DJs

We're pleased to offer the following stellar DJs for this year's Camp Hollywood! They'll be spinning the tunes on the band breaks, between day time contests, and after hours. Our free afterhours dancing is Thurs - Sun, from right after the band (about 12:30 AM) until you just can't dance anymore!

Kyle Smith (Los Angeles)

Kyle Smith has been a part of the swing community as a DJ, dancer, teacher, and lecturer for almost 10 years. His DJ career includes head DJ titles at such well known events as All Balboa Weekend (3 years), Eastern Balboa Championships (3 years) and Camp Hollywood (6 years). Kyle brings a sincere passion for music to every event he attends, matched only by his excellence in song vocabulary. Constantly aspiring for greatness, Kyle puts his heart and soul into every song he chooses.

    Some of Kyle's favorites:
  • St. Louis Blues - Sidney Bechet
  • Rockin in Rhythm - Duke Ellington
  • Knights of Sedona - Muse
  • Caprice XXIV Paganini - Benny Goodman
  • Shout and Feel It - Count Basie
  • Honeysuckle Rose - Mora's Modern Rhythmists
Neil Figuracion (Los Angeles)

Part trouble-maker, part problem-solver, Neil Figuracion joined the ranks of Swing DJs sometime in the late 20th century. After closing down swing nights at the Hollywood Athletic Club, and single-handedly killing the Los Angeles swing scene, he took on the reigns as Late Night Lindy DJ at Anaheim's historic club Memories, before the original site was bulldozed. Since then, he's retired from the morally ambiguous world of spinning shiny discs for Jitterbugs, appearing occasionally when he's needed most.

His whereabouts remain unknown to this day, but you can read his blog at http://blog.myspace.com/fad23 and his pop-culture criticism at http://www.brokenfrontier.com.

Steve Jordan (Santa Barbara)

Originally from Newport News VA, Steve has lived in Santa Barbara CA for the past ten years. He began swing dancing in 1997 and has been DJing swing music, jazz and funk since 1998. He has been the house DJ at multiple contests, venues and Dance Camps including the Bebop Swing night summer series SB, Jitterbug Jam, Swing by the Sea, Camp Hollywood, LindyCruise Mexico, Lindy Desert Dance Laughlin, SB First Night, Rock the House, and other regular events in the Ventura and Santa Barbara areas.

Mike Loeza (Ventura)

Mike Loeza began taking swing lessons in Santa Barbara, California in 1998. In 1999 Mike took over the very popular swing  a night at the Yucatan Cantina on State Street, where he taught lessons and DJ'ed once a week until the Yucatan closed it's doors. Mike has been DJing since 1999 and has been a featured DJ at such venues as Camp Hollywood, Lindy in the Desert at Laughlin, the Velvet Jones night club, Borderline Bar and Grill, B.A.S.S.H, and continues to work with the Santa Barbara Dance Alliance to DJ dances and emcee events. He is the regular DJ at the dances hosted by Jonathan & Sylvia at the historic Carrillo Rec. Center, an event which has been going on since the 1970's!

Nate Sartain (San Diego)

In addition to being a seasoned competitor and teacher, Nate is one of San Diego's favorite DJs.  He is an avid collector of early jazz, swing, western swing and rhythm & blues.  He began his DJ career back in 1998 where he was the house DJ for BeBop Burgers in Santa Barbara.  You can find him spinning the tunes every Thursday at the Firehouse and at Corner Boogie, where he is the resident DJ on the first & third Fridays and every Sunday, both in San Diego.  You can catch him & partner Tertia at www.bal-swing-boogie.com

Heather Eide (Orange)

Originally from Vancouver, Canada and Minneapolis, MN, Heather has resided in Orange County, CA since 2004. She has DJ’d at multiple international dance camps, exchanges, events, including Camp Hollywood, Camp Jitterbug, Balboa Rendezvous, Swing in the Colony, Bal Jam, The OC/LA Lindy Exchanges, The 24-Hour Cancer Dance-a-Thon, California Girl Jam, Sugarfoot Stomp, and The Rhythm is Jumpin. She has been dancing since 1997, and as a fellow dancer and former jazz singer, she understands the styles of music that gets dancers moving! Locally, she can be heard Djing at Tijuannas (now Strutters Ball in OC), Memories, Atomic Ballroom, and at various local events in California. She has competed and placed in various dancing and dj competitions, and loves to play a variety of musical styles and artists, including Benny Goodman, Lucky Millinder, Slim Gaillard, and Fats Waller. Her love of swing music started at an early age by watching Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly movies. That love blossomed in later years as one of Vancouver’s first swing dance instructors and DJs, and as a dance instructor aboard Royal Caribbean Cruiseline. To learn more about Heather, visit www.myspace.com/lindyheather.

Daniel Newsome (Denver)

Daniel has been DJ'ing for the past eight years at one of the world's most popular swing dance nightclubs, Denver's Mercury Cafe. He has over 3000 hours of DJ experience and has been featured at many national events, exchanges, camps and competitions. His 10,000+ CD Collection includes many rare, out-of-print and completely unique tunes.