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Prices and Registration Private
lessons: Remember, if it is worth doing, it is worth doing right. Fees: E-mail steveconrad@cox.net to set up group lessons, private lessons, or for more information. About the instructors: |
AZ Lindy Hop Society Dances: TUESDAYS:
National and International Events: July 3 - August 7
August 27-29
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Steve Conrad started swing dancing in 1995 and had his first
lindy hop lesson with Frankie Manning in 1996 at Swing Camp Catalina. He was hooked and
soon became a founder of the AZ Lindy Hop Society that same year. He has been
teaching/performing Lindy hop and East Coast Swing for over 14 years. He
has taught on six Lindy Cruises, at the Desert Dance camp in Las Vegas and Laughlin, Carnage
Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, at Lindy Groove in Pasadena, and throughout
Europe. He worked with the Mercury hip hop squad, the Phoenix Suns
dancers, and the Arizona Sidewinders, teaching or performing at half
time. He also performed with the Judds for the Millennium New
Years Eve reunion and taught Ashley Judd aerials. Steve has also taught
more than 20,000 people how to swing dance through
workshops, school districts, classes at Borders Books, and over 14 years
of lindy hop classes in Arizona. He founded the Phoenix Lindy
Exchange in 2001 and he was also the
promoter/DJ/instructor for the Bash on Ash for 5 years. Currently Steve is teaching dance in schools and is working with a non-profit organization to help bring social dance into the school system of Arizona. As Producer: In the past 13 years Steve has produced over 150 concerts including Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, The Jive Aces with Keely Smith and Toni Prima, Sam Butera, Royal Crown Revue, the Count Basie Tribute at the Biltmore Resort, Indigo Swing, The Juke Joint All-Stars, Margo Reed, Barbara Morrison, Johnny Boyd, Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums, Lavay Smith and her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, and more. For 12 years he has presented the "Arizona Swing Jam" with Frankie Manning, until Frankie's passing in 2009. On the Radio: Steve has been an on-air jazz host on KJZZ 91.5 FM (NPR and Jazz) for over 7 years where he and Blaise Lantana created and hosted "In the Groove", a two hour program dedicated to great swing music. As DJ: Steve has DJ'd all over the world including six Lindy Cruises; Lindy Groove in Pasadena; Swing 46 in New York; Apollo Jazz Cafe in Montpellier, France; The Hep Cat Club in Dublin, Ireland; Lindy and Party Weekend in Phoenix, the Phoenix Lindy Exchange; Lindy on the Rocks in Denver, CO; Minneapolis, MN; Herrang Dance Camp in Sweden; and much more. He has his own DJ business and loves to travel and share music. Outside of dance: |
Becky Lee Walters: Becky Lee has been
dancing Lindy hop for 14 years and is a patient and incredible
teacher. Her dancing has brought her around the world, teaching in
Las Vegas, Bern, Switzerland, Vienna, Austia, and the prestigious
Herrang Dance Camp in Sweden. She teaches Lindy Hop and blues where she
emphasizes technique, connection and pushing students to the next level
with their dancing. Becky is also an accomplished musician and plays
around the world with her one-woman band "Becky Lee and Drunkfoot".
Becky is extemely talented and will help follows understand the dance
and enjoy it on a new level.
Heather Hill: Heather has been
dancing swing for over 11 years and has taught many classes in Lindy
Hop, East Coast Swing and Balboa in both Indiana and Arizona.
She is a great dancer and an articulate teacher with a lot of finesse.
Follows like Heather because she always has something to offer in terms
of style and following. And if you have danced with her, you've already
had a little slice of heaven. |
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Lindy
Sunday School - Six Week Course
