Previous instructors and important people
Alan has been dancing since before the GAP commercials. He has been
teaching swing classes since 2000 at Virginia Tech. He has a passion for
teaching people how to enjoy dancing and just have fun. Alan is a doctor of
pharmacy student at the University Of Maryland School Of Pharmacy and is
graduating in May of 2006. He likes movies and climbing on things.
* Alan moved to Nashville in July 2006 to persue his pharmaceutical career at Vanderbilt. We'll miss him!
Andi and Owen met in high school.
They learned to swing dance together and continued dancing together all over the east coast throughout college.
Owen joined and eventually became captain of the West Philly Swingers before they moved to Baltimore.
They are fantastic and avid social dancers in Baltimore and throughout the northeast, and have taught in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia.
In real life, Owen is an IT professional and Andi is an elementary school music teacher.
* Andi and Owen movied to New York in July 2005. They instructed the first breed of Charm City Swing dancers who are now pleasantly addicted to swing.
Bobby and Kate hail from Georgia, where they used to do nothing but rock on the front porch drinking mint juleps and wearing linen suits. They began dancing together in 2004, and since have won many top placements in national and regional comeptitions. They teach Lindy Hop, Balboa, Collegiate Shag, aerials, and classic solo jazz routines like The Big Apple, Dean's Shim Sham, Al & Leon's Shim Sham, and several versions of the Hokey Pokey. Check out www.bobbykate.com for more info.
Cassie was born and raised in the heart of wine country-Sonoma, California, and is currently a student at the Johns Hopkins University. Cassie began dancing in the San Francisco Bay Area and has traveled widely throughout the United States and Europe to study and enjoy the dances she loves. She has taught in the San Francisco Bay Area and presently teaches dance for Johns Hopkins and Baltimore's Charm City Swing. Her style is passionate and playful and as a teacher she emphasizes musicality, partner connection, and the potential for spontaneous creativity which Swing and Blues inspire and embody. Check out jhu.charmcityswing.com for more information on Cassie's classes.
