Ron and Mary Noble are International Round Dance Leaders. Welcome to their web site, use the menu above to locate where they are teaching next and view dances they have written.

Ron and Mary Noble began round dancing in 1981 and teaching in 1985. They have taught all phase levels and are currently teaching phases 4, 5, 6 in Yuma, Arizona from Nov. through March. The remainder of the year is spent traveling with teaching engagements. Additionally, they cue at local and national square dance festivals and are featured instructors at round dance weekends throughout the United States, Canada, Germany, and Japan. They currently conduct three week-long Round Dance Clinics at Circle 8 Ranch in the state of Washington.

They have conducted educational seminars and dance clinics at RAL, NSDC, USA West, ECTA Mini Lab in Germany, and several Beaver State Round Dance Leader Schools. They have also taught at NSDC, URDC, USA West, and the Canadian Nat'l conventions, and in 2003 and 2005, were the featured leaders at the European Square and Round Dance College in Cham, Germany.

Ron and Mary are currently members of Roundalab, Oregon Round Dance Teachers Assoc., URDC, and DRDC. They served on the RAL Board of Directors and on the RAL Executive Committee.

They attend many education sessions, clinics, and round dance weekends to learn new techniques for dancing and teaching. The couple also maintains private ballroom dance technique instruction from instructors in Mesa, Arizona.

Some of their choreography includes Argentine Tango Vals dances From the Soul and Illusion of my Life as well as I'll Never Love Again, Let's Love, What do You Want of Me, Let's Fall in Love, You're So Smooth, Beautiful Dreamer, The Summer Knows, Telling Everybody, Beautiful Dreamer 3, I Got Rhythm.

In the fall of 1997, Ron retired from the Oregon Dept. of Transportation as manager of the material testing dept. and Mary from 25 years as a legal secretary and pubic school deputy clerk. Their retirement allows them to cue and teach full time in Yuma, Arizona from November through March. In their spare time, Ron and Mary keep busy with their 5 children and 16 grandchildren.