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| October 16, 2010 Woodbridge, CT: Watch Bill call a family dance! |
Bill's presentation
at Pecha Kucha, February 8, 2012, New Haven, CT,
in which he outlines his "Mission Statement":
Holding Hands with
Strangers
Bill has been calling dances for over twenty-five years, starting out in
New Haven, Connecticut, with the contra dance series that has been a fixture
of the folk music and dance scene there for nearly thirty years. In addition
to contra dances in and around the northeast, he has called at various festivals
and dance camps regionally and nationally. Bill also calls several maypole
dances each year in May. (Click
here
for pictures of the 2010 Celebration of May, held in Bethany, CT)
Somewhat accidentally, he has focused on groups which include a lot of
beginners--of all ages--and has done events at schools, parties, special
occasions, and nursing homes, including square dances for people in wheelchairs!
Additionally, every year he does several local maypole dances in the New
Haven area. Besides calling, he plays several folk instruments--primarily
penny whistle--and has danced in and played music for performing dance groups
at many events and festivals in and around the northeast.
Bill and his wife,
Mickey
Koth (the fiddler in the band
Wry
Bred) are
Out
On
A
Whim, which
plays for family and contra dances as well as for special events.
Contact Bill:
e-mail; phone: (H) (203) 393-3464 (C) (203)
314-0221 Click
here
for a list of Bill's past dances
See
CONNtra
CONNection for for everything related to contra dancing in
Connecticut