At the present time they are the instructors of a Phase IV, V, VI Carousel Club in the Maryland/District of Columbia area. They are also instructors of ballroom adult education classes for the local community college. Many of these students in the ballroom classes have become actively involved in Square and Round Dancing.

The Easterdays have been staff members of many weekends, festivals, conventions and camps all over the United States and Canada. Thirty years ago the first All-Round-Dance Weekend was organized by them, and since that time their "ROUND A RAMA" events have been expanded to include as many as ten annual dance functions in areas all over the U.S., and a week-long ROUND A RAMA INSTITUTE, (now in its 31st year) for both leaders and dancers, held at the Purdue University, in Indiana. They also conduct an INSTITUTE FOR THE EDUCATION OF ROUND DANCE TEACHERS each summer. In addition, they currently conduct instruction sessions for both teachers and dancers of the figures and dance techniques used in Phases IV, V, VI. In order to keep up with each challenge along the way, they continue to take private dance instruction from qualified professionals.

They are charter members of both ROUNDALAB and URDC. They have served many years on the boards of both organizations. They have conducted clinics at many of the URDC Conventions and have shared their expertise in three of the annual Teaching Seminars held before each convention. They have been on the Board of Directors of ROUNDALAB since its inception and served five years as the Education Chairmen. Through their efforts as board members of both organizations, they were instrumental in encouraging URDC and ROUNDALAB to work together for the betterment of the activity. They have also served as Chairmen of the PHASE VI Standardization Committee of ROUNDALAB to help in the development of uniformity in cueing and figure descriptions. Irv served from 1987-1989 and a second term from 1995-1997 as General Chairman of ROUNDALAB. In the capacity of General Chairman, they encouraged ROUNDALAB to professionally produce video tapes of all ROUNDALAB PHASE FIGURES to be used for educational purposes. These tapes are now available for dancers and teachers on a worldwide basis. Irv & Betty are very pleased to have attained their ROUNDALAB TEACHER COACH credentials. They have conducted ROUNDALAB Minilabs in Australia, Germany as well as in the United States.

In 1985 they conducted a Jive Clinic in New Mexico and are proud of the fact that this clinic has been videotaped and is a permanent part of the Lloyd Shaw Foundation Library. They are also very pleased that in l986 they were the recipients of the URDC Golden Torch award. In 1993 they were awarded ROUNDALAB’S highest honor - the Silver Halo Award - given for the promotion and perpetuation of the Round Dance Activity.

Their primary interest in this activity is "the ROUND DANCER" and to this end they feel that education is the answer. They are constantly involved in helping all dancers - from the new dancer to the advanced - and feel that one of their strongest challenges is to encourage and help in the training of new ROUNDALAB TEACHER COACHES from the ROUNDALAB organization.

Irv and Betty are also choreographers of many Round Dances. Among them: STEPPIN' EASY, HOT JAVA, EL COCO, SUGARFOOT STOMP, MEMORY, DADDY CHA, CHARDONNAY, BOOGIE BLUES, PERHAPS, GUANTANAMERA, LA PAPAYA, BANDSTAND BOOGIE, SLOW SHAG, LONDON TOWN and many more. EL COCO AND SUGARFOOT STOMP have been voted to the URDC Hall of Fame and are ROUNDALAB CLASSIC DANCES.

They have two grown children: Mick, a minister on location, and Barb, a homemaker and administrative assistant for a major investment firm. They have one granddaughter and a great-grandson. Since Irv and Betty have been retired as educators for 21 years, they have been able to devote a large portion of their time to the education, improvement and refinement of the Round Dance activity.