It's a 4-hour drive, but this festival is cheap and a lot of fun.
Loads of workshops, competitions, great social dancing...
I'm not organizing a trip - just posting the info.
Have fun,
Mark
--Firecracker Dance Festival
organizer: Dorsey Napier 513-890-7238
location: Dayton Hara Arena Dayton, OH 513-278-4776
dates: Fri-Sun, July 3-5, 1998
FIRECRACKER FESTIVAL - 1998 WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
PRE-EVENT PARTY AT "THE ALLEY" Corner of 725 and Alex Road -=20
CHA CHA Mike Wagner Cuban Motion* Fri 1:00 Silver Arena Cody Melin/Resa H. Int./Adv *Fri 2:00 in Main Ballroom Barry Durand Int/Advanced* Fri 4:00 Main Ballroom Jeff Bartholomew Beginner Sat 9:00 Court One Paul Watson/Debbie Nace Int. Sat 10:00 VIP room Greg Underwood Int. Sat 1:00 Court One Sam/Denise Miller Int/Advanced Sat 5:00 Silver Arena Grant Austin Int. Sun 9:00 VIP room
EAST COAST SWING Bill Robinson Int./Advanced* Fri 12:00 Silver Arena A.T. Kinson Int/Advanced* Fri 4:00 VIP room Greg/Cathy Kenner Intermediate Sat 9:00 Silver Arena Sam/Denise Miller Intermediate Sat 2:00 VIP room Jayson/Deby Booth Beginner Sat 5:00 VIP room Kevin/Talaina Taff Int/Advanced Sun 9:00 Silver Arena
HUSTLE Grant Austin Int/Advanced* Fri 5:00 VIP room Bob Bahrs Spins - Int. Sat 12:00 Court One Barry Durand Beginner Sat 3:00 Conference Center Kevin Johnson Beg/Int Sun 10:00 Silver Arena
SPECIALTY Jeff Bartholomew Lead & Follow* Fri 12:00 (2 hour) VIP room Mike Wagner Spin Technique* Fri 2:00 VIP Jayson/Deby Booth Competition Tips/Tricks* Fri 3:00 VIP Cody Melin/Resa H. Technique Sat 12:00 VIP Scott Blevins Body Motion Sat 6:00 Conference Center
TWO STEP Dave Getty Int./Advanced* Fri 12:00 Main Ballroom Kevin Johnson Int/Advanced* Fri 3:00 Main Ballroom Jayson/Deby Booth Int/Advanced* Fri 5:00 Main Ballroom John/Joan Alvarez Beginner Sat 10:00 Court One Jeff Hill/Jill Barton Intermediate Sat 11:00 Silver Arena Rex Jones Nite Club Sat 1:00 VIP room Cody Melin/Resa H. Int/Advanced Sat 2:00 Conference Cente Bill Robinson Intermediate Sat 3:00 VIP room Mack/Rhonda Johnson Beginner Sat 4:00 Court One Mike Richardson Social - Int. Sun 10:00 Court One Herman Falkenburg Beginner Sun 11:00 Court One Barry Durand Int./Advanced Sun 11:00 Silver Arena
WALTZ Barry Durand Int./Advanced* Fri 1:00 Main Ballroom Dave Getty Int./Advanced* Fri 3:00 Silver Arena Cody Melin/Resa H. Int/Advanced* Fri 5:00 Silver Arena Dan/Leigha Eshner Intermediate Sat 10:00 Silver Arena Mike Wagner Int./Advanced Sat 12:00 Conference Center A. T. Kinson Beg/Int. Sat 2:00 Court One Monte/Shawn Pearce Intermediate Sat 4:00 Conference Center Beth Emerson Intermediate Sun 10:00 VIP room
WEST COAST SWING Kevin Johnson Int/Advanced* Fri 2:00 Silver Arena Rex Jones Int/Advanced* Fri 4:00 Silver Arena Lisa Austin Easy Syncopations Sat 9:00 VIP room Kevin Johnson Beg/Int Sat 1:00 Conference Center Tammy Erickson Int/Advanced Sat 3:00 Court One Brent Holdridge Beg/Int Sat 5:00 Court One Steve/Deb Baxter Beginner Sun 9:00 Court One Ray Faustman Intermediate Sun 11:00 VIP room
*Paid workshops
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FIRECRACKER FESTIVAL - FRIDAY WORKSHOP SCHEDULE Tentative schedule - subject to change
The following classes are $5.00 per person per class except where noted. All classes are Intermediate/Advanced level.
12:00 Two Step Dave Getty 12:00 East Coast Swing Bill Robinson and Linda Hembree 12:00 Lead and Follow (2 hours - $10) Jeff Bartholomew
1:00 Waltz Barry Durand 1:00 Cuban Motion Mike Wagner
2:00 Cha Cha Cody Melin and Resa Henderson 2:00 West Coast Swing Kevin and Vickie Vance Johnson 2:00 Spin Technique Mike Wagner
3:00 Two Step Kevin and Vickie Vance Johnson 3:00 Waltz Dave Getty 3:00 Competition Tips & Tricks Jayson and Deby Booth
4:00 Cha Cha Barry Durand 4:00 West Coast Swing Rex Jones 4:00 East Coast Swing A.T. Kinson
5:00 Two Step Jayson and Deby Booth 5:00 Waltz Cody Melin and Resa Henderson 5:00 Hustle Grant Austin
Sorry, don't have detailed Sat/Sun schedules. See above schedule, by dance.