2024 Swingtacular Staff
*2025 Staff TBA*

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Workshop Instructors

Austin Kois & Estelle Bonnaire
​Ben McHenry & Cameo McHenry
Ben Morris & Victoria Henk
Conor McClure & Lisa Picard
​Demetre Souliotes & Mia Primavera
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
Emily Huang
Kara Saunders
Larisa Tingle
Malia Jameson
Phoenix Grey
Robert Royston
Samantha Buckwalter
Tara Trafzer

Competition Judging Staff

Courtney Adair (Head Judge)
Kelly Casanova (Assistant Head Judge)
​Andy Bouman (Raw Scoring Assistant)
​John Kirkconnell (Raw Scoring Assistant)
​Bella Viramontes
Dani Canziani
Hannah Guttman
Kyle FitzGerald 
Lara Deni
​Melodie Paletta
​Mia Pastor
Michelle Kinkaid
Rachel Shook
​Rosemary Whitson
Sharon Her
Stephen White
Thomas Carter
Tony Schubert
Tze Yi
With more TBA...
*Most of our Instructional Staff will be judging as well*

Solo Track Instructors

Mindful Movement
Courtney Adair
Ballet
Chantelle Pianetta
​​Jazz
Tara Trafzer
​​Hip Hop
Victoria Henk

DJs

Forrest Hanson (Head DJ)
Aidan Keith-Hynes
​Anya Crane
​Helen Tocco
​Kathleen Sun
Koichi Tsunoda
​Kristen Ott
Ray Byun
​Ruben Sison
Taylor Banfield​
​With more TBA...

Live Musicians

Noah Guthrie
The Meredith McHenry Band
Michael Scott, Michael Booker, Miles Lathan, Phil Didlake, Hunter Van Dam, & Meredith McHenry (Duh)

<DANCEGEEK> Team

​Event Directors: Ben & Cameo McHenry

Event Administration: Jen Ferreira
​Competition Floor Coordinator: Lindsey Casillas
Work Exchange & Ballroom Coordinator: Melissa Etcheverry
BAMEO Support: Elizabeth & James Wyke
Social Media Support: Demetre Souliotes
Westie Welcome Program: Riley Crozier & Kay Newhouse

​Audio Production Support: Christopher Dumond
A/V Production: Live Entertainment (Tom Perlinger)
Registration: SwingDancer.org (Paul Stoddard)
Scorekeeper: Alex Brand
Videography: Jerome Subey
Videography/Social Media Support: Harold Baker