Friday, July 6th
6:00pm | Dance to DJed music and enjoy some BBQ/pool time to cool off! The Pool Party is free for everyone, whether you have a weekend pass or not. We will provide burgers and condiments. Please bring a side dish to share with everyone!! We will get the party started at 6:00pm and will go until everyone goes home or we’re kicked out! 😉 |
8:45pm9:15pm | Barefoot Lindy Lottery Luck of the Draw Dance contestSolo Charleston Contest |
Saturday, July 7th
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10:00am-10:50am |
Class One: Lindy Hop FUNdamentals with Jacob Spinney This lesson starts with not just basics, but how to look cool doing them. And for the cherry on top, you will learn a trademarked Spinney original with a fancy follow styling. |
Class One: Collegiate Shag 1 with Chandrae Roettig & Stephen Sayer Basic footwork, variations, and patterns |
11:00am-11:50am |
Class Two: Swing Charleston with Nick Peterson Hop into a metaphorical phone booth and go all the way back to a time when Swing was King and Charleston was the hottest step in the land: the late 1990’s! In that era, there was one charleston step that dominated the all: the Charleston kick-throughs |
Class Two: Collegiate Shag 2 with Chandrae Roettig & Stephen Sayer Shag Turns and Breaks |
11:50pm-1:00pm | Lunch Break | |
1:00pm-1:50pm |
Class Three: A to Z Solo Jazz with Sami Askew Learn an Alphabetized arrangement of solo jazz! Lets learn our ABC’s! |
Class Three: Collegiate Shag 3 with Chandrae Roettig & Stephen Sayer Shag Musicality and Quick Quick Variations |
2:00pm-2:50pm | Class Four: Jazz up your Lindy Hop with AJ Howard & Jennifer RunyanAdding solo jazz and syncopations into your Lindy Hop patterns and Pass Bys | Class Four: Balboa for Lindy Hoppers 1: Lolly Doodle Dandy (ALL LEVELS) with Heather Ballew & Krister ShalmWould you like to get your feet wet with some balboa moves but you’re not ready to take the plunge to learn a whole new dance? This is the balboa class for you! In this all-levels class we will show you basic balboa moves that you can add to your lindy hop repertoire. Expand your lindy hop arsenal while simultaneously learning balboa and wowing your friends? Yes, please! |
3:00pm-3:50pm | Class Five: Lindy Hop Competition Battle Prepwith AJ Howard & Jennifer RunyanPreparing your phrase battles with style and badassery | Class Five: Balboa for Lindy Hoppers 2: Liberty Bal (ALL LEVELS)with Heather Ballew & Krister ShalmWe continue our all-levels theme of dancing in and out of our core balboa moves from lindy hop – this time exclusively in closed position (pure balboa). You missed Balboa for Lindy Hoppers 1 but you want to take Balboa for Lindy Hoppers 2? That’s no problem! We will start in a different place and do all new moves. We will put them together at the end to show you how much you learned. |
7:15pm | Beginning East Coast Swing Lesson |
8:00pm-11:00pm | Dance to the jazz Stylings of “The Wildcat Jazz Band” and some of our favorite Local and visiting DJs! |
9:00pm | Arizona Swing Dance Championship Prelims |
10:00pm | Arizona Swing Dance Championship Finals |
11:30pm | Late night dancing to DJed music until all hours of the night with a Strictly Shag contest! We will keep playing music as long as you are dancing!! |
12:30am | Strictly Shag Contest |
Sunday, July 8th
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8:00pm-12:00am | 8pm-12am Dance to DJed music |
9:30pm | Same Sex “Any Swing Goes” Dance Contest |
Monday July 9th
7:30-11:00pm | In town longer than just the weekend come Dance to DJed music at Hepkats! |
Class Schedule 2019
FRIDAY July 5th, 2019 |
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11:00 am – 11:50 am | Kevin & Jo – “Welcome Class” – Musicality – All Levels | |
12:00 pm – 12:50 pm | Kevin & Jo – Musicality – Challenge – Class (Intermediate/Advanced) | Nick Peterson – Charleston Moooooves |
12:50 pm – 2:30 pm |
LUNCH BREAK |
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2:30 pm – 3:20 pm | Kevin & Jo – Improvisation | Jacob – Balboa |
3:30 pm- 4:20 pm | Paul & Laura – Juicing Your Slow Dance | Julie and Jeremy – Intro to Shag |
SATURDAY July 6th, 2019 |
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Ballroom 1 |
Ballroom 2 |
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11:00 am – 11:50 am | Kevin & Jo – Charleston | Jonathan Lindsey – Solo Jazz |
12:00 pm – 12:50 pm | Kevin & Jo – Charleston Challenge | Nicholas & Stephanie – How to Tango |
12:50 pm – 2:30 pm |
LUNCH BREAK – History of Jazz Music with Morgan Part 1 – 1:15 pm-2:15 pm |
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2:30 pm – 3:20 pm | Nick Peterson – The Only Move Every Swing Dancer Should Know | Paul & Laura – Dippin’ Sauce |
3:30 pm- 5:30 pm | Kevin & Jo – INSTRUCTOR’S CHOICE |
SUNDAY July 7th, 2019 |
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Ballroom 1 |
Ballroom 2 |
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12:00 pm – 12:50 pm | Kevin & Jo – Rhythm Games Pt. 1 | Julie & Jeremy – All That Shag |
1:00 pm – 1:50 pm | Kevin & Jo – Rhythm Games Pt 2 | Christi Jay – Blues/Slow Dance |
1:50 pm – 3:30 pm |
LUNCH BREAK – History of Swing Dancing on Film with Morgan Part 2 – 1:15 pm-2:15 pm |
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3:30 pm – 4:20 pm | Nick Peterson – Bob Rossin’ It | Nicholas & Stephanie – Using Tango to Improve Your Swing |
4:30 pm- 5:20 pm | Kevin & Jo – “Farewell Class” |