DANCE WORKSHOPS

FRIDAY

Ballroom

Union Square Room

Ghirardelli Room

1:00pm - 2:00pm

SF Line Dances (1)
Andrew Johnson

closed

closed

2:15pm - 3:15pm

SF Line Dances (2)
Dave Hayes

closed

closed

3:30pm - 4:30pm

Int SF 2step
Jim Drew

Beg 2step
Patrick & Collie

closed

4:45pm - 5:45pm

Adv SF 2step
Jim Drew

Beg Waltz
Patrick & Collie

closed

SUNDAY

Ballroom

Union Square Room

Ghirardelli Room

10:00am - 11:00am

Beg-plus 2step
Patrick & Collie

Line Dance (1)
Michael McGee

Int NC2step
Troy Inman

11:15am - 12:15pm

Int Waltz
Patrick & Collie

2step Techniques
Lee Fox

Line Dance (3)
Line Dance Swap

1:30pm - 2:30pm

Int WCS
James Leyva

Line Dance (2)
Dave Hayes

2:45pm - 3:45pm

Adv WCS
James Leyva

Beg Clogging
Matt Ellinger

Int ECS
Troy Inman

Carolyn Carvajal (San Francisco) - couples dances

Carolyn Carvajal (San Francisco) comes from a career in ballet. She has choregraphed for the S.F. Girls’ Chorus, San Jose Repertory Theater, Dance-a-Long Nutcracker, and the Modesto Symphony. She recently taight a series of fifty Master classes for North Coast Dance in Eureka. Carolyn taught two-step and waltz at Sundance Saloon when it first opened its doors, and currently teaches ballet to children and adults in San Francisco.

Rick Dominguez (Los Angeles) - line dances

Rick Dominguez has been has been a country-western DJ for more than 15 years. He has taught and choreographed line dances for the past 12 years in the Los Angeles area, merging pop and country styles into a unique style of dance. Rick is also the founder and lead choreographer for the award-winning line dance troupe, The LA Wranglers, now in their fourth year at the Sundance Stompede.

Jim Drew (Seattle) — couples dances

Jim Drew has been dancing country-western for over fifteen years and teaching for nearly ten. Formerly from the Bay Area, where he danced with the San Jose Spurs and the San Francisco Saddletramps for nine years, he now lives in Seattle, where he dances with the Rain City Rhythm Riders and produces, teaches and DJs at Cuff Country (and formerly at the Timberline.) Jim is also a former secretary of the IAGLCWDC.

Matt Ellinger (San Francisco) — clogging

Matt Ellinger has been performing with the award-winning Barbary Coast Cloggers since 1991 and has served as their Artistic Director since 1999. He finds great joy in clogging, and now teaches the dance form throughout California. Matt Ellinger is a teacher-educator and researcher with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching at Stanford University.

Lee Fox (Ft. Lauderdale) - couples dances

Lee Fox, IAGLCWDC Director of Dance, has been teaching Ballroom, Latin, and Disco for 28 years, and Country/Western for 16 years. He was a finalist in the ballroom competition at the Gay Games in 1998 and 2002. He is a member of Southern Country South Florida and has served as the choreographer for the Southern Country South Florida Dream Team and the SunDancers, and is member of a new team, Crossfire.

Dave Hayes (San Francisco) — line dances

Dave Hayes started dancing in Orlando, Florida in 1993. He was a board member and performer with Southern Country Orlando. He moved to Dallas in 1999, where he was a founder of the Texas Twisters and member of Team Twister. Dave moved to San Francisco in 2002 where he serves as a manager and line dance instructor at Sundance Saloon. Dave is also the Webmaster for the IAGLCWDC.

Troy Inman (Atlanta) — couples dances

Troy Inman has performed with the Ball State Dance Theatre, Banevolks International Folk Dance, Dance Force, DanceFx, and Contact Dance Theatre. Recent choreography/performance projects include the Georgia Shakespeare Festival, International Fitness Supershow, the UNICEF Party, Legendary Ball, Spoleto Festival, Ballroom Magic, and Androgyny. He teaches ballroom at Dancespace and country-western at Hoedowns, Atlanta. Troy is a fixture at the Sundance Stompede, and he also served as dance instructor for the Sundance LGBT country-western dance cruise in February, 2006.

Andrew Johnson (San Francisco) — line dances

Andrew Johnson started teaching line dancing in 1997 with the Capital Country Kickers dance club in Albany, New York. He currently lives in Oakland and teaches line dancing at Sundance Saloon. He is also active in the Leather Community and holds the title of Pacific West Mr. Bootblack 2004. If you notice him staring at your feet when you're not line dancing, he's probably admiring your boots.

James Leyva (Dallas) — West Coast Swing

James Leyva is a 2001 inductee to the Dallas Dance Swing Dance Hall of Fame. He has placed in the top 5 numerous times at the US Open Swing Dance and was the 2005 Invitational Jack-and-Jill champion at Dallas Dance. His current dance partner is Kellese Key, 5-time US Open Swing dance champion. Their latest routine was recently featured on the Fox4Texas television morning news promoting Dallas Dance.

Michael McGee (Minneapolis) — line dances

When Michael McGee started dancing in 1989, a friend actually told him, "You may be one of those people that never quite gets it." But since his first IAGLCWDC convention in 1993, you'd be hard pressed to keep him off the dance floor! Michael's teaching career began with the debut of country dancing at The Town House Country Bar in St. Paul. He was asked to teach the line dancing, and although he had never taught before in his life, he thought he would give it a shot. People haven't gotten tired of him yet, so he's still doing it!

Steve Rockwell (San Francisco) — West Coast Swing

Steve Rockwell is on the dance faculty of City College of San Francisco, having previously directed dance programs at Stanford University and at San Francisco’s Metronome Ballroom. Steve has performed on stage throughout California, directed a modern dance company for children, hosted same-sex swing dances, and directed the Jump Blues Project effort to bring swing instruction into San Francisco schools.

Patrick Turnbull (Los Angeles) — couples dances

Patrick Turnbull's formal dance training started while attending UCSD, then jazz and ballet classes in Los Angeles. Patrick caught the 2-step craze at his first gay Rodeo in 1990. He taught country western dance in North Hollywood from 1997 to 1999. Patrick and his partner Collie Valadez won the advanced dance division competition at the 1998 GSGRA Los Angeles rodeo. Patrick and Collie now teach privately. They are gregarious and approachable, and by all means please do not hesitate to ask them for a dance, or two.

Collie Valadez (Los Angeles) — couples dances

Collie Valadez, a native of Houston Texas, has been dancing for most of his adolescent and adult life. A chorus boy, choreographer, musical theater and dance teacher, now plants-man par excellence, Collie spends his time tending to the gardens of the rich and famous in Los Angeles. He has adapted all of his experience and skill as a professional dance teacher to the country western dance scene. He taught line dance and couple dancing at The Rawhide in North Hollywood from 1997 to 1999. Collie and his partner, Patrick Turnbull, are thrilled to be a part of this year's Sundance Stompede.

Barry Welch (Fresno) — West Coast Swing

Barry Welch (Fresno) started swing dancing at the age of 8 years. He has been a featured swing dancer in Reba McEntire’s stage show. He has taught workshops all across the U.S. He also clog dances and is a former Western US Champion. He is a past member of the Barbary Coast Cloggers and is the director of the California Ground Pounders. Barry and his lover Paul raise paint horses and miniature donkeys on their ranch in Madera, California.