Western & Swing Week 2025
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🎶 Join us for a week of music, dance, and connection at Ashokan’s Music & Dance Week with Jay Ungar & Molly Mason! 🎶
Get ready for a full week steeped in Swing, Western Swing, Classic Country, and Tejano Conjunto music and dance. This is more than just a camp — it’s a fun, friendly learning vacation filled with joy, creativity, and community.
You’ll find a wide range of classes in:
🎤 Singing
💃 Dancing (swing, solo jazz, country western, square & contra, and more!)
🎻 Fiddle, mandolin, guitar, piano, bass, percussion
🎼 Practical music theory
Plus jams, song swaps, band labs, and themed evening dances featuring hot live music every night!
Musicians and dancers of all levels and backgrounds are warmly welcomed and celebrated.
🌟 2025 STAFF 🌟
JAY UNGAR & MOLLY MASON | your hosts!
JAMES MASON | swing & western swing fiddle
BRIAN LAWTON & EMILY VANSTON | lindy hop & solo jazz
CINDY OVERSTREET | west coast swing, country western, & more
EMILY GIMBLE | harmony singing
CASEY CARR | square & contra dances
MICHAEL ARCHER | bass & band coaching
DICK GIMBEL | western swing guitar & band coaching
BELE ESCOBEDO & RAMON GUTIERREZ | tejano conjunto
KEVIN WIMMER | jazz & blues fiddle
RANDY ELMORE | western swing & country fiddle
TOM KRUMM | experimental band, waltzes & slow tunes
HAYES GRIFFIN | western swing mandolin
LARRY BAIONE | jazz guitar
TONI MITCHELL | jazz & swing guitar
LAUREL MASSE | vocal workshops
DAVE DAVIES | swing harmony chorus & band
VINNIE MARTUCCI | piano & guided listening
PETER DAVIS | improv skills
HARRY ACETO | bass
BILLY LANG | drums & percussion ensemble
RUSS STERNGLASS | percussion mini-lessons
Come be part of the Ashokan family—learn, grow, celebrate, make music, dance your heart out, and forge friendships that last a lifetime. Our events are open to everyone—all ages, all backgrounds, all orientations.
Let’s make music together! 🎻💃🎶
Get Tickets
Get ready for a full week steeped in Swing, Western Swing, Classic Country, and Tejano Conjunto music and dance. This is more than just a camp — it’s a fun, friendly learning vacation filled with joy, creativity, and community.
You’ll find a wide range of classes in:
🎤 Singing
💃 Dancing (swing, solo jazz, country western, square & contra, and more!)
🎻 Fiddle, mandolin, guitar, piano, bass, percussion
🎼 Practical music theory
Plus jams, song swaps, band labs, and themed evening dances featuring hot live music every night!
Musicians and dancers of all levels and backgrounds are warmly welcomed and celebrated.
🌟 2025 STAFF 🌟
JAY UNGAR & MOLLY MASON | your hosts!
JAMES MASON | swing & western swing fiddle
BRIAN LAWTON & EMILY VANSTON | lindy hop & solo jazz
CINDY OVERSTREET | west coast swing, country western, & more
EMILY GIMBLE | harmony singing
CASEY CARR | square & contra dances
MICHAEL ARCHER | bass & band coaching
DICK GIMBEL | western swing guitar & band coaching
BELE ESCOBEDO & RAMON GUTIERREZ | tejano conjunto
KEVIN WIMMER | jazz & blues fiddle
RANDY ELMORE | western swing & country fiddle
TOM KRUMM | experimental band, waltzes & slow tunes
HAYES GRIFFIN | western swing mandolin
LARRY BAIONE | jazz guitar
TONI MITCHELL | jazz & swing guitar
LAUREL MASSE | vocal workshops
DAVE DAVIES | swing harmony chorus & band
VINNIE MARTUCCI | piano & guided listening
PETER DAVIS | improv skills
HARRY ACETO | bass
BILLY LANG | drums & percussion ensemble
RUSS STERNGLASS | percussion mini-lessons
Come be part of the Ashokan family—learn, grow, celebrate, make music, dance your heart out, and forge friendships that last a lifetime. Our events are open to everyone—all ages, all backgrounds, all orientations.
Let’s make music together! 🎻💃🎶
Get Tickets
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