Acknowledgements

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I’ve written a fair number of academic books, and not a single one of them has been possible without the help of many people.

The two people who deserve the greatest thanks are Shirley Hauck and Nancy Bannister. Not only have they been my co-instructors in the class that this book was written for, they have both been careful readers and proof-readers and all round contributors to the volume. Not only that, they are incredibly knowledgeable experts in folk dance, great friends and fabulous dance partners. Couldn’t have done this without them.

Three of my linguistics graduate students have also made significant contributions to this volume. Asma drew the beautiful costume pictures in chapter 3-10 and 18. Saman Meihami used his technical wizardry to get ChatGPT to produce accurate and authentic costume pictures in chapters 11-17 and 19. John W. W. Powell brought his expertise in geographic information systems to help me with many of the maps in this volume.

I would like to thank the Musical Instrument Museum, Howard Yoffe, Heidi Harley and Art Torrance for permission to use images from their instrument collections in this book.  I would also like to thank Cheryl Casey for her assistance in getting pressbooks set up for me and to Stacy Rose and Martha Awdziewicz for catching many embarrasing errors.

This text wouldn’t exist were it not for the DNC179A class. Thanks to Jory Hancock for encouraging me to teach it and for facilitating its approval. Every student who has taken the class has taught me something and I thank them all for their enthusiasm and feedback. I’d like to particularly thank the many students who have come back year after year to help me teach the class as preceptors. These include: Anna Bogstad, Courtney Davis, Jaelyn Dennis, David Feagin, Allison Glazer, Andre Glukhovskiy, Elana Goldberg, Sidney Kizer, Levi Kuruc, Gabe Lykins, Katie North-Morris, Grace Potter, Abigail Simon, Joey Talerico, Bella Warfield, Jane Weiser, Blake Zimmermann. Some of these students also helped me out by posing for pictures and videos in chapters 24-26. Their images are used with permission.

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I wouldn’t have done folk dancing without first having some excellent teachers myself. These teachers include Ann Kyle, Ann Smreciu, Andy Hoffer, Helen Winkler, Ira Gessel, Judy Silver, David Skidmore, Karen and Bill Faust, Nancy Bannister, Shirley Hauck, Marilyn Richards, Jaap Leegwater, Bianca de Jong, Sue Rose, Stacy Rose, Joan Hantman, Andrea Haber, Karen Bennett, Sherry Cochran, Laureen MacLaren, Yves Moreau, Bora Özkök, Lee Otterholt, Ira Weisburd, Ahmet Lüleci, Alix Cordray, Sonia Dion, Cristian Florescu, Tom Bozigian, Sherie King, Andy Taylor, Chris Ricciotti, Rick Gittleman, Rick King, Una Lennom, Sherry Cochran, Daniel Sandu, Mady Newfield, Yves Moreau, France Bourque-Moreau, Marcie van Cleave, Henry Temchin, Šani Rifati, Hennie Konings, Joe Graziosi, Maurice Peretz, Michael Ginsburg, Steve Kotansky, Iliana Bozhanova, Roo Lester, Tineke and Maurits van Geel, Željko Jergan, Marcia Schran, Roberto Bagnoli, Greg and Becky Deja, Suze Stentz, Shlomo Bachar, Tom Roby, Marcie van Cleave, Janet Taylor-Yeracaris.

In addition to the above, I have danced with some wonderful people over the years.  In Calgary and Toronto, Laura Klein DI Lembo, Catherine Dunkell, Ken XXX, Michael Wagner,

In Boston, Dana Sussman, Heidi Harley, Lenore Cowen, Mari Boyar Young, Julia Poirier, Sue Flint, Deniz Ertas, Carol Allman-Morton, Corey Spence,  Kim Shively-Ertas, Spike Dean, Ian Flynn, Frances Klein Jonathan Young, Martha Sullivan, Chaya Bromberg, Henry Goldberg, Colin Ferguson, Jack McCreless, Janet Nelson, Katy Burns, Patrick Yacono, Dean Allemang, Chip Prince, Tom Pixton, Jared Polens,  Elizabeth Newman, Paula Rosenstock, Lucy Hale. In Michigan Bruce Sagan, Judy Barlas, Marlita Reddy-Helmfelt and Liz Mustard.

In Tucson, Barb Whittlesey, Sara Heitshu, Susan Hitchens, Raven Siva, Harvey and Marjana Gardner, Lilly Jeffries, Dave Dennis, Martha van Winkle, Lorien Tersey, Mike McGarry, Andy and Nancy Ingerson, Paula Schlusberg, Gerry Spinks, Bob White, Elaine Dow, Sally Lefko, Howard Yoffe, JoAnn Gentry, Gwen Butler Tim and Laurie Long, Bella Vivante, Sam Singer, Courtney Cartwright, Charry Stover, Ellen and Mike Evanoff, Stuart Moody, Brenae Bailey, Susan Knutson, Lynn Maners, Karen Seger, Beverly Foster, Alice Pringle, Marjorie Barrett-Gultepe, Tim and Valerie Quarto, Joann Wolf, Katie Popiel, Shoo Shoo Blum, Rosa-Maria Mejia, Christopher Francis, Mia Hansen, Samanthi Hewkapuge, Deborah Beaumont, Triste Longcore, Joan Hilman, Mark Heitlinger, Erika Okamura, Ron Vosacek,

On the internet: Martha Awdziewicz, , Joyce Story, Adony Benieres, Cricket Rayburn, Randi and Murray Spiegal, Ron Sherman, Vita Hollendar, Eileen Hug, Gail Elber, Jane Lorenzen, Kathy Molga, Paul Collins, Bronwyn Bjorkman, Mirinisa Stewart-Tenco, Juancarlos Battilani, Bill Cope, Vicki Maheu, Holly Plotner, Diane Baker, Iver Cooper, Silvio Lorenzato, Larry Weiner, Sally Jenkins, Jo Crawford, Loui Tucker, Joyce Clyde, Dale Adamson,

Some non-dancers have also helped including Claire Bowern, Hitay Yukseker,

Heidi Harley, Fiona Carnie, Morag Carnie, Jean Carnie

Aoife, Cronan and Nechtan