Welcome!

I'm glad that you found your way here. I have been performing traditional and vintage music for over 45 years. I am perhaps best known as a caller of square and contra dance, but I also have an international reputation as a composer of rounds. My musical compositions are for people I know and their situations and celebrations.

I see American traditional dance at its best as an expression of the individual in the context of a caring and creative community, and as a celebration of our ability to enter into such communities as we make our way through a fast-changing world. In my dance teaching I draw on my experience with the dances and children's games of the U.S.A., Quebec, and the British Isles to help contemporary communities express their "solidarity in diversity."

Many folks have asked for the packet of traditional lyrics (with chords) that I have used at song sessions to keep people from staring at their smartphones. I'm including it for your pleasure here.

Hey Friends,

Here is a spiffy new collection of Québécois dance music. Download the pdf for free! It not only has traditional and newly composed tunes but clicking on a tune in the table of contents takes you directly to the tune. 
While you are here scroll down to the store. All of my books are now available as PDFs.