{"id":19071,"date":"2024-12-19T22:36:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T22:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teapartyswings.com\/website_9befc589\/?p=19071"},"modified":"2025-02-11T08:40:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T13:40:20","slug":"cameo-mchenry-ben-morris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teapartyswings.com\/cameo-mchenry-ben-morris\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameo McHenry &amp; Ben Morris"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading19071_cef744-79, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading19071_cef744-79[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading19071_cef744-79\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading19071_cef744-79 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading19071_cef744-79[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading19071_cef744-79\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading19071_cef744-79 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading19071_cef744-79\"><strong>Cameo McHenry:<\/strong> Cameo started dancing almost immediately after birth. Daughter of Michael and Amber Cross (The 1st US Open Swing Dance Champions ever), she was exposed to WCS almost immediately. Dance has always been her life, as she changed her focus to classical ballet which took her to great heights going through the University of Arizona School of Dance on full scholarship, and then dancing with River North Dance Chicago in Chicago, IL. In Chicago, she found her way back into WCS, and this eventually led her to California, which is where she currently resides. In 2016, Cameo was inducted into the California Swing Dance Hall of Fame and in June 2018, won a local Northern California Emmy for her work in BaseBallet II: Into the Game. Cameo is the current US Open Classic Swing Champion with Ben Morris. At age 35, Cameo brings a wealth of knowledge and experience not only related to WCS but also dancing as a whole that is extremely valuable for WCS dancers to gain an understanding of to apply to their own bodies and movement.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading19071_0343d9-dc, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading19071_0343d9-dc[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading19071_0343d9-dc\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading19071_0343d9-dc mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading19071_0343d9-dc[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading19071_0343d9-dc\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading19071_0343d9-dc wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading19071_0343d9-dc\"><strong>Ben Morris:<\/strong> Both a Champion Lindy Hopper and a Champion West Coast Swing Dancer;\u00a0Ben\u00a0Morris\u00a0began\u00a0swing dancing at the age of 12 and is now a 2 time World Swing Dance Champion, 3 time U.S. Open Swing Dance Champion, Spirit of Lindy Hop award winner, a California Swing Dance Hall of Fame award winner, and a featured dancer in the movie\u00a0Love\u00a0N\u2019 Dancing and the Leann Rimes Music Video \u201cSwingin.\u201d A graduate of UCLA, he currently lives in Orange County, California, running his weekly dance Swingin the Blues and regularly guest teaching at several local colleges during the week.\u00a0 On the weekends\u00a0Ben\u00a0travels all over the world to teach, compete, mc, judge, and perform and is known for his fun dance\u00a0style, infectious personality, and enjoyable workshops.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading19071_739806-85, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading19071_739806-85[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading19071_739806-85\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading19071_739806-85 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading19071_739806-85[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading19071_739806-85\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading19071_739806-85 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading19071_739806-85\">For private coaching, contact Ben at: <a href=\"mailto:benmorrisdance@gmail.com\">benmorrisdance@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cameo McHenry: Cameo started dancing almost immediately after birth. Daughter of Michael and Amber Cross (The 1st US Open Swing Dance Champions ever), she was exposed to WCS almost immediately. 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