Instruments
Voice, guitar, piano, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, bass,
recorder, and others.
Performance Repertoire
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Music for Dancing. Solo guitar. Solo Fiddle.
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The music of families, children, and of people from a diversity of cultures.
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Traditional music of the U.S.A., the British Isles, English and French Canada, Ghana, Zimbabwe, and various pieces from many nations.
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Popular music of the U.S.A. from 1784 to the present.
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Step Dance of the Southern Appalachians and Quebec
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My own compositions: Instrumental pieces, rounds, choral works, and songs.
Styles of Dance Taught
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Square Dances of the 19th century.
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Square Dances 1930 to 1950, and my own compositions in the style.
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New England Contra Dances, traditional and modern.
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British Barn Dances.
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Quebecois Traditional Dance.
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Quebecois Gigue and Appalachian Clog Dance.
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Old-Fashioned Couple Dance.
PERFORMANCES (a sampling)
Dance Camps
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Fiddle and Dance Camp at Ashokan: Northern, Southern, Western & Swing, and Teachers' Weeks, Olive Bridge, NY
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Pinewoods Camp: Folk, Family, Campers, English-American, and American Weeks, Plymouth, MA
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Contra Dance Musician Week, John C Campbell Folk School, Beasstown, NC
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BACDSS Family Week, Gualala, CA
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Camp Wannadance, Seattle, WA
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Country Dance College, Atlanta, GA
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Raincoast Rucus, Vancouver, BC
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Moosejaw Dance Weekend, MI
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Michigan Fall Dance Weekend, M
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Callers Intensive Workshop, Guest Instructor on Teaching and Musicality. Coppenhagen, Denmark
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Between the Bays Dance Week, London, England
Festivals (U.S.A.)
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The Philadelphia Folk Festival, Schwenksville, PA
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The Brandywine Folk Festival, Brandywine, PA
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The Hudson River Revival, NY
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The Eisteddfod, MA
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The Middletown Folk Festival , Red Bank NJ
Festivals (International)
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Mariposa Folk Festival, Toronto, Canada
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The Shetland Folk Festival, Shetland Islands, Great Britain
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International Eisteddfod, Llangollen, Wales, Great Britain
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Rzeszow international Festival, Poland