Swingtacular: The Galactic Open 2024 - Celebrating 10 Years!

Welcome to the official event page for Swingtacular: The Galactic Open 2024... A Dance Geek Productions event... And it will be our 10 year anniversary, so you can expect a little extra Swingtacular epic-ness. Make sure you click "Going" on this page, so you can easily be updated on new information and communicate with fellow Swingtacularites leading up to the event! Here is the website link for more information on all things Swingtacular... http://www.DanceGeekProductions.art The weekend will have the same two main focuses as always: • Leveled, concept based workshops led by some of our favorite instructors in the world. NO PATTERNS ALLOWED (unless utilized to deliver a concept of course). “Give a man a fish, and feed him for a night. Teach a man to fish, and feed him for a lifetime.” The goal of these workshops is to teach you how to fish like crazy. • An incredible social dancing experience. We will have FOUR nights of amazing social dancing with tunes mixed in from some of the best DJs on the WCS circuit and some tremendous live musicians. This is truly going to be the social dance experience of the year... *2024 Staff* Workshop Staff: Austin Kois & Estelle Bonnaire ​Ben McHenry & Cameo McHenry Ben Morris & Victoria Henk Conor McClure & Lisa Picard Deon Harrell & Judith Asem Gary McIntyre & Susan Kirklin Jake Haning & Mackenzie Goodmanson Jesse Lopez & Ariel Peck Joel Torgeson & Chantelle Pianetta John Kirkconnell & Courtney Adair KP Rutland & Bryn Anderson Kyle Redd & Sarah Vann Drake Markus Smith & Tren Veal Sean McKeever & Alyssa Glanville Thibault Ramirez & Nicole Ramirez Za Thomaier & Anna Wallace ​Arjay Centeno Brandi Guild Demetre Souliotes Emily Huang Larisa Tingle Malia Jameson Phoenix Grey Robert Royston Samantha Buckwalter Judging Staff: Courtney Adair (Head Judge) Kelly Casanova (Assistant Head Judge) Andy Bouman (Raw Scoring Assistant) ​John Kirkconnell (Raw Scoring Assistant) Dani Canziani Hannah Guttman Lara Deni ​Mia Pastor Michelle Kinkaid ​Rosemary Whitson Tony Schubert Tze Yi With more TBA... *Most of our Instructional Staff will be judging as well* DJ Staff: Forrest Hanson (Head DJ) Aidan Keith-Hynes ​Helen Tocco ​Kathleen Sun ​Khayree Jones Koichi Tsunoda Taylor Banfield​ ​With more TBA... Live Musicians: Meredith McHenry Noah Guthrie Weekend competitions will include: Jack & Jills (WSDC Registered) -Masters -Novice -Intermediate -Advanced -All Star/Champions Other slightly more unique competitions: (Non-WSDC) Champions "Peer Vote" Invitational Jack & Jill (Show) Open Three-For-All Strictly Swing Invitational Three-For-All Jack & Jill (Show) Rising Star Routine Division Pro/Am Routine Division