Sound reinforcement is an invisible art.
It’s best when you don’t notice it.
Jamie Platt provides high quality sound reinforcement services for concerts, dances, dance camps, festivals, and special events in the Washington, DC-area and beyond. He can provide equipment for multiple venues. His prices are very competitive.
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Some of his satisfied, repeat customers include:
Folklore Society of Greater Washington: Washington Folk Festival, FSGW Minifest, ContraStock, FSGW concerts and dances
Silver Spring Town Center: concerts, festivals, special events
Friday Night Dancers: Contra dancing at Glen Echo Park
Dancing Planet Contra Dances, monthly, Glen Echo Park
Waltz Time: Sunday afternoon waltzing at Glen Echo Park
Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture: special events
Florida Snow Ball: Contra dance weekend, January
Knoxville Dance Weekend (Cabin Fever), Contra dance weekend, February
Summer Soiree Contra Dance Weekend, June, Asheville, NC
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Feet Retreat: Contra dance weekend, September, Ellerbe, NC
Summer Soiree Contra Dance Weekend, June, Asheville, NC
Roanoke Railroader Contra dance weekend, July 4th weekend.
River Rendezvous, Coshocton, OH
Berea Christmas Country Dance School (Berea, KY) December
English Trifle: English dance weekend, Memorial Day weekend
Tango Brilliante: Milongas at Glen Echo Park
Winter Warmup, Worthington, Ohio, December
Eric Felten Orchestra swing music
Sound calendar 2026
1/4: Airloom, WaltzTime
1/9: Concert, Jewish Studio, Rockville JCC
1/16: Gigmeisters, FND
1/17: Swing Dance with Daryl Davis, GEPPAC
1/18: Phoenix, Waltztime
1/23-25: Turnip the Beat, Red Case Band, Lisa Greenleaf, Michael Karcher, Florida Snowball, Gulfport, FL
1/30: Handspring, Gaye Fifer, FND
2/1: Handspring, WaltzTime
2/7: The Grandsons, Swing dance, GEPPAC
2/13-15: Starling, Contraforce, Cabin Fever, Oak Ridge, TN
2/20: Kingfisher, Alex Deis-Lauby, FND
2/21: Ukrainian Commemoration, Lincoln Memorial
2/22: Handspring with Janine Smith, Dancing Planet Contra, Bumper Car Pavilion
3/6: Crossover, FND
3/7: Multiple bands, Minifest, FSGW
3/13-15: Goldcrest and Firecrest with multiple callers, Set For Spring, Houston, TX
3/22: Melissa Chatham with Morrison, Crow, Gordon, Dancing Planet Contra, Ballroom Backroom
4/5: Trio Con Brio, WaltzTime
4/10-12: Terpsichore with multiple callers, Capital Scottish Weekend
4/17: Scanlon, Fortier, Morrison, FND
4/19: TBA Bumper Car Pavilion, Dancing Planet Contra
4/24: Froghammer, Melissa Chatham, FND
5/9: Strauss Ball, WaltzTime
5/16: English Ball, FSGW
5/17; Axelrod, Jaber, WaltzTime
5/23-25: English Trifle Dance Weekend
6/12-14: Engine Room, Stove Dragon, Summer Soiree, Asheville, NC
6/18: GEPPAC concert
6/28: Dancing Planet Contra, Ballroom Backroom
7/2-5: Toss the Possum and TBA, Roanoke Railroader, Roanoke, VA
7/9: GEPPAC concert
7/12: TBA, Barn Dance, FSGW
7/17-19: Toss the Possum, Hot Coffee Breakdown, River Rendezvous, Coshocton, OH
7/23: GEPPAC concert
8/1: Corner Pocket Jazz Band, GEPPAC Swing
8/6: GEPPAC concert
8/16: WaltzTime
8/20: GEPPAC concert
8/23: Multiple bands, Washington Folk Festival
9/5: Global Rhythms Festival, GEPPAC
9/6: WaltzTime evening dance
9/13: Dancing Planet Contra, Ballroom Backroom
9/13: Barn Dance, Ballroom Backroom, FSGW
9/18-20: Engine Room and Unger/Loper/Horner with Gaye Fifer, Feet Retreat, Ellerbe, NC
9/27: Echo Arts Festival, GEPPAC
10/24: Harvest Moon Ball, Dance Sports
10/25: TBA, Dancing Planet Contra
11/15: WaltzTime
11/22: Will Mentor, Stomp Rocket, Dancing Planet Contra, Bumper Car Pavilion
12/4-6: Winter Warmup Dance Weekend, Worthington, OH
12/20: WaltzTime
Contra Dance Band Links (A partial listing of bands I have worked with at dance weekends and local dances. Hire these guys; they’re great!!)
Callithump
Eloise & Company
Gaslight Tinkers
Hot Coffee Breakdown
Olde Vienna (Strauss Ball)
Potent Brew
Some Assembly
Steam
Stomp Rocket
Stringrays
Sugar Beat
Terpsichore
Toss the Possum
Trio Con Brio
Triple Helix
Uncle Farmer
WakeUp Robin
Waverly Station
Other Bands
Big Boy Little
Halley Schoenberg
Michael Gamble’s Rhythm Seranadors
Recordings
Giant Robot Dance
Spontaneous Animation
Jesse Lége & Joel Savoy
Live at Glen Echo
Brave Combo
Live at Blob’s Park
Toss the Possum
Live at Railroader
For more information, get more references, or obtain an estimate, contact Jamie .
dancingplanet@erols.com
301-466-3018