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Arthur Folse Somewhere, CA |
Arthur, aka "Austin", was born in New Orleans, La-so you might say that jazz & blues are in his blood.
Arthur was the defacto DJ for Pittsburgh's informal late night dances. He brings New Orleans soul to the blues scene to complement the more traditional artists, and he particularly likes to find and play new blues artists. |
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Charlie Hull
Pasadena |
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Chris Gauntt
Los Angeles |
Christopher "DJ Saebel" Gauntt, has been dancing swing/blues for 10 years, as well as a bit of various styles: tango, waltz, salsa, etc. He got into DJ-ing by accident for a Holloween party about 4 years ago. The response was so overwhelming, he got sucked into the scene. If you have a specific favorite song you'd like him to consider playing at our event, e-mail him the song title/album/artist to chris@cdghome.com, and he'll see what he can do. |
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Gen Herres
Los Angeles |
Bio Coming Soon |
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James Woo
Los Angeles |
A long-time ballroom dancer, James’ love for jazz and blues music goes back to his college days. However, there was little offering for blues dancing until the past few years. His DJ history goes back to “spinning vinyl” during the Disco era, and he is current DJ for the USA Dance-L.A. Chapter ballroom dances. James can be seen at a wide range of dance venues throughout L.A. and Orange counties. |
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Kristin Buxton
Pasadena |
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Mandy Rice
West Hollywood |
Hailing from Michigan, LA's "Momma Blues" has helped to bring blues dancing to Southern California. She is a regular at several dance venues around Los Angeles, and can be seen leading and following a variety of dances on the dance floor. |
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Melissa Cober
Pomona |
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Sara Lerner
Long Beach |
Sara has been dancing, teaching and competing nationally for 10 years, but even before she knew what Lindy Hop was, she loved the Blues. Sara is gonna put her money where her mouth is and spin soul-stirring, booty-shakin blues from the 1920's to the present day. |
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Shaheed Qaasim
Culver City |
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Shawn Coyle
West Hollywood |
Shawn got his start deejaying at the largest, weekly dance in Pittsburgh when the house deejay left town, back in 1999. He soon become a favorite among the locals & spun for other dance events. Upon leaving Pittsburgh, he was a regular at Swing City, the Edgewood Club, Groove Juice, Chicken Swing, EoM (End of Month) Blues, & Late-Nite Blues. Shawn also deejayed for national events hosted in his home town: PittStop Lindy Hop and Pittsburgh Blues n'at Jazz (PBnJ). Most of these, he either ran or was helping organize. Oh yeah, he's the guy that brings LA other blues events from Hep to the Jive such as The Juke & Cruisin' for a Bluesin'. As for Shawn's style, you can expect him to seldom stray from the genre at hand; he plays a wide variety of songs within the style, with an unconventional song or two adding some spice to his set. He is continually pruning and adding new material to his library, challenging himself to keep his sets fresh and exciting from a massive collection! |
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Whitton Frank Hollywood, CA |
Whitton started dancing at the tender age of eight, when she was enrolled in a ballet class. As the years progressed so did her love
of dance. Whitton is
originally from breezy San Francisco, but learned to blues dance at college in Pittsburgh, PA. It has been her goal to bring a little bit
of the "Pittsburgh Dirty Blues" to California. She has DJed various events in Pittsburgh including End of the Month Blues and Saturday
Late Night Blues. She loves both classical and contemprary
blues music and artists and tries to reflect that when she DJs. |
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