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About Us

Each retreat has a slightly different staff.  Here is the staff for The Beantown Teacher's Retreat:
  • Andrew Sutton is the organizer, facilitator, & business teacher.  Andrew has been running this event for Lindy Hop teachers for 5 years (7 retreats so far) & will be the one building the schedule for this retreat as well as facilitating during the retreat.  Andrew also has been studying the business of teaching dance since 2002 and he will be running a couple of classes/activities to help you improve your business.
  • Mihai Banulescu is the assistant facilitator.  Mihai has been running dance retreats for Blues dancers & recently partnered with Andrew to run a few retreats.  Although this retreat is Andrew's design, Mihai knows exactly how he would like it to be run and will be making sure that the goals of the retreat are met. 
  • Ted Maddry is the teaching trainer.  Ted has an extensive background in teaching and will be running a couple of activities to train us on how we can improve our teaching.

The Teacher's Retreat would also like to thank everyone who has been involved in a past retreat, as they have all been a part of making it what it is today.  Past attendees include:

Abigail Browning - Nashville, TN
Alyssa Alden - San Diego, CA
Amanda Hansen - Carlisle, PA
Amber Adams - NY, NY
Amy McIntire - Hinton, WV
Andrew Smith - Portland, OR
Andrew Sutton - A new city every 2 weeks
Angelica Hesse - Portland, OR
Anna Whitmire - Houston, TX
Audrey Womack - Sacramento, CA
Ben Long - Portland, OR
Bill Borgida - Austin, TX
Brenda Russell (aka CK or Collins) - Portland, OR
Campbell Keatinge-Clay - Austin, TX
Clint Luckinbill - Los Angeles, CA
Dan Printz - Sacramento, CA
Dano McKagan - Boulder, CO
Debbie Balsley - currently in Colorado
Drew Ringsmuth - Brisbane, Australia
Emily Jessup - Indianapolis, IN
Fiona Skilling - Leeds, England
Ginesio Di Lauria - Munich, Germany
Harley Wettemann - Sacramento, CA
Jake Haning - Austin, TX
Jaya Dorf - Asheville, NC
Jennifer Harry - Lucern, Switzerland
Jeramie Anderson - Washington DC
Jeremy Lightsmith - Seattle, WA
Jesse Hanus - Albany, NY
Karissa Light - Seattle, WA
Kermit Goodman - San Francisco, CA
Larry Peacock - Portland, OR
Laura Glaess - Austin, TX
Lenore Saltz - Austin, TX
Lessa Jay Thieme - Seattle, WA
Mark Kapner - San Francisco, CA
Marta Laurent Veciana - Barcelona, Spain
Matt Erickson - Sacramento, CA
Megan Adair - Knoxville, TN
Michael Gamble - Asheville, NC
Michelle Richter - San Francisco, CA
Mihai Banulescu - San Francisco, CA
Mike Legett - Knoxville, TN
Mike Roberts - Austin, TX
Morris Childs - Indianapolis, IN
Noelle Gray - Connecticut
Noni Clarke - Melbourne, Australia
Ron Thompson - Sacramento, CA
Sam McKagan - Boulder, CO
Solomon Douglas - Seattle, WA
Tamar Mucha - Ft Lauderdale, FL
Ted Maddry - Seattle, WA
Tim Kask - Zurich, Switzerland
Ulla Wingenfelder - Zurich, Switzerland

Thank you to everyone listed above!!!!  It has been a pleasure meeting, working, and dancing with you all!