West Coast meets Salsa Swing 11./12. Sept. 2010
Welcome to SwingOvation 2010.
Swisi goes to SwingOvation. Come & be inspired by the international teachers during this weekend and submerge in the West Coast meets Salsa Swing Workshops!
Saturday's party with exquisite music is themed BLACK and"RED". All those who want to venture out to take their first steps in the SwingWorld - there's a West Coast Swing Crash Course designed just for you.
We have taken good care of the evening dances and entertainment. On top of the shows from Swinguys, Kyle & Sarah, Amandine & Lionell and Natasha and Olivier we will also enjoy the live band Guitar Ray and the Gamblers
Are you ready for SwingOvation? Then we won't stop you!
Registrations for workshops close:
30 August 2010
Danceparty with international DJ's, Top - Shows & Live Band
Born and raised in Chiavari, Italy, in 1963, Guitar Ray started to play music at the age of thirteen. He soon got his first real guitar, a Fender Strat, bought with his own pocket money and still with him after 30 years of career. Felt in love with the Blues after listening to the classic records of Jimmy Reed, Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, T-Bone Walker, he never stopped to keep the Blues alive. Soon after coming off the road, he got a call to do a tour with California Blues guitarist Otis Grand and everything changed: Otis wanted to produce “New Sensation” Ray’s first record, and the second, “Poorman Blues”, came naturally. Immediately top 5 on “Pool 2008 International” Blues News Germany, “Poorman Blues” is now receiving airplay in Europe and the United States. Guitar Ray’s style is that of elegant notes, of sudden accelerations and dynamics which recount his own life story and his everlasting love for the Blues. His particular “groove” is authentic and genuine which is always required by the idiom and his many prestigious collaborations and performances in Italy and abroad confirm his artistic stature. Guitar Ray and his band, The Gamblers, make a Blues mission of their travels around the world. The Blues as played by Guitar Ray reflects everyday life and his fascinating nuances will grab your attention like an great photograph, a wonderful book to read, or a life-passion to be lived intensely.
Guitar Ray and the gamblers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLVdXlQtxNI
Kyle Redd & Sarah Vann Drake
and the SWINGUYS