Deborah Hyland
dance mistress
St. Louis, Missouri
Biography & Resume
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I'm mainly doing this page for my own interest and records, but it should provide a good idea of the types of events I've done. I'll travel anywhere!
Biography & Resume
Festival Appearances:
  Fete du Bon Vieux Temps; Cahokia, IL
  Porch Music Festival; Cahokia, IL
  June Bug Festival; Carbondale, IL
  Fall Harvest Weekend; Valparaiso, IN
  Let's Dance; Fairfield, IA
  Boone's Lick Folk Festival; Arrow Rock, MO
  Squirrel Moon; Madison, WI
Bands with Whom I've Worked:
 
33rd Illinois Volunteer Regiment Band
  Allen Street String Band
  Barb and the Weathermen
 
Cathy Barton & Dava Para
  Bayou des Arc
 
Beat Pickers
  Belly-Rama
  Black Eyed Susies
  Black Hairy Possum
 
Boney Goat Band
 
Bob Borcherding and Friends
 
Brook Farm String Band
  Cabin Fever
 
Chicks with Guns
  Cook County Refugees
 
Corn Stalkers
 
Cousin Curtis and the Cash Rebates
  Cradle Rockers
 
Critter du'Jour
 
Doc Howard and Friends
 
Fall Creek Delta Boys
  Farmer's Market String Band
  Flying Mules
 
Gray Squirrels
  Ha'Penny Band
  Hog Eye
  Hog Tied
 
Bob Holt
Ill-Mo Boys
 
Indian Creek Delta Boys
 
Rhys Jones, Jim Nelson, Jeff Miller
 
Jim & Kim Lansford
  Last Gaspe
 
Little Egypt Pep Steppers
 
Merriweather
  Mighty Shenanigans
 
Missouri Compromise
 
The New Saucepans
  Night Crawlers
 
Pig's Eye Landing
 
Prairie Dog
  Quel Fromage
 
RaluGerri
  Ripe for Pickin'
  Rowdy Roots
 
Scarlet Runner String Band
  Some Assembly
 
State Trooper Buddies
 
Stephie and her Boyfriends
  Tater Patch
  Too Old to Be Controlled
  UFOs (Unidentified Fiddling Objects)
  Uncle Pink and the Brush Hogs
 
Vigortones
  Whoop Up Hollow
  Matt Wyatt

*Some of these bands were ad hoc bands, but they tend to include some of my favorite musicians: Liz Amos, Kathy Gordon, Rhys Jones, Jim & Kim Lansford, Colin McCoy, Jeff Miller, Jim Nelson, Marc Rennard, Steve Rosen, Mike Ross, Geoff Seitz, Chirps Smith, Martha Tyner, Ted Vasquez, and Christina Wheeler.

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Special Events:
  Birthday Parties
  Church Retreats
  Commitment Ceremonies
  Fundraisers
  Graduation Parties
  Office Parties
  Parent/Student Dances
  Retirement Parties
  School Programs
  Summer Camps
  Teacher Retreats
  Town Festivals
  Wedding Receptions
Local Dances:
Alabama:
  Birmingham

Illinois:
  Champaign-Urbana
  Chicago
  Elsah
  Tiskilwa
  Urbana

Indiana:
  Bloomington
  Indianapolis

Iowa:
  DesMoines
  Fairfield

Kentucky:
  Lexington
  Louisville

Maryland:
  Annapolis

Michigan:
  Kalamazoo
  Lansing

Minnesota:
  St. Paul

Missouri:
  Cape Girardeau
  Columbia
  Hannibal
  Kirksville
  Kansas City
  Springfield
  St. Louis

Ohio:
  Cincinnati

Tennessee:
  Nashville
Civil War Reenactments:
  Auburn, IL
  Homer, IL
  Jacksonville, IL
  Oakland, IL
  Pittsfield, IL
  Quincy, IL
  Whitehall, IL
  Keokuk, IA
  Billie Creek Village, IN
  Carthage, MO
  Columbia, MO
  Monroe City, MO
  Palmyra, MO
  St. Louis, MO
  Wentzville, MO
  Mesopotamia, OH
And, as a special bonus, and since I listed some of my favorite musicians, here are a few of my favorite callers (you know, just in case I'm not available). They're not all big names, but they all have inspired me towards better calling through their example:
  Kathy Anderson, Chris Bischoff, Keith Cornett, Roger Diggle, Cis Hinkle, Gene Hubert,
  Dot Kent, George Marshall, Will Mentor, Mark Richardson, Ted Steele, Bill Sudkamp,
  Kath Tallichet, and Martha Tyner.
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