Big Pappa Ron Reese

Big Pappa Ron Reese is a member of the National Association Of Rhythm Blues Dee Jays.   Big Pappa Ron began playing music as a hobby in High School, playing music for parties and social events.  Ron continued his hobby of playing music and DJ equipment to adulthood.  Ron has danced all of his life from Freestyle to Disco to Swing dancing.  Ron join his local swing/bop dance club in 1999 and started playing music for swing dancers in 2001 in Columbus, Ohio at Bowties located in the Midwest Hotel and Conference Center. In 2002, was asked by his local swing dance club to be the music director. As Music Director, Ron scheduled the club DJ’s, maintained the sound equipment, obtained music for the club and surveyed the members to ensure that the music played by the DJ’s was what the membership wanted.  

Since February 2003, Ron has been one of the featured DJ at all the Columbus Swing DAnce Club's events including the club’s annual dance Jammin In July. Jammin' In July which attracts approximately 400 dancers from all around the USA that includes East Coast Swing Dancers, West Coast Swing Dancers, Bop Dancers, and Ballroom Dancers. Ron provides music and equipment for all the clubs events.  

Ron has played music for the Columbus Singles Dance Inc., private swing dance parties, local fund raisers, and local corporate dance parties.  Ron was one of the featured DJ’s for the Chicago Windy City Jitterbug Club’s “Sweet Home Chicago Dance” in July of 2005 and for the Columbus Swing Dance Club’s Jammin In July 2005.  

Ron enjoys the challenge of playing music for Swing Dancers and the challenge of determining the correct music to play for the various different groups of dancers.  Ron knows that each dance group is a different challenge.


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Global Swing DJs

Look for Big Pappa Ron in the DJ booth in 2010 at these events:

 Big Pappa Ron’s Top 20   

April, 2010

Title	Artist	Dance Style
Ring My Bells	Enrique Iglesias	WCS
Let It Rock	Kevin Rudolph	WCS
Billie Jean	Black Street	WCS
Fade Away	Mary J Bleige	WCS
One Drop Of Love	Ray Charles	WCS
Whatever Happens	Michael Jackson	WCS
Back In Stride	Mint Condition	WCS
Ain't Leavin Withou You	Jaheim	WCS
Family Affair	Mary J Bleige	WCS
Jusst Dance (remix)	Lady Gaga	WCS
Becaue of You	Ne Yo	WCS
Let's Stay Together	Natalya	WCS
Freeze	Jordan Sparks	WCS
You Bring Me Joy	Anita Baker	NC2
Dream On Texas Ladies	Jonhn Michael Montgemery	WALTZ
If I Were A Boy	Beyonce	WCS
King Of The Beach	Chris Rea	WCS
La Llave	Eddie Palmeri	SALSA
They Don't Care About Us (Henson Remix)	Michael Jackson	Line Dance (Stomp)
Gimme WhatYou Got	Keb Mo	WCS