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Bob Van Antwerp 
Square Dance Caller, Article Author
Bob Van Antwerp in Square Dance Hall Of Fame  hall-of-fame.squaredancehistory.org
 
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Bob Van Antwerp  

A professional in the field of recreation, Bob Van Antwerp won his way naturally into a position of leadership in American square dancing. As chairman of one of this country's largest and most effective parks and recreation departments, he not only admirably filled the responsibilities of that post for many years, but in this position he was able to promote square dancing in his immediate area and throughout the state of California.

As one of the pioneers in contemporary square dancing, "Van" started his calling in 1948 and during the 1950s conducted capacity classes for new dancers. Known affectionately to the Long Beach, California dancers as a "home-club caller," he soon made his mark as a traveling caller, appearing on festival and convention programs throughout North America.

Although very much involved with his full time profession, Bob found time to conduct callers schools and appear on the staff of square dance vacation institutes across the country. For more than a decade he and his wife, Roberta, visited countries in Europe and the Orient calling, providing caller training, and serving as leader for hundreds of traveling square dancers.

One of the early callers to record, Bob has been featured on several labels, has appeared on television documentaries, and has written articles for a number of square dance publications.

In the mid-1960s, Bob served on the advisory staff of the UCLA Extension Division's Square Dance Leadership seminar and repeated the work a second year. As a member of the Square Dance Hall of Fame, Bob became a founding member of Callerlab, playing an invaluable role in that organization's formative years, serving several terms on its Board of Governors and two terms as Chairman of the Board.

Bob was honored with the prestigious Milestone Award in 1979 and Callerlab's Gold Card in 1987.


SIO's Article: Perhaps the all-time record for callers clinics was set by our "cover caller" Bob Van Antwerp recently when he was contacted by a New England callers association to do a Sunday evening workshop. Having completed his regular Friday and Saturday night calling chores in Long Beach, California, Bob boarded a jet in Los Angeles at 9 AM on Sunday morning. By 5 PM he had arrived in Connecticut. By seven he had started his three hour workshop. At 10:30 the committee whisked him back to the airport for his midnight return flight to Los Angeles. This was but one of the lifetime of memories held by our "Cover Caller." Long a leader in square dancing, Bob somehow manages to sandwich his calling and his frequent weekend junkets across the country with his full-time responsibilities as Assistant Director of Recreation for the City of Long Beach, California. The countless records, the hours spent in training new callers, the days devoted to institutes and clinics have all left the Van Antwerp stamp of accomplishment among dancers around the world.

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Recordings by Bob Van Antwerp:
TNT    Red Boot    ESP    Windsor    MacGregor    Lucky    Black Mountain   
 
Alabamy Bound  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, MacGregor 8905
 
Black-Eyed Susan Brown  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, MacGregor 936
 
Bob's Bounce  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Patter, MacGregor 901
 
Bringing Home The Bacon  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, MacGregor 903
 
Cotton Candy  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, MacGregor 957
 
Down Yonder  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Windsor 4884
 
Everybody Loves A Lover  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, MacGregor 8925
 
Fine And Dandy  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, MacGregor 1016
 
Go On By  (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Windsor 4869
 
Gonna Take My Girlie To The Square Dance  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, MacGregor 983
 
Good Ol' Bad Ol' Days  (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, Lucky 17
 
Having A Wonderful Time  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, MacGregor 8965
 
I Don't Care  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, MacGregor 969
 
I Want My Mama  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, MacGregor 961
 
If You Knew Susie / Poor Little Robin  (comments) (sample clip)  Singing Call (two instrumentals), Square Dances 2011
 
II Many Times  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, MacGregor 978
 
Juke Box Samba  (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, MacGregor 1054
 
Just Because / Haul Off And Hoedown  Singing Call (two vocals), Black Mountain 132  On our wish list
 
Kinfolks  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, Lucky 6
 
Kisses  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, Windsor 4862
 
Let 'Er Ride  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Patter, Windsor 4900
 
Limehouse Blues  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, MacGregor 915
 
Little Girl  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, MacGregor 909
 
Look On The Bright Side  (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, Windsor 4904
 
My Feets Too Big  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, Lucky 8
 
My Gal Sal  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, MacGregor 922
 
My San Francisco Gal  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, Lucky 13
 
Nobody's Sweetheart Now  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, ESP 211
 
Old Fashioned Rose  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, MacGregor 1006
 
Old Times  (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, MacGregor 1048
 
Once Again  (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, MacGregor 1028
 
One Dozen Roses  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, MacGregor 8805
 
One Time Too Many  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, MacGregor 1089
 
Pass Me By  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, MacGregor 1064
 
Peek-A-Boo Moon  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, Lucky 5
 
Personal Invitation from Norm & Joan Holloway / A Dancing Invitation  (comments)  Singing Call (vocal) + Patter, Welcome To The "Lucky Thirteenth 1
 
Piano Roll Blues  (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, MacGregor 8885
 
Pushing  (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Patter, MacGregor 1025
 
Raggin' A Call  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Windsor 4856
 
Red Hot Mama  (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, MacGregor 1038
 
Rockin' Hoedown  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Patter, MacGregor 8985
 
S'posin'  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, MacGregor 8765
 
Seems Like Ol' Times  (comments) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, MacGregor 50
 
Sheik Of Araby / Simplicity Hash  Singing Call (two vocals), Black Mountain 133  On our wish list
 
Small Town  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, Windsor 4918
 
Sometimes  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, Red Boot 235
 
Sugar Babe  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, MacGregor 952
 
Sugartime / Randy Lynn Rag  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call (instrumental) + Patter, MacGregor 8095
 
Sweet Georgia Brown  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, MacGregor 986
 
Texas Plains  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Windsor 4891
 
Thank You For The Sunshine  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, Lucky 1
 
That Old Gang Of Mine  (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, MacGregor 907
 
The Sheik  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, MacGregor 929
 
This Old World  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Windsor 4911
 
This World  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, TNT 170
 
Those Bells  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, Windsor 4875
 
Up And Down  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, MacGregor 1044
 
Vitamins L.O.V.E.  (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, MacGregor 1072
 
Walkin' My Baby Back Home / Blue Bell  (comments) (cue sheet)  Singing Call (two vocals), MacGregor 8265
 
Wall To Wall Love  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, MacGregor 974
 
Wang, Wang Blues  (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, MacGregor 993
 
Wedding Bells  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, MacGregor 942
 
When Pa Was Courtin' Ma  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, MacGregor 8835
 
Wild Over You  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, MacGregor 8745
 
Yah Yah Yah  (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, MacGregor 1080
 
You're Nobody's Sweetheart Now  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, MacGregor 946
 
You've Gotta Be  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, MacGregor 997

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