Dom & Joan currently teach and cue weekly for the Two Hearts National
Carousel phase IV-V-VI Round Dance Club and the Roundabouts phase
III-IV-V Round Dance Club. They also guest cue for various other Square
and Round Dance clubs & weekends in Maryland, New England and
surrounding states.
Dom and Joan were the Round Dance Program Vice Chairman for the 49th National Square Dance Convention which was held in Baltimore in 2000. They are current Education Directors and past Presidents of the Round Dance Teachers Association of Greater Washington, DC (RDTA). They are active members of the Washington Area Square Dance Cooperative Association (WASCA), the International Choreographed Ballroom Dancing Association (ICBDA) and the Dixie Round Dance Council (DRDC). Dom was the Treasurer for the 27th and 29th URDC National Round Dance Convention . Dom & Joan have been active members of Roundalab for over 25 years and have served on the Roundalab Board of Directors. They have served as Phase V Standardization committee chairman and are past chairman of the Standardization of Golden Classic Dance Cues Committee. Dom is currently serving on the Phase V Roundalab of the Quarter committee. Dom & Joan are a licensed teaching unit with ASCAP and BMI.
Dom & Joan attend clinics and workshops at every weekend opportunity they can and have completed the East Coast Round Dance Leaders College. Dom & Joan have taught and cued at numerous National Square Dance Conventions, conducted Round Dance Teaching clinics at Roundalab, for their local teachers association and on numerous Round and Square Dance weekends, Dinner Dances and other special Round Dance events in the Washington DC area and surrounding states. They operate their own phase III-IV-V round dance weekend which they founded in Southern Maryland in 1999. Their list of Round Dance Choreography includes: Love Is Strange III, Love Is Strange IV, Kokomo, In Time Foxtrot, Nowhere Foxtrot, Candida, Tres Palabres, Eyes For You, That’ll Be The Day, Sherry, Masquerade, Thornbirds, Come Go With Me, Taking A Chance On Love, Getcha Back, Banana Boat IV, I Can Cook Too, Midnight In Austin Texas and Celebration.
Dom is a retired U.S. Navy Master Chief and Joan from her own maternity
and children’s ware retail business. They have two sons and their pride
and joy, granddaughter Lauren and grandson Domenic which they spend as
much time as they can given their busy Round Dance Schedule.