Began calling in 1975. Club caller and class instructor for Butler Squares. Call many party dances for father/daughter Girl Scout groups, churches, wedding receptions, business socials, campgrounds, etc.. Experience as a former teacher gives me a special love for instruction and youth opportunities. Frequently booked to MC for events, and also do DJ jobs. Director at Red River Community House in Red River, New Mexico in '02 and '03. Square dancing is truly friendship set to music!!

Calling Basic thru Plus, Rounds thru Phase II, Full-Time, Traveling, Callerlab, Contralab member since 1985. One Night Stands, Mixers, Line Dancing, C&W, Contras, Traditional Squares. BMI-ASCAP. Fill-in Caller. 26 years calling. Teens, Singles, Challenged-all dancers welcome. "GOAL - to keep the dancers smiling." Known as the "Goodtime" Caller.

Carl Ballou, aka CBDanceman, has been a dance leader for over 35 years. Carl's specialty is taking a group with little or no dance experience and introducing them to joy of dancing. His programs (about 2 hours long) consist of fun, easy dances from America's Heritage that everyone can do - with brief instruction from the floor.

Carl has worked with groups of all ages, from school kids to active seniors, a wide range of abilities, including troubled youth and handicapped.

Carl is also available for private & small group instruction in Basic Ballroom Dance, and DJ services for Special Events and Weddings. Let Carl show the fun he can bring to your group/organization/event.

Also available to teach International Folk Dancing, English Country Dancing and Scottish Country Dancing. I'm a licensed Zumba instructor. Member Country Dance and Song Society. I enjoy calling contras to a live band and can usually arrange one, given enough notice. For all other types of dance, recorded music is fine. I've been an international folk dancer for more than 40 years, and have called contras for about 30 years. I'm dependable and intent on getting everyone up to dance!

Calling since 1976. I lead Klezmer dance, as well as squares, contras, and ceilidh dances. My slogan is, "If your partner is smiling, you're doing something right."

I fiddle and call simultaneously, accompanied by a piano player or a guitarist. Currently, the regular dances I do each month are in West Newbury, VT (4th Saturdays), and Wentworth, NH (1st Fridays).

I started prompting/calling in 1991, the same year I started to play the fiddle; I also play piano for accompaniment of other fiddlers. My teacher was the late Harold Luce of Chelsea, VT. Primarily, I like eastern style squares, as you don't need to give a whole lot of instruction, and everyone can participate.

If it isn't fun, why do it?

Calls for the Dixie Square Thru’s in Alexander City, AL. Calls for the T-Town Squares in Tuscaloosa, AL. Calls for the Randolph Promenaders in Woodland, AL. Have called for clubs in the Montgomery area and for the Campers and Dancers of Alabama. Have called special events for church and school groups, a wedding vow renewal, and private parties. Started calling in 2005. Member: Alabama Square Dance Callers Assn., Montgomery Area Square Dance Assn. (past Director, Vice-President and President), Alabama Square and Round Dance Assn. (past Coordinator, District 4). I enjoy teaching and calling one time events.

Calls for Girl Scout Father-Daughter dances, backyard hoedowns, barn dance parties, traditional contra dances, church groups, synagogues, anniversaries, barbecues, wedding rehearsal parties, retreats, camps, family gatherings, senior centers, fundraisers, hayrides, square dance clubs, and more. Live or recorded music available. Life member and past president Connecticut Square Dance Callers and Teachers' Association.

Community & family dance caller. Traditional square, circle, contra-style, and folk dances as well as 18th century dance. Member of CDSS, NFO, SFDH. I've been calling dances since 1986. Live music or recorded (all in the public domain) - I often work with The Reel Thing, as well as bands like The Fiddleheads. I call in schools, community organizations, senior centers, religious organizations, reenactment groups, anniversaries, birthdays - any group who wants to get together and have a dance! "Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order." (Samuel Beckett)

I am a traditional caller who uses live music or pre-recorded music. I like to teach a mixture of squares, big circle mixers, and line dances. Dance instruction is given with a minimum of confusion and a maximum of fun. Pat Cannon's Foot & Fiddle Dance Company performs clogging, tap, Irish step dance, swing and rock 'n roll. Foot & Fiddle can get any party on their dancing feet. www.footandfiddle.org

My wife and I have been square dancing since 1973 and I have been calling since 1990. I call for adults, teen groups and children. I call in the local schools and at The American West Heritage Center in Wellsville, Utah.

Co-owner of Mason Dixon Line Records, and member of the Quartet by the same name. We are now a duet by the name of Southern Knights. My partner's name is John Kephart, also from San Antonio. Both Calling 25 years. We work together or separatly.

Calling for the Golden Squares, Dancing Angels and Shooting Stars in Norfolk, Virginia

Actively calling over 40 years. Conducting square dance tours to Southern Bavaria & Austria. Past President European Callers Teachers Association and Southern Arizona Callers Association. On staff 5 years at Chiemsee vacation week in Germany & Red River, NM. Especially enjoy contras and traditional squares.

I specialize in one-night stands and unique events...scouts, school groups, home-schoolers, historic re-enactments, Civil War balls, Regency-1812 events, adoption parties, Red Hatters, weddings, hayrides, celebrations of any kind. Supportive, gentle, and patient with beginner groups of any size. Your choice of recorded music (all public domain) or a live string band. Calling dances since 1990, dancing since 1981. Based in Grand Rapids, will travel throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana...visit my website for more info and ideas!
Check me out in action on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFy6jvdfggI

I am a member of ACA. I enjoy calling through plus and cueing through phase 5. I also enjoy line dancing and prompting contra.

Actively calling Full Time in Maine and nationally in 16 states. Will choreograph your musical or show(Belfast Nov, 2009 OKLAHOMA). Current member of dormant New England Callers and Teachers Assoc. Licensed and Insured. Combination of: Square, Contra, Community, and Traditional Barn Dancing. First called in 1997. Regularly calling in Maine since 2005. Flexible times and available on short notice. PUFL SDFNE. PUFL American Legion East Millinocket Post. I do not read from a laptop or notecards. Never have...never will.

Ann Fallon lives in Annapolis, Maryland, and has been teaching and leading traditional American folk dances in the greater Baltimore-Washington area and beyond since 1990. She calls regularly for special events and one night stands, school dances, weddings, barn dances, family dances and other private venues. Ann has a large and varied repertoire of contra, square and circle dances, and calls with both live and recorded music. Ann is a also regular caller for dance series sponsored by the Annapolis Traditional Dance Society, the Baltimore Folk Music Society, as well as at the Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo, Maryland, for the Friday Night Dancers and the Folklore Society of Greater Washington. Ann especially enjoys introducing traditional dance to newcomers at one night stands and community dances.

Masha started calling in 1978, as one of the founding members of the Chicago Barn Dance Company. She is well known for her lively, energetic, melodic style of calling traditional Squares, Contras, and Appalachian style big circle dances. She has been the regular caller at the much-loved Strawberry Music Festival (video at: http://youtu.be/GSKuqfdymeM ) since 2001, and has called at festivals, parties, fund-raisers, and special events in Ireland, England, and all across the USA. She particularly loves large festival groups, and is wonderful at getting beginners up and dancing and having a great time. EVERYONE is welcome, No lessons needed, and there's ALWAYS live music!

Masha is also an award-winning flatfoot clogger, and teaches clogging workshops & old-time clawhammer banjo at venues like the California Bluegrass Association Music Camp. She performs with her husband, fiddler Geff Crawford, as "Old Soles".

Bio, videos, sound clips at: www.OldSolesMusic.com .
Masha carries caller's insurance through CallerLab.

Betsy has been calling since 1961, teaching callers schools since 1973 and calls all programs from Basic thru C3. She is a founding member of the Callers Council of NJ, has 2 caller-run clubs and calls and teaches for 3 local dancer-run clubs. Betsy has called and taught caller schools throughout the US, Canada, & Europe. At the 2001 IAGSDC Convention she received the Golden Boot Award, and in 2006 she received CALLERLAB's highest honor, the Milestone Award. At the 2012 NDSC in Spokane, WA, the National Executive Committee honored Betsy for her dedication to the square dance activity and for calling at 50 consecutive National Square Dance Conventions. In 2016 she received the Lifetime Membership Gold Card for her service to CALLERLAB. Betsy has recorded for County Line, Desert Gold, and Gold Rush Records and has produced a series of square dance instructional videos.

Started calling in 2000 Member of South Dakota Caller's Association Palace Promenaders Square Dance Club - Mitchell, SD Plays Tuba with the New Horizons Band of Sioux Falls, SD Plays Tuba with the Mitchell Community Band Hosts TubaChristmas in Mitchell and Pierre, SD

Contralab Member

Member of CALLERLAB, CONTRALAB and New Mexico State Callers Assn. Began calling in 1980 and was a member of Orange County Caller's Association and Cow Counties Caller's Association before moving to New Mexico. Have called and taught contras and squares at 12 National Square Dance Conventions. Happiness is Dancing.

Enjoy calling for parties, weddings, business meetings, etc. as well as workshops and events for experienced dancers. Memberships include CDSS, Callerlab, PHXtmd.

I've been calling contras and traditional squares since 1985, and travel across the US, England and Denmark to call weekend and week-long festivals. I also enjoy calling for one night stands, weddings, and the like. I've recently (as of 2010) discovered MWSD, and am a proud member of the Hotlanta Squares in Atlanta, GA. I'm working on adding SSD, Mainstream and Plus calling to my repertoire.

Known as The "Dancer By Definition", Author of "The Caller Workbook" and most known for "Sit Down" Dancing. The 2023 - 2017 President of The Greater Cincinnati Callers and Teachers Association, Member of Indiana Square Dance Callers Association (2007, 2006 & 2000 Workshop Vice President), Miami Valley Callers Association, The Kentucky Federation of Square Dance and Formerly - The Kentucky Callers Association (Past - President, Vice President & Secretary). Staff member for Prairie, Mountain, Desert & Ocean Recording Company. I love learning about the history of Square Dancing. I am especially concerned about preserving things related to our dance history. I collect all kinds of items related to our dance activity: Books, Magazines, Convention & Festival Programs, Banners, Badges & Dangles, Club & Convention Outfits, Toys, Pictures, Records - 78's, 33 1/3, & 45's, Tapes, Caller/Cuer notes, Equipment, etc. It is really neat to receive care packages from around the country to add to my collection. SAVE OUR SQUARE DANCE HERITAGE.

Began dance instruction in 1990. Dancing since childhood. Belong to URDC, KSDA, KSRDA, NE Callers and Cuers Association. Have taught square dance lessons as well as round dance, contra and line dance. Teach ballroom lessons. Accomplished in demos to promote dancing. Cheorographed several round, line and ballroom dances.

Calling for almost 41 years. Started calling in 1975. Started cueing and prompting in 1979. Originally from the Sheboygan area, moved to North Central Wisconsin 18 years ago; but recently moved to Central Wisconsin to a farm not far from Wisconsin Dells. Will travel occasionally. Called for various clubs over the years - more recently the Gateway Squares in Antigo. Past convention chairman. Worked on many Wisconsin conventions and one National convention in St. Paul, MN. Also taught square dancing in schools. Mostly involved with MWSD, but also call with live music for one night stands (traditional squares and contra). I am the current editor of the Contralab Quarterly. "To live is to dance, to dance is to live."

I call for 2 clubs in Southern Oregon, Charlie Brown Sq., Grants Pass; Lantz's Dantzers, Medford. Currently president of Rogue Valley Callers' and Cuers' Assn. Have been calling for 43 years.

I have been calling and teaching Beginners through Advanced dancers since 1988. I was a staff caller at the 1999 IAGSDC Convention. Currently Club Caller and teacher for the Desert Valley Squares. Calling Contras, party and event dances. Travelling and accepting bookings up to 3 years out.

I starting calling Square Dances @ the Tues. Night Square Dance, Phila., Pa. (1990-2005). I mostly do One Nighters, now. They are usually for social groups, clubs, athletic org., etc. and usually are beginners, who require a 'lot of instruction and patience'. I added Country/Western Line Dancing to my schedule of dances. These dances can be done by beginners. I like to stay in the Phila, Pa. area, but I'll travel. Dancing is fun!

Interested in calling interesting Basic and MS.

I have been calling dances for over 45 years. I just recently moved back to Ohio from the Raleigh/Durham area. I would love to be able to call some dances for folks in the area. I look forward to hearing from you.

I've been calling since 2007. I specialize in easy dances for non-dancers. My fee includes professional quality sound system and recorded music. A live band is available for an additional fee.

Calling DBD

I have been calling since 1980. Have called to one square and to 150 squares at various times. My wife Pat is a cuer, so look her up, too. Enjoy dancers and all their wonderful impressions they bring to my life.

Record for Longhorn, MacGregor, Kalox, Wagon Wheel and Windsor
Write monthly contra column for American Square Dance Magazine
Publish CONTRALAB Quarterly
Call about 150 dances per year

My square dance calling is primarily old-fashioned and new england squares as well as the quadrilles from the 19th century and the cotillions from the 18th century. I also call contra dances and was the instructor/caller/prompter for the monthly First Sunday American Contradancing series at Greenfield Village & Henry Ford Museum from 1981 to 2005. I conduct workshops in contradancing, traditional squares and English Country dance in the USA, Europe and Skandinavia. I enjoy calling for both adult and home school & youth groups.

Calling since 1965. Traditional (Eastern, Western and Barn Dance)and run a live band dance once per month. Two Modern Western Style Clubs.

Began calling in 1975. Club caller and class instructor for Butler Squares. Call many party dances for father/daughter Girl Scout groups, churches, wedding receptions, business socials, campgrounds, etc.. Experience as a former teacher gives me a special love for instruction and youth opportunities. Frequently booked to MC for events, and also do DJ jobs. Director at Red River Community House in Red River, New Mexico in '02 and '03. Square dancing is truly friendship set to music!!

Traditional Dance Hostess - Eva Murray started calling in 1997 and now serves as the "Dance Hostess" at contra dances and community gatherings throughout the Washington D.C. metropolitan area and beyond. She performs at venues small and large, from house parties to the Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park, MD. Eva calls traditional American folk dances, accompanied by live music, for dancers young, young at heart, new and experienced alike. Her repertoire includes zesty contras, squares, circles, long way sets, triplets and other traditional dances that fit the occasion. Eva's love for traditional dance is apparent in the enthusiasm she brings to the stage!

My wife and I Have been dancing since 1988 and I have been calling since 1989. I started cueing in 1999 as clubs were needing someone who could call and cue as to save costs on the dances. I have been teaching square dance since 1993, and have been teaching round dancing since 2000. I am club caller for The Good Time Squares of Wichita, and Club Cuer for The Good Time Squares of Wichita, and The Village Steppers of Derby. I am a Member of the Wichita Area Square Dance Callers Association, the Kansas State Callers Association, and Callerlab.

Ron is one of only a few Modern Western callers who bridges the gap between CALLERLAB sanctioned programs and his own unique Community Dance Programs. Always presented with first-timers encouraged to participate, program variety is accomplished by varying the dance formations. With a presentation that includes a blend of traditional square dances, modern western square dances, Appalachan Big Circle dances, New England contras, circle mixers, couple dances, and an occasional English Country dance, Ron makes it fun and easy for everyone.

Have been calling since July 1946. Currently calling for 1 mainstream club with some plus tips, do line dances and mixers during the evening. Have taught and cued round dances since 1969. Currently do not have a round dance club but cue some and club dances. Also have taught clogging in my younger days,prompt contras and call traditional square dances. I am 81 years old and have enjoyed calling for 68 years and was priviledged to call and teach square dancing in Korea. At my age not really interesting in booking dances. I do a lot of one night stands in the local area, plus do a line dance workshop and a square dance workshop on a monthly basis.

Dance styles include English, Colonial, early American, Regency, Victorian, Appalachian, Square and Contra. I have been a re-enactor of the Revolutionary War thru the Civil War period for over 20 years. Am active as caller for Civil War period balls, and have performed at festivals and historic sites. I have directed dance sequences in live performances including "Legends of the Great Hall" and "The Mid-Winter Frolic" in Frankfort. Currently active as folk dance leader in the Frankfort, Kentucky area.

Caller for the Grand Squares of Woodbridge, VA as well as other local groups. Called at 3 Nationals, several Virginia State Conventions and various local festivals and class level dances. Attended Randy Page Caller's School. Received Cardinal Award of Excellence from the Virginia Callers Association.

Started calling in 1980. Calling weekly for the Pensacola Twirlers, Pensacola, Fl. Recording Artist on Chicago Country. Put FUN back into Square Dancing!!!

I have been calling for 25+ years. I call for 2 clubs on a weekly basis. I have taught in the continuing education program on several occasions. I do one night stands without the help of experienced dancers. Although I do not call the Advanced program, the wife and I did dance it for a period of time. I entertain at retirement homes by singing classic country songs for those beyond their dancing years. I believe a square dance is as much a social event as a dance event, and a square dance club should be part of your personal support group.

Paul Rosenberg has been leading dances throughout the northeastern United States since 1986. In recent years, he has been one of the busiest traditional dance callers using live music in North America, working over 200 dance engagements a year. He is known for his gentle but energetic, encouraging style, concise teaching, and offbeat sense of humor. The programs Paul presents consist of community dances from the Hudson Valley, United Kingdom, Appalachia, and New England, as well as international folk dances and African-American singing games. Paul loves teaching traditional dances to children (as a visiting arts educator) in elementary schools and leading novices in community dances at festivals, community celebrations, weddings, family reunions, birthday parties, family dances, Girl Scout dances, and other gatherings. He also calls at contra dances and has performed at numerous major festivals and events around the Northeast. Paul plays recorder and fiddle. Paul gets his greatest satisfaction from enabling people who have never danced - especially the dance phobic - to not only get up and dance, but also to have a great time doing it and come back for more! Someone once said of his teaching skill, "Paul can even teach a three-legged stool to dance." His enthusiasm for dance and empathy with novices comes from his avoidance-at-all-costs and terror of dancing - until he discovered contradancing at age 30.

Caller for Acey Deucey Plus Club in Columbia SC and Star Twirlers in Columbia SC, on staff at The Heart of the Smokies in Pigeon Forcg TN, Calling since 1982, member ACA, SC Callers Assoc. See website www.billsalley.com for more information.

Our specialties are Barn Dances, Family Dances, Dance Parties for the occasional dancers or the non-dancers, community dances, Contra Dances Beginner's Balls, and exciting fast paced Mainstream club dancing. We will teach your group all that is necessary to have an exciting evening of good old fashioned fun! As disciples of Hall of Fame caller Dick Leger, we prompt all our squares. This unique style of calling always gives the dancer the first beat. Exciting duets have always been the center of our program. We also offer some easy prompted line dances and other dance forms that provide for plenty of variety! We are licensed by ASCAP and BMI and we are members of the Connecticut callers association and CallerLab. We are best known as "We Duet Right" because all our programs feature wonderful live harmonies. Most of our calling has been in southern New England, but we have called throughout New England and as far away as Florida, Nevada, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.

Available to call in the Illinois/Iowa/Indiana area. I specialize in working with live bands for square and contra dancing, high energy dancing, and in dancing with the musical phrase. I also enjoy calling barn dance style events and teaching, and have experience working with youth groups and performance teams (Calico and Boots, Rocky Mountain Dancers, Dances with Rams). Started calling in 2000 as a high school project. Called for: Calico and Boots Square Dance Club, Thunder Mountain Twirlers, Swinging Singles, Dances with Rams, CFOOTMAD, Tucson Friends of Traditional Music, Pickin' in the Pines, Prescott Folk Happens, Bisbee Barn Dances.

Calling since 1963/ Records with Rhythm Records - www.rhythmrecords.biz/ Past Member of the Board of Governors of CALLERLAB/ Past Chairman of CALLERLAB/ CALLERLAB Milestone Recipient/ Active in Leadership and Caller Training Seminars.

Caller since 1993. English Country Dance leader; Member, Country Dance and Song Society; Member of the Board of Directors, Santa Barbara Country Dance Society; Simple dances for weddings, churches, parties; "Come dancing, it's only natural." --Ray Davies

Has been calling Modern Western Squares since 1989 and contras since 2007. Member and past president of the Gay Callers Association. Caller coach - served on the staff of GCA, Rhythm, Northeast, and Alguire Memorial Caller Schools. I also call contras and have attended contra and traditional square caller schools at CDSS/Pinewoods in 2007 and 2009.

Solid Gold & Royal Records Recording Artist
Calling since 2001
I believe that by the end of a dance, you should feel terrific because the choreography was smooth, the variety and quality of music was excellent, and the dancing experience was FUN. That is what I strive to deliver.

Specializing in teaching people to dance who have little or no dance experience.

Contra Dance caller since 1989, currently based with North Texas Traditional Dance Society in Dallas, Texas. Willing to travel. Experience with festivals, school events, museum classes, community learning, wedding receptions, historic reenactment groups. Member of national Country Dance and Song Society. Primary instruction/calling is contra, can also provide English country, barndance squares, mixers, singing and dancing games for youngsters, waltz, vintage. Prefer live music events.

I started calling in 1966 and now call for Calico & Boots in Boulder, CO. I specialize in parties (One-Night-Stands). I'm a member of the American Callers Association (ACA), North Eastern Colorado Callers and Cuers Association (NECCCA), and the Lloyd Shaw Foundation.

I learned to Square Dance with the Heels & Toes Square Dance club at Fort Rucker, Alabama in September 1976 and I began my professional Calling career in 1989. I teach 3 beginner classes a week and call most weekends either club dances or One Night Stands. Come visit my website at http://www.sqsrfun.com and find out more about me. Thank you for looking me up on this Caller's Database.

I'm a firm believer that "Everyone can dance!" and I make it my mission to bring dancing to groups of non-dancers, wherever they are. I specialize in one-off events for beginners, e.g., wedding receptions, birthday parties, bat mitzvah celebrations, church and community events, events for students, anywhere people want a good time dancing together. I'm the house dance caller for the monthly 3rd Saturday barn dances at Pie Ranch. Most of the time I bring a live band with me to my events.

Traveling in the southwest.