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5 Evenings With 13 Bands • 2 After Hour Parties Shows of the champions • open competitions • Swing Legends

5 days Dance Camp • more than 200 Workshops more than 50 of the world’s best teachers

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WORLD OF SWING PROUDLY PRESENTS the 10th edition of the international Rock That Swing Festival in Munich. The festival celebrates the diversity of the dances and music from the Swing and Rock’n’Roll era from the 20s to the 50s. Over a span of five days, fantastic dance nights, hot live music, shows, competitions, numerous workshops, and passionate dancers from all over the world create an inspiring and unforgettable atmosphere. More than 50 of the world’s best dancers teach workshops during the day and perform amazing shows at night.

The 10th edition will offer an epic line-up of the best bands and teachers in great loca-tions, including two nights at the marvel-ous ballroom of the Deutsches Theater in the city center of Munich.

At the Rock That Swing Festival you can also experience history and culture first hand. Special guests this year are the original Lindy Hopper—the Queen of Swing—Mrs. Norma Miller (95) and the legendary Steven Mitchell who has been essential in the Lindy Hop revival.

During daytime, the Rock That Swing Dance Camp offers a wide variety of more than 200 classes in Lindy Hop, Boogie Woogie, Charles-ton, Balboa, Shag, Rockabilly Jive, Authentic Jazz, Blues, Burlesque and more. The class material comprises of moves, lead and fol-low techniques, musicality and rhythm. Dancers at any level, from total beginner to intermediate to advanced and all the way up to teacher, can create their own individual schedule. So, what are you waiting for?

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GORDON WEBSTER FEAT. STEVEN MITCHELL (USA)

Pianist Gordon Webster’s tremendous musician-ship and passion have inspired Lindy Hoppers at hundreds of dance events worldwide. Drawing on influences as diverse as Fats Waller, Count Basie, Oscar Peterson and Gene Harris, Webster serves up a smorgasbord of styles unified by one charac-teristic: irresistible danceability. The combined en-ergy of Gordon and his featured guest singer Ste-ven Mitchell will create an exuberant atmosphere.

NP Big Band (Italy)

With their powerful sound, this 17-piece big band plays the great music of the famous Swing orches-tras of the 30s and 40s. Original arrangements as well as rarities from Artie Shaw, Chick Webb, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey and many others enthuse dancers and music fans alike.

Gentlemen & gangsters (Sweden)

Gentlemen & Gangsters play hot jazz with all the flair and sophistication of true gentlemen, coupled with the ruthless brutality of hardened gangsters. Like a devious conspiracy from a bygone era, this shady syndicate of jazz kingpins plot for world domination, spreading infectious jazz music.

Ray Collins’ Hot-Club (Germany)

With a huge number of original songs like “Bare-foot” or “Bye Bye Paris” Ray Collins’ Hot-Club gets everyone to stomp their feet and clap their hands to their rocking beats. For many years they are the number one band to represent the authentic feel of the 40’s and 50’s Jump Blues, Swing, Jive and Rock’n’Roll. Hot, hotter, Ray Collins’ Hot-Club!

Si Cranstoun (England)

Si Cranstoun has been honing his vocal talent for many years. He has created a series of un-believably catchy songs which really emphasise Si Cranstoun’s foot tapping expertise as well as most importantly a voice that literally stops you in your tracks. Si’s distinctive northern soul voice has seen him compared with legends such as Sam Cooke winning a huge number of fans and a ma-jor record label deal with Warner Music.

Jackson Sloan & the Rhythmtones (England)

The 8-piece band captures the vintage groove like back in the heydays of Fats Domino, Little Richard, or Ruth Brown. With 3 saxophones in the horn section and an incredible gifted singer the band brings back 1950s Rhythm’n’Blues, Jump Blues and 50s style New Orleans R&B.

Ray Collins’ Hot-Club

“Shake The Lake” Boogie Woogie Session (Austria/Germany)

Richie Loidl and Clemens Vogler, two fa-mous Boogie Woogie pianists and the orga-nizers of the Shake The Lake Festival, team up with Albert Koch on the howling har-monica, Franz Trattner on drums and James Hornsby on bass to create this outstanding Boogie Woogie session.

Laney & the snappy Rhythm gang (Germany)

The lovely singer Laney and her cheery gang of magnificent jazz musicians journey through the golden Swing era’s 30s and 40s and impress with their variety of sound and inspiration in interpreting the classics.

FUnTasten (Germany)

With a hot mixture of Boogie Woogie, Blues, Rock’n’Roll and acrobatics this remarkable duo ensures fun and exceptional energy whenever they perform on their pianos.

The Nine Pennies (Italy)

The Nine Pennies bring back the sound of the era of the greatest dance orchestras and revive such stars like Beiderbecke, Whiteman, Tum-bauer. A great group for a great music!

Rockin’ Midgets (Germany)

Cool sounds, hot rhythms, sweeping vocals, great performance and an amazing music col-lection of rousing music from the 50s to the 60s is their recipe for success.

Swing Lyons (Germany)

With virtuoso Gipsy sounds in the style of Django Reinhardt, this Franco-German band transports the audience straight back into the atmosphere of a Swing era night club.

Souvenirs (Germany)

What would Rock That Swing be without the Souvenirs? This extremely popular small band presents Swing and Jazz in a fun and humor-ous way, bringing Louis Armstrong and Marilyn Monroe back to life.

Si Cranstoun RTSF 2013

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• IN THE MOOD •• HEP CATS NIGHT •

Adolf-Kolping-Str. 1 | 80336 Munich

Adolf-Kolping-Str. 1 | 80336 Munich

NP Big Band Jackson SloanDJ HeidiFast Feet Jack’n’Jill Boogie Woogie & Lindy Hop

2000 Doors Open2030 – 0130 Live Music & DJ

39. – / 29. – Euro*Laney & The Snappy Rhythm GangDJ Heidi History Talk Teachers Introduction

1830 Doors Open 1900 History Talk with Special Guests

2100 – 0100 Live Music & DJ

24. – Euro*

Thu – February 12th – Kolpinghaus ballroomFRi – February 13th – Kolpinghaus ballroom

• AFTER HOURS •FRI Night – february 13th – Vintage Club

Sonnenstr. 12 / III back yard | 80331 Munich

Swing Lyonsvarious Djs Solo Dance Battle

0030 Doors Open 0100 – ca. 0500 Live Music & DJs

15. – Euro*

Music, Dance, Shows, Contests F ve Evening

Silbersaal Deutsches theater RTSF 2014

• Live music for your dancing and Listening pleasure •

• JAMBOREE BALL •

• JITTERBUG HOP •

Schwanthalerstr. 13| 80336 Munich


Gentlemen & GangstersDJ HeidiJack’n’Jill Lindy Hop Contest

2030 Doors Open 2100 – 0130 Live Music & DJ

29.– Euro*

Si Cranstoun gordon Webster feat. Steven Mitchell“Shake The Lake” Boogie SessionGentlemen & Gangstersrockin’ Midgets, various DJsSpecial Guests Norma Miller & Steven MitchellShow of the championsBoogie woogie cup / Charleston challenge

1800 Doors Open 1830 – 1915 Introduction Boogie Woogie Dance Class

with the “Gotta Dance” Finalists Markus & Jessica / Introduction Lindy Hop Dance Class with Ali & Katja

„Sing, Sing, Sing With A Swing!“ Presentation by Stephan Wuthe and Norma Miller

1930 – 0200 Live Music & DJs on 4 Dance Floors 49. – / 39. – / 29. – / 24. – Euro*

Mon – february 16th – Vintage Club

Sun – february 15th – deutsches theaterSchwanthalerstr. 13| 80336 Munich

• ROCK THAT SWING BALL •

Ray Collins’ Hot-clubgordon Webster feat. Steven MitchellNP Big BandJackson SloanNine Pennies FunTasten, various DJsSpecial Guests Norma Miller & Steven MitchellShow of the championsLindy Hop cup / Shag battle

1800 Doors Open 1830 – 1915 Introduction Boogie Woogie Dance Class

with the “Gotta Dance” Finalists Markus & Jessica / Introduction Lindy Hop Dance Class with Ali & Katja

„Feel The Beat!“ Presentation by Stephan Wuthe and Norma Miller

1930 – 0200 Live Music & DJs on 4 Dance Floors 49. – / 39. – / 29. – / 24. – Euro*

• AFTER HOURS •


Gentlemen & Gangstersvarious Djs Slow Dance couples Contest

0130 Doors Open 0200 – ca. 0500 Live Music & DJs

19. – Euro*

Sat Night – february 14th – Vintage Club

Sat – february 14th – deutsches theater

*plus booking fee (10% RTSF, 13% MT/DT/ZKV)

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Each year the audience has been awestruck with high energy dance shows by Boogie Woogie and Lindy Hop Champions. At the Rock That Swing Festival 2015 you will once

again have the opportunity to see many spectacular Lindy Hop, Shag, Burlesque, Balboa, and Boogie Woogie shows by world class performers.

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Contests

• Competitions •

At the famous Savoy Ballroom in the 1930s dancers enjoyed showing off their hottest new dance steps in weekly contests. In this spirit and tradition you can enter various open contests in dance styles of the Swing

and Rock’n’Roll era at Rock That Swing. As in the Savoy Ballroom the competitors will strive to impress the audience aiming for the loudest cheers in order to win the battle for the greatest honors and best prizes.

Boogie Woogie • Lindy Hop • Collegiate ShagCharleston • Authentic Jazz • Slow Dance

•For the Love •

Steven & Chanzie RTSF 2014

Indiegogo Crowd Funding Meet T e Legends

rockthatswing.com/Meet-The-Legends

Unfortunately we can’t afford to bring in more than two legends for financial reasons, as the costs for RTSF have gone through the roof and we already struggle to keep this big event going.

Therefore we decided to start a crowd funding campaign to bring more of the original danc-ers and legends to Munich. How many of these great people will come to Munich is up to you. If each of the about 2,000 participants of the Rock that Swing Festival sponsors only 10 Euros, we’ll be able to invite all of the above-mentioned legends. The money will be used exclusively for bringing in the legends. The more money is allocated, the more legends we can invite.

There are many sponsorship options, starting from 10 Euros (for which you will get a signed digital group picture of the legends) to up to 2,500 Euro for a Super Sponsorship (for which you get to choose a legend, sit at the honory table together with all the legends and receive a back stage pass for the evenings at the Deutsches Theater, have a personal photo shooting and much more). We created a few very valuable packages. If you can’t join the festival, we can still offer you great tailor-made sponsoring packages.

Go to rockthatswing.com/meet-the-legends to get more information and join the good cause. The crowd funding site will be live until the beginning of January. We hope many of you will support this project and make a dream come true.

So spread the word and meet the legends in Munich (#MeetTheLegends).

Marcus & Bärbl

During the last years we’ve had the fortune and pleasure to get to know and work with many of the greatest and most inspiring Swing dancers of the 30s to the 50s. The creativity of these people forms the basis for what we all love: Swing dancing. They have influenced generations of Swing dancers to this day and have made today’s Swing scene possible in the first place. All of the contemporary top dancers and teachers have watched their movies or developed their skills thanks to the knowledge they passed on. They touched the lives of countless dancers.

Sadly we have lost many of these amazing people in recent years. It is only a matter of a few years until all of them will have left us. Therefore it is our aim for this Rock That Swing Festival to invite as many of the original dancers and legends as possible to Munich. We want to cherish what they have done for the dance scene and give more dancers the chance to meet their idols —as long as it is still possible—and experience the dance and the history first hand.

The legends Norma Miller and Steven Mitchell have already confirmed their participation for the 10th anniversary of RTSF. We also contacted legends like Jean Veloz (“Swing Fever”, “Groovy Movie”), Chazz Young (son of Frankie Manning, “Cotton Club”), Ray Hirsch (“Blondie Meets The Boss“, „Mad Youth“), Sugar Sullivan (“Spirit Moves”, “Sonny Allen and The Rock-ets”), and Barbara Billups (“Sonny Allen and The Rockets”, “Harvest Moonball Winner”). They would all love to join the Rock That Swing Festival and share their passion with all of you.

With her amazing dancing in the breathtak-ing routine from the movie “Hellzapoppin’”, Norma Miller became a living legend and role model for the entire Swing dance communi-ty. Although she was actually too young to enter the Savoy Ballroom, she participated in the contests and won over fa-mous Whitey, who managed the best Lindy Hoppers of the Savoy Ballroom. Her pres-ence, rhythmical playful-ness and comical style won her the prestigious spot on

Whitey’s team, even though she was still too young to enter the Savoy. After a lifetime in show business as a dancer, singer and come-dian (e.g. Bill Cosby Show, Las Vegas), Norma Miller has enriched our lives with several bi-

ographies. With her recounts of the Swing era she continues to touch the

hearts of modern Swing danc-ers. At the Rock That Swing

Festival you will have the opportunity to meet her in person and hear her sto-ries first hand.

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Steven Mitchell started his dance career by studying Jazz, Ballet, Modern, Ballroom and Hip Hop in both Los Angeles and New York. Steven is not only a truly outstanding dancer and choreographer, but also an out-standing singer and songwriter. He started Lindy Hoppin’ around 1978 together with his partner Erin Stevens. They worked with Al Minns in New York 1982 and brought Frankie Manning out of retirement in 1986 by work-ing together with him. Steven has helped tremendously to bring back Lindy Hop to the

forefront of social dancing. He has taught all over the world for the past 25 years, inspir-ing a whole generation of Lindy Hoppers with his incredible versatility, energy and style. Among his many other credits, Steven has appeared on National TV dancing at the White House for Bill and Hillary Clinton. Ste-ven’s first teaching event in Munich was in 1992, which was also Frankie Manning’s first year in Munich. We are glad to welcome him back as a special guest and singer for the 10th anniversary of Rock That Swing.

Steven Mi chell Special Guest

Fantast c DJs Non-Stop Music

Katja Uckermann RTSF 2013

• Vintage & Modern recordings for your dancing pleasure •

Heidi neubauer (Germany)

Our head DJ Heidi is a regular at top inter-national events. Being a passionate dancer herself, she knows exactly how to keep the dance floor packed.

“MANI” STürzer (Germany)

Mani always provides an excellent selec-tion of hot tunes, whether Boogie, Rocka-billy, Rhythm’n’Blues, or Swing. He always draws people onto the dance floor.

Lala Adueva (Germany)

Lala’s passion is social dancing. Therefore her intention is to make you dance! She fa-vours clear rhythms and playful melodies, just great music for dancing all night long.

Jens Schmidt (Germany)

His passion for Swing dancing has lead Jens to become a Swing DJ. He concentrates on the 1930s to the mid 1940s and is constant-ly searching for exciting recordings.

siegi spiel (Germany)

Siegi is an integral part of the Munich Boogie and Lindy scene and a regular at the Rock That Swing Festival. He has dee-jayed regularly since the 80s.

Stephan wuthe (Germany)

Since 1989 DJ Wuthe has been a fixture with his shellac records at dance events. His extensive knowledge found its way into his book “Swingtime in Deutschland”.

Willie Meiler (Germany)

This old hand of the Munich Boogie scene is known both as a dancer and a DJ. His recipe is music with drive, soul, groove, and beat.

LadyJump (Germany)

LadyJump prefers the Big Band Swing of the 30s to 40s, but also loves to play Rhythm’n’Blues und Jump’n’Jive of the early 50s.

Dance Camp Learn from the Best!

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THE ROCK THAT SWING DANCE CAMP is the perfect place to learn Swing, Boogie and related dances from your favorite in-ternational teachers. We bring the best to you so that you don’t have to travel the world and spend a fortune in the process looking for them!

At the Rock That Swing Dance Camp you can learn from more than 50 of the world’s best international teachers and choose from a huge variety of excellent classes.

If this is your first Dance Camp, you can be sure to get the best tips and tricks to get you started on the dance floor. If you are an intermediate or advanced dancer, who is looking for inspiration and growth, you will find many opportunities. The Dance Camp also offers special classes for high level competitors and teachers, where you can pick the top teachers’ brains for their experience and teaching concepts.

You can book the Dance Camp on a daily base, from one day up to five days.

Norma Miller (USA) • Jeremy & Laura (USA) • Thorbjørn & Flora (NOR/FRA) • Remy & Moe (FRA/GB) • Stephen & Chanzie (USA) • Ivan & Tanya (UKR) • Todd & Pamela (USA/LIT) • JB & Tatiana (FRA) • Rasmus & Tove (SWE) • Davis & Claudia (CAN) • Grzegorz & Agnieszka (POL) • Vincenzo & Agustina (ITA/ARG) • Nicolas & Mikaela (SWE) • Andreas & Mette (SWE) • Ali & Katja (GER) • Chris-tian & Jenny (USA) • Markus & Jessica (AUT) • Johnny & Gaby (USA) • Kav & Suzy Q (GB) • Gio & Andrea (SWE) • Florian & Veronika (GER) • Albert & Lana (FRA/UKR) • Marcos & Egle (ARG/LIT) • Arnas & Egle (LIT) • Marcus & Bärbl (GER) • Ksenia (RUS) • Anja (RUS) • Sondre (NOR) • Elliot (GER)

• Instructor Line-Up •

Boogie woogie • Lindy Hop • Balboa • Blues • Rockabilly Jive • Charleston • Saint Louis Shag •

Authentic Jazz • Afro Dance • Shim Sham • Train the trainer

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Every camp participant can pre-order one Dance Camp DVD for the price of 45.– Euro, shipping included! (regular price is 75.– Euro)

prices

In The mood – kolpinghaus Ballroom (Thursday) 24.– Euro*

Hep cats night – kolpinghaus Ballroom (Friday) 29.– to 39.– Euro*

After Hours Party – Vintage Club (Friday night) 15.– Euro*

Rock That Swing Ball – Deutsches Theater (Saturday) 24.– to 49.– Euro*

After Hours Party – Vintage Club (saturday night) 19.– Euro*

Jamboree Ball – Deutsches Theater (Sunday) 24.– to 49.– Euro*

Jitterbug Hop – Vintage CLub (Monday) 29.– Euro*

With our online order system at the Rock That Swing website (rockthatswing.com) you can sign up for the Dance Camp and order tickets for the evening events, the Dance Camp DVD, and RTSF T-shirts. Re-maining tickets will be sold at the door.

Tickets for the Deutsches Theater are also available at the booking offices of the Deutsches Theater (deutsches-theater.de), München Ticket (muenchenticket.de) and Zentraler Kartenvorverkauf (zkv-muenchen.de).

*plus booking fee (10% RTSF, 13% MT/DT/ZKV)

Feb 12th

Teacher T. onlyincl. Feb 12th

Teacher Track

1 Day 2 Days 3 Days 4 Days 1 day 5 Days

Early Bird 1 until dec 31, 2014

70. – Euro 130. – Euro 190. – Euro 240. – Euro 70. – Euro 290. – Euro

Early Bird 2 until jan 14, 2015


regular unTil JAN 31, 2015


late bird after Feb 01, 2015


If you place your order via the Rock That Swing website youwill be eligible for the following discounts:

Economy 3 Days Camp,

3 Nights (Fri–Sun, cheapest seats),

T-shirt

Economy Plus3 Days Camp,

3 Nights (Fri–Sun, best seats),

T-shirt

Full 4 Days Camp,

5 Nights (Thu-Mon, cheapest seats),

T-shirt

Full Plus 4 Days Camp,

5 Nights (Thu-Mon, best seats),

T-shirt

Package discount at early bird 1 267. – Euro 317. – Euro 370. – Euro 420. – Euro

with group discount 239. – Euro 284. – Euro 332. – Euro 377. – Euro

Student + group discount 222. – Euro 267. – Euro 316. – Euro 361. – Euro

A specialty of the Rock That Swing Festival is that you can individually select your Dance Camp days and evenings. For swift guidance see the following examples showing the total costs using various discounts.

•PAckage discount •Participants ordering at least 3 tickets and at least 3 days of the Dance Camp will receive a free festival T-shirt (value 20.– Euro), a 10.– Euro discount, and will have the advance booking fees waved on their tickets (10% value).

•GRoup discount • With regular or group orders for 10 or more tickets for the same evening or 10 or more Dance Camp passes, you will receive a 10% discount on these purchases.

•STUDENT discount•Pupils and students receive a 10% discount on the dance camp. (This can be com-bined with package and group discount!)

DISCOUNT EXAMPLES

For easier overview cents are rounded. Examples don‘t include After Hour Parties.

Travel & Lodge Hotel & Transportation

Classy & Stylish Vintage MarketTreasure hunting is made easy at the vin-tage market! Here you can find classy and danceable vintage clothing, both vintage and modern dance shoes, as well as fancy accessories to spice up your outfits. Take your pick from the large collection of instructional DVDs, CDs, plus a variety of

Rock That Swing Festival souvenirs. You can shop till you drop during the day and on selected evenings. The vintage market is located near the Check-In counter. You can find the opening hours on the web-site. Drop by early, because the best trea-sures sell quickly!

Munich is easily accessible by plane, train, or car and the city’s public transportation system is excellent. All venues for both Dance Camp and evenings are near the cen-tral station and the famous “Stachus”. They are all located within walking distance of each other.

You will find numerous hotels covering a range of prices in near proximity. Check rockthatswing.com for more information about travel and accommodation.

Thanks to the generous sponsoring from the KING’s HOTELs in Munich the Rock That Swing Festival is able to invite all the amazing musicians and teachers to come especially for you. If you are look-ing for affordable accommodation with a

classy atmosphere, or you simply want to stay at the same hotels as the teachers and bands, we recommend the KING’s HOTELs.

From February 11th to 17th, 2015 the KING’s HOTELs offer a special rate for all RTSF par-ticipants: KING’s HOTEL Center 3* Superior: Double room incl. breakfast buffet EUR 100.–/night, +49 89 51 55 30, [email protected]

KING’s HOTEL First Class 4*: Double room incl. breakfast buffet EUR 118.–/night, +49 89 55 18 70, [email protected]

To reserve your room call or send an email using the discount code “Rock That Swing”.

Content: World of Swing Koch & Kaufer GbR (worldofswing.de)

Design: Augie Freemann, Malu Sailer, Marcus KochPhotos: Tamara Pinco (RTSF 2014), Marcell Bendick (RTSF 2012-13), Petra Hennemann (Marcus & Bärbl),

Andrew Fritz (Steven Mitchell), Stephanie Albao (Jeremy & Laura) Cover: Jeremy Otth & Laura Keat

With their knowledge, energy, commit-ment, and lifelong passion for dancing, Marcus and Bärbl have contributed enor-mously to the Swing dance community not only in Germany but also worldwide.

They have great impact on the swing dance community thanks to their gift for spotting new talents around the world and introducing them to the dance com-munity through the Rock That Swing

Festival. For several of today’s superstars the Rock That Swing Festival was a step-ping stone to their world-wide success.

Since December 2011 they have been operating their own dance studio in the city of Munich–the Vintage Club. Togeth-er with their team they teach regular classes and throw popular dance parties. The Vintage Club is located next to the famous Stachus.

The OrganizersMarcus & Bärbl Vintage Club The Home of Happy FeetDo you like the hot music or the cool outfits of the 40s and 50s? Do you think dancing would be great and shouldn’t be stiff? Is your life missing some drive? Here is your chance with Lindy Hop, Bal-boa, Charleston, Shag, or Boogie Woogie.

The whole Vintage Club team will show you the joy of dancing in relaxed and friendly atmosphere. You can come with a

partner or alone. In our classes we rotate partners to learn faster, become a better dancer, and to make it easy to get to know each other.

Not convinced yet? Just come to one of our open houses. You can check out the variety of the Swing dances for free and find out what you like best. You can find the current dates at the website.

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