2011 Event Recap

Thursday, February 23, 2012

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THANK YOU!

Volunteers make this event possible. If you have the opportunity, please thank the following people for their outstanding work!

Tobi Oberman - Volunteer Coordinator

Tina Robbins & Deb Tracy - Registration Coordinators

BJ Gregory - Contestant Coordinator

Don Tedeschi - Hospitality Coordinator
Alfred Dhama- Technical Savior & Scorer

Judy Troemel & Bill Dortch/Ruth Gilbert - Decorations

The ESSENTIAL Crew…

• Bobby Atzhorn • Scott Baker • Cindy Beeden • JC Bryant • Rich Cooper • Jack Cranshaw • Penny Davis • Travis Devoid • Cathy Dimucci • Ingrid Dubman • Becky Evans-Slone • John Fini • BJ Gregory • Gary Grotegeers • Liz Gutzwiler • Jennifer Jeffries • Randy Jeffries • Verne Hagel • Vivian Hahn • Amy Kaawa • Lauren Keely • Jerry Kieras • Mary Kirkwood • Angei Kostoff • Soleman Krebs • Judy Leslie • Don Leynes • Ching Lin • Diann Markovic • Rich Marra • Tracy Martin • Don Moeller • Wendy Moeller • Leah Noparstak • Malinee Noreen • Ron Oberman • Chris Peterson • Jill Powers • Erica Riddick • Marla Rohlfing • Jessica Rosenbloom • Penny Rusch • Krystal Sambolin • Karen Saunders • Don Schanaberger • Jen Schanaberger • Jon Serletic • Randy Slone • Lynn Stanczuk • Jess Swift • Nancy Tuzzalino • Bob Vondrash •

Volunteers make this event possible. If you have the opportunity, please thank the following people for their outstanding work!

Tobi Oberman - Volunteer Coordinator

Tina Robbins & Deb Tracy - Registration Coordinators

BJ Gregory - Contestant Coordinator

Don Tedeschi - Hospitality Coordinator
Alfred Dhama- Technical Savior & Scorer

Judy Troemel & Bill Dortch/Ruth Gilbert - Decorations

The ESSENTIAL Crew…

2011 Comments

Here are a few comments from this year's Swing City Chicago:

"I'm home from a FANTASTIC weekend in Chicago! ... A truly wonderful event. If you haven't gone, you should put it on your calendar for next year!" ~ Katie Slater Hicks, MO

Many thanks to Julie Hein, Maren Oslac, Jeff Sanchez, and all the other folks who made Swing City Chicago such an awesome event! A special shoutout goes to my amazing finals partner Marina Moeller. Finally, best of luck to Jennifer Jeffries and Randy Jeffries; I can't wait to see what you do with the event next year! ~ Colin Hahn, WI

Had a fabulous time at SCC! Thanks for a wonderful weekend! Looking forward to next year!

~ Melanie Jennings, IL

Here are a few comments from this year's Swing City Chicago:

"I'm home from a FANTASTIC weekend in Chicago! ... A truly wonderful event. If you haven't gone, you should put it on your calendar for next year!" ~ Katie Slater Hicks, MO

Had a fabulous time at SCC! Thanks for a wonderful weekend! Looking forward to next year!

~ Melanie Jennings, IL

2011 Competition Results

Newcomer Jack & Jill

1^st Noe Gomez & Keerstin Whitefield

2^nd Michael Nasti & Faith Musko

3^rd Ed Cathers & Tessa Stombaugh

4^th Brad Olson & Janice Baccus

5^th Stephen Czaja & Anna Reedy

Novice Jack & Jill

1^st Dennis Simpson & Holly Plewa

2^nd Steven Krieg & Victoria Andromulus-Dale

3^rd Scott Umberfield & Gordana Perovic

4^th Travis DeVoid & Amy Laederach

5^th Alex Gershteyn & Kimberly Ferrel

Intermediate Jack & Jill

1^st Chris Kempainen & Hope Kukielski

2^nd Eric Theriault & Jessica Murray

3^rdJon Elms & Aly Yorek

4^th Grant Simpson & Auntonya Rogers

5^th Jeff Mumford & Nicole Zwerlein

Advanced Jack & Jill

1^st Eric Byers & Joy Davina

2^nd David Weiss & Renee Lipman

3^rd Hieu Le & Kimiko Lashley

4^th Ken Negley & Michelle Haynes

5^th Niko Salgado & Katie Slater

All-Star Jack & Jill

1^st Chris Van Houten & Colleen MacDonald

2^nd Carlos Garcia & Rebecca Ludwick

3^rd Mike Konkel & Cameo Cross

4^th Kris Swearingen & Sheli Schroeder

5^th Kris Swearingen & Stephanie Ciaglo

Novice Strictly Swing

1^st Dennis Simpson & Roxanne Swisz

2^nd Divy Ravindranath & Jena Mabrey

3^rd Dwight Miller & Sarah Scheaff

4^th Marlin Jenkins & Emma Bauer

5^th Chester Watson & Kaitlin Herzog

Intermediate Strictly Swing

1^st Kyle Evans & Aly Yorek

2^nd Chris Kempainen & Bonnie Inveen

3^rd Jeff Mumford & Leah Burkman

4^th Joe Arasin & Jessica Murray

5^th Jon Elms & Holly Plewa

Advanced Strictly Swing

1^st Arthur Uspensky & Colleen MacDonald

2^nd Kris Swearingen & Melanie Jennings

3^rd Mike Konkel & Sheli Schroeder

4^th Soleman Krebs & Melissa Moy

5^th Tommy Gibbs & Renee Lipman

DJ Challenge Winner

Don Shanaberger

Halloween Costume Winners

Best Group: Swing Patterns (names hopefull coming...)

Best Couple: The Incredibles (Jason Miklic & Sophy Kdep + kids)

Most Original: 1% (Jeffrey Tran & Jon Serletic)

Pro-Am Routine

1^st Jennifer Vaughn w/ Matt Auclair

2^nd Lauren Wietchy w/ Jason Marker

3^rd Cheryl Fawcett w/ Matt Auclair

4^th Kaitlin Herzog w/ Jason Marker

5^th Carrie Richards w/ Carlos Garcia

Pro-Am Female, Newcomer

1^st Anna Proseanik w/ Brian Wong

2^nd Noele Sereis w/ Chris Van Houten

3^rd Tessa Stombaugh w/ JC Bryant

4^th Faith Musko w/ Carpio Robles

Pro-Am Female, Novice

1^st Jennifer Vaughn w/ Matt Auclair

2^nd Abby Steele w/ Eric Byers

3^rd Sarah Sheaff w/ Eric Byers

4^th Holly Plewa w/ Jason Marker

5^th Pam Davidson w/ Chris Van Houten

Pro-Am Female, Intermediate

1^st Jillian Townsend w/ Matt Auclair

2^nd Carrie Richards w/ Carlos Garcia

3^rd Kendra Zara w/ Carpio Robles

4^th Christy Parker w/ Matt Auclair

5^th Marianne Schorb w/ Matt Auclair

Pro-Am Male, Newcomer

1^st Han Doan w/ Colleen MacDonald

2^nd Gary Grotegeers w/ Maren Oslac

3^rd Stephen Czaja w/ Angie Cameron

4^th Carl Levake w/ Kelsy Petrykowski

Pro-Am Male, Novice

1^st Dennis Simpson w/ Crystal Auclair

2^nd Guy Hughes w/ Crystal Auclair

3^rd Vern Hagel w/ Alisa Winkler

4^th Marlin Jenkins w/ Annmarie Marker

5^th Vince Peterson w/ Colleen MacDonald

Pro-Am Male, Intermediate

1^st Jeff Mumford w/ Stephanie Weiss

2^nd Tom Kostoff w/ Alisa Winkler

3^rd Matthew Boehm w/ Michelle Haynes

Newcomer Jack & Jill

1^st Noe Gomez & Keerstin Whitefield

2^nd Michael Nasti & Faith Musko

3^rd Ed Cathers & Tessa Stombaugh

4^th Brad Olson & Janice Baccus

5^th Stephen Czaja & Anna Reedy

Novice Jack & Jill

1^st Dennis Simpson & Holly Plewa

2^nd Steven Krieg & Victoria Andromulus-Dale

3^rd Scott Umberfield & Gordana Perovic

4^th Travis DeVoid & Amy Laederach

5^th Alex Gershteyn & Kimberly Ferrel

Intermediate Jack & Jill

1^st Chris Kempainen & Hope Kukielski

2^nd Eric Theriault & Jessica Murray

3^rdJon Elms & Aly Yorek

4^th Grant Simpson & Auntonya Rogers

5^th Jeff Mumford & Nicole Zwerlein

Advanced Jack & Jill

1^st Eric Byers & Joy Davina

2^nd David Weiss & Renee Lipman

3^rd Hieu Le & Kimiko Lashley

4^th Ken Negley & Michelle Haynes

5^th Niko Salgado & Katie Slater

All-Star Jack & Jill

1^st Chris Van Houten & Colleen MacDonald

2^nd Carlos Garcia & Rebecca Ludwick

3^rd Mike Konkel & Cameo Cross

4^th Kris Swearingen & Sheli Schroeder

5^th Kris Swearingen & Stephanie Ciaglo

Novice Strictly Swing

1^st Dennis Simpson & Roxanne Swisz

2^nd Divy Ravindranath & Jena Mabrey

3^rd Dwight Miller & Sarah Scheaff

4^th Marlin Jenkins & Emma Bauer

5^th Chester Watson & Kaitlin Herzog

Intermediate Strictly Swing

1^st Kyle Evans & Aly Yorek

2^nd Chris Kempainen & Bonnie Inveen

3^rd Jeff Mumford & Leah Burkman

4^th Joe Arasin & Jessica Murray

5^th Jon Elms & Holly Plewa

Advanced Strictly Swing

1^st Arthur Uspensky & Colleen MacDonald

2^nd Kris Swearingen & Melanie Jennings

3^rd Mike Konkel & Sheli Schroeder

4^th Soleman Krebs & Melissa Moy

5^th Tommy Gibbs & Renee Lipman

DJ Challenge Winner

Don Shanaberger

Halloween Costume Winners

Best Group: Swing Patterns (names hopefull coming...)

Best Couple: The Incredibles (Jason Miklic & Sophy Kdep + kids)

Most Original: 1% (Jeffrey Tran & Jon Serletic)

Pro-Am Routine

1^st Jennifer Vaughn w/ Matt Auclair

2^nd Lauren Wietchy w/ Jason Marker

3^rd Cheryl Fawcett w/ Matt Auclair

4^th Kaitlin Herzog w/ Jason Marker

5^th Carrie Richards w/ Carlos Garcia

Pro-Am Female, Newcomer

1^st Anna Proseanik w/ Brian Wong

2^nd Noele Sereis w/ Chris Van Houten

3^rd Tessa Stombaugh w/ JC Bryant

4^th Faith Musko w/ Carpio Robles

Pro-Am Female, Novice

1^st Jennifer Vaughn w/ Matt Auclair

2^nd Abby Steele w/ Eric Byers

3^rd Sarah Sheaff w/ Eric Byers

4^th Holly Plewa w/ Jason Marker

5^th Pam Davidson w/ Chris Van Houten

Pro-Am Female, Intermediate

1^st Jillian Townsend w/ Matt Auclair

2^nd Carrie Richards w/ Carlos Garcia

3^rd Kendra Zara w/ Carpio Robles

4^th Christy Parker w/ Matt Auclair

5^th Marianne Schorb w/ Matt Auclair

Pro-Am Male, Newcomer

1^st Han Doan w/ Colleen MacDonald

2^nd Gary Grotegeers w/ Maren Oslac

3^rd Stephen Czaja w/ Angie Cameron

4^th Carl Levake w/ Kelsy Petrykowski

Pro-Am Male, Novice

1^st Dennis Simpson w/ Crystal Auclair

2^nd Guy Hughes w/ Crystal Auclair

3^rd Vern Hagel w/ Alisa Winkler

4^th Marlin Jenkins w/ Annmarie Marker

5^th Vince Peterson w/ Colleen MacDonald

Pro-Am Male, Intermediate

1^st Jeff Mumford w/ Stephanie Weiss

2^nd Tom Kostoff w/ Alisa Winkler

3^rd Matthew Boehm w/ Michelle Haynes