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Swim ATX

Reagan High School students in the Swim ATX program The Swim ATX program partners with Austin ISD to provide swimming lessons and lifeguard training to high school students. Bartholomew Swims featured several lifeguards who had come through this program, trained to save lives at just 15 or 16 years old.

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Neighborhood Kids

A number of neighborhood kids joined Bartholomew Swims as divers and floaters. They included Madison Brown, Tim Hill, Manuel Longoria, Marsela Longoria, Eliasar Martínez, Cristian Martínez, Nicole Martínez, Josué Martínez, Yair Martínez, Camino Rojas, and Sammy Woodberry.

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Jonathan “Tap” Tapscott

Jonathan “Tap” Tapscott was born in Houston but has lived in Austin since he was 13. He grew up around pools in both cities, and his father Jonathan taught thousands of children to swim in Houston’s 5th ward. When he was 21, he started mixing chemicals with Aquatics and has been working for the department […]

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The Directors

Allison Orr, Founder and Artistic Director of Forklift Danceworks, was on swim team from age 5-15 and at age 5 won a trophy for being “most improved.” Inspired by the beauty and virtuosity in the practiced, habitual movement of labor, Allison Orr creates dances that feature the often-overlooked choreography of work that sustains our everyday lives. […]

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