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.
Contact Jamie
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
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
Feet Retreat: Contra dance weekend, Ellerbe, NC
Roanoke Railroader: Contra dance weekend
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, Ohio, December
Eric Felten Orchestra swing music
Sound calendar 2025
1/12: Dancing Planet Contra, Handspring with Janine Smith calling
1/19: Djangolaya, Waltztime
1/24-26: Elixir, Playing with Fyre, Nils Fredland, Beth Molaro, Florida Snowball
2/7-9: Ice Cream Truckers, Spintuition, Claire Takimore, Cabin Fever, Oakridge, TN
2/14: Contra Intuitive, Friday Night Dance
2/21: Kingfisher, Friday Night Dance
2/23: Triple Helix, Dancing Planet Contra
2/28: Sugar Beat, Friday Night Dance
3/7: Stern, Kuhar, Murray, Friday Night Dance
3/9: Morrison Brothers, Dancing Planet Contra
3/14: Open Band, Friday Night Dance
3/16: Gigmeisters, Waltztime
3/22: Midwinter Festival, FSGW
3/30: TBA, Waltztime
4/4: Stove Dragon, Friday Night Dance
4/20: TBA, Waltztime
5/3: Carousel Day, GEPPAC
5/3: Strauss Ball, WaltzTime
5/4: Dancing Planet contra
5/17: English Ball, FSGW
5/25: Waltztime
5/30-6/1: English Trifle
6/13-5: Summer Soiree, NC
6/22: Dancing Planet contra
7/20: Waltztime
7/27: Dancing Planet contra
8/17: Waltztime
8/24: Dancing Planet contra
9/7: Contrastock, FSGW
9/14 Dancing Planet contra
9/19-21: Feet Retreat, Ellerbe, NC
9/28: Echo Arts Festival, GEPPAC
10/19: Washington Folk Festival, FSGW
10/26: Dancing Planet contra
11/9: Dancing Planet contra
11/16: Waltztime
12/21: Waltztime
12/26-31: Christmas Country Dance School, Berea, KY
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!!)
Alchemy
Callithump
Devine Comedy
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
Waltz Impressions
Waltz Magic
Waltz Sisters
Waltz Wizards
Waltzing Stars
Waverly Station
For more information, get more references, or obtain an estimate, contact Jamie .
dancingplanet@erols.com
301-466-3018
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