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# Leahy - Good

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- [WELCOME](https://leahygood.com/) - ... to the website of Sharon Leahy & Rick Good Original Creations & Living Traditions DANCE, MUSIC, THEATER & FILM The creative team of Leahy & Good began making art in the 1980s and has proven, through the course of the past forty years, to be prolific, eclectic, inspiring and entertaining. illustration by Sam Bartlett
- [CALENDAR](https://leahygood.com/calendar) - May 2 - 3, 2026 (Saturday -7:00, Sunday 2:00) The BIG Family Business in Concert at The Foundry Theater 920 Corry St. Yellow Springs, OH 45387 March 21, 2026 (7:00) Cajun Dance Party with The Cajun Country Revival The Foundry Theater 920 Corry St. Yellow Springs, OH 45387 February 24, March 3, 10, 17, 2026
- [RICK GOOD](https://leahygood.com/rick) - A founding member of the Hotmud Family, a 24 year veteran of Rhythm in Shoes and a 2010, Ohio Heritage Fellow, Rick is recognized for his driving banjo, swinging guitar, heartfelt singing and crafty songwriting.
- [GROUND FINE](https://leahygood.com/ground-fine) - The film crew: front row: Emma Young, Clare Cook, Kelli Jones; back row: Sharon Leahy, Rick Good, Megan Hague, Erick Stoll Filming took place in April, 2017, in the 1950s style kitchen of Camelia House where three dancers expressed in movement their rocky relationship with food. Watch GROUND FINE on Vimeo Kelli Jones in still
- [THE HOWDY BOYZ](https://leahygood.com/the-howdy-boyz) - Linzay Young, Ben Cooper, Rick Good Linzay, Rick & Ben Lifelong purveyors of American Roots Music—Appalachian, Country, Western Swing, Cajun and Blues, Linzay, Ben and Rick keep the good stuff alive with their well-seasoned vocals, fiddles, guitars, accordion, banjo and bass. The Howdy Boyz at Blind Bob's in Dayton THE HOWDY BOYZ @ WHEATLAND If
- [GOOD & YOUNG](https://leahygood.com/goodandyoung) - The quartet of Good & Young plays old treasures and original gems with all the spirit and know-how their many years and miles have earned them. Focusing on songs and tunes written by Rick Good (banjo, guitar) and Linzay Young (fiddle), the band, including rhythm section and dancers Sharon Leahy (guitar, bass) and Emma Young
- [THE FAMILY BUSINESS](https://leahygood.com/the-family-business) - ... our current catch-all for whatever project we might dream up features any or all of our usual suspects: Rick Good, Sharon Leahy, Sam Bartlett, Abby Ladin, Ben Cooper, Linzay Young, Emma Young, and Nate Cooper illustration by Sam Bartlett One of our first outings took us to Michigan where we spent a great three
- [SHARON LEAHY](https://leahygood.com/sharon) - "Choreographer/director Sharon Leahy takes the spirit and rhythmic footwork of clogging and tap and sets them in inventive, whistle-clean musical and spatial configurations. Really smart stuff." Village Voice
- [THE ELEMENTS](https://leahygood.com/the-elements) - Michael & Sandy Bashaw, Sharon Leahy & Rick Good. This auspicious nexus of four seasoned artists combined the energies of choreographer, composer, dancer, director, musician, playwright, sculptor, singer and songwriter. photo by Bruce Soifer SELECTED PAST PERFORMANCES Songs of Peace and Freedom Our last big pre-pandemic production was a very special weekend of shows at
- [VIDEO](https://leahygood.com/video) - A sampling of some of our favorite dance and music performances from the Rhythm in Shoes archives as well as songs written by Rick and films made by Sharon: Into the Tunnel Two Coats Rapper//Reed Sevens Sally Ann What Does Family Mean? Tacit/Shortnin' Bread Mississippi Lawyer Rapper Sword Dance Gotta Go Struck by Lightning Carry
- [MERCHANDISE](https://leahygood.com/merchandise) - NEW RELEASE! At the Corner of Jekyll and Hyde I say I wrote these songs and I did, though they be more wrought than written, over the span of almost fifty years. Some are old as then, some new as now, and some part both. They're not all about me but they are about us.
- [CARRY IT ON FILM](https://leahygood.com/carry-it-on-film) - Carry it on... a film by Sharon Leahy Carry it on… is a Dance for Camera film created, performed and shot on site at the Wernette Farm outside of Remus, Michigan, home to the Wheatland Music Festival for the past 40 years. The film focuses on the sacred power and potential of place and our
- [SHOEFLY](https://leahygood.com/shoefly) - ShoeFly is old time song & dance rooted in the traditions of early country music; an ensemble of dancers and musicians that fills the stage with high energy sight and sound.
- [KNUCK 'N' FUTZ](https://leahygood.com/knuck-n-futz) - Come back Mr. Knucklehead! Nate Cooper, the irrepressible funny-man, dancer and all around master of mischievous hi-jinx, has teamed up with musician, Rick Good for some classic Vaudeville, in the age-old tradition of street performing, better known as busking. With Sharon Leahy directing, Rick and Nate first delighted audiences in Christchurch, New Zealand at the
- [COLLABORATIONS](https://leahygood.com/collaborations) - Collaboration lies at the heart of our work. It figured prominently through the years with Rhythm in Shoes and continues to fuel our work today. Bands, individual artists, dance & theater companies, presenters & community groups; all have provided inspiration and partnership in the creation of a vast and varied repertoire. Carry it on... Most
- [AUDIO](https://leahygood.com/audio) - A sampling of our music available on CD and DVD: from Carry it on... a film by Sharon Leahy Pickin' Up Stone Rick Good - lead vocal, banjo, guitar; Sharon Leahy - vocal; Sam Barlett - mandolin; Cleek Schrey - fiddles words & music by Rick Good from Rick Good: The Human Banjo Player Bottled
- [TESTIMONIALS](https://leahygood.com/testimonials) - "Ohio artists Rick Good and Sharon Leahy are beginning a new era, bringing their quarter century of experience and leading the way for the traditional arts to merge even tighter with the contemporary. A musician and a dancer, playing together, picking, singing, dancing, acting, writing songs, orchestrating bands, choreographing dancers, producing shows—creating art that pays
- [RHYTHM IN SHOES](https://leahygood.com/rhythm-in-shoes) - Rooted in traditional forms of American music and dance—swing tunes & tap, hoedowns & clogging—the varied repertoire of RIS, directed by choreographer Sharon Leahy and composer Rick Good, was at once original and recognizable. From 1987 to 2010, this critically acclaimed body of work infused the spirit of traditional dance and music with a thoroughly modern sensibility.
- [CONTACT US](https://leahygood.com/contact) - Contact Rick Contact Sharon
- [WHERE WE'VE BEEN](https://leahygood.com/where-weve-been) - Thousands of miles and fans, millions of notes and steps, tons of fun and inspiration... Here are some of the magnificent places we've had the privilege of performing: Performing Arts Centers Alaska Center for the Performing Arts - Anchorage, AK Kodiak Performing Arts Center, Kodiak Island, AK Valdez Arts Center - Valdez, AK Walton Art