Bill started square dancing as a teenager in New Orleans during the 1970s. He and Beth met at Ohio State University, married in 1978 and lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan for several years before moving to the Boston area in 1981. They started square and round dance lessons in 1982, and danced with several square and round dance clubs in the Boston area. Over time they also branched into ballroom lessons and competition dancing.
They stopped dancing in the early 1990s to focus on family, career, and other interests.
Bill & Beth moved to San Diego in 2015 and returned to round dancing in 2016. This led to them relearning to square dance in 2019.
Bill started cueing in the summer of 2018, and since early 2019 Bill and Beth have been teaching dance classes. They cue for several local square dance clubs, and are members of SDRDI (San Diego Round Dance Instructors), ROUNDALAB, and ICBDA.
Bill is a Software Engineer and the creator of DanceWizard, a new software program for round dance cuers. Beth is a Registered Nurse with Saint Paul’s PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) in San Diego. They enjoy tennis, hiking, road trips, choreography, and teaching. They love living in San Diego and don’t miss the snow one bit! They have two grown children and one grandchild.
Their choreography includes:
- Horchat Hai Caliptus (Phase VI+0+1 Waltz taught at ICBDA 2024)
- Take My Love, Take Me (Phase IV Foxtrot, ROQ Winner 2024Q4)
- My Aphrodisiac Is You (Phase III+1 Foxtrot, ROQ Winner 2024Q3)
- Psicofonia (Phase VI Tango taught at Palm Springs 2023, ROQ First Runner Up 2024Q2)
- Cheek to Cheek (Phase V+1+1 Quickstep taught at ICBDA 2023)
- All About That Bass (Phase V+0+1 Foxtrot taught at USA West 2022, ROQ First Runner Up 2023Q4)
- Alley Cat Blues (Phase IV Foxtrot taught at ICBDA 2022)
- Blue Roses (Phase II Waltz, ROQ First Runner Up 2020Q1)
We can be contacted at bdavnpt@dancewizard.net.