Julie Jo Hughes is a charismatic and fiery vocal powerhouse. Her adept versatility shines with the sweetness of Karen Carpenter, the grit of Axl Rose, and the power of Celine Dion. Her voice has been heard across many genres of performance, from musical theater and radio show to theme park and revue shows. She was the lead female production singer for a major cruise line, where she performed nightly with the 11-piece orchestra. She has appeared in numerous theatrical productions, as 46 THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA | 2017-2018 well as two regional television commercials and an independent film. She holds a dual degree from the University of Iowa in Theatre Arts and Performing Arts Entrepreneurship. She currently sings with the Arthur Stuart Band of Hank Lane Music & Productions, located in New York City. She is also loving her new role as mom to son, Eliot! When she isn’t performing, Hughes spends her time coaching others on nutrition and healthy lifestyle. www.facebook.com/juliejohughesactress. Stephen Sayer and Chandrae Roettig are dancers/instructors who specialize in smooth style lindy and collegiate shag. While they have a love for all things that swing, their primary influences and inspirations come from the Los Angeles Jitterbugs of the 1940s and 1950s. Their partnership began in late 2010, and together Sayer and Roettig have taken first place titles in several national swing competitions. In 2011 they won first place in the Lindy Hop divisions at the National Jitterbug Championships and US Open Swing Dance Championships. In 2012 they also took first place at Camp Jitterbug and again at the US Open. In addition to those titles, Sayer is also the 2010, 2011 and 2012 National Collegiate Shag Champion, and in 2012 Sayer was inducted into the California Swing Dance Hall of Fame. Sayer and Roettig are based out of Los Angeles, where they teach weekly in North Hollywood, but you can find them teaching and performing all over the United States, Europe and Australia. They are committed to improving and pushing the limits of their own dancing as well as those who take their classes. Michael Jagger and Evita Arce are International Lindy Hop performers and instructors based in New York City. Over the last 10 years, they have traveled the world together performing swing. They were featured dancers for Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in Let Freedom Swing, a celebration of jazz for Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Kennedy Center and again with the J @ LCO for a tribute to Benny Goodman at the Rose Theater in New York City. They performed as the principle Lindy Hop couple in several productions of the Broadway musical Swing!, including regional productions at Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, the California Music Circus in Sacramento and the 2008 Japanese tour. Other stage credits include two consecutive appearances at Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out Festival with their dance company, Syncopated City. They also have appeared on television in numerous commercials and other programs, including season 3 of Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance, where they advanced to the finals. michaelandevita.com, syncopatedcity.org. Joseph C. Wiggan, native of Los Angeles, began tap dance with Paul and Arlene Kennedy. Wiggan is a 2003 Music Center Spotlight Award winner, 2004 Presidential Scholar in the Arts, and winner of the 2005 Princess Grace Award for outstanding artistic achievement. He performed in the American tour of Riverdance, tap dance musical Imagine Tap! choreographed by Derick K. Grant, and toured France and abroad in Jerome Savary’s musical comedy À la Recherche de Joséphine. As a teacher he has shared his artistry with people in Sweden, Japan, France, Guatemala, and Taiwan to name a few. He has been a cultural exchange performer in Cuba, Peru, and Russia and a featured guest in concert with Orlando Poleo, Roy Hargrove, Marcus Strickland, and Wynton Marsalis. Wiggan works as a member of The Double J’s, a tap duo act with his older sister Josette. With her, he toured in two Cirque du Soleil shows spanning four years and recently performed at the landmark Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York. Wiggan attends the New School for Jazz and Contemporary music as a tap dancer and hopes that other tap dancers will apply to university jazz programs worldwide! www.josephcwiggan.com Julie Jo Hughes Vocalist Dancers
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