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 Live Music: Peter Davis and Lindy Hop Heaven On Friday and Sunday nights we will dance to the music of Lindy Hop Heaven, lead by multi-talented Peter Davis (reeds, piano, banjo, guitar and vocals). The rhythm section rides on the mix of Harry Aceto's heartbeat bass with Tom Mitchell's guitar chords, accented by the classic swinging of George Reed on drums (George actually danced at the birthplace of the Lindy Hop, the original Savoy Ballroom in Harlem). Dave Davies will join us again on guitar, vocals and trombone and the incomparable solos and rhythmic riffs of cornetist Peter Ecklund round out the sound. In addition to playing for evening dances they will provide live music for some of our classes and for our final all-camp musicality class. At the forefront of the Northeast swing dance revival music scene, Peter and the band regularly play for dances in Northampton MA, Rochester, Ithaca, Albany, and Poughkeepsie, for festivals like Falcon Ridge, the Dance Flurry and Winterhawk, and at "swing camps" like Ashokan Swing Week, Beantown, the SF/Oakland Swing Dance Festival and Swing Out Northwest.
Cangelosi Cards We're excited to welcome back the Cangelosi Cards, an eight piece group from New York, who will keep us dancing at our Thursday and Saturday late night dances. The Cards are an exceptionally rhythmic and melodic group, and their repertoire spans the roots of jazz, swing and blues. Led by Jake Sanders on guitar, the Cards feature Tamar Korn on vocals and will again be joined by special guest Gordon Webster on piano. The Gordon Webster Quintet On Wednesday night, our opening dance will feature The Gordon Webster Quintet, with Miss Briana Thomas on vocals. They will also play for our Friday late night dance. Gordon is one of the hottest young jazz pianists around, and has become a favorite with swing dancers across the country. He and Briana rocked the house at SONH last year on opening night, and we are delighted to welcome The Gordon Webster Quintet back for two nights this summer!  Campfire and Sing-Along Bring your voices, guitars and other acoustic instruments and enjoy singing outside around a blazing campfire. Cabaret On Saturday night we'll have our Cabaret, where all campers and staff are invited to perform. Singing, dancing (anything but Lindy Hop!), instrumental numbers and short skits are welcome. It's always a fun a night! DJ Dancing: DJ Jesse Miner is our Head DJ, and will coordinate a staff including Rayned Wiles, Bill Borgida, Tomo Tanaka, Manu Smith and some great guest DJ's. Our dances on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday nights will feature our DJ staff. After Hours Dancing: Each night after the regular dancing we will serve a delicious snack (How do you spell SMORES?) followed by the option of more dancing until the wee hours. < back to top |
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