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Lawrence Page

Main Room, Blues room, West Coast room
Lawrence "Please don't call me DJ" Page has DJ'ed at the Austin Swing Syndicate since 2000 and elsewhere since 1996.  Shortly after moving here from Chicago in 2000, Lawrence founded Austin Lindy Hop and taught Lindy Hop for several years with a troup of instructors before retiring back to his "day job" as an attorney.  Lawrence also helped plan the early Chicago Lindy Exchanges, led the planning of the 2002 Austin "UnExchange" and coordinated the music for the Alpha Lambda Chi (ALX) 2004 Animal-House Exchange.  He has also DJed hundreds of events across the country, including Exchanges in Chicago, Austin, Seattle, Ithaca, New York City, Ensenada, San Diego, San Francisco, Dallas, Houston, Tucson, and Los Angeles, as well as several workshops across the country and in Paris and London.  Lawrence DJs all kinds of swing music, but primary enjoys more modern "groove" swing and Blues music (not just "slow music," but "Blues" as in "Da Blues," the swingin', rollin', and tumblin' real meaning of "Blues").

Nathan Malone

Main Room, Blues room, West Coast room
A DJ since 2001 and swing dancer since 1995, Nathan has DJed the Fed on a regular basis and is also one of the regular DJs for Four On The Floor and The Syndicate's Go Dance events. Nationally, he has DJed the Austin Lindy Exchange, Frankie Manning's 89th Birthday Cruise, all five editions of Lindy Gras, San Francisco Lindy Exchange, Lindy Groove, South Florida Lindy Exchange (SoFlex),  the Great Southwest Lindyfest, Houston Swing Dance Society, San Antonio Swing Dance Society, and many other events and house parties, including a few weddings and other events.  He is also a former Syndicate Board Member and has been involved on an organizational level for most of the Austin Lindy Exchanges and helped organize the Syndicate sponsored Lavay Smith concert in 2005.

Scott Angelius

Main Room
Scott has been dancing and teaching Swing and Lindy Hop since 1998. He has contributed to the lindy community in Austin and throughout the U.S. - teaching, DJing, mentoring, and directing various events. As a DJ, Scott has spun at numerous exchanges, workshops, and other events. He also organizes and DJs Soul Jam! , a monthly soul party in Austin. His other contributions are as the co-founder of The Lindy Project , teaching weekly classes in Austin as well as workshops throughout Texas; co-founder of Lone Star Championships , an annual competition; and as the 2007 president of the Austin Swing Syndicate.

George White

Main room, Balboa room
Dj Whitey started djing in 2002. His philosophy of djing is to construct a framework of swing era songs (30's and 40's) and sprinkle onto that later swing and even a little neo-swing when the mood strikes. But always returning to the so called classic swing framework. He has djed at the Balboa Rendezvous, ALX, Lindyfest, Seattle Exchange and Camp Jitterbug.


Mike Roberts

Main room, Blues room, Balboa room
I've been DJing for the Syndicate since about 2003.  I started DJing in San Antonio about half a year before that, mostly because I had to.  The awesome Austin DJ's helped me learn the ropes, and now I love to find new bumpin' jazz tunes and keep the floor rockin' all night long..

Bill Borgida

Main room, Blues Room
Best known for his instruction , Bill also enjoys inspiring dancers with his DeeJaying.  Bill has been listening to, collecting, and spinning swing music since the mid 1980's.  He has been invited to DeeJay at dance camps, national events, and exchanges all around the globe... Melbourne Lindy Exchange, Herrang Dance Camp, Swing Out New Hampshire, Beantown, American Lindy Hop Championships, both Frankie cruises (89th & 90th) and many more.  His extensive collection reflects his love for so many styles of swing music, as well as his passion for dancing.  He especially likes to spin tunes that are fun and playful!

Keith Shapiro

Main room, Blues room
Keith Shapiro was the driving force to create a blues dance culture in Orlando, FL.  He started Orlando Blues, and was the house DJ there until he moved to Austin, TX in Nov. 2006.  Here in Austin, Keith teaches blues dance and DJs swing, blues, and soul music for the Syndicate.  Keith has also DJed for Swing Affair (Ft. Lauderdale, FL), Lindy at Lake Eola (Orlando, FL), Gulf Regional Lindy Hop Championships Afterhours (Orlando, FL), Atlanta Lindy Exchange (Atlanta, GA), MezzJelly Lindy Soul Exchange (Dallas, TX), BluesSHOUT (St. Louis, MO), Austin Blues Party, and has been a repeat DJ at Tina Davis' Back Room dance.  When he isn't DJing, Keith can be found raising the next generation of swing and blues dancers and working on next year's Austin Blues Party.

Scott Hudson

Main room
Scott (or Baby Scott, as you may know him) started dancing Lindy Hop in May of 2006 and began DJing in the fall of 2007.  He is excited to bring a fresh set of tunes to the scene. He has been inspired by many of the Austin dancers and wants to return this energy in the form of great music.

David Kaplan

Main room
David recently moved to Austin to take a job at AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) working on computer chip design after graduating from the University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign.  He's lived in Austin just over a year and recently started DJ'ing for the Fed in his spare time.  He's been swing dancing almost two years and likes to play a mix of upbeat classic and neo-swing, with a Chicago touch.

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