Teachers & Musicians 2025

Tracey Applebee was first exposed to Scottish country dancing growing up in Canada. Her mother (who received her certificate from Miss Milligan in the early 1950s) would invite friends over and they would dance to Jimmy Shand records in the basement. As a teenager, Tracey and her family became active with the Windsor Ontario branch, attending her first TAC summer school in 1985, and she became thoroughly hooked on this hobby. Work moved Tracey to Cincinnati where she continued to pursue Scottish dancing passionately with the Cincinnati Branch, obtaining her prelim in 1987, and full certificate in 1994. As well as teaching their weekly class and demo team for the last 4 decades, she has been graced with the opportunity to teach at many workshops throughout the US and Canada. Tracey enjoys emphasizing the sociability, music and enjoyment of Scottish dancing in her teaching, and thinks that the relationships we form in this hobby are a dividend that keeps on giving.

Jeanne Moody started Scottish Country Dancing at Bryn Mawr College in the Delaware Valley Branch, PA, then continued dancing in Portland, OR, and now San Diego, CA. It has been her pleasure to teach a dedicated beginner’s class since earning teaching certification in 2012, and her deepest satisfaction comes from the core group who return every season to welcome new dancers. Jeanne has been fortunate to teach at workshops around the US and Canada, including the Asilomar weekend, Scottish Weekend, Pawling, and TAC Summer School.

When not dancing Jeanne works as a medicinal chemist in drug discovery. It’s a challenging and rewarding pursuit.

Jeanne loves sharing the joy of this dance form. It is her hope to make dancing approachable, fun, and elegant – “to make the music visible.” She is honored to join you in celebrating our music, our dancing, and the rich and varied community of SCD!

Andy Imbrie has had the good fortune to accompany some of today’s leading fiddle talent, including Caroline McCaskey (with whom he collaborated on “Salute to San Diego” released in 2023), Judi Nicolson, Elke Baker, David Knight, Tim Macdonald, Deby Benton Grosjean, and many others. Andy leads the “Reel of Seven” Scottish dance band, which released “The Magic of Summer School” (a compilation of dances recorded during their fabulous week at the New Zealand Summer School) in 2016 to wide acclaim. Their earlier CDs include “Dance for Joy” (2009), “Dance for Joy Encore!” (2012), and “Gotta Dance!” (2015), (www.reelofseven.com). 

Andy began studying classical piano as a child and started playing for dances with the encouragement of Kim McGarrity and Barbara McOwen. He plays regularly for Scottish Country Dancing, ceilidh dancing, and contra dances throughout the US and Canada, and has been on music staff for several tours, including one in France, three to New Zealand and one to Scotland, Orkney, and the Shetland Islands. He has also been on staff at Asilomar and Pinewoods on multiple occasions and was honored to have been invited to teach piano accompaniment at the Boston Harbor Fiddle School and the Valley of the Moon Scottish fiddling school for several years. Andy was delighted to serve as music director for the TAC Summer School in 2019 and to be on staff at the International Branch workshop in Italy in 2022. 

Andy is married to Sherryl Fawx (also a dancer and musician); they live in Santa Clara, California. In 2021, he retired from his position as Engineering Fellow at a major aerospace company where he was a specialist in simulation, guidance, and control of flight vehicles.

A native daughter of the genre-bending West Coast music scene, Caroline McCaskey is equally at home in the traditional, improvisational, and classical music worlds. In demand as a teacher and performer throughout North America and author of the AltStrings Fiddle Method, she holds degrees in music composition and performance, as well as Suzuki teaching certification in violin and cello. Caroline is a fiddler for the dance bands Tartan Suite, Reel of Seven and Greenwich Mean Time. She also performs regularly with Boston-based guitarist and banjo player Larry Unger, and with cellist Daniel Delaney as Secret Oaks, a jazz- and folk-inspired string duo. Caroline is the 2019 U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion and a two-time International Musical Saw Champion. She also runs AltStringsAcademy.com, a learning community for amateur adult string players who are ready to build their technique, style, and musicianship skills.

Dave Mullen of Madison, Wisconsin, was mentored in performing Scottish country dance music by musician Michael Briggs, and has played fiddle for Madison's balls for decades. In retirement he is enjoying playing with the local Scottish folk band Lochanside.