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Dom
& Joan currently teach and cue weekly for the Two Hearts National
Carousel phase IV-V-VI Round Dance Club, the Roundabouts phase
III-IV-V Round Dance Club and the phase III-IV-V Carousel Round
Dancers of Southern Maryland which they founded in 1988. They also
guest cue for various other Square and Round Dance clubs & weekends in
Maryland, New England
and surrounding states. |
Dom and Joan were
the Round Dance Program Vice Chairman for the 49th National Square Dance
Convention which was held in Baltimore in 2000. They are current presidents
and past education directors of the Round Dance Teachers Association of
Greater Washington, DC (RDTA). They are active members of the Washington
Area Square Dance Cooperative Association (WASCA), the International
Choreographed Ballroom Dancing Association (ICBDA) and the Dixie Round Dance
Council (DRDC). Dom was the Treasurer for the 27th and 29th URDC National
Round Dance Convention . Dom & Joan have been active members of Roundalab
for over 20 years and have served on the Roundalab Board of Directors. They
have served as Phase V Standardization committee chairman and are past
chairman of the Standardization of Golden Classic Dance Cues Committee. Dom
& Joan are a licensed teaching unit with ASCAP and BMI.
Dom
& Joan attend clinics and workshops at every weekend opportunity they can
and have completed the East Coast Round Dance Leaders College. Dom & Joan
have taught and cued at numerous National Square Dance Conventions,
conducted Round Dance Teaching clinics at Roundalab, for their local
teachers association and on numerous Round and Square Dance weekends, Dinner
Dances and other special Round Dance events in the Washington DC area and
surrounding states. They operate their own phase III-IV V round dance
weekend which they founded in Southern Maryland in 1999. Their list of Round
Dance Choreography includes: Love Is Strange III, Love Is Strange IV, Rockin’
Good Way, Kokomo, In Time Foxtrot, Nowhere Foxtrot, Candida, Tres Palabres,
Eyes For You, That’ll Be The Day, Sherry, Masquerade, Thornbirds, Come Go
With Me, Taking A Chance On Love, Getcha Back and Celebration.
Dom is a retired
U.S. Navy Master Chief and Joan from her own maternity and children’s ware
retail business. They have two sons and their pride and joy, granddaughter
Lauren and grandson Domenic which they spend as much time as they can given
their busy Round Dance Schedule.