An active member of CALLERLAB, Harlan is a member of the CALLERLAB Board of Governors, a recipient of CALLERLAB Chairman's Award of Excellence for Outstanding Contribution to CALLERLAB, 2017, is Chairman CALLERLAB Mainstream Committee, and vice chair CALLERLAB Challenge Committee. He also serves on CALLERLAB Plus, Advanced, Definitions and Sustainable Dance Program Committees. Harlan calls for Midnight Squares, Foggy City Dancers, Stanford Quads, Interlocked Squares, Capital City Squares, Redwood Rainbows, Martinez Swingers, Outlaws, and other bay area clubs. Philosophy/Slogans: The first job of a caller is to make sure dancers have fun and enjoy the dance. What this takes varies with each dance program and each unique dance floor. Skip the nursing home, die calling. Unique Talent: I can still stand on my head and have been known to teach sushi and bread making classes, and am a master gardener. Maintained my cool when confronted with a 15 foot boa constrictor in the south east Costa Rican rain forest.