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 2024
1/7: High Drive, Waltztime
1/14: Wiesler, Weinberg, and Rose with Gaye Fifer, Dancing Planet Contra
1/20: Oksana Mukha and Oleksandr Bozhyk, Benefit concert, St. Andrews Ukrainian Church
1/21: Larry Unger and Friends: Waltztime
1/26-28: Nova, Kingfisher, Janine Smith and Will Mentor, Florida Snowball, Gulfport
2/2: Rachel Eddy and friends, Friday Night Dance
2/9-11: Baba Yaga’s Brew, Hot Coffee Breakdown, Tim Klein, Cabin Fever, Oakridge, TN
2/16: Aubrey and Pilzer, Friday Night Dance
2/19: Concert, Estonian Society, Latvian Church, Rockville.
2/23: Kingfisher, Friday Night Dance
2/25: Dam Beavers with Janine Smith: Dancing Planet Contra
3/3: Private Event: Melwood
3/6: Baba Marta Party with Lyuti Chushki, Glen Echo Folk Dancers
3/13: Private event with Daryl Davis Band
3/17: Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. – 2024 Talent Hunt
3/22: Dead Sea Squirrels, Friday Night Dance
3/24: Rhys Jones and friends w Will Mentor, Dancing Planet Contra
3/29: Are We There Yet? Friday Night Dance
4/5: Open Band, Friday Night Dance 50th Anniversary
4/7: Djangolaya Trio, Waltztime
4/13: Svetlana and the Delancey 5, Gottaswing, Glen Echo
4/14: Barn Dance, FSGW
4/19: Froghammer, Friday Night Dance
4/20: Benefit Dance, Claggett Center
4/23: Setup for musical
4/27: Carousel Day, GEPPAC
4/27: Strauss Ball, Waltztime
4/28: The French Connection, Balfolk and Contra: Dancing Planet Contra
5/5: Balkan Festival, Glen Echo Park
5/12: Djangolaya, Ballroom Dance, Glen Echo Park
5/18: Tnek Jazz, GEPPAC Gala
5/19: Callithump, Waltztime
5/19: Tango Orquestra La Tipica Messiez at Glen Echo
5/24: Cojiro, Friday Night Dance
5/25-27: English Trifle Dance Weekend
5/31: Boneshakers, Friday Night Dance
5/31: Airport 77, Glen Echo
6/2: Ruben Moreno and the Zydeco Re-evolution, Glen Echo Park.
6/8: Private event, Melwood
6/9: Go Figure, Waltztime
6/13: Clarence Turner Blues Band, GEPPAC concert
6/14: Ginatones, Friday Night Dance
6/16: Alexander Mitchell and friends with Michael Karcher, Dancing Planet Contra
6/20: Charm City Junction, GEPPAC concert
6/22: Rachel Eddy and Em Hammond: Pride Day Celebration, GEPPAC
6/23: Machaya, private event
6/28: Coracree, Friday Night Dance
6/29: private event
6/30: Heritage Voices, I&I Rittim, Maryland Heritage Day, Glen Echo Park
7/4-7: Latter Day Lizards, Toss the Possum w Will Mentor, Gaye Fifer, Emily Rush, Roanoke Railroader
7/11: La Musica da Vida, GEPPAC concert
7/12: Glen Echo Open Band, Friday Night Dance
7/14: FSGW Picnic/Barn Dance
7/18: Nowhere Men, GEPPAC concert
7/21: Valse Impressions, Waltztime, Glen Echo
7/25: James Bazen Big Band, GEPPAC concert
7/26: Playing With Fyre, Friday Night Dance
7/28: Playing with Fyre with Timothy Klein, Dancing Planet Contra
8/4: Devine Comedy, Waltztime
8/9: The Orphans, Friday Night Dance
8/15: Ruthie and the Wranglers, GEPPAC concert
8/17: Halley Schoenberg Revival Jazz Band, Swing dance, GEPPAC
8/18: Gigmeisters, Waltztime
8/22: Zedicus, GEPPAC concert
8/24: Ukrainian Independence Day event
8/25: High Drive with Scott Higgs, Dancing Planet Contra
8/31-9/1: Labor Day dance event: GEPPAC
9/6: Wombat Crossing, Friday Night Dance
9/8: Barn Dance, FSGW
9/13: Glen Echo Open Band, Friday Night Dance
9/15: Starling with Mary Wesley, Dancing Planet Contra
9/20-22: Dam Beavers, Hotpoint, Bob Isaacs, Emily Rush, Feet Retreat, NC
9/27: Joy Factor, Friday Night Dance
9/29: Echo Arts Festival, GEPPAC
10/4: Sycamore, Friday Night Dance
10/6: Djangolaya Trio, Waltztime
10/13: Nova, Private event
10/19: DanceSports Waltz Ball, Glen Echo Park
10/20: Engine Room, Dam Beavers, Handspring, Will Mentor, Beth Molaro, Scott Higgs, Contrastock, Glen Echo Park.
10/25: private event
10/27: Froghammer w Caroline Barnes, Dancing Planet Contra
11/15: Are We There Yet? Friday Night Dance
11/17: Dennis Stroughmatt, GEPPAC dance
11/20-23: Musical, Our Sisters of Mercy School
11/24: Waverly Station, Dancing Planet Contra
11/29: Roundtuit, Friday Night Dance
12/6-8, Notorious, Hollertones, Will Mentor, Winter Warmup, Worthington, OH
12/13: Wombat Crossing, Friday Night Dance
12/14: Transcendental Light Orchestra, concert, Glen Echo Park
12/15: Karen Ashbrook and friends, Celtic Christmas Concert
12/22: Karen Ashbrook and friends, Celtic Christmas Concert
12/26-31: Berea Christmas Country Dance School
2025
1/12: Dancing Planet Contra
1/19: Djangolaya, Waltztime
1/20: Inaugural Ball, Glen Echo
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
2/23: Dancing Planet Contra
2/28: Sugar Beat, Friday Night Dance
3/7: Stern, Kuhar, Murray, Friday Night Dance
3/9: 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
5/3: Carousel Day, GEPPAC
5/3: Strauss Ball, WaltzTime
5/4: Dancing Planet contra
5/17: English Ball
5/30-6/1: English Trifle
6/13-5: Summer Soiree, NC
6/22: Dancing Planet contra
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