Western & Swing Week at Ashokan

June 28 - July 4, 2009

Ashokan Camps

New Years

Northern Week

Swing Dance June 27th! Photos Video View last year's class schedule

Swing • Jazz • Country • Western Swing

CLASSES & ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: Lindy and West Coast swing, C&W dances, squares & contras, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, steel guitar, harmony singing, piano, vocal workshops, swing & country band clinics, improvisation, music theory, dance parties, jam sessions, song swaps and more...

THE WESTERN & SWING WEEK PHILOSOPHY

We provide classes in both music and dance, so that dancers will have the finest music to dance to and musicians will be inspired by the great dance forms that their music is rooted in. Participants can tailor their own schedule to focus exclusively on music, dance or a mix of both. It's not uncommon to find an experienced dancer taking a beginning music class or an experienced musician learning to dance for the first time.

DANCE STAFF:

John Krumm - Squares & Contras
Cindy Overstreet & Steve Ryan - West Coast Swing, Country-Western dances & Salsa
Paul Overton & Sharon Ashe - Swing & Lindy

MUSIC STAFF (incl. Lindy Hop Heaven, Swingology!):

Harry Aceto - bass
Paul Anastasio - swing and Western Swing fiddle
Larry Baione - jazz guitar
Junior Daugherty - Western songs and fiddle classics
Dave Davies - singing, swing music
Peter Davis - clarinet, sax, piano, guitar
Peter Ecklund - swing band, improv. trumpet
Dave Giegerich - lap and table steel guitar, dobro
Matt Glaser - swing fiddle, eclectic musicology
John Krumm - fiddle, mandolin, guitar
Billy Lang - percussion
Vinnie Martucci - piano
James Mason - swing fiddle, Stephane & Django class
Molly Mason - swing guitar, swing harmony singing
Laurel Massé - vocal workshops, swing harmony singing
Colin McCaffrey - bass and guitar
Tom Mitchell - swing guitar, Stephane & Django class
Barry Mitterhoff - mandolin and mando band
Matt Munisteri - multi-idiomatic guitar
Jay Peterson - Swing guitar basics, Western Swing history
George Reed - drums
Jay Ungar - fiddle, mandolin
Andrew VanNorstrand - ukulele and more

Call 845-246-2121 or email us for more info.

Last modified: May 27, 2009

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