
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
4/7: Dead Sea Squirrels, Friday Night Dancers
4/8: Wedding Vendor exhibition, GEPPAC
4/15: Eric Felten Jazz Orchestra, private event.
4/16: Djangolaya, WaltzTime
4/16: Washington Revels concert, Glen Echo
4/18: School musical setup, St. Mary’s Catholic Church
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
4/30: Handspring, Dancing Planet Contra
5/5: Private event, Glen Echo Park
5/6: English Ball, FSGW
5/11: Private event, American Friends of Georgia
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: Are We There Yet?: Friday Night Dance, Glen Echo
6/3-4: Washington Folk Festival
6/6-15: NA
6/16: TBA: Friday Night Dance, Glen Echo
6/17: Private event, Melwood
6/17: Girls from Mars, Gottaswing, Glen Echo
6/18: Sugar Beat, Waltztime
6/20: private event
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
7/7: Petrichord, Friday Night Dance
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
7/28: Box and Strings, Friday Night Dancers
7/30: Gaye Fifer with Dave Wiesler and Miranda Weinberg, Dancing Planet Contra
8/3: Pablo Regis de Oliveira, GEPPAC
8/5: Batida Diferente, Mr. Henry’s, DC
8/10: Oasis Island Sounds, GEPPAC
8/11: Contranella, Friday Night Dancers
8/17: Hula Monsters, GEPPAC
8/24: private event
8/25: TBA, Friday Night Dancers, Some Assembly
9/2-3: GEPPAC Labor Day Festival
9/10: Family Dance, Glen Echo Park, FSGW
9/16: Private event
9/17: Larry Unger and Caroline McCaskey, Waltztime
9/17: Larry Unger and Caroline McCaskey, Dancing Planet Contra
9/22-24: Faux Paws, Playing with Fyre, Feet Retreat, NC
9/29: Daybreak Trio, Friday Night Dancers
10/1: Glen Echo Arts Fest
10/6: Last Chance Saloon Band, Friday Night Dancers
10/7: Batida Diferente, Mr. Henry’s DC
10/8: Private event (early)
10/15: ContraStock, FSGW
10/20: Handspring, Friday Night Dancers
10/21: Con Brio, Ballroom Dance, Glen Echo Park
10/22: Gigmeisters, Dancing Planet Contra
10/27: Gigmeisters, Friday Night Dancers
10/29: Djangolaya, Waltztime
11/3: BOW, Friday Night Dancers
11/9: private event, Melwood
11/10: Veterans Day Concert, Silver Spring Town Center
11/18: Private event, Glen Echo Park
11/19: Callithump, Waltztime
12/1-3: Hot Coffee Breakdown and Rosenthorn, Winter Warmup, Worthington, OH
12/8: special event, Melwood
12/10: Go Figure, Ballroom Dance
12/17: Celtic Christmas Concert, St. Andrew’s Church, Burke, VA
12/26-12/31: Christmas Country Dance School, Berea, KY
2024
1/26-28: Nova, Kingfisher, Janine Smith and Will Mentor, Florida Snowball, Gulfport
2/9-11: Baba Yaga’s Brew, Hot Coffee Breakdown, Tim Klein, Cabin Fever, Oakridge, TN
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
Black Oranges
Bouncers
Brooklyn Swing Ensemble
Buddy System
Callithump
Cloud 10
ContraForce
Dam Beavers
Daybreak Trio
Dead Sea Squirrels
Devine Comedy
Eloise & Company
Euphor
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