Patchwork Dancers
Past Performances in 2005
Dec 7 Wed 7:00 - 8:00 Hermitage Retirement Home This was a large Christmas party we did for the Hermitage retirement home in Alexandria Virginia. We performed 17 dances with 34 dancers. We had two dance soloist as well, an indian dance and a scottish dance.
Nov 20 Sun 3:00 - 5:00 Class Pizza Party This pizza party showcases of Jim's 9 classes, 59 dancers attended. This was held at Audrey Moore Recreation Center.
Nov 11 Fri 6:00 - 7:00 Burke Chapter Quilters Retreat This was entertainment during dinner at the retreat at the 4H center in Front Royal Virginia. Our 4 experienced and advanced dancers carried this show.
Oct 22 Sat 2:50 - 3:20 Merrifield Festival This Fall festival was in Merrifield Virginia. It was to be outside but there was a driving rain that forced inside and to improvise. We performed 12 dances with 16 dancers.
Oct 1 Sat 11:00 - 12:00 Celebrate Fairfax festival This is a Fall festival at the Fairfax Government Center, http://www.celebratefairfax.org We had 14dancers performing at this festival and they performed 18 dances.
Aug 27 Sat 2:00 -3:00 Classic Residence by Hyatt Classic Residience by Hyatt is an upscale independent living retirement home in Chevy Chase Maryland. We performed 17 dances by 5 of our experienced dancers.
Aug 20 Sat 10:30 - 11:30 Arlington County Fair with Jump Start The Arlington County Fair is held annually at the Thomas Jefferson Community Center in Arlington Virginia. We had 18 dancers on stage dancing through 18 dances.
June 12 Sun 3:00 - 5:00 Class Pizza Party This pizza party showcases of Jim's 6 classes, 19 dancers attended. This was held at Audrey Moore Recreation Center.
June 11 Sat 2:45 - 3:15 Potomac Celtic Festival, Dance Stage The Patchwork show with the Jump Start band was on the dance stage and included 17 dancers See Potomac Celtic Festival
May. 7 Sat 4:00 - 7:00 Mother's Day Tea We performed for St Andrews Episcopal Church's mothers day tea. This time to recorded music, we had lots of cute kids dancing in front of the stage.
Apr. 30 Sat 10:45 - 11:15 and 11:45 - 12:15 Southern Maryland Celtic Festival We have performed for several years at this Celtic festival and this year we performed with Jump Start. http://www.cssm.org/festival2.htm
Apr. 9 Sat 2:30 - 3:30 Glen Cameron nursing home We danced for the patients at the nursing home with the band Jump Start. They did seem to enjoy the show and we enjoyed dancing for them.
Apr. 1 Fri 4:30 - 8:00 TV and Me For this show six of us were filmed as guest on the the TV show "TV and Me", the show will be aired in early June.
Mar. 20 Sun 3:00 - 5:00 Class Pizza Party This pizza party showcases of Jim's 6 classes, 25 dancers attended. This was held at Audrey Moore Recreation Center.
Mar. 18 Fri 8:00 - 9:00 International Club at the Truro Church in Fairfax We performed at the International Club dinner, an outreach program for the Truro Episcopal church in Fairfax. We did a lot of Irish at this show.
Mar. 12 Sat 12:30 - 1:30 Walter Reed We had the previledge of performing for our servicemen at the Walter Reed hospital. At this performance we did mostly modern clogs.
Mar. 5 Sat 6:30 - 8:00 Chili Cookoff This is an annual performace we do for the Unitarian Church, now for about 15 years. We danced to the music of Jump Start. This year we had 19 dancers though we have had as many as 30 in previous years.
Feb. 5 Sat

3:00 - 4:00 Folk Lore Minifestival

We performed at the Washington Folk Lore society's minifestal or winter festival at Takoma Park Marayland. We did a full show with the Jump Start band and then taught clogging to many interested folks.
Go to 2004 performances