Beau joined the board June 2025.  He has been active with Tapestry since moving to the Twin Cities in 2003, initially as a contra dance caller (a passion for over 40 years), then since 2012 as head of the contra program coordinating committee.  He is currently the CTO at TSI Incorporated, pursuing growth opportunities for the company, and teaches Foresight and Forecasting in the Management of Technology program at the University of Minnesota.  Serving on the board, he hopes to help with vision, promotion, and further positioning Tapestry as an integral and growing part of the community, spreading and enabling the joys of dance.

Joined the board November 2024. Lydia has been involved with Tapestry for over 30 years, serving on both the board and staff.  She was very involved in the purchase and renovation of the current building and continues to volunteer in the office and at the admissions desk.  She met her husband on the Contra Dance floor but is currently more active in the English Country Dance community.  Her two offspring are both avid Contra Dancers and more.  When not volunteering at Tapestry, she enjoys traveling, gardening, and reading, and cooking.

Hristina first came to Tapestry Folkdance Center in the early 2000s after graduating from the Carlson School of Management and looking for a place that teaches Bulgarian folk dances. She brings passion for international folk dancing and over 20 years of corporate finance experience. Hristina is one of the founders of the Bulgarian School of Minnesota and one of the first events she organized for her community was a Bulgarian folk dance workshop at Tapestry.

Mary first came to Tapestry Folkdance Center in the fall of 2022 when they arrived as a freshman to the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Mary has experience with contra, international, and polish folk dancing, and is a frequent attendee of Saturday night Contra. They hope to continue to introduce younger people to all of Tapestry Folkdance Center's wonderful programming.

In 1982, seven-year-old Carrie’s love of dance was born out of two events - Micheal Jackson’s Thriller album was released and  her mom took her to the Boston Ballet’s Nutcracker.  She may have been the only seventh grader in her class who enjoyed square dancing in gym. In her 30's & 40's she was surprised to find herself working as a professional fire and hula hoop dancer in Thailand and Burma. Today, a longtime resident of Powderhorn Park, she regularly attends Tapestry’s Zumba classes, and serves as a host and consultant for Dance Church. Carrie hopes to build even more connection with the wide variety of dance and music in our diverse local community.

I started Contra dancing in the early '80s at the First Existentialist Church in Atlanta GA.  It didn't take long to find Tapestry after I moved to Minneapolis in 1987.  What an adventure to be able to sample all the program offerings finding that English Country Dance was my dance home.  Now, retired from the Minnesota Department of Education, I volunteer at Tapestry and Open Arms of Minnesota, am learning the art of quilting and travel domestically and internationally as much as the budget will allow.

Joan is an International dancer,  but connected to many other dance and music communities in the Twin Cities.  She served on the Tapestry board in the past

Deb comes from the Morris community, so has an advantage of seeing Tapestry from an outside and inside perspective.  This is her first time on the Tapestry Board.

Xander has attended just about all dance programs at Tapestry over the years but can mainly be found as a musician or at the RSCDS program on Mondays. This is his first time on the Board.