Brooke Friendly

Ashland-based musician and dancer. She has been folk and country dancing for more than 30 years and has taught since 1982. She teaches an ongoing English dance class for the Southern Oregon University (SOU) Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. With her husband, Chris Sackett, she co-leads a weekly community dance in Ashland which includes both English and Scottish country dance. For a number of years, she taught an academic credit class on English and Scottish country dance at SOU. Brooke has been on staff at numerous dance camps, weekends, festivals, balls, and other events around North America and England. She is currently the program director of the Bay Area Country Dance Society Hey Days (formerly, the English Dance and Music Week), a position she also held in 2007 and 2008. In addition, she leads callers’ workshops for English country dance teachers. Check out her past gigs. Brooke also calls for contra, barn, and family dances. She has been on the roster of guest presenters for visiting school groups program of the Center for Shakespeare Studies at SOU. Her husband is Chris Sackett.