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Bob Asp 
Square Dance Caller
 
ID: 714

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Bob Asp  
Bob Asp  

Bob Asp started square dancing when he was 8 years old with the Turtle Squares of Oregon, Illinois. Bob's parents had already been dancing for several years. School sports, especially basketball, and working part time at Kable Printing in Mt. Morris took him away from dancing. In addition, he spent three years in the US Army, part of that time stationed in Germany.

With his first wife, Bob took square dance lessons again in 1976 from caller Bill Peacock. For the class graduation, Mr. Peacock gave Bob a record and told him to practice and perform. He must have done well, since many told him "you should be a caller." That first record was "The Only Hell My Momma Ever Raised."

Bob attended a caller school in Omaha, NE, run by Harold Bausch and started Hub City Squares in Rochelle, IL, in 1978. Bob helped start the Panhandlers square dance club in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and was the club caller for the Gateway Swingers in Fredricksburg, Maryland.

In 1990, while attending the Illinois State Square Dance Convention in Peoria, IL, Bob met Cinda Rickey. They married in 1991.

Cinda started dancing at age 12 with Farmington Belles and Beaus in the Peoria area where her parents lived and danced. She attended her first National Square Dance Convention in 1966 in Indianapolis, IN. In and out of square dancing for many years, she took lessons again in Decatur, IL, with the Prairie Promenaders and danced as a single for many years before meeting Bob.

Bob and Cinda honeymooned in St. Lake City, Utah, at the 40th National Square Dance Convention. Cinda's parents attended as well as lots of members from Sugar Squares, for which Bob had recently become Club Caller.

Bob records for Solid Gold Records and partners with Tom Manning (producer/owner of Solid Gold Records) in Solid Gold Sound, providing sound equipment for state conventions and regional festivals.

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Recordings by Bob Asp:
Solid Gold   
 
'Til Darkness Fades Away  (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Solid Gold 511
 
Amazing Grace  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call -- with Solid Gold Staff, Don Sprosty, Doug Sprosty, Tom Manning, Monty Hackler, Solid Gold 1001
 
Back In Baby's Arms  Singing Call, Solid Gold 514  On our wish list
 
Better Life  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Solid Gold 509
 
Don't Stop  (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Solid Gold 504  On our wish list
 
Everybody's Working For The Weekend  Singing Call, Solid Gold 513  On our wish list
 
Fallin' Never Felt So Good  (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Solid Gold 501
 
Give It Away  (cue sheet)  Singing Call, Solid Gold 510  On our wish list
 
I'll Be Swinging Home For Christmas  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call -- with Solid Gold Staff, Don Sprosty, Doug Sprosty, Tom Manning, Solid Gold 1002
 
Lay Down Sally  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Solid Gold 505
 
Light At The River  (cue sheet)  Singing Call, Solid Gold 507  On our wish list
 
Look For Me  (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Solid Gold 508
 
My Heart  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Solid Gold 515
 
Operator, Operator  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Solid Gold 516
 
Something Tells Me I'm Into Something Good  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Solid Gold 503
 
Tracks Of My Tears  (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Solid Gold 506
 
Tryin' To Get To New Orleans  (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Solid Gold 502
 
We Don't Talk Anymore  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Solid Gold 517
 
What A Day For A Daydream  (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Solid Gold 512  On our wish list

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