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
FootFall Dance Weekend: Camp Louise, September
Friday Night Dancers: Contra dancing at Glen Echo Park
Waltz Time: Sunday afternoon waltzing at Glen Echo Park
Flying Feet Productions: Swing dances: 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
River Rendezvous: Contra Dance Weekend, Coshokton, OH
Dancing with the G.O.D.S. Dance Weekend, Gainesville, FL
World Village Music and Dance: International Music and Dance Weekend, Labor Day
Berea Christmas Country Dance School (Berea, KY) December
English Trifle: English dance weekend, Memorial Day weekend
Tango Brilliante: Milongas at Glen Echo Park
New Columbia Swing, swing dances
Eric Felten Orchestra swing music
Our Lady of Mercy School: annual school musical
Sound calendar 2023
1/15: Djangolaya, Waltztime
1/20: Sugar Beat, Friday Night Dancers
1/27-29: Dam Beavers, Gaslight Tinkers Florida Snowball
2/3: Kolodner Beller Quartet, Friday Night Dancers
2/4: Jazz Quartet at Mr. Henrys, Capitol Hill
2/5: Devine Comedy, Waltztime
2/10-12: Gigmeisters, Playing with Fyre: Cabin Fever, Knoxville, TN
2/17: Rambling House, Friday Night Dancers
2/19: Valse Impressions, Waltztime
3/1: Lyuti Chushki, Baba Marta Celebration, Glen Echo Folk Dancers
3/4: Dawn Til Dusk, Washington Estonian Society
3/5: Daybreak Trio, Waltztime
3/10: Glen Echo Open Band, Friday Night Dancers
3/11 Monobloco (Brazil), EducArte, Glen Echo Park
3/12: Family Dance, FSGW, Glen Echo Park
3/18: Battle of the Bands: The Natty Beaux vs. Rock-a-Sonics, Gotta Swing, Glen Echo
3/19: Mu Nu Talent Hunt Competition
3/31: Pilzer/Weiss, Friday Night Dancers
4/1: Private event, Melwood
4/1: Bitter Dose Combo, New Columbia Swing, Glen Echo
4/2: Waverly Station, WaltzTime
4/15: Eric Felten Jazz Orchestra, private event.
4/16: Djangolaya, WaltzTime
4/21: Faux Paws, Friday Night Dance, Glen Echo
4/28: Friedman, Barthine, O’Brien, Friday Night Dance, Glen Echo
4/29: Carousel Day, Glen Echo Park
4/29: Olde Vienna, Strauss Ball, Glen Echo
5/5: Private event, Glen Echo Park
5/6: English Ball, FSGW
5/12: Glen Echo Open Band, Friday Night Dance
5/21: Wyndream, Waltztime, Glen Echo
5/27-29: Trifle English Dance Weekend, Camp Louise
6/2: TBA: Friday Night Dance, Glen Echo
6/3-4: Washington Folk Festival
6/16: TBA: Friday Night Dance, Glen Echo
6/17: Private event, Melwood
6/17: Swing dance: Girls from Mars, Gottaswing, Glen Echo
6/18: Sugar Beat, Waltztime
6/23-25: Gigmeisters, Critton Hollow, Larry Unger and friends, American Buffalo Weekend, Buffalo Gap Camp
6/29: Ruthie and the Wranglers, GEPPAC
7/6: King Street Bluegrass, GEPPAC
7/9: Taylor Among the Devils, Waltztime
7/13: Dixie Power Trio, GEPPAC
7/14-16: Hot Coffee Meltdown, Playing with Fyre, River Rendezvous, Coshocton, OH
7/23: Karen Collins and Backroads Band, Waltztime
8/3: Pablo Regis de Oliveira, GEPPAC
8/10: Oasis Island Sounds, GEPPAC
8/17: Hula Monsters, GEPPAC
9/17: Larry Unger and Caroline McCaskey, Waltztime
9/22-24: Faux Paws, Playing with Fyre, Feet Retreat, NC
10/29: Djangolaya, Waltztime
11/19: Callithump, Waltztime
12/17: Celtic Christmas Concert, St. Andrew’s Church, Burke, VA
12/26-12/31: 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!!)
ContraForce
Eloise & Company
Gaslight Tinkers
Hot Coffee Breakdown
Olde Vienna (Strauss Ball)
Sugar Beat
WakeUp Robin
Wild Rumpus
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