​​​2025 CDW Talent
The Dam Beavers are Ben Schreiber on fiddle, Scotty Leach on piano, and Ness Smith-Savedoff on drums. With roots in a wide variety of styles and genres, their music comprises an eclectic mix of old and new, familiar and unfamiliar. Let the current sweep you away as the Dam Beavers build a dam of rhythm beneath your feet.
The Newtime Keepers are an old-time trio out of New England. Frighteningly tasty fiddle (Annie McDougall) and trancey banjo (Mark Burds) - led to dance by contra-groove guitar & feet (Silas Hamilton of Spintuition). From swingy tunes to modal vamps & they never quite play the same thing twice.
Raised in the cradle of Vermont’s Green Mountains, Mary Wesley found her way to a Burlington contra dance in the fall of 2005 and was immediately hooked. She was later happy to learn that the tradition is in her DNA – she is the granddaughter of two square dance callers!
It wasn't long before she took to the mic herself. She started calling in 2008 and keeps a full schedule, which includes gigs up and down both coasts. Mary loves to share her infectious joy for traditional dancing with dancers of all ages and she has something to offer every crowd.
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Michael has been having the time of his life calling dances and weekends around North America since 2011.
He has honed a warm and concise style of teaching and calling, to the delight of dancers across the continent.