Shameless Self Promotion

SEE TOM AND DEBRA IN THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC!
In June 2005, National Geographic sent a photographer to Chevy Chase Ballroom and Tom and Debra’s dance at the Spanish Ballroom as part of an article and photo spread on dance. See the article online at National Geographic; don’t miss Sights and Sounds for photos.

Tom and Debra, along with our dance team the Eight Week Wonders, were honored to serve as official swing dancers for the World War II Memorial dedication activities on the National Mall Memorial Day weekend, May 27-30, 2004. Throughout the weekend, we conducted beginner swing dance lessons and dance performances at various spots around the Mall. The crowning honor was presenting our good friends Jean Veloz, Irene Thomas, and Chuck Saggau, performers from MGM's 1940s swing dance films, at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History on Saturday, May 29. Our Sunday, May 30 USO benefit dance staring the Artie Shaw Orchestra at the Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park was attended by over 800 people.

Click on the icon above to see photos, reviews, etc.,
of this historical evening on Friday, April 19, 2002!

A partial—but by no means final—list of people/places we have performed with or at:

• Air and Space Museum
• American Cancer Society
• Annapolis Jazz Festival
• Arlington Convention Bureau
• Arlington Symphony
• Animal Welfare League of Alexandria
• Barns of Wolf Trap
• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy 2000 tour
• Bishop Carroll High School
• British School
• Booze-Hamilton
• CASA
• Cabaret for the Cure
• Canola Council of Canada
• Channel 4 Health and Fitness Expo
• Children's Hospital
• City of Fairfax Big Band
• Christian Communities Group Homes
• Columbia Pike Blues Festival

• Corcoran Gallery of Art
• DC Young Professionals
• FannieMae
• Gannett Publishing
• Hallmark Cards
• Lionel Hampton
• John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Millennium Stage 8th Anniversary Celebration with the Count Basie Orchestra
• Middleburg Wine Tasting Festival
• NRECA Health Fair
• Nordstrom
• Oakton High School graduation party
• Old Post Office Pavilion
• Pakistani Festival
• Reston Town Center
• SAIC
• SRA International

• St. Thomas More Catholic Church
• Single Volunteers of DC
• Smithsonian Folk Life Festival
• Sweetheart Ball
• Taiwan University Reunion
• Unique Foundation for Breast Cancer Research
• Warrenton Wine Tasting Festival
• Womens' Club of Chevy Chase Maryland
• World of Dance--Louise Pyles
• YMCA of Arlington

Special highlights

May, 1994—Apeared on stage with big band legend Lionel Hampton at the Duke Ellington School for the Performing Arts on behalf of the Council for Better Hearing and Speech

July 1998—Worked with writer/choreographer/director/actress Debbie Allen as swing dance coaches for her performance of "Brothers of the Night" at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Spring 1999—Coached award-winning physical comedian and clown Bill Irwin at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Titles

1991 Virginia State Open
Tom Koerner and Trisann Ferrigno Jitterbug

1992 Virginia State Open
Debra Sternberg and Charlie Wyler Open Showcase Championships, Lindy Hop

1992 Virginia State Open
Tom Koerner and Tina Conner Jitterbug

1993 Virginia State Open
Tom Koerner and Evelyn Levenson Open Classic Championships, Lindy Hop

1994 United Kingdom Lindy Hop Championships
1st place, Airsteps division

1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2003 Virginia State Open
1st place, Overall Showcase Swing

1995, 1996, 1997 American Swing Dance Championships
4th place

1995 Virginia State Open
Debra Sternberg and Richard Badu Jitterbug

1997, 1998, 2002 Virginia State Open
1st place, Jitterbug

1997 US Open
4th place, Lindy Hop division

1998 Virginia State Open
1st place, Open Classic Championships, Lindy Hop

1999 Virginia State Open
Thomas Koerner & Ryan Yohe Junior Jitterbug

2000 Virginia State Open
Debra Sternberg and Joseph Templin Hollywood Swing