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Gene Trimmer 
Square Dance Caller
 
ID: 30

Gene Trimmer  

As told by Larry Marchese:

Gene Trimmer, Square Dance Caller (wife: Thelma)

Enjoyed playing golf.

Retired from the US Air Force in 1973 and became a full-time caller. Unfortunately, Gene died October 5th, 1987 due to a heart attack.

Gene was a member of the Callerlab Board of Governors in the 80s. He also chaired other Callerlab committees (for example, Plus Quarterly committee). Gene presented sessions at various Callerlab conventions.

Gene’s Note Service was called Mainstream Flow.

Books written by Gene:

  1. The Fundamentals of Hash Calling (1967 by Jay King), Revised by Gene Trimmer (1981)
  2. Singing Thru Plus, 1984 (1st printing), note, 6th printing in 2004 by dosado.com.
  3. Specialized Squares and Crowd Pleasers, Copyright 1987.
  4. Singing Thru Mainstream, 1984

Recorded several tunes on TNT.

He wrote choreography on a computer (text only) in the early 80s. I don’t have any details.

Gene was known as a choreographer to callers, but dancers knew him as an entertainer. He was both a ventriloquist (with his sidekick Roger) and a Pantomime specialist (using music from Ray Stevens). He was always the hit of the afterparties and really funny. I was lucky to see him perform many times.

Taught at various caller's schools.

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Recordings by Gene Trimmer:
TNT   
 
All Girl Medley  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, TNT 242
 
Dust Off That Old Pianna  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, TNT 215
 
How I Love Them Old Songs  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, TNT 119
 
Little Girl  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, TNT 129
 
Little Rock  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, TNT 194
 
Mention My Name in Seattle  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, TNT 172
 
Merry Oldsmobile  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, TNT 148
 
Old Time Medley  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, TNT 161
 
Penn Polka  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, TNT 220
 
Roll Out the Barrel  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, TNT 247
 
Seventy-Six Trombones  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, TNT 250
 
Take Me Out To The Ball Game  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, TNT 155
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