Awards

·        National Champion  - 2007 America’s Amature Novice Championship Events – Non Pro - Jack and Jill

·         National Champion  - 2007 America’s Amature Novice Championship Events – Non Pro – Strictly Swing – w/ Oscar Hampton

·         1st place -  America’s Classic Championships – Pro-am w/ Austin Murrey – West Coast-
January 2006

·         1st place  -   Southwest Regionals of Swing  -  Intermediate Jack and Jill - West Coast -
May 2007

·         1st place  -   Grand Prix of Swing  -  Pro–Am w/ Austin Murrey - West Coast -
July 2007

·         1st place  -   Grand Prix of Swing  -  Int Strictly Swing w/ Oscar Hampton - West Coast -
July 2007

·         1st place  -   Meet Me in St. Louis  -  Pro–Am w/ Austin Murrey - West Coast -
September 2007

·         1st place  -   OK/KS StateSwing Championships  -  Pro–Am w/ Austin Murrey - West Coast
November 2007

·         1st place  -   OK/KS StateSwing Championships  - Int/ Adv Jack and Jill- West Coast
November 2007

·         1st place -  Spotlight Dance Challenge - Int. Pro-am w/Austin Murrey - West Coast – December 2007

·         1st place -  America’s Classic Championships – Pro-am w/ Austin Murrey – West Coast-
January 2007

·         2nd place  -  American Lindy Hop Championships  -  Pro-am w/ Peter Strom - Lindy Hop October 2003

·         2nd place  - Dallas D.A.N.C.E. - Nov. J&J - 2nd of 120 competitors - West Coast -
Sept 2003

·         2nd place - National Jitterbug Championships – Pro-Am w/ Doug Silton – Lindy Hop & West Coast Swing – August 2005

·         2nd place - National Jitterbug Championships – Amateur J&J – 2nd of 80 competitors – Lindy Hop- August 2006

·         2nd place - American Lindy Hop Championships – Pro-Am w/ Doug Silton – Lindy Hop & West Coast Swing – October 2006

·         2nd place - OK / KS State Championships – Jack n Jill - West Coast –
November 2006

·         2nd place  -   Meet Me in St. Louis  - Int. Strictly Swing w/ Oscar Hampton - West Coast -
September 2007

·         2nd place  -   OK/KS State Swing Championships  -  Int / Adv Strictly w/ Will Carlton - West Coast -November 2007

·         3rd place  - A.L.H.C. American Showcase Regional - w/ Nathan Bugh - Lindy Hop -
March 2004

·         3rd place   -    A.L.H.C. American Showcase Regional – w/ Brad Gruber - Lindy Hop -
March 2005

·         3rd place -  Dallas D.A.N.C.E – Intermediate Jack and Jill – West Coast-
September 2007

·         3rd place -  Tulsa Spring Swing – Advanced Strictly Swing w/ Will Carlton – West Coast-
May 2008

Teaching Experience

Lessons, etc

·         Independently and with instruction group “The Swing Cats”

·         Private and Group Lessons, Weekly, Workshop and Bi-monthly lessons

·         Classes as large as 200

·         Students as young as eight

·         University of Central Oklahoma Swing Dance Club lessons – 1999 - Current

·         Judy Rogers Performing Arts Studio 2000-2001

·         2000 Girl Scout annual Father/Daughter dance

·         Multiple Catholic Church youth group events

·         UCO Greek Week party w/ Martini Kings

·         Oklahoma Christian Academy theatre class

·         Cimarron Middle School (Edmond, OK) Cotillion classes (2000 - 2005)

·         Shangri-La Country Club’s Membership Drive; opening night dinner

·         Sequoyah Middle School (Edmond, OK) Cotillion Classes (2000 – 2001 & 2004 -2005)

·         Lee’s Summit Community Christian School’s 1st Homecoming Dance w/ Drew Fansler September 25 & 26, 2003 (Instruction, DJ, Performer)

·         Judge, East Coast and Lindy Hop competitions, Wichita, KS, 2003

·         Weekly Lindy Hop, Balboa, and Carolina Shag lessons at Oklahoma City Swing Club

·         Weekly West Coast Swing, Variations and Styling, Oklahoma City Swing Club

Workshops

·         Multi-level, Lindy Hop, Shag, Balboa, ShimSham workshop with Nathan Bugh
Wichita, KS– August 2002

·         Multi-level, Lindy Hop, Shag, Balboa, ShimSham workshop with Nathan Bugh
Wichita, KS– December 2002

·         Multi-level, Lindy Hop, Shag, Balboa, ShimSham workshop with Nathan Bugh
Wichita, KS– September 2003

·         Multi-level (Beginning and Intermediate) Blues and Lindy Hop workshop with Eli Pritykin
Tulsa, OK—July 2003

·         Multi-level Balboa, Charleston and Lindy Hop workshop with Peter Loggins
Ft. Worth, TX—June 18, 2004

·         Multi-level Lindy Hop, Balboa and Aerials workshop with Nick Williams
Wichita, KS—June 25, 2004

·         Beginning/Intermediate Blues workshop with Chris Gehant at the University of Tulsa—Tulsa, OK - December 2001

·         “Lindy Construction” with Swing Cats. Balboa basics, Shag Basics, Intermediate Lindy
Tulsa, OK - September 2001

·         Italian themed workshop. Beginning and Intermediate Lindy Hop with Variations; Intermediate Lindy Hop Routine. Lindy Rueda (similar to Salsa Rueda)
Tulsa, OK - December 2001

·         Multi-level Charleston Variations, Balboa Concepts w/ Jeremy Emack and Nathan Bugh.
Tulsa, OK - April 2002

·         Dips, Tricks, Styling and Slides– Workshop series at The Oklahoma City Swing Club
Oklahoma City, OK - April 2004

·         Multi-level Lindy Hop workshop with Brad Gruber at University of Central Oklahoma -
Edmond, OK – April 2006

·         Tulsa Fall Fling – West Coast patterns and variations with Austin Murrey -
Tulsa, OK –  October 2007

·         Ok / Ks State Swing Championships – West Coast patterns and variations with Austin Murrey –
 Tulsa, OK – November 2007

·         Spotlight Dance Challenge – West Coast patterns and variations with Austin Murrey -
Milwaukee, WI –  December 2007

·        Swing Springfield Swing dance club – West Coast patterns and variations with Austin Murrey – Springfield, MO–
February, 2008

·         Swing Springfield Swing dance club – West Coast patterns and variations with Austin Murrey – Springfield, MO–
June, 2008

Performance Credits

·         United way benefit, Nov 1999

·         Greek Week at UCO with Martini Kings 2000

·         Our Diamond Miss Pageant 2000

·         Oklahoma Christian Academy Theater Department, 2001

·         Bethany Chamber of Commerce WW2 Benefit Auction 2001

·         Audition w/ Mickey Sherman at OK Arts Council for Grant (Accepted 2001)

·         Mickey Sherman’s Jump-N-Jive T.V. Dance Party (TV Pilot, 1999 -  2000)

·         Wichita Swing Dance Society weekly dance

·         “Just Wanna Dance” Show at UCO, September 2001, with performance team, also solo (dancer and choreographer)

·         Tulsa Philharmonic Music on the Rocks Jump Jive and Swing with Michael Andrew, Featured, Listed performer, with “Swing Cats”, November 2001

·         Tulsa’s Arts Festival “Mayfest” with Performance Team. May, 2002 (dancer and choreographer)

·         Judy Rogers Performing Arts Studio Recitals, 2001, 2002

·         Danced in Las Vegas at Jazz and Blues Festival w/ Ken Levine of Stan Marx and his Sin City Suits and the Jump Jive and Wailers

·         Hanger Dance, Tulsa, OK April 2002

·         Oklahoma under the Stars and Stripes, A night of Oklahoma legends, October 18, 2002

·         Message in Movement, Dance Celebration Concert, May 2003

·         The World in Flames—WWII .  Exhibit from National Archives. November 2003

·         Hanger Dance, Tulsa, OK Nov 2003

·         Mayfest, Main Saturday Attraction; 1 hr long performance w/ dance team, May 2003 (Main choreographer, group and solo dancer)

·         Shangri-La Country Club’s membership drive opening night dinner. 1 hr long show. (dancer and main choreographer)

·         Edmond Children’s community celebration October 2003

·         OKC Swing Dance Club’s Spring Showcase, Spring 2004

·         Veterans’ Day Exhibition, Edmond library, November 11, 2004

·         OKC Swing Dance Club, Lindy Hop / Balboa Demonstration, August 2005

·         Lindy Hop / Balboa / Vernacular Jazz Demonstration, August 2005

·         Rhumba / Balboa / Lindy Hop Demonstration, September 2005

·         Veterans’ Day Exhibition, Edmond library, November 11, 2005

·         “OKC Stars at Play” June 2006

Education and Training

Private Instruction From:

Sylvia Sykes, Paul Overton, Peter Strom, Lindy Greer, Julee Mertz,  Marcus Koch and Barbl Kauffer, Rob and Diane Van Harren, Peter Loggins, Michael Norris, Mario Robau, Steve and Michaela Giles, Skye Humphries, Bill Borgida, Nick Williams,  Tina Morales, Terry Roseborough, Doug Silton, Jenn Salvadori and Justin Zillman.

Intensive Group/Workshop Lessons With:

Dawn Hampton, Frankie Manning, Rob and Diane VanHarren, Multiple Members of The Rhythm Hot Shots, Erick Robison and Sylvia Skylar, Julee Mertz, Jonathan Bixby, Nina Gilkenson, Bill Borgida, Nick Williams, Kwikstep and Rockafella, Robin and Jene` Walker, Jason Christodoulou,  Sing Lim, Steven Mitchell and Virginie Jensen, Skye Humphries, Frida Segerdahl, and many more.

International Instruction:

Instructors from: Los Angeles, CA; Colorado; New York, NY;  Seattle, WA; 

Houston, TX;  Austin, TX; Singapore; Sweden; Germany.

·         LINDY HOP (All Styles, Smooth, Fast)                           

·         BALBOA / BAL-SWING

·         EAST COAST SWING

·         WEST COAST SWING

·         CAROLINA SHAG

·         COLLEGIATE SHAG

·         IMPERIAL SHAG (St. Louis Shag)

·         20’s CHARLESTON (Partnered and Solo)

·         SWING RUEDA

·         SHIM SHAM (Original and Dean Collins)

·         LINE DANCES

·         BLUES

·         HIP HOP

·         WALTZ

·         FOXTROT

·         TANGO

·         RHUMBA

·         MERENGUE

·         CHA CHA

·         BODY MOVEMENT AND ISOLATION

·         STYLING FOR MEN AND WOMEN

·         TECHNIQUE IN ALL DANCES