User:Sfdan

I square dance and am a founding member of Mermaid City Squares (http://www.geocities.com/sfdan.geo/mermaidcity/), Copenhagen's gay square dance club. We are the first European member club of the IAGSDC (http://www.iagsdc.org), the International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs. I sit on the club's Board of Directors, handle the club's promotional activities and teach a Mainstream class. I am interested in increasing the awareness of gay square dancing and in promoting gay square dancing in Europe. To that extent I have recently formed a discussion group called Gay Square Dance Europe (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gaysdeurope).

I am currently taking square dance classes at Roskilde Square Dance Club and Fredensborg Square Dance Club.

I have been learning to call, and continue working on my craft. I have recently taken a week's intensive caller training with Al Stevens, Wayne Morvent and Jeannette Stäuble in Göllheim, Germany. Previously I have twice attended GCA (http://www.iagsdc.org/gca/) (Gay Callers Association) training courses, and am a member of this association. In their training sessions I have studied under, among others Anne Uebelacher, Darren Gallina, Andy Shore and Harlan Kerr. I have also attended a series of classes under Per Berg at Roskilde Square Dance Club.

I have previously taught western line dance and couple dancing (two step, waltz, shuffle, etc.) in San Francisco, as well as tap dancing in Chicago. I have chroeographed for the stage for the Chicago Gay Men's Chorus, and have directed a series of shows for the Razzle-Dazzle Production Company, Chicago.

When I am not dancing (or any of the other stuff listed above) I enjoy puttering in the yard, making delicious food, travelling and otherwise enjoying life with my sweetie, Aksel.

If you wish to get in touch with me please do so at dsimon@post.tele.dk

I contribute to the following pages:

• gay square dancing
• square dance
• square dance clubs[?]
• western square dancing[?]