Staff

It Takes
A Village...

Our very own Carolina community is rich with amazing talented dancers who come together to make all of our our events so memorable!

Carolina Summer Swing proudly features local “Carolina-based” and “Regional” Team members, and a select group of fan-favorite guest staff members from across the US!

Our Deejays play the very best competition, bumper and social dancing music — all weekend long.

And the Emcees entertain and keep attendees informed throughout the entire event!

We will announce our upcoming Event Staff in early 2026. Until then, we’ll keep the list of 2025 Staff here for general reference.  We are so fortunate to be able to include many of these local and regional talented pros to our weekend events.

We are actively working to finalize and confirm our CSS’26 Staff. Check back for updates!

Instructional, Competition, Emcee & Judging Staff
(2025)

Our “Carolina's-based” Team

Patty Vo * Michael Kiehm * Debbie Ramsey-Boz * Robin Smith * Jason Barnes

Malia Jameson * Jason & Annmarie Marker * Ryan Boz * Nicole Zwerlein * Jenna Shimek

Stephanie Risser * Sharole Lashe-Negrete * Debbie Tuttle-Steffanina * Scott Campbell (Shag)

Ryan Pflumm & Alaina Rogozhin * Paul & Marta Canfield

And Special Invited Guests including…

This section includes “Special Guests” with ties to the Carolinas, the Greenville WCS community, and other “Rick & Cindy Events”. We are excited to welcome the following individuals, and we continue to look to confirm additional Staff members and Special Guests!

Jennifer DeLuca * Arjay Centeno * Alan Annicella * Gary Jobst * Jeff Mumford

Bonnie Cannon * Demery Leyva * Jennifer Norris * Derek Leyva * Kay Newhouse

Reginald Beason * Abigail Baker * Geoff Newell & Anni Hellwagen

Jerome Subey * Sheven Kekoolani * Katie Montgomery * Macie Sandlin

Other “Surprise Guests”

Deejays

We are excited to be bringing in fan-favorites from both near and far to Carolina Summer Swing!

This talented team allows us to ensure you will have exceptional music to dance to — for your competitions as well as for Social Dancing.
They will be rocking in both the Primary and Secondary Rooms all weekend long!

Confirmed so far:

Josh Angel * Katie Fallon * Joe Mahoney

Jasson Phillips * Ron Glickman * Britni Weaver * Sammy Dewald

We are still working on adding another DJ (or two) with local ties … Stay Tuned!

Event Management Team

Competition, Scoring & Contest Management Team

Doug Rousar (Chief Judge)  * Alex Brand (Scorer)

Alan Annicella (MC) * Annmarie Marker (MC) * Sheven Kekoolani (MC)

Demery Leyva (Competition Coordinator) * Susan Brown (Contest Manager) * Vivian Glucksman-Weiss (Competitor Review)

Registration, Front Desk & Attendee Support

Tammy Davis  *  Britni Weaver * Betty Garlington  * Allison Bennett

Media Team

Ivana Woodcock *  Kathy Kroll Romana * Jackie Cohen * Jenaleigh Banks

Event Directors

Rick Dauss (Executive Event Director)
Cindy Dauss (Co-Event Director & “Rick’s Boss”)
Carolina Summer Swing is a production of Carolina Westie Productions (CWP), LLC

Operations Support

Supported by the Dance Jam Productions team…and many others!

...and More!

Stay tuned for updates to this page as additional staff and support are confirmed.