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Mesa, Arizona 1959 S. Power Rd, #103-275 Mesa, AZ 85206 Phone: 1-480-671-6721 Cell: 1-480-204-0110 FAX: 1-480-671-6722 |
Biography
Mike Sikorsky has been calling and teaching square dancing
for over 32 years. Winters find Mike in Mesa, Arizona at Las Palmas Grand. Mike conducts twelve (or more) sessions during the week and then travels weekends to call all over the world.
When it is off-season in Mesa, Mike retreats to cooler spots like McCloud Dance Country in McCloud, California.
He has been featured caller at many festivals around the country. Some are: Silver State Festival (Reno), the Tucson Festival, Golden State Roundup (Oakland/San Francisco), Bakersfield Fiesta (Bakersfield, CA), the Oregon-Mid-Winter Festival (Eugene), the Oregon Summer Festival (Portland), the Washington State Festival and the Utah Spring and Fall Festivals. Mike has also toured Canada, England, Sweden, Australia, Germany, New Zealand, and Japan.
Mike's square dance recordings are extensive. His newest CD is Close Enough to Touch. You can hear excerpts and read the lyrics at this link. He currently records for Mesa Apache Productions, his own company. His square dance releases have been Forever Young, and Ladies’ Night . MAP has also released 2 hoedowns, Rain Dance and Melodee in E . In the past, on other labels, he has released the singing calls 16 Tons and Should've Been A Cowboy , and a hoedown entitled Boil 'Em Cabbage . He's also recorded Blueberry Hill , Bradley the Brown Nosed Reindeer, Music Box Dancer , and Ghost Riders in the Sky . These last two were best sellers.
Mike also writes and records popular music. Geri Koeppel, feature writer for the East Valley Tribune, has called his music “Elvis meets Gordon Lightfoot”. His newest release, The Glass Slippered Dream, a 14 song project, can be previewed and purchased at www.cdbaby.com/sikorsky . Mike wrote 6 songs for this CD. Dear John is his dedication to Johnny Cash. Time is Standing Still is a love song he wrote for his sweetheart, Marjean. The Miracle of Love is his tribute to a friend who lost his son-in-law in a biker accident.
And be sure to check out his other popular music releases, Arizona, and Once is not Enough. These CDs have 12 songs each. Once Is Not Enough has a song on it that Mike has written for a play. The Old Prospector spoken by an old gold miner, who has never found the gold, but won’t give up trying.
Some additional links regarding Mike:
Interview from Apache Junction/Gold Canyon Independent Newspaper of January 13, 2004
News article about Mike's The Old Prospector
CONVENTIONS and FESTIVALS - Click here for a comprehensive listing
SQUARE DANCE INFORMATION