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Barbara
and Jerry have been teaching Round Dancing since 1967.
They were on staff at
Fontana
Village
in
North Carolina
for many
sessions and
on staff at Kirkwood Lodge in
Missouri
for many
years.
They have, for years, done many festivals around the country . . .
typically up to thirty in one year having worked in over two
thirds of the
states. In
1986 they conducted a clinic in the then West
Germany
for the European Round Dance teachers and a similar clinic in
Holland
. Since
that initial visit to the continent they have returned in 1988, 1989,
1991, 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2002.
They have conducted
teacher training clinics and
also figure clinics for the dancers.
They
have been on the rhythm Record label owned by Wade Driver. They
have also been on the Royal Record Label owned by Tony Oxendine and Jerry
Story. .
They have choreographed “Pagan Love Song” which advanced to the
classic list of Roundalab.
Others choreographed are
“On & On”,
“I Give My Heart”, “Besame Mucho”, “Love
Changes Everything”, “Pretty Women”, “Heart of Glass”, and “1
2 3 4 “.
The
Pierces were featured Round Dance Leaders in Square Dancing magazine in
August, 1987; in American Square Dance in February, 1983; in Round Dancer
magazine in March, 1984.
For the National Square Dance Convention of 1985 and 1995 in
Birmingham
,
Alabama
they chaired the Round Dance Workshops and Showcase of Rounds.
They have been President of DRDC and Alabama RDA, members
of AIDA,
ICBDA(URDC) and charter members of Roundalab, receiving a 40 year
plaque for their years of
teaching.
They
have four children and twelve grandchildren; three dogs, and a 1965 Ford
Mustang.
Two of their children, Lauralyn and Bill, have made surprise
appearances at festivals as part of the Pierces’ exhibition.
Jerry is now retired from the formal workplace and they spend much
more of their time in the Round Dance activity.
Barbara is an artist and an excellent seamstress.
They particularly like to collect dolls and Eighteenth Century
English antiques, and Jerry is very creative in make lamps.
Currently
they conduct a home program of two clubs on a weekly basis at all levels
from basics to Carousel (club #133).
They have even ventured into teaching social
ballroom.
On weekends you are likely to find them at a Round or Square Dance
Festival doing what they love best . . . Round Dancing.
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