Managers
Tonya Morris has been organizing swing dance events for over 10 years and is the Founder of Camp Jitterbug and the Jump Session Show. She is very excited to bring Camp Jitterbug to a new level by hiring experienced and energetic managers to help run the camp each year.
Tonya just had a beautiful new baby boy named Quinn. She organized the event while pregnant, but will be handing over more responsibilities to her amazing managers for the actual weekend. She will be there (with baby) to help out where needed and to make sure this is the best Camp Jitterbug yet!
Casey is an experienced event organizer during the day and has been a Camp Jitterbug Manager for her third year in a row.
Not only is Casey a nationally accomplished dancer and performer, she is a very talented and professional organizer that has brought so much to Camp Jitterbug over the years. She is in charge off the staff and helps make CJ the well run event that it is. We are so happy to have such an invaluable Manager on our team!
Jo Ann moved to Seattle from Hawaii where she organizes successful events.
This is Jo Ann's second year as a Camp Jitterbug manager. Last year she really helped CJ run smoothly and efficiently. As our registration manager, she tackles one of the most challenging aspects of the camp. Not only is she extremely talented in organizing events, she is great to work with and very personable! We are so lucky to have her on the CJ Managers team.
Sheri is a nationally acclaimed Lindy Hopper and is a fabulous event organizer.
She and her husband/dance partner Ben hold very successful classes, workshops and dances in the Los Angeles area. She is known as one of the friendliest dancers in the scene and the students love her. Sheri is approachable, easy to work with and talented so we are very excited to have her on the Camp Jitterbug team for the first time!
Melinda has been a Camp Jitterbug helper for many years and we are excited to promote her to the Transportation Manager for CJ 2008! She is a lovely person who is easy to work with, reliable and very active in the Seattle swing scene. We are really looking forward to having Melinda on the Managers team this year!
Robin, along with Freddie, will be running all of the late night dances. She is a fabulous dancer, performer, teacher and event organizer. We are so excited to have her on board!
For more than a decade, Robin Nunnally has been performing, competing and teaching throughout the Pacific Northwest. She has performed and choreographed for the Swingin’ Hepcats of Bainbridge Island, WA, the Rain City Rugcutters and Jackson Street Lindy Hoppers of Seattle, WA, and is a founding and current member of Seattle’s only all girl vintage jazz & chorus girl team, Sister Kate. You can also find Robin organizing and running one of Seattle’s local dances, Rhythm Revue, every 2nd and 4th Saturday night, as well as on the organizing committee for multiple Seattle lindy hop events.
Freddie has quickly found himself with a spoon in the pot of a great many of Seattle's swing events. An avid dancer, swing deejay, teacher and organizer, he enjoys supporting Seattle in many ways. Among his involvements include Rhythm Revue, Seattle Lindy Exchange, and the Killer Diller Ball. Freddie enjoys staying up late dancing and listening to music, and is happy to accept any lost and found items that are left by the deejay booth.
This will be our third year with Max as our housing coordinator for Camp Jitterbug. He helps match up hosts with out of towners that cannot afford the costs of a hotel. He is unbelievably gracious and selfless and has done an amazing job. CJ would not be the same without him!!!!
Brent Keane is from Kailua, Hawaii and has been dancing since 1999.
He graduated with an Associate Degree in Visual Communications from Al Collins Graphic Design School in Tempe, Arizona. That is Al Collins, not Dean Collins. Co-founder of Indevtech Incorporated in 2001, his company provides web development and creative design services to businesses.
Brent has lent his talents to countless dance events over the years with flyers, website design, photography, DJ skills and mad dance moves. He is an invaluable part of the dance community and we are glad to have him back at Camp Jitterbug this year.
Bobby Bonsey is from Long Beach, CA and has lived in Seattle for 13 years. He loves swing dancing as much as he loves making movies. The end.
webpage: Bonzypro.com
contact info: Bbonsey@mac.com
An avid Lindy Hopper for seven years, Marc began his interest in photography over four years ago when he decided to bring his brand new camera to a Jitterbug Weekend (with Peter Loggins & Sugar Sullivan). Since then he has photographed many events such as Camp Jitterbug, Rhythmic Arts Festival, Century Masters, Killer Diller Ball, and Pacific Northwest Lindy Hop Championships. His pictures have appeared in the Seattle Times and Seattle Weekly.
Marc is currently a student at the Photographic Center Northwest and a current member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals.
