Board director since June 2011, Koz found that the dance community in Seattle was special and he wanted to get involved to give back to it. Returning to dance after many years’ absence, Koz and a friend started taking lessons with several instructors at NW Dance Network: Dean Paton, Susan Balshor, Guy Caridi, Nancy Fry, […]
Andree moved to the Northwest from San Luis Obispo in 1980 and loves all it offers, including dance! Aside from early Ballet lessons, she took up Swing and Lindy Hop when living in Port Townsend and enjoyed helping with the classes. After returning to Seattle in 2013, she bought a lesson package from Arthur Murray. […]
Bob started dancing in the summer of 2018 after attending a Gator Boy Productions Zydeco dance and learning of NW Dance Network. He attended a dance the following week and this started his real enthusiasm for dancing with NW Dance Network. He has taken numerous classes in Swing, Waltz, Foxtrot, Zydeco, and various workshops. He […]
Pam retired in 2017 from the UW Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship in the Foster School of Business. She is now 1) re-learning Spanish, 2) taking piano lessons, 3) dancing (of course!), 4) volunteering for environmental and social justice organizations. At the UW, Pam helped create and managed the Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge, a region-wide […]
Linda always had an attachment to the arts, so there is no surprise that she immersed herself as a volunteer for NW Dance Network. Still relatively new to the Seattle area by way of Long Island, Linda gladly accepted the opportunity to volunteer as Class Coordinator, which allows her to work closely with the heart […]
Cheryl joined the board in December 2012. Her interest in dance has been lifelong, beginning by teaching herself basic swing by watching American Bandstand. In college and later years she took lessons in modern, jazz, and various other dance forms, but more recently she has became more dedicated to partner dancing. “Moving my body through space with […]
Harold is excited to be a member of the NW Dance Network Board. He has been involved with the NW Dance Network community since 2014. He started with ballroom dancing then became more active in other forms of social dance, especially through the Dancing ’til Dusk summer dance series. He has really enjoyed expanding his […]
Mary Lou was referred to Living Traditions Dance, which later became NW Dance Network, by her daughter who was attending dance classes she thought Mary Lou would enjoy. In 1999, after an initial practice session at Sonny Newman’s Dance Hall, Mary Lou began consistently enrolling in classes being held at the Swedish Club, which she […]
Karen appreciates the opportunity to support the dance community and has served on the Board for NW Dance Network since 2012. Formerly, she was Dance Chair for the Seattle Singles Mountaineers (2005 – 2010) and won the Mountaineer Volunteer of the Year Award in 2006 for running their Rock and Roll dances. Karen was the […]
Pat took up partner dancing in the 90s under the sweet tutelage of Nancyanna and Walter Dill, the founders of Living Traditions Dance, which later became NW Dance Network. She had never danced but soon caught the bug, made many friends, and learned how wonderful it feels to share the music with a partner. Walter […]
A transplant to the Pacific Northwest from Texas, Gayle McKool has been social dancing since 2005. She enjoys many forms of partner dance, particularly East Coast Swing, Cajun, Zydeco, Waltz, Night Club Two Step, and Country Two Step. Gayle has many years’ of experience as a volunteer and board member in nonprofit organizations. She serves […]
Bev served as an NW Dance Network Board member from 2011 through 2018, including four years as President. She served as a consultant to the Board during 2019 and returned as a Board member in 2020. Bev started dancing in 1998, as a Lindy Hopper. Since then she has enjoyed learning a number of other […]