Anthony Peters Anthony's earliest dance teachers were the dancers on the TV show "Where The Action Is"; he would copy their moves then perform them for his Mom and brother. His formal dance education started at age 18 with tap lesson. After performing in musicals and dinner theater in the Seattle area he moved to New York to study with tap dance icon Jerry Ames. Anthony danced in the Jerry Ames Tap Dance Company and the Gail Conrad Tap Dance Theatre, two companies that were important in the tap dance revival of the 1980's. Since returning to Seattle, Anthony collaborated with Cheryl Johnson presenting hundreds of tap dance concerts featuring live music. Anthony and Cheryl are the creative team behind "A Tap Dance Christmas Carol" and co-founded the Johnson and Peters Tap Dance Studio.

Karen Omahen has been teaching and performing in the Northwest for the past 25 years. Performing credits include Broadway and Regional Theater, Spectrum Dance Theater, Ray Bussy's That's Jazz, television and film. She was on the faculty of the Professional Actor Training Program at the University of Washington. Favorite local choreography credits include 42nd Street, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Boyfriend, and Storybook Theater.

Jessie Sawyers has performed on stage at the Paramount Theater with Savion Glover in Dance This (2005) as well as with the legendary, late Gregory Hines (2002). Commercial credits include: a promotional video for Intel (2007) and commercials and appearances for Ivar's as their tap dancing clam mascot (1999 - 2006). In 2006, Jessie founded her own performance company, SoleSound Tap Dance Co., and since its inception has been well received at venues such as Vancouver International Tap Dance Festival, The Masters of Lindy and Tap at the Century Ballroom and at Microsoft Corporation.

Kevin Buster Kevin Buster has been swing dancing for 13 years. Kevin has studied with Original Savoy Dancers Frank Manning, Norma Miller, Sugar Sullivan, and Dawn Hampton and also with master swing dancer Lennart Westerlund (leader of the Rhythm Hotshots and Harlem Hotshots). Kevin has been studying the relationship of Swing, Tap, and African dancing. His study has taken him to Guinea West Africa to learn from Grand Master Sorell and Youssouf Kombassa both of Les Ballets Africains. Kevin Has been taking tap for 6 years. He is also a saxophone, flute, and clarinetist. He plays swing, blues, and jazz music with various local bands in the Seattle area. You can find Kevin on Youtube.com playing Black Coffee w/ The Careless Lovers. This Video won the Seattle Vintage Jazz Dance Video Contest for 2011. Kevin's strong musicality, patience and improvisational ability ensure fun and exciting classes for all dancers regardless of ability.