood Hall of Fame in 2009.
Michael Gamble
Band leader
Michael Gamble has been at work within the swing dance community for over 15 years. Along with his wife and partner Jaya Dorf, he created Lindy Focus in Asheville, NC, one of the largest events on the world scene. His band Michael Gamble and the Rhythm Serenaders is one of the most active and dedicated dance bands working today. He is a lifelong devotee to swing music, and in 2016 led a worldwide crowdfunding campaign to make the lost work of Savoy Ballroom bandleader Chick Webb once again accessible to contemporary swing orchestras. He received a bachelor’s degree in music in 2006, and also during that time traveled the country teaching Lindy Hop in over 35 US cities, a set of circumstances that has recently led to him teaching the appreciation and practice of swing music within the dance community. Michael currently resides in Asheville, North Carolina, with Jaya, his partner in all things, their two dogs and four goats, continuing his lifelong study of the art forms he loves.
Laura Windley
Band leader
Laura came to jazz music from the dance floor, picking up swing dancing in 1998. A few years later she became a DJ for those same dances, broadening her knowledge and love of jazz and swing with non-stop listening and music collecting. From there it was only natural that she try singing the songs that she had grown to love and, because a swing singer needs a swinging band, Laura went on to co-found the Mint Julep Jazz Band with her husband, trombone player Lucian Cobb, in 2012. Laura has become a staple of swing dance events throughout the U.S. and overseas, performing with her own band as well as bands led by Jonathan Stout, Michael Gamble, Paul Cosentino, Craig Gildner, and Glenn Crytzer, performing with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, as well as performing at Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing with her own band and with Michael Gamble and the Rhythm Serenaders.
Singing in a sweet style with a serious rhythmic underpinning and drawing comparisons to a young Ella Fitzgerald, Ivie Anderson, and Helen Forrest, Laura is known for her authenticity of sound – as you enter the dance hall, you may think you are hearing a vintage recording. She can’t help but swing, no matter what the tempo, and she has a splendid conversational approach to the lyrics. Michael Steinman has called her “the Joan Blondell of swing singing: sweet, tender, and lemony all at once. And once you’ve heard her, you won’t mistake her for anyone else.”
Keenan McKenzie
Band leader
Keenan McKenzie regularly travels across the US with dance-oriented swing ensembles such as The Mint Julep Jazz Band, Michael Gamble & The Rhythm Serenaders, and The Jonathan Stout Orchestra featuring Hilary Alexander. In recent years, he has also been fortunate to perform in Italy, South Korea, Slovenia, and France, Keenan frequently plays straight-ahead jazz with the North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra and delivers energetic party music with The Shakedown. His own band, Keenan McKenzie & the Riffers, has performed at events from Los Angeles to NYC.
Ryan Calloway
Music Track Instructor
An ardent lover of early jazz, ragtime, and blues, Ryan works as a clarinetist and multi-instrumentalist for many bands of the genres. In the traditional jazz festival circuit, his playing has decorated the likes of Hal Smith’s New Orleans Night Owls, Clint Baker’s New Orleans Jazz Band, and Michael Gamble’s Rhythm Serenaders. While living in St Louis, Ryan worked as a full-time member of both The Gaslight Squares and Miss Jubilee and the Yas Yas Boys. While on the vibrant Bay Area scene he leads both the Silver Bell Jazz Band and The Hot Baked Goods.
His belief that music is a universal language has been affirmed many times through his travel and performance in Europe, Mexico, South Africa, and across the United States. He’s also an internationally acclaimed Lindy Hop instructor.
Whether he’s teaching music, dance, or art, Ryan aims to inspire students to develop their own creativity. His skill, communication style, and diplomacy have successfully brought together people of all demographics and cultures—he has been an informal arts ambassador for more than a decade. Ryan believes in the power of the arts as a way to bring people closer, and he continues to find deep meaning in his efforts to do so.
Competition Staff and MCs
Tise Chao
Head judge
Tise started swing dancing in Southern California in 1997, learning first hand from local original swing dance legends, and is one of the “Old School” kids during the swing revival era. Her dance education began in her early years, studying lyrical jazz and flamenco, as she continued to expand her dance knowledge throughout her dance career. Tise has performed and taught around the world with top Balboa, Collegiate Shag, and Lindy Hop instructors, as well as consistently winning top placements in international level dance competitions. Tise works as the head judge and competition coordinator at numerous international dance competitions and events, and continues to mentor and support the next generation of dancers. Tise is dedicated to preserving yet innovating the dances, and with her smooth fast feet and energy it’s difficult to keep up with Tise on the social dance floor! Tise hopes to inspire other dancers to find their own sense of style and spirit by sharing her vast knowledge, passion, and energy with the people who appreciate the art of swing dance.
Scott Angelius
Contest Tabulator
Scott Angelius has been a Lindy Hopper since 1998. He helped build the Austin, TX dance community by teaching, running a successful dance company, and organizing events. Now in Knoxville, TN, he regularly teaches and mentors dancers.
He is passionate about teaching and working with dedicated, focused dancers of all levels. In class, he teaches what he loves: exploring and building on the fundamentals, partnership, listening, and self-expression. Scott has won numerous Lindy Hop competitions and was a member of the renowned team Lindy Hoppers’ Dozen.
He also helps organize dance events. He is an organizer of the International Lindy Hop Championships and the Competition Manager at many of the largest dance competitions in the country. He has also developed a competition scoring management system, RP-Scoring, which is utilized by most large Lindy Hop events in the country. Previously, he founded and ran the Lone Star Championships from 2008 to 2012 and was an event director of Lindyfest from 2013 to 2020.
Brittney Caraway
Nighttime Master of Ceremonies
Wolfman
Daytime Master of Ceremonies
DJs
Shana Worel
Head DJ
Nick Davis
DJ
Nathan Sartain
DJ
Laura Windley
DJ
Felix Berghall
DJ
Peter Flahiff
DJ
Jason Hammons
DJ
Event Management Staff
Hilary Alexander
Event Producer
Hilary Alexander is a singer, dancer, and event producer. She created Camp Hollywood in 1998, The National Jitterbug Championships in 2001, and has been the co-leader and vocalist for Jonathan Stout and His Campus Five and The Jonathan Stout Orchestra since 2002. She was inducted into The California Swing Dance Hall of Fame as a Rising Star in 2008 and served on the board of the California Swing Dance Hall of Fame from 2008-2013. She has been a specialty Lindy Hop competition judge at The International Lindy Hop Championships and The US Open Swing Dance Championships, as well as many local dance contests. Her goal is to preserve and honor the original dances and music of the swing era and introduce new generations to California’s great swing legacy.
James Bennett
Volunteer Coordinator
Mary Pittman
Vendor Coordinator
Traci LaDue
Safe Spaces Coordinator