TEACHING HISTORY
| YEAR | EVENT | SPONSOR | LOCATION |
| 1975-1983 | Festival
of the Embassies Festival of American Folklife Italian Festivals 1975-1983 *Fall Folkdance Festival |
Italian
Embassy Smithsonian Institution Sons of Italy (VA) Friends of Folkdance |
Washington,
DC Washington, DC Virginia New Orleans, LA |
| 1984 | *California
Tour of Workshops *Fall Folkdance Festival |
California
Folkdance Federation Groups Friends of Folkdance |
Camarillo,
Berkeley, San Diego, Los Angeles, Anaheim, Santa Rosa, Sacramento, Bakersfield,
Honolulu New Orleans, LA |
| 1985 | Florida Folk Dance Camp | Florida Folk Dance Assocation | Ocala, FL |
| 1986 | *Folk
Dance Weekend *Chicago Tour of Workshops |
Trattenimento
Italiano Chicago Folkdance Federation Groups |
Des Moines,
IA Racine, Evanston, University of Chicago FD, Oak Park |
| 1987-1990 | Local workshops | Washington DC area | |
| 1991 | *Chicago Tour of Workshops | University
of Chicago Folkdance Italian Folklore Group-Milwaukee Italian Cultural Society |
Chicago,
IL Milwaukee, WI Stone Park, IL |
| 1992 | Local
Workshops * University of Chicago Folkdance weekend |
University of Chicago Folkdance |
Washington,
DC Chicago, IL |
| 1993 | Local Workshops | Washington, DC area | |
| 1994 | *Mendocino Folklore Camp | Mendocino Folklore Camp | Mendocino, CA |
| 1995 | *Folk
Dance Weekend |
Crescent
City Folkdancers |
New Orleans,
LA Honolulu, HI |
| 1996 | *Folk Dance Weekend | Houston Folkdancers | Houston, TX |
| 1997-1999 | Local Workshops | Washington, DC area | |
| 2000 | *Florida
Folkdance Camp *Razzmatazz NOLA Folkdance Workshop California Tour of Workshops *Crozet Folkdance Weekend |
Florida
Folk Dance Assocation Marilyn Smith Friends of Folkdance California Folkdance Federation Groups Crozet Folkdancers |
Ocala,
FL Mendocino, CA New Orleans, LA San Diego, UCLA, Long Beach, Santa Rosa, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Irvine |
| 2001 | Local
Workshops 16th Annual Spring Catoctin Mountain Music & Dance Weekend |
Baltimore Folklore Society |
Washington,
DC Area Thurmont, MD |
| 2002 | Local Workshops | Washington, DC Area | |
| 2003 | *Annual Festival of Christmas & Midwinter Traditions | Folklore Village Farm | Dodgeville, WI |
| 2004 | Washington
Folk Festival West Coast Tour |
Folklore
Society of Greater Washington Arcata Folkdancers Salem Folkdancers Eugene Folkdancers Mill Valley Folkdancers |
Washington,
DC Area Arcata, CA Salem, OR Eugene, OR Mill Valley, CA |
| 2005 | New England
Folk Festival Evening Workshop Washington Folk Festival Evening Workshop Workshop & Presentation Evening Workshop *Weekend Workshop Evening Workshop |
NEFFA Framingham IFD Folklore Society of Greater Washington Pasadena IFD American-Italian Historical Association Annual Conference UCLA IFD Club International Folk Dance Association of University City Ethnic Dance Chicago |
Natick,
MA Framingham, MA Washington, DC Pasadena, CA Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, CA St. Louis, MO Chicago, IL |
| 2006 | Dance
Flurry
|
Hudson-Mohawk
Traditional Dances, Inc. NEFFA Northwest Folklife Folklore Society of Greater Washington Sons of Italy, Laurel Festa Italiana International Folk Dancers of Richland |
Saratoga
Springs, NY Natick, MA Seattle, WA Washington, DC Laurel, MD Seattle, Washington Richland, Washington |
| 2007 | Dance
Flurry New England Folk Festival Northwest Folklife Festival |
Hudson-Mohawk
Traditional Dances, Inc. NEFFA Northwest Folklife |
Saratoga
Springs, NY Mansfield, MA Seattle, WA |
| 2008 | Dance
Flurry New England Folk Festival NYC Main Squeeze Accordion Festival |
Hudson-Mohawk
Traditional Dances, Inc. NEFFA NYC Dept of Parks & Recreation |
Saratoga Springs,
NY Mansfield, MA New York City, NY |
| 2009 | Primo
Maggio Barre Heritage Festival Washington Revels’ Italian Country Dance & Dinner The Christmas Revels |
Barre
Historical Society Washington D.C. Revels Washington D.C. Revels |
Barre,
VT Barre, VT Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. |
| 2001-2010 | Golden Festival | Zlatne Uste | New York, NY |
| *Major Workshops | |||
| REFERENCES: | John Parrish Marilyn Smith Pat Jesse John & Barbara Uhlemann |
Chicago,
IL Richmond, CA Bristol, VA St. Louis, MO |