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Allyson's love of blue music led her to DJing dances and parties at Northwestern University, while living in Chicago (back in the day). But after many years away from it, where her eclectic music sets were primarily played during the 10 years of group retreats she's been running through her business, The Total Human, it was when she discovered The Fusion Exchange that inspired her to jump back into the DJing world. Her sets can now be heard at different blues dance venues and private parties around the Los Angeles area. When not sitting in the dark playing music for people, or running retreats, Allyson designs her one-of-a-kind jewelry line called Spiritual Bling®, has created coloring books for grown-up women called "The Color Of Joy" and "Dancing With Life"; and before that, spent many years as an actress/dancer on stage and in television, including 7 years as Connor on "As The World Turns". | ||
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Barry says he entered the blues world through a back door. After suffering injuries including a torn ACL & ruptured achilles tendon which forced him to stop playing volleyball 4-5 times a week, he pursued ballroom, salsa, west coast swing and argentine tango - but oddly enough, not much swing and no lindyhop. As such, he's not quite sure exactly what led to his discovering blues dancing, but he's glad that he did! His musical background (performance, conducting & arranging) drew him into DJ-ing trying to tailor the perfect set that reflects a diversity of tempos, voicings & instrumentation while staying faithful to the blues genre and keeping people dancing on the floor. | ||
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| 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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| Emily stumbled across swing dancing on a random March night of 2008 and decided immediately that partner dancing was not for her. After making her decision, she was invited to a blues event the next evening, and she, quite hesitantly, agreed to attend. Before the end of the night, with a parched throat and tired thighs, she knew she was hooked forever to the world of blues. Over the next several months, Emily fell head over heels in love with blues dancing, traveled back and forth from San Diego to Los Angeles to visit her favorite venues a few times a month, and could often be found with her friends dancing in parking lots until staying awake was no longer an option. Adding to her hunger for dance, she entered into the world of being a DJ "officially" in 2009 and fully knows that without blues dance and blues music, her nights would be lifeless and her days would be incomplete. | ||
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| Erin grew up in a small town in Missouri and made her way to CA in 2002. Through the constant persistance from a close friend to go out more, she was introduced to swing dancing at LindyGroove in 2004 and immediately became extremely addicted. She has since attended lindy exchanges in San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver, and New York. But you will usually find her in the blues room. Her first experiences as a DJ were through random house parties which lead to her official debut at DSB. She has a passion for great music, great friends & great dancing!
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| 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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| Jamie Leake began DJing in college at the University of North Texas, where he DJed with the Social Dance Liberation Front. He has a deep and abiding love for eclectic blues dance sets. He shakes his fists with glee when he finds a track he's never heard anyone play. His favorite color is blue and he hopes one day someone will give him a clear, concise definition of irony. Jamie shaves his head every other day with a Mach 3.
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| Kristin started DJing lindy in Portland in 2001. While she always played some blues during her lindy sets she didn't start DJing blues events until 2005. She got hooked and has since DJed blues sets in Seattle, Portland and LA.
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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 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. Whitton teaches a weekly blues class with Tim on Monday Nights. Look for Blues Kitchen on Facebook! | _______________________________________________________________ -BACK TO TOP- |
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If you are interested in DJing, we ask that you create a CD with these things in mind: 1.) All songs must be Blues (songs you would find in the blues section at a music store.) Then, label the CD with: 1.) Your name Please drop off all submissions at the front desk of the dance. If we like the CD you will have the opportunity to DJ a short set, after which you will be critiqued. Depending on the results, you might get a longer set at a later date or asked to create another CD for review. |
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