2026 Schedule
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Friday, February 27
9:30 AM
Available for Private Lessons
10:00 AM
Available for Private Lessons
10:30 AM
Check-In Opens for All-Star & Novice
12:30 PM
Check-In Opens for Intermediate & Advanced
Robert Royston
Intensive with Robert Royston
All-Star / Champion Only
Benji Schwimmer
Workshop with Benji Schwimmer
Novice Only
1:30 PM
Dawn Blorstad
Workshop with Dawn Blorstad
Novice Only
2:40 PM
Benji Schwimmer
Intensive with Benji Schwimmer
Advanced Only
Ariel Peck & Jesse Lopez
Workshop with Jesse & Ariel
Intermediate Only
3:40 PM
Mia Primavera
Workshop with Mia Primavera
Intermediate Only
4:50 PM
JD
Jen DeLuca
Workshop with Jen DeLuca
All-Star / Champion Only
Ariel Peck & Jesse Lopez
Intensive with Jesse & Ariel
Novice Only
5:50 PM
Benji Schwimmer
Workshop with Benji Schwimmer
All-Star / Champion Only
7:00 PM
Robert Royston
Workshop with Robert Royston
Advanced Only
JD
Jen DeLuca
Intensive with Jen DeLuca
Intermediate Only
8:00 PM
John Festa
Workshop with John Festa
Advanced Only
9:10 PM
Dr. Sam Greenblatt
Performance Anxiety Workshop
All-Levels
9:15 PM
Ballroom Closed
9:30 PM
Deadline for Advanced Strictly Sign-Up
10:00 PM
Deadline for All-Star Strictly Sign-Up
10:15 PM
Marshaling for Advanced Strictly
AJ Howard, John Collini, Kristen Shaw & Peter Khoo
Official Welcome & Staff Intros
All-Levels
10:30 PM
Marshaling for All-Star Strictly
AJ Howard & Kristen Shaw
Advanced Strictly Prelims & Finals
Advanced
11:00 PM
Available for Private Lessons
AJ Howard & Kristen Shaw
All-Star Strictly Prelims & Finals
All-Star
11:30 PM
John Collini
Awards & Open Dancing with DJ 4ier
All-Levels
12:00 AM
Arjay Centeno
Social Dancing with DJ Arjay
All-Levels
1:30 AM
Jes Ann Nail
Social Dancing with DJ Snail
All-Levels
Saturday, February 28
9:00 AM
Available for Private Lessons
Available for Private Lessons
10:00 AM
John Collini
Open Dancing with DJ 4ier
All-Levels
Dario Haxhia
Competitor Warm-Up with Dario Haxhia
Novice / Intermediate Only
11:00 AM
Open Dancing / Practice
11:30 AM
Marshaling for Novice J&J Prelims
12:00 PM
Marshaling for Intermediate J&J Prelims
Kristen Shaw & Peter Khoo
Novice J&J Prelims
Sponsored by Liberty Swing Dance Championships (Jun 25-28, 2026)
Novice
Dimitri Hector
Competitor Warm-Up with Dimitri Hector
Advanced / All-Star Only
12:30 PM
Marshaling for Novice & Intermediate J&J Finals
Kristen Shaw & Peter Khoo
Intermediate J&J Prelims
Sponsored by Liberty Swing Dance Championships (Jun 25-28, 2026)
Intermediate
1:00 PM
Open Dancing / Practice
Marshaling for Advanced J&J Prelims
Kristen Shaw & Peter Khoo
Novice & Intermediate J&J Finals
Sponsored by Liberty Swing Dance Championships (Jun 25-28, 2026)
Novice / Intermediate
1:30 PM
Marshaling for All-Star J&J Prelims
AJ Howard & Kristen Shaw
Advanced J&J Prelims
Sponsored by Swustlicious (Oct 16-18, 2026)
Advanced
2:00 PM
Available for Private Lessons
AJ Howard & John Collini
All-Star J&J Prelims
All-Star
2:30 PM
AG
Alexis Garrish, Dawn Blorstad, Dimitri Hector & Mia Pastor
Novice Competitor Q&A
Novice Only
3:30 PM
AG
Alexis Garrish, Ariel Peck, Jes Ann Nail & Jesse Lopez
Intermediate Competitor Q&A
Intermediate Only
4:30 PM
Available for Private Lessons
AG
Alexis Garrish, Dawn Blorstad & Robert Royston
Advanced Competitor Q&A
Advanced Only
AG
JD
Alexis Garrish, Benji Schwimmer, Dawn Blorstad & Jen DeLuca
All-Star Competitor Q&A
All-Star Only
5:30 PM
Available for Private Lessons
Ballroom Closes
5:45 PM
Arjay Centeno
"Steal The Flow" Steals Class with Arjay Centeno
All-Levels
7:15 PM
Marshaling for Advanced & All-Star J&J Finals
7:20 PM
Ballroom Opens
7:30 PM
Available for Private Lessons
AJ Howard, John Collini & Kristen Shaw
Advanced & All-Star J&J Finals
Adv sponsored by Swustlicious (Oct 16-18, 2026)
Advanced / All-Star
8:30 PM
John Collini
Open Dancing with DJ 4ier
All-Levels
8:45 PM
Marshaling for Champions J&J Prelims
9:00 PM
Available for Private Lessons
AJ Howard & Kristen Shaw
Champions J&J Prelims & Finals
Champion
9:30 PM
John Collini
Awards & Open Dancing with DJ 4ier
All-Levels
10:00 PM
Chill Zone Room Opens
YHC
Yu Hua Cheng
Social Dancing with DJ Yu Hua
11pm NYC bagels sponsored by Gotham Swing Club
All-Levels
11:30 PM
Ariel Peck
Social Dancing with DJ Ariel
All-Levels
1:00 AM
JD
Jen DeLuca
Underground Experience with DJ JD
All-Levels
2:30 AM
Mangesh Urankar
Social Dancing with DJ Mango
All-Levels
Sunday, March 1
9:00 AM
Floor Trials
10:00 AM
Available for Private Lessons
Glen Acheampong & Jen Ferreira
Workshop with Jen & Glen
All-Levels
11:00 AM
Deadline for Newcomer J&J Sign-Up
Dario Haxhia & Jes Ann Nail
Workshop with Jes & Dario
All-Levels
11:20 AM
Deadline for Intermediate Strictly Sign-Up
11:40 AM
Deadline for Novice Strictly Sign-Up
12:00 PM
John Collini
Open Dancing with DJ 4ier
All-Levels
12:20 PM
John Collini & Peter Khoo
Intermediate Strictly Prelims
No prelims! We are going straight to finals.
Intermediate
12:40 PM
Marshaling for Newcomer Prelims
John Collini & Peter Khoo
Novice Strictly Prelims
No prelims! We are going straight to finals.
Novice
1:00 PM
Marshaling for Novice & Intermediate Strictlies
Deadline for Pro-Am Performance Demos Sign-Up
Available for Private Lessons
AJ Howard & John Collini
Newcomer Jack & Jill Prelims
Sponsored by Big Apple Ballroom
Newcomer
1:20 PM
John Collini & Peter Khoo
Novice & Intermediate Strictly Finals
No prelims, straight to finals. Sponsored by Swingiversity
Novice / Intermediate
1:40 PM
AJ Howard & John Collini
Newcomer Jack & Jill Finals
Sponsored by Big Apple Ballroom
Newcomer
2:00 PM
Deadline for New York Rat Race J&J Sign-Up
John Collini & Peter Khoo
Pro-Am Performance Demos
Improv dances and routines.
All-Levels
2:30 PM
Marshaling for NY Rat Race J&J
John Collini
Open Dancing with DJ 4ier
All-Levels
3:00 PM
Available for Private Lessons
AJ Howard & John Collini
New York Rat Race J&J
All-American prelims, Tournament-style finals.
All-Levels
4:00 PM
John Collini
Awards & Open Dancing with DJ 4ier
All-Levels
4:30 PM
Robert Royston
Workshop with Robert Royston
All-Levels
5:30 PM
John Festa
Social Dancing with DJ Festa
All-Levels