Beverly Barr danced as a child and performed in amateur and semi-professional productions throughout early adulthood. She enrolled in an Israeli dance class in 1963 and has been folk dancing ever since.
About five years after she started folk dancing, she began teaching. Her husband Irwin joined her to help with the equipment. Beverly and Irwin have appeared on television and Beverly has represented folk dancing in other media. She has taught at the California Traditional Music Society's events.
Beverly teaches two daytime and three evening classes each week and is a guest teacher at many other groups. She plans group trips and cruises and regularly teaches at Southern California's Camp Hess Kramer.
In addition to her many years as a teacher Beverly is a Past President of the Folk Dance Federation of California, South.
