The Texas Swing Riot begins on Friday evening February 23, 2001

Friday night registration for all workshop participants begins at 6:00 pm at the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs.

General Admission Ticket Sales for Friday and Saturday night:
Friday night - $15 per person
Saturday night - $18 per person
Cash only - no checks or credit cards
No advance ticket sales
Please note - there will be a limited number of general admission tickets sold each night. First priority will be given to the participants in the workshops.

FRIDAY NIGHT DANCE - at the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs:
The doors open for the Friday night dance at 8:30 pm
There will be a FREE beginning swing lesson at 8:30 pm.
The Friday night dance begins at 9 pm, with the following schedule:
9:00 pm - DeeJayed set
9:15 pm - The Band's first set
10:00 pm - Instructor's Dance Demonstrations
10:30 pm - The Band's second set
11:15 pm - Jack and Jill prelim round
11:45 pm - The Band's third set
12:30 am - DeeJayed set
1:00 am - Dance ends.

SATURDAY WORKSHOPS - at the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs
Late Registration for the Workshop begins at 9:30 am
Saturday classes begin at 10:30 am and run until 5:30 pm.

SATURDAY NIGHT DANCE - at the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs:
The doors open for the Friday night dance at 8:30 pm
There will be a FREE beginning swing lesson at 8:30 pm.
The Saturday night dance begins at 9 pm, with the following schedule:
9:00 pm - DeeJayed set
9:15 pm - The Band's first set
10:00 pm - Performances
10:30 pm - The Band's second set
11:15 pm - Jack and Jill Finals
11:45 pm - The Band's third set
12:30 am - DeeJayed set
1:00 am - Dance ends.

SUNDAY WORKSHOPS - at Murchison Middle School
Sunday classes begin at 11:00 am and run until 5:30 pm.

THE SCHEDULE OF THE CLASSES

SATURDAY WORKSHOP - at the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs

first class 10:30 - 11:40 am
Paul and Sharon: Lead/Follow 1 (BI-I)
Eddie and Eva: Jazz (all level)
Damon and Ravitte: Advanced Routine - New School Lindy Hop (A)
Acia Gray: Beginning Tap

second class 11:50 - 12:50 pm
Paul and Sharon: Swingout/Better Basics 1 (BI)
Damon and Ravitte: Connection, Communication, Improvisation (I)
Acia Gray: Beginning Tap
Cara Bowen: bellydance

lunch break 12:50 pm - 2:10 pm

third class 2:10 - 3:20
Paul and Sharon: Slow Lindy (I)
Eddie and Eva: Syncopated Steps (IA)
Damon and Ravitte: New School Lindy (BI)
Daniel And Susanna: Argentine Tango

fourth class 3:30 - 4:30
David and Gino: Hip Hop (all level)
Eddie and Eva: Fast Lindy (IA & A)
Damon and Ravitte: Vintage Blues 1 (all level)
Paul and Sharon: Musicality (all level-discussion and examples)

fifth class 4:40 - 5:40
David and Geno: Hip Hop (all level)
Paul and Sharon: Lead/Follow 2 (all level)
Eddie and Eva: Advanced lindy, "old school" (IA-A)
Damon and Ravitte: New School Lindy (I)

SUNDAY WORKSHOP - at Murchison Middle School

first class 11:00 - 12:10 pm
Paul and Sharon: Advanced Concepts for Social Dancing (IA-A)
Eddie & Eva: Lindy Hop "old school" (BI-I)
Damon & Ravitte: Hip Hop Lindy (I-IA)

second class 12:25 - 1:35
Paul and Sharon: Intermediate Lindy Hop Patterns(BI-I)
Damon and Ravitte: Personal Style Workshop (IA)
Monica and Glenn: Argentine Tango (all level)

break for lunch 1:35 - 3:00

third class 3:00 - 4:10
Paul and Sharon: Partnered Imrovisation (A)
Damon and Ravitte: Vintage Blues 2 (all level)
Eddie and Eva: Musicality (all level)

fourth class 4:25 - 5:30
Paul and Sharon: Lindy Styling for the Basics (all levels)
Eddie and Eva: Aerials (see rules)
Damon and Ravitte: Advanced Personal Style Workshop (A)

CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

JAZZ (Eddie and Eva) unpartnered vintage jazz steps and movement - great way to start the first day! open to all levels.

ADVANCED ROUTINE - NEW SCHOOL LINDY HOP (Damon and Ravitte) incorporates movement from various lindy styles, jazz dance, hiphop, west coast swing while maintaining authentic lindy framework.

LEAD/FOLLOW 1 and 2 (Paul and Sharon) The difference between an average social dance and a life altering experience is often in the way that you connect with your partner. exercises to show you how to connect more, and better.
L/F 1 is recommended for BI and I levels, but is open to all levels.
L/F 2 is open to all levels

CONNECTION, COMMUNICATION and IMPROVISATION (Damon & Ravitte)
How to make your dance breath, creating spontaneously without losing that important connection with your partner or with the music. Incorporates elements of technique, drama and styling.

VINTAGE BLUES 1 & 2 (Damon & Ravitte)
How to get your "groove on" to blues music. 1- includes individual body movement and lead/follow technique needed to dance to slow blues music; emphasizes connection and style. 2- expands on the concepts and techniques taught in 1 and includes a routine to help feel the flow.

OLD SCHOOL LINDY ROUTINE (Eddie & Eva) Classic, 30's/40's lindy hop moves and style for social dancing, as perfected by Eddie and Eva.

HIP HOP LINDY (Damon & Ravitte) Basic styling and musicality which incorporates both hiphop movement and music (familiarity with lindy basics required).

PERSONAL STYLE WORKSHOP (Damon & Ravitte) Includes exercises to help participants find their strengths and their patterns of movement and attitude; students will learn to both capitalize on their strengths and break out of their patterns when they choose.
IA Workshop is designed for only intermediate/advanced students
A Workshop is designed for only advanced students

AERIALS (Eddie & Eva) You must have a partner to take this class - there will be no rotations of partners. And you need to be physically fit.

THE BAND
We have a special event planned for the music at the Friday and Saturday Night Dances at this year's Riot. It was an idea that I have been kicking around for months with Marc Devine, of Austin's Denia and the Devine Company. We wanted to give the guests at the Riot 2001 the best of modern swing music. We decided to put together a core band of experienced swing musicians who like to play for the dancers. Then, we would bring in a different guest or two each night, and build the sound, song selection and arrangements for that night around the guest star. Marc assembled the core band from the musicians he met during his years in the Clark Terry Great Plains Jazz School.

Clark Terry is one of contemporary music's great innovators. A trumpeter who is greatly celebrated for his great technical virtuosity and swinging lyricism. He joined Count BAsie in 1948, and moved to Duke Ellington's band in 1951 where he was a featured soloist for 8 years. In recent years, Clark Terry has become recognized as one of jazz's great educators. To further that pursuit he founded his school. Marc Devine studied there for 3 years. The band for the Riot is made up mostly of musicians from that school.

The Core Band
Marc Devine and Denia Ridley - Marc plays keyboards and arranges music, and Denia sings, in Denia and The Devine Company. This Austin Band has been a local favorite on the Austin jazz scene for the last few years. Adam Schroeder on Baritone Sax - Adam joined Denia and the Devine Company when it was formed. He returned to Austin with Marc after they left the Clark Terry School. Adam was awarded DownBeat Magazine's 2000 Collegiate Jazz Soloist of the Year. Steven Fulton on Trumpet - Steven was picked by Clark Terry to be program director of the Terry school. He played with Woody Herman's Band for years. When the Terry School closed, he moved to New York to work with Clark Terry, Al Grey, and Sonny Stitt. Aleksander "Sascha" Lukashin on Drums - Eddie Achmetchine on Tenor and Alto Sax - Sascha and Eddie emigrated from Russia to the United States in the early nineties to study jazz and play. They met Marc, Adam and Steven at the Terry School. They currently live and play in Houston, Texas.

Friday Night's Guest - Martin Banks on Trumpet
Martin Banks is originally from Austin. He moved to Los Angeles in the late'50s where he played with Dinah Washington and Dexter Gordon. He moved from there to New York City where he played for a time with Duke Ellington's Band, the Sun Ra Band, and the Count Basie Band. He moved back to Austin in the early '90s. The Friday night song selection and arrangements will swing with a lot of punch, featuring a few trumpet battles between Martin and Steven.

Saturday Night's Guest - Mike Wheeler on Guitar
Mike has done extensive session work with Joe Williams, Clark Terry and Willie Nelson. He is currently an instructor in Jazz Guitar at the University of Saint Thomas in Houston. The Saturday night song selection and arrangements will have a smoother and bluesier swing in the vein of the Count Basie Band.

We hope you enjoy the live music at Swing Riot 2001.