Lin was born and brought up in Cardiff, South Wales and became involved initially with English country dancing at university.  She gave the Scottish class a try (once) but wasn’t too keen on it. When she and her husband Don first moved to the U.S. to the Miami area in

1974 they were unable to find an English Country Dance class  – but lo and behold, there was a Scottish dance class so she gave it a another try and this time became hooked! There was no looking back and she has been an avid Scottish country dancer ever since.

Since 1975, Lin and her family have lived mostly in the San Francisco Bay area, with a 5 year stint in Corvallis Oregon and a six month side trip in Singapore. She is a long time performance dancer with Red Thistle Dancers.  In 1997 she obtained her Full Certificate. Since then she has taught classes throughout the SF Bay area and is currently on the Mountain View class teaching staff. She has taught at Asilomar, Calgary and Portland workshops and is looking forward to the 2010 Sacramento workshop.  She enjoys teaching all levels of classes from the basics with beginners to the finer points with more advanced dancers. She especially likes high energy dances with lots of pas de basque.

When not dancing, Lin enjoys attending Broadway type musicals, community theatre events, visits to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, reading mysteries, and spending time with her family, especially her three grown-up children. Oh yes, she’s also pretty busy with her day job in advertising sales!