
Dana started contra dancing in 2009 in Tampa, Florida with the Tampa Friends of Old-Time Dance. Through support from her local community and dancing like crazy at dozens of dance weekends, Dana found herself at the Contra Calling Workshop with Cis Hinkle at Augusta Dance Week in Elkins, WV. In no time at all she was calling local dances. She called her first dance weekend in Gainesville, Florida in 2012 and hasn't looked back!
past events and musicians i have worked with:
FESTIVALS AND WEEKENDS
- Dancing with the GODS Gainesville, FL
(Thanks GODS for having me 3 years in a row!) - Fall Ball Pinellas Park, FL
- Mountain Blossom Elk Park, NC
- Ooh La La Richmond, Quebec, Canada
- Contrathon Jonesborough, TN
- FolkMADness Socorro, NM
- Shenandoah Shindig Dayton, VA
- Catapult! Atlanta, GA
- Great Bear Groove Oswego, NY
- Gypsy Moon Ball Indianapolis, IN
- Call of the Loon Minneapolis, MN
- Midwinter Ball Baltimore, MD
- Mountain Madness Jonesborough, TN
- June Bug Bash Pinellas Park, FL
- Dance, Music and Spice Week Camp Cavell, MI
- Harvest Moon Dance Festival Santa Barbara, CA
Musicians i'VE SHARED THE STAGE WITH
Great Bear Trio
Mean Lids
Elixir
Syncopaths
Crowfoot
Notorious
Giant Robot Dance
Latter Day Lizards
Free Raisins
Steamshovel
Celador
Eel House
Jubal's Kin
Uncle Farmer
Toss the Possum
On the Fly
Party of Three
Rafter Ringers
Triple A
Nova
LOCAL DANCE Series
- Tampa Friends of Old-Time Dance Tampa, FL
- Gainesville Oldtime Dance Society Gainesville, FL
- Cocoa Beach Contra Cocoa Beach, FL
- University of Florida Contra Dance Club Gainesville, FL
- Friday Night at Glen Echo Glen Echo, MD
- Old Farmer's Ball Asheville, NC
- Harvest Moon Folk Society Marietta, SC
- Triangle Country Dancers Carrboro, NC
- Fiddle & Bow Country Dancers Winston-Salem, NC
- Chicago Barn Dance Company Chicago, IL
- Bloomington Old Time Music and Dance Bloomington, IN