Past Gigs

I have called evenings of English country dance, taught dance and callers' workshops, and appeared at camps and festivals throughout the U.S. and Canada.

I've also called contra dances and family dances, and taught 10-week dance courses.

Here is a selected list of where I've been.

Booking information

Oregon
  • Heather & Rose Weekend with Bare Necessities; Eugene: English Country Dance and round singing
  • Klamath Falls Contra Dance
  • Creekside Family Dances in Ashland
  • Southern Oregon University, Ashland: English and Scottish Country Dance academic credit class; 2005-present
  • Southern Oregon University, Ashland: ten-week English Country Dance classes for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute; 2011
  • Southern Oregon University, Ashland: community dances and classes (English, Scottish, Irish for all ages) through Community Education program
  • Workshops and community dances in various local (Rogue Valley) K-12 schools and community settings: English, Scottish, community dance, ceilidh, Irish, American, Morris, International
  • Ashland Country Dancers, Ashland: weekly English and Scottish Country Dance Class, since 1982
  • Ashland Country Dancers, Ashland: Spring Ball Weekend caller and organizer
  • Eugene: a weekend with Bare Necessities
  • Ashland Middle School: ran 8th grade Morris team, danced out in England on May Day
  • Country Dance and Song Society Weekend of Dance and Music in Ashland: Round Singing, Family Dance
California
  • Dancing Master for the Bay Area Country Dancers (BACDS) Fall Ball 2009
  • Program Director for BACDS Mendocino English Dance and Music Week 2008, and taught workshop on Impropriety for Advanced Dancers
  • BACDS Monte Toyon Fall Weekend: English Country Dance, Callers Workshop
  • Program Director for BACDS Mendocino English Dance and Music Week 2007, and taught ECD Basics and Beyond and a Callers Workshop
  • BACDS Mendocino English Dance and Music Week 2003: taught ECD Basics and Beyond, Dancing the Whole Dance
  • Sacramento: guest caller for dance series
  • San Diego: guest caller for regular and advanced dances
  • Culver City: guest caller for dance series
  • Berkeley: guest caller for regular and experienced dance series
  • Sebastopol: guest caller for regular series 2002-2008
  • Berkeley: guest caller for ceilidh dance
Arizona
  • Tucson for special weekend
Minnesota
  • Minneapolis for dance series
Florida
  • Gainesville for special weekend
Washington
  • Cascadia ECD Weekend guest caller
Massachusetts
  • Pinewoods: on staff at CDSS English Week 2011
  • Natick: NEFFA (New England Folk Festival): English Country Dance session
  • Arlington: Wednesday before NEFFA English Country Dance party
  • Amherst for dance series
  • Arlington for dance series
  • West Newton for dance series
  • Harvard Square for dance series
  • Jamaica Plain for dance series
  • Whately Barn for dance series
New York
  • Westchester for dance series
  • New York for CDNY dance series
  • New York guest caller for community dance
  • Schenecktady for dance series
Maryland
  • Baltimore for dance series
Missouri
  • St Louis for dance series
Pennsylvania
  • Philadephia for Germantown dance series
Washington DC
  • Guest caller for dance series
Vermont
  • Guest caller for dance series
North Carolina
  • Durham for dance series
Iowa
  • Central Iowa Traditional Dance and Music Festival: ECD, Barn Dance, Scottish Country Dance, 2008
Canada
  • Hands Across the Water weekend 2011, Victoria BC: English Country Dance and a callers workshop
  • Victoria Ball 2011, Victoria BC
  • Hands Across the Water weekend 2005, Victoria BC: English Country Dance
  • Ottowa, Ontario: guest caller for special event