Mostly Waltz for Boston
Schedule Archive
2023-2024
September 24:
- Music: Larry Unger & Caroline McCaskey
- Lesson: Charlie Mandelberg and Barbara Renna, basic waltz)
October 29:
- Music: Kate Barnes & Mary Lea
- Lesson: Tom Roby & Diane Gonzales, Shadow Waltz Variations
November 26:
- Music: Dave Langford & Max Newman
- Lesson: Tom Roby and Alex Daum, Wrap/Cuddle Waltz Variations
December 17:
- Music: Holiday party, DJ: Diane Gonzales
January 21:
- Music: Anna Patton & Karen Axelrod
February 25:
- Music: Autumn Rose Lester & Eric Eid-Reimer
March 24:
- Music: Jacqueline Schwab & Dave Langford
April 28:
- Music: Eric Eid-Reiner & Ron Grosslein
May 19:
- Music: tbd
2022-2023
September 11, 2022
- Music: Eric Eid-Reiner (piano) and Autumn Rose Lester (fiddle)
- Lesson: Diane Gonzales & Tom Roby, basic waltz
September 29 - October 1, 2022 (Waltz Weekend)
- Ari Levitt, waltz and foxtrot
October 1, 2022
- Music: Jacqueline Schwab (piano) and Autumn Rose Lester (fiddle)
- Lesson: Ari Levitt
October 30, 2022 (Halloween party)
- Music: Larry Unger(guitar, banjo) and Julie Metcalf (fiddle)
- Lesson: Diane Gonzales & Tom Roby, basic waltz
November 27, 2022
- Music: Becky Tracy and Keith Murphy
- Lesson: Susan de Guardiola, cross-step waltz
January 22, 2023
- Music: Kate Barnes and Mary Lea
- Lesson: Diane Gonzales & Tom Roby, Gypsy Wine, Royal Empress Tango, and five count waltz
February 12, 2023 cancelled
March 12, 2023
- Music: Diane Gonzalez, DJ
- Lesson: Tom Roby & Laura Stern, Hambo, music: Brian Wilson
April 16, 2023:
- Music: Larry Unger & Julie Metcalf
- Lesson: Tim Lamm, basic turning waltz
May 7, 2023:
- Cross-step waltz workshops & dancing with Susan de Guardiola
- DJ'ed dance with recorded music
2021-2022
October 24, 2021
- Music: Larry Unger (guitar, banjo) and Julie Metcalf (fiddle)
- Lesson: Diane Gonzales, line dances for polka, swing, tango and cross-step waltz
November 28, 2021
- Music: Peregrine Road with Rachel Bell (accordion, vocals) and Karen Axelrod (piano, accordion)
- Lesson: Tom Roby & Diane Gonzales, Metamora Waltz (choreography by Richard Powers)
February 20, 2022 (postponed from January 9)
- Music by Mary Lea and Kate Barnes
- Lesson: Tom Roby & Diane Gonzales, schottis, polka, and Gypsy Wine
March 13, 2022
- Music by Jacqueline Schwab (piano) and David Langford (fiddle)
Jacqueline is an accomplished pianist who has played at the White House and for many Ken Burns documentaries, and is well known for her beautiful and impressive improvisational style. Dave is the fabulous fiddler from Latter Day Lizards and Stomp Rocket. - Lesson: Tom Roby & Diane Gonzales, cross-step waltz
March 18-20, 2022: Waltz and NightClub 2-Step Workshops
- Ari Levitt: Waltz and Nightclub 2-step workshops
March 19, 2022: Mixed Social Dance Party
- Music: Ari Levitt, DJ
March 20, 2022
- Music: Mary Lea (fiddle), Kate Barnes (piano, guitar)
- Lesson: Ari Levitt, Waltz variations
April 3, 2022
- Music: Larry Unger (guitar, banjo) and Julie Metcalf (fiddle)
- Lesson: Diane Gonzales & Tom Roby, twinkle, toss-across, grapevines (Ari Levitt's material)
May 15, 2022
- Music: Anna Patton (clarinet), Karen Axelrod (piano, accordion)
June 12, 2022
- Music: Eric Eid-Reiner (piano) and Autumn Rose Lester (fiddle)
- Lesson: Clayton Jennings & Kelly Delew, waltz variations
September 11, 2022
- Music: Eric Eid-Reiner (piano)
and Autumn Rose Lester (fiddle - Lesson: Diane Gonzales & Tom Roby
2019-2020
September 29, 2019
- Music: Julie Metcalf (fiddle) and Mark David Buckles (guitar, piano)
- Instructors: Kee Wui and Stephanie from the MIT waltz club, Introduction to Cross-Step Waltz and Variations
October 27, 2019
- Music: Jacqueline Schwab (piano) and Dave Langford (fiddle)
- Instructors: Tom Roby and Diane Gonzales, Cross-Step Waltz Turn Variations
December 1, 2019
- Music: Mary Lea (fiddle) and Kate Barnes (piano, guitar)
- Instructors: Tom Roby and Diane Gonzales, Rotary/Cross-Step Waltz Smackdown
December 29, 2019: Holiday Party!
- Music deejayed by Diane Gonzales
January 12, 2020
- Music: Eric Eid-Reiner (piano) and Autumn Rose Lester (fiddle)
- Instructors: Tom Roby and Diane Gonzales, Waltz Turn Variations
February 9, 2020
- Music: Larry Unger (guitar, banjo) and Julie Metcalf (fiddle)
- Instructors: Kent Koeninger and Susan Peckitt, Waltz Variations
March 8, 2020
- Music: Becky Tracy (fiddle) and Keith Murphy (piano, guitar, mandolin)
- Instructors: Kent Koeninger and Susan Peckitt, More Waltz Variations
April 19, 2020: Canceled due to the threat of the coronavirus
May 17, 2020: Canceled due to the threat of the coronavirus
2018–2019
October 14, 2018
- Music: Larry Unger (guitar, banjo) and Julie Metcalf (fiddle)
- Instructors: Tom Roby and Diane Gonzales, Waltz Secrets.
November 25, 2018
- Music: Mary Lea (fiddle) and Kate Barnes (piano, guitar)
- Instructor: Diane Gonzales, Shadow Waltz Variations
December 30, 2018: Holiday party!
- Music: deejayed by Diane Gonzales
- Instructor: Diane Gonzales, Dealing with Speed.
January 13, 2019
- Music: Dave Langford (fiddle) and Max Newman (guitar, mandolin)
- Instructors: Richard Wyatt and Meggie Winchell from Mostly Waltz in Greenfield, MA, Waltz Zigzags (Parallels) and Switchbacks, with a focus on dance frame.
February 10, 2019
- Music: Robert Penny (cello), Barbara Pixton (piano, bass), and Tom Pixton (accordion)
- Instructors: Tom Roby and Diane Gonzales, Cross-Step Waltz.
March 10, 2019
- Music:: Rachel Bell (accordion), Becky Tracy (fiddle), and Karen Axelrod (piano, accordion)
- Instructors: Tom Roby and Diane Gonzales, More Cross-Step Waltz
March 31, 2019:
- Music: Julie Vallimont (piano) and Anna Patton (clarinet)
- Instructor: Diane Gonzales, More Cross-Step Waltz
April 28, 2019
- Music: Julie Metcalf (fiddle) and Max Newman (guitar, piano)
- Instructor: Kent Koeninger, Waltz Variations
May 19, 2019
- Joint event with Scandinavian Sundays
- Music: Becky Tracy (fiddle) and Keith Murphy (piano, guitar, mandolin)
- Instructors: Tom Roby and Diane Gonzales, Improving your Hambo
2017–2018
September 17, 2017
- Music: Dave Langford (fiddle) and Jacqueline Schwab (piano)
- Instructors: Tom Roby and Diane Gonzales, underarm turns,
October 14, 2017 Boston Waltz Weekend
- FUSN, West Newton, MA
- Music: Larry Unger (guitar) and Julie Metcalf (fiddle, viola)
- Instructor: Ari Levitt
October 29, 2017: Halloween party
- Special location: Payson Park Church, Belmont, MA
- Music: deejayed by Diane Gonzales
- Instructors: Tom Roby and Diane Gonzales - a combo of some of the “other” dances that we typically do (e.g. tango, schottis, blues, Norwegian polka) and fun novelty dances like Salty Dog Rag, Gypsy Wine, and the Polish Kujawiak.
November 26, 2017: Thanksgiving weekend dance
- Music: Mary Lea (fiddle) and Kate Barnes (piano, guitar)
- Instructors: Tom Roby and Diane Gonzales, Waltz Variations
January 7, 2018
- Music: lydia ievins (fiddle) and Kate Barnes (piano, guitar)
- Instructor: Diane Gonzales, Left-turning Rotary Waltz
February 11, 2018
- Music: Anna Patton (clarinet) and Julie Vallimont (keyboard, accordion)
- Instructors: Tom Roby and Diane Gonzales, Metamora Waltz
March 11, 2018
- Music: Eric Eid-Reiner (piano) and Dave Langford (fiddle, guitar)
- Instructor: Kent Koeninger, Moves That Engender Smiles – standard windows, windows twisting into face-to-face, leading without touching, and, if time allows, six forward single steps
April 8, 2018
- Music: Becky Tracy (fiddle) and Keith Murphy (piano, guitar, mandolin)
- Instructors: Tom Roby and Laura Stern, Scandi and Waltz Pivots – Learn some easy Scandinavian dances that include pivots (e.g. Schottis, Snoa and/or Norwegian Polka) and then work on incorporating pivots in your waltzing.
May 6, 2018:: End of Season Bash!
- Music: Gypsy Minor from Maine: Sarah Jane Nelson (piano, flute) and Tom Moreau (violin, viola)
- Instructors: Tom Roby and Diane Gonzales, More Scandi and Waltz Pivots – We’ll review and build on last month’s lesson, teaching some easy Scandi dances that involve pivots and how to incorporate pivots into your everyday social waltzing.
2016–2017
September 25, 2016
- Music: Larry Unger (guitar, banjo) and Julie Metcalf (fiddle)
- Instructor: Diane Gonzales, Waltz Secrets
October 30, 2016: Halloween party
- Music: Becky Tracy (fiddle) and Keith Murphy (piano, guitar, mandolin)
- Instructor: Kent Koeninger, Waltz Variations – Learn patty-cake variations peppered with twirls and around-the-world circles
November 27, 2016: Thanksgiving weekend dance
- Music: Mary Lea (fiddle) and Kate Barnes (piano, guitar)
- Instructor: Tom Roby and Laura Stern, Learn to Hambo
January 8, 2017
- Music: Karen Axelrod (piano) and Anna Patton (clarinet)
- Instructor: Diane Gonzales, Dancer Survival Guide
February 12, 2017: Canceled due to snow.
March 12, 2017
- Music: Eric Eid-Reiner (piano) and Audrey Knuth (fiddle)
- Instructors: Tom Roby and Diane Gonzales, Around-the-World Variations
April 9, 2017
- At Park Avenue Congregational Church, 50 Paul Revere Road, Arlington Heights, MA.
- Music: Julie Vallimont (piano) and Anna Patton (clarinet)
- Instructors: Tom Roby and Diane Gonzales, Waltz Moves for a Crowded Hall
May 7, 2017: End of Season Bash!
- Music: Recorded music deejayed by Diane Gonzales
- Instructors: Tom Roby and Diane Gonzales, Cross-step Waltz Fundamentals and a Few Variations
- NOTE: This dance was rescheduled from April 30.
2015–2016
September 27, 2015
- Music: Pandora - Amy Cann (violin), Ray Salvo (clarinet), and Norb Spencer (accordion)
- Instructor: Kent Koeninger, Intro waltz
October 25, 2015
- Music: Mary Lea (fiddle) and Peter Barnes (piano, guitar)
- Instructor: Tom Roby and Diane Gonzales, Shadow Waltz Moves
November 29, 2015
- Music: 3rd String Trio: Karen Axelrod (accordion), Peter Barnes (guitar), and Aldo Fabrizi (mandolin)
- Instructor: Tom Roby and Diane Gonzales, Cuddle Variations
December 27, 2015: Holiday party!
- Music: a mix of traditional, contemporary, and holiday tunes deejayed by Diane Gonzales
- Instructor: Diane Gonzales, Dealing with Speed
January 24, 2016:
- Music: Notorious: Larry Unger (guitar, banjo) and Eden MacAdam-Somer (fiddle, vocals)
- Instructor: Hsueh-tze Lee, Tango Vals – Discover how the syncopated dynamics of the Argentine Tango Vals leads to surges, sweeps and melodic suspensions. These dynamics can be creatively incorporated into all waltzes.
March 13, 2016
- Music: Becky Tracy (fiddle) and Keith Murphy (piano, guitar, mandolin)
- Instructor: Tom Roby and Diane Gonzales, Cross-step Waltz
April 10, 2016
- Music: Eric Eid-Reiner (piano) and Audrey Knuth (fiddle)
- Instructor: Diane Gonzales, Cross-step Waltz
May 22, 2016: End of Season Bash!
- Music: Recorded music deejayed by Diane Gonzales
- Instructor: Kent Koeninger, New Waltz Variations – The new groom (congratulations to Kent and Susan!) taught lots of position variations and transitions - how to get into closed hold, cuddle hold, and varsouvienne hold, and will continue the arm work into windmills and more. Great for all skill levels.
July 15-16, 2016: Boston Waltz Weekend
- Park Avenue Congregational Church, Arlington, MA
- A Friday evening workshop with Ari Levitt: Advanced Fusion Waltz Innovations,
- Three afternoon and evening dance workshops and a mostly waltz dance party with Ari, 1-10:30 pm at Chelmsford Center for the Arts in Chelmsford, MA.