Atascadero, CA

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Date:	Wednesday September12 &19, Wednesday October 3 & 10
Time:	Lesson from 6-7, with open practice from 7-8
Location:	O’Malley’s Carriage House, 6650 Portola Road, Atascadero Ca.
Cost:	Five dollar donation per participant. High School students are encouraged to participate free of charge with a valid high school identification card.
Instructors:	Instructors will be local dancers EJ and Tracy Rossi. Tracy grew up in Atascadero and danced with Pat Jackson’s All American’s Competitive Dance team until she graduated from Atascadero High School in 1995. EJ, originally from Fresno, and Tracy met while dancing at “The Graduate” in San Luis Obispo in 1996. In 1998 they won a Swing Dance Contest in Fresno and used the winning trip to go on their honeymoon. The Rossi’s owned and operated “Dance Center of Atascadero” from 2002-2006. There they taught couples social dance. They have also taught at other community events. EJ is currently the Assistant Principal of Curriculum at Atascadero High School and Tracy is staying home to raise their two young children. EJ and Tracy promise this will be a class for true beginners and want everyone to enjoy the evenings.
Contact:	Peggy & Tom O’Malley for more information. (805) 234-1254 peggyomalley@charter.net

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Children’s After School Swing Dance Club

Instructor: Nancy Seiler

Nancy Seiler is a Central Coast resident who recently retired from teaching over 20 years, most of that time in Atascadero. She has also taken up Swing Dancing as a hobby and dances regularly in San Luis and Santa Barbara. She has also attended several camps including Herrang Dance Camp in Sweden to learn more about the history and performance of different dances. She studied classical ballet and danced folk dancing for 10 years in Switzerland. For six years Nancy volunteered to teach dance to the Rockin' Roadrunner Dance Club at Santa Rosa Academic Academy in Atascadero. This club performed Interpretive, Western, Latin, Swing and other ballroom dances for their talent show and for the Children's Competition during Swing in the Colony 2006. She has now generously offered to donate her time to spend teaching interested students of Atascadero Elementary Schools how to swing dance in order to also participate in the event this year.

Swing Dance Club

Contest preparation classes for 4th to 6th graders will be held once a week starting the week of September 10, and ending the week of October 15th. Location of classes to be determined.

Schools that Have Signed Up Include:

1. Santa Rosa
2. Santa Margarita
3. San Benito
4. San Gabriel
5. Monterey Road
6. Atascadero Fine Arts Academy - Taught by Yvonne High

Please contact Nancy Seiler if you know of children interested in participating in the program. mypoppyskids@aol.com

Swing in the Colony Children’s Contest

Contest Entries:

Contest entries must be received no later than October 1, 2007

Contest Rules:

1. Adviser/Teacher must turn group entry in on time, having each student entering the contest sign a release to participate.
2. Music selection must be no longer than 2 – 2.5 minutes.
3. Participants must all wear shoes, with non-marking soles on the dance floor.

Contest Awards:

Swingin’ and Dreamin’ Award – presented to a group for displaying showmanship, and giving an outstanding overall performance.

• 2006 - Boogie Bumpers, Atascadero Fine Arts Academy

Colony Award – presented to a group for a creative historical representation of swing dancing.

• 2006 - Daddy-O’s, Atascadero Fine Arts Academy

Spirit of Swing Award – presented to a group for their crowd appeal and enthusiasm displayed during the swing dance.

• 2006 - Rockin’ Road Runners – Santa Rosa Academic Academy

Contest: Saturday October 21, 12:00 in the Sunken Gardens, Free to Public

The HEP Project Presentation

Presentation: Santa Rosa School Friday October 19, Closed to Public

Presentation Funded by a Grant awarded by C.A.P.S.


Committee in Support of Atascadero Public Schools www.supportatascaderoschools.org

Presented by: Joel and Alison Plys

Joel and Alison Plys will offer an energetic, multi-media performance sharing the historical, cultural, & physical importance of DANCE focusing on the Swing Era (1920s-1950s). This assembly offers an appreciation of African American influences in music and American history, while preserving the art of Swing Dancing (America’s true folk dance). The interactive nature of the program fosters kinesthetic awareness and exposes students to jazz music and dance. The entire audience is involved throughout the presentation with physical movement and engaging video clips.