Margot Hitchcock has been dancing with the Melbourne Colonial Dancers since 1983. The ultimate highlight for Margot and the Melbourne Colonial Dancers was to be invited to perform at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo in August 1988, representing Australia  for  their bi-centenary.  Margot has performed with the Melbourne Colonial Dancers display team at the 1995, 1996,1997, 1999, 2000 and 2001 National Folk Festival in Canberra. 

Margot's interest in Cajun music and dance came through viewing some Cajun dance instruction videos from America and England, obtained by Geoff Le Blanc of the Cajun Roux band, where she got hooked on the exciting music and dance.  Margot and her ex-dance partner Brian Hickey learnt Cajun dancing from these videos.

Margot Hitchcock and Brian Hickey were invited by a  special commission to run a Cajun dance workshop at the 1995 National Folk Festival in Canberra.  This was followed by successful Cajun Dance workshops at the 1996, 1998 and 1999 National Folk Festival, Canberra in April . 

Margot taught Cajun dancing at the Fiddlers Convention at Yarra Junction in February 1999 with the band Cajun Roux.   Cajun Roux band got a weekly residency at the East Brunswick Club Hotel in Melbourne in May 1999, which ran for three months, where a bit of Cajun culture came to Melbourne with Cajun dancing, food and music.  Margot was conducting weekly Cajun Dance Classes at the East Brunswick Club Hotel.  This moved to the Cornish Arms Hotel in Sydney Road Brunswick. The most recent classes resumed in December 2001.  Classes for 2002 depend on the possibility that Margot obtains a venue and a Cajun band who are willing to play regularly after the dance class for a good night of Cajun music and dancing..   
For current Cajun dance classes contact Margot via her email address. 

Margot is still a current member of the Melbourne Colonial Dancers where she enjoys learning new dances.    Margot has also learnt Ballroom, New Vogue and Contra dancing.   Since teaching Cajun dancing Margot has broadened her dancing interests and has branched out and learnt Rock and Roll, Jive, Swing, Lindy Hop, Ceroc, West Coast, Texas Two-Step and, Tex-Mex dancing.   Also Latin, and Appalachian clogging to add to the variety of dances.

Margot  ran Cajun Dance Workshops at the  Harrietville Bluegrass Festival  October 1999, 2000, and 2002. Margot taught Cajun dancing at the Maldon Folk Festival November 1999, and the Fiddlers Convention at Yarra Junction in February 2000, 2001 and 2002.  Margot also presented a Cajun Dance Workshop at the World Music Festival for the Little Yarra Steiner School in April 2000.

During Easter 2000, Margot Hitchcock and Brett Wood, presented a Cajun Dance Workshop at the National Folk Festival in Canberra which was attended by over 150 people. Margot and the Cajun Roux band ran the National Festival Dance on the Saturday night.

Following on from Canberra, Margot was requested to teach Cajun dancing in Albury N.S.W.   In October 2000 Margot taught Cajun Dancing with Ray Simpson at the Holbrook Dance Weekend in New South Wales, where a variety of American, Australian Colonial, German, Irish and Scottish dancing were  taught.

Following Margot's trip to America in 2001 and the Cajun/Creole festival in West Virginia where she learnt to Zydeco dance, Margot has also begun to teach Zydeco dancing.

Margot was invited to Canberra June 2002 to teach Cajun and Zydeco dancing at the Ausgrass festival with the Canberra Cajun and Zydeco band Allezgator.

Margot's dedication comes from the belief that music is for dancing and the desire to pass this on, so that others can share in this exciting experience…
   
"Dance with the music in your heart and the steps will bring you joy….."

"Laissez le bon temps rouler  …. Let the good times roll.."