Press release from Spring 2001: Square dancing is the best of all recreational and social activities, according to Lindle Jarvis, square dance teacher-caller from Green Oaks, Illinois. Mr. Jarvis, who was a school teacher in Winnetka, has a Master's degree from the University of Kentucky in Recreation and Physical Education and has been teaching and calling square dances in the Chicago area for over 30 years. He describes modern square dancing as being invigorating, exciting, and stimulating. It is done by people of all ages. There are family groups, groups for adults, groups for teens, and almost any other combination. People can enjoy this activity occasionally or as often as every week. "Lin" (as he is called by many dancers) is a member of CallerLab, the international association of square dance callers, and calls regularly throughout the Chicagoland area. He has called for as few as eight people and for as many as two thousand (at the square dance world's main event, the National Square Dance Convention). The age span is from six years old to senior citizens, including everything in between. He has worked extensively with the mentally and physically handicapped, teaching and calling square dances. He has taught and "called" for the deaf, blind, and wheel chair dancers. He has had square dance clubs at the Mainstream, Plus, Advanced II, and Challenge I levels and has taught over 70 sets of lessons from Beginners through Challenge I. Modern square dancing is being done by all kinds of people in all kinds of places. Lin has called for church groups, students from elementary school through college, private clubs, fraternal groups, service organizations, wedding receptions, block parties, boat clubs, ski clubs, riding clubs, picnics, scouts, and others. He has called in schools, churches, barns, night clubs, streets, yards, tents, homes, on the beach, and aboard ships; also, in Chicago Stadium and Soldier's Field. Mr. Jarvis appeared as a principal for one season (1994) with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, choreographing and calling the square dance scene for the opera Susannah with international opera stars Renee Fleming and Samuel Ramey. He has been featured on ABC, Channel 7 on Buddy Black's "Prime Time." He has appeared on CBS, Channel 2's "Someone You Should Know;" WTTW, Channel 11's "Wild Chicago;" and occasionally on other television and radio programs. Lin is an author of a book published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. He has had research published in Research Quarterly, the most prestigious research journal in his field of Health, Physical Education, Dance, and Recreation. He has recorded square dance music with Cross Country Record Company, done professional commercials both on TV and radio with Ogilvie and Mather, and been a guest lecturer at Northwestern University. In his "spare time," Lin and his wife Barbara like to square dance, travel, and play golf. "I enjoy being involved in the modern square dance picture because the people who square dance are always a happy and exciting group of people," says Lin Jarvis. Lin died on June 10, 2002 a few days after a massive heart attack.