Swing Into Spring! Music

You've got to have something great to dance to, and we're dedicated to bringing you the best in live music and djs. This year we have an amazing band lined up to play the saturday night dance as well as some killer djs that will be keeping you on the floor well in to the late night, or early morning whichever you prefer.

Michael Gamble is an internationally accomplished dancer, DJ, and organizer, having organized music and/or been head DJ for Lindy Focus (which he also organizes), Beantown Camp, International Lindy Hop Championships, Lonestar Championships, and the European Swing Dance Championships, among many others. He holds a bachelor's degree in Jazz Studies from the University of North Carolina Asheville.

His Rhythm Serenaders are the product of nearly a decade of collecting swing music, transcribing classic swing-era arrangements, and cultivating strong opinions about what elements of swing music most drive dancers. Many of his musicians are veterans of great swing bands such as Solomon Douglas' Swingtet, Russ Wilson's Nouveau-Passe Orchestra, and the Atomic Rhythm All Stars. His song selections span the greatest decades of swing music, featuring compositions of Jelly Roll Morton, Benny Goodman, and Duke Ellington. His arrangements take the riffs and shout choruses of classic big band arrangements and compress them into combo form, for a high-energy, hard-swinging groove that never fails.