SWOUZY BLUES 

The Day before Memorial Day

We're Bringing SwouZy Back!

Sunday, May 25, 2025
@ Hoffner Lodge
4120 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45223

BYO Food & Drink; Hoffner Pub will be open downstairs

Featuring

Live Music with The Sonny Hill Trio!

Instructor Jay Sheaffer (Chicago/San Francisco)

Instructor Aaron Mabson (Lexington)

Instructors Clay Marshall & Cherie Lanier (Louisville)

Instructor Claire Danna (Cincinnati)

Instructors Bryan Sykes & Beth Brown (Cincinnati/Dayton)

Instructor Jesse Fatheree (Cincinnati)

Instructor Shannon Varner  (Columbus)

Instructor Sam Uebel (Cincinnati)
DJ Daniel Verdon (Cincinnati)

Joel Domoe & Delaan Sumler (SupermurgaNati!)

Click Here for Intructor, Band, & DJ Bios

Advanced Pricing (until May 24)
Per Class: $10

Dance Only: $10

Whole Event: $40

Day of Pricing (May 25)
Per Class: $15

Dance Only: $15

Whole Event: $60

Buy Tickets Online at: https://5619ee-3.myshopify.com/ or pay at the door!

Schedule
1-5:45pm Dance Workshops

5:45-7:15 Dinner Break

7:15-8pm Swouz It! Icebreaker/Lesson (All Levels)

8-10pm Live Music with The Sonny Hill Trio

10pm-midnight DJs Daniel Verdon & Joel Domoe

Dance Workshops

1-2pm

Jukin' (Juke Joint Blues) | Aaron Mabson | 2nd Floor Hoffner Stage

Ballet-Blues Fusion (All Levels) | Bryan Sykes & Beth Brown | 3rd Floor Tango Palace

2:15-3:15pm

Tango-Swing Fusion (Int/Adv) | Cherie Lanier & Clay Marshall | 2nd Floor Hoffner Stage

Solo Blues (All Levels) | Jay Sheaffer | 3rd Floor Tango Palace

3:30-4:30pm

Partner Charleston (Int/Adv) | Jay Sheaffer & Claire Danna | 2nd Floor Hoffner Stage

Groove Lindy (Beg/Int) | Shannon Varner | 3rd Floor Tango Palace

4:45-5:45pm

Balboa (Int/Adv) | Jesse Fatheree & Shannon Varner | 2nd Floor Hoffner Stage

Tango-Swing Fusion (Beg/Int) | Clay Marshall & Cherie Lanier | 3rd Floor Tango Palace

7:15-8pm

Swouz It! Icebreaker/Lesson | All Levels | Joel Domoe | 2nd Floor Hoffner Stage

SwouZy Blues is a Swing Dance Fusion Social Event intended to diversify and expand the music to which we dance and the dancing styles of the TriState (Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky) Regional Swing Dance Community. The event features instructional classes, social dancing and general camaraderie. The name comes from the the four foundational music genres for the event: Swing (Sw), Soul (ou), Zydeco (Zy), and, of course, Blues!

WHAT is Zydeco? You ask.

Here is a playlist (17 videos - all but 1 less than 10 minutes) I gathered on YouTube to help answer that question. The first video is the most informative. I highly recommend.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx81R62O2Xvjm01QswvVBNnX8GvsYhzK5