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Andrew is an enthusiastic dancer, teacher, and organizer of recreational dancing. He has taught over 5,000 recreational dance classes. He dances everything from Argentine tango to zydeco for fun. He loves teaching beginners. As he says, "You have to sow seeds to grow your community." Andrew specializes in getting non-dancers dancing. He has been invited to community programs, folk festivals, club events, social activities, family programs, special-care facilities, religious observances, universities, high schools, and elementary schools. Andrew has been a faithful promoter of dancing in North Florida, publishing two newsletters a week since 2005, one for folk and one for partner dancing. He ran the Gainesville Dance Association, an eclectic hot spot of social dancing with two to three programs daily of a score of different types of social dancing.Andrew is a software developer. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics from the University of Florida. His college fraternity entered him and his fraternity's sweetheart in the university's dance marathon. So he was known as the dance man even back then. He was the high school chess champion in Alachua County. A competitive athlete, he has played in, captained, coached, refereed, taught, ran leagues, and organized sporting programs since he can remember. He played basketball for Gainesville High School. He played in the first Jose Cuervo professional beach volleyball tournament in Florida. He ran the IBM Club sports programs for 3,000 families. He has applied these experiences to dancing. Andrew is the author of "My Fight With Hospice: A Family Caring for Mom, Witness to the Misuse of Prescription Drugs" - a cautionary tale for anyone caring for family members. "Unique, touching, reflective, homage," Phillip Schwartz.
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