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.

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

 Big Pappa Ron’s Top 20   

 January   2012 

Title	Artist	Dance Style
Ain't Leavin Without You	Jaheim	WCS
Life Of The Party	Charlie Wilson	WCS
Love On Top	Beyonce Knowles	WCS
Goin Down South	R L Burnside	WCS
Hustle Man	Colby O'Donis	WCS
Coming Up	Lupe Flasco	WCS
Ain't No Party	Willie Clayton	WCS
Abracadabre	Jessie J	WCS
She's On Fire	Matt White	WCS
Rolling In The Deep	Adele	WCS
Click Click Click	New Kids On Yhe Block	WCS
Let's Stay Together	Natalya	WCS
I Sing The Blues	Etta James	WCS
You Bring Me Joy	Anita Baker	NC2
Dream On Texas Ladies	Jonhn Michael Montgemery	WALTZ
Love Letter	R Kelly	WCS
Love Bath	Smokey Robinson	WCS
La Llave	Eddie Palmeri	SALSA
They Don't Care About Us (Henson Remix)	Michael Jackson	Line Dance (Stomp)
Need You Now	Lady Antebellum	WCS