Our Team
Board of Directors
Lou Hayden
Lou Hayden is a ceili dance caller, Irish set dance teacher & event organiser. She is a keen singer and song collector and is learning fiddle, guitar and English concertina. She has been attending Comhaltas and Irish cultural events for more than 30 years and first joined during her college years in Hull, Humberside, UK.
Lou co-hosts the Sudbury Slow Session and Beginner Fiddle groups and teaches a weekly Irish Set Dance and Ceili Class in Sudbury.
She was a co-founder of SudburyFolkTrad, a group which was set up to host traditional music and dance events in the area until 2022, and now helps support other local music organisations and publicises events via newsletter.
Audrey O’Brien
Audrey O’Brien has called N’Swakamok/Sudbury ‘home’ for 12 years. She is a lover of all art forms that spark community connections and self-expression. She has supported and coordinated projects in grassroots mental health, as a visual artist, and in the college system. She dances a variety of styles including tap, and loves connecting to her Irish heritage through local seasonal ceilis
Scott Florence
Scott Florence is a social justice warrior by day, and a performing artist by night. His work as an actor, director, and clown has taken him as far north as Yellowknife, as far south as St. Pete’s, Florida, as far west as Victoria and as far east as Nanjing, China. He is one half of oddhawks, a Sudbury based performance company. With oddhawks, he curated The Letters Project, and runs the bi-weekly improv jams at the Sudbury Indie Cinema.
Patrick Ryan
Patrick Ryan is a lifelong Sudburian who grew up in a house filled with traditional Irish music and has been attending céilís since he was very young. He enjoys exercising his artistic side by pretending he can play the tenor banjo at local sessions. He is also slowly learning to play the English concertina and tin whistle.
Karly Schofield
Karly Schofield a flute player with Sudbury Symphony Orchestra and a flute and fiddle teacher. She has performed in ensembles for traditional and chamber groups. Karly is passionate about Irish tunes and has been hosting the weekly ‘Sudbury Tune Sessions’ for many years.
Paula Truskoski
Paula Majury Truskoski grew up in the Chicago area before returning home to Canada in the early 90's. She has participated in the Comhaltas organization for several years and is passionate about Irish music and culture. Retired from the dental field, this active grandmother of three enjoys golf, genealogy, guitar and spending time with family. Paula is a ceili dancer and Irish set dancer.