Contra Dance/Contradance Links for Callers

This page is devoted to listing the folks that call at contra dances. URLs and e-mail addresses are listed when available. New entries, additional information, and changes in information are always welcome. Links to other pages in the www.contradancelinks.com web site are listed at the bottom of the page.

New links are simply new to me, not necessarily new to the World Wide Web. Change in URL means that a link has changed its WWW address or URL.

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Harold Cheyney provides information about the callers at the Big Scioty dances in Columbus.
Bob McKimm has a page on callers in Ohio
Jared Gottlieb provides information about the callers and bands performing at the various sites in Colorado.
Harold, as part of the California Dance Cooperative, provides a wide range of contact information for a number of callers in the Central California area.
William R. Ellis provides information about a number of bands and callers in Florida.
Sharon Rempert gives descriptions and contact information for bands, musicians, and callers in Texas.
Richard Hart maintains a web page with information about callers and musicians in New Hampshire.
The Portland Country Dance Community includes information about bands and callers in the Pacific Northwest.
The Princeton (New Jersey) Country Dancers has a page of links and information for bands, musicians and callers which play at the Princeton dance.
The California Dance Co-op in Los Angeles has listings of callers in the area.
The Spokane Folklore Society provides a list of callers including contra dance groups.
Set and Turn Single has listings for callers in England, but you will need to check individual pages to work out who calls contras.
Down Home Dancing has a list of callers from the Sacramento and San Francisco areas.
Jeff Spero, on his site, has a list of regional (southern CA) callers.
D. E. Pauley has a list of callers in Florida along with information about a number of out-of-state callers. Slight change of URL (January 24, 2009)
The Chattahoochee Country Dancers in the Atlanta area have information about area bands and callers and those that visit. Slight change of URL (November 29, 2009)

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Lynn Ackerson calls all over Northern California, and has also called in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Atlanta, GA, Bloomington, IN, and Ottawa, Canada. Her motto is "Have cards, will travel." Change from URL to e-mail (March 23, 2009)
Marc Airhart has called at various dances in Texas since 1998. Check with San Antonio dancers for more info. (e-mail only)
Ginger Alberti is a caller in the Los Angeles, California area. (e-mail only)
Roger Alexander calls at many of the dances in Ames, Iowa.
Caller Dean Allemang's has plenty of information and discussion about gender-free contra dancing. He is based in the Boston, Massachusetts area.
Jill Allen calls at the many of the dances in Lawrence, Kansas.
Tom Allen calls contras and squares in the Detroit and Ann Arbor, Michigan area, along with Toledo, Ohio. (e-mail only)
Flip Alpern, from California, continues to call there and on the Atlantic seaboard. (e-mail only)
The Amidons play music, tells stories and call dances and are from Brattleboro, VT. MySpace page for Peter Amidon. MySpace page for Mary Alice Amidon.
Reuven AnafShalom calls in the environs of Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia. (e-mail only)
Kathy Anderson (e-mail only) is back in Ohio and is a regular caller there and elsewhere. You can obtain more information about her on the Big Scioty callers page and the Bay Area page.
Tom Anderson calls at dances in Illinois. (e-mail only)
Karen Andrews calls in the Goshen, Indiana area. (e-mail only)
Bob Archer is a caller, formerly based in the UK, now in Washington State.
Along with playing a variety of musical instruments and telling stories, Jennifer Armstrong calls at family dances. She is based in Maine.
Gary Arthur calls at dances in Florida in a variety of locations. He is based in Gainesville. (e-mail)
Melanie Axel-Lute calls from South Orange, New Jersey.

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Peter Baker has called in Michigan and others states and in Denmark and Austria. He leads dances in schools, churches and other public gatherings.
Doug Baldwin is a caller in the Rochester, New York area. (e-mail only)
The caller Steve Barlow is based in San Diego, CA. (e-mail only)
Peter Barnes is a caller and musician, including piano and flute, from New England.
Michael Barraclough was the caller with folk rock band Pyewackett and now calls Zesty Contras and English Country Dance in the USA and is based in Washington, DC.
Joe Barziza calls at the dance in Dallas, Texas and other locales. (e-mail only (take out the (at)))
Lynn Basham (e-mail only) is a caller in Alaska. (take the (at) out)
David Bateman calls many contra and English country dances in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. (e-mail only)
Hilton Baxter began contradancing around 1992 and began calling dances in 1998 and have written a few of his own. He calls in and around Binghamton, New York.
Bob Beattie is a caller from the Savannah, Georgia area. (e-mail only)
Along with clogging and being out on the dance floor for international and ballroom dancing, Ron Bell-Roemer, calls from Oregon.
Lissa Bengston started calling in Tulsa in the early 1990's and is now based in San Antonio, Texas. Change from URL to e-mail (January 2, 2010)
Steve Bennett is a caller from Lexington, Kentucky who has called since 1995 in Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia.
Bev Bernbaum calls in Toronto, Canada and other nearby locales.
Chris Bischoff is a caller from Taylorsville, Kentucky who also is a storyteller, banjo picker and lawn mower repairman.
Julie Bishop calls contras and some English with a variety of bands in Australia. (e-mail only)
Paula Bishop calls in the Asheville, North Carolina area and other venues. New entry (May 1, 2009)
Robert Bley-Vroman is a caller in Hawaii.
Warren Blier is a caller from Los Angeles, California.
Craig Bloch is a caller from Tallahassee, Florida. New entry (March 7, 2010)
Jacob Bloom leads Klezmer dancing, New England dancing, Contra dancing and Square dancing. He lives in metropolitan Boston.
Peter Blue calls, plays, and handles sound duties at dances in New York State and other environs. (e-mail only)
Evo Bluestein calls at dances in northern California along with playing a variety of instruments including oldtime fiddle, button accordion, guitar and banjo.
Tara Bolker calls in places such as Gainesville, Tampa and Tallahassee, Florida. (e-mail only)
Mike Boerschig calls from Cincinnati, Ohio and lists the elements of five of his dances on this page.
Erna-Lynne Bogue calls in Michigan. (e-mail only)
Jim X Borzym calls and leads dances ranging from contras to tango in Colorado. (e-mail only)
Nick Boulet calls in Knoxville, Tennessee, and other locations.
Adam Boyce is a caller and musician from Williamstown, Vermont. (e-mail only)
Barbara Braley calls in Alaska. (e-mail only) (take the (at) out)
Shawn Brenneman calls in Virginia and other locales and has designed several web sites connected to contra dancing.
Dieter Brock called in Vancouver, British Columbia on May 15, 2009.
Jim Brooks is a caller in the St. Paul, Minnesota area. (e-mail only)
Dave Brown calls in the Buffalo, NY area. (e-mail only)
Laura Brown is a caller of squares and contras who lives in the downtown of the District of Columbia. (e-mail only)
Wesley Brown is a caller from Tulsa, Oklahoma and calls at dances throughout the Great Plains. Change of URL (January 3, 2010)
Allan Brozek started dancing in the 1950's and has called since the 1960's. He is based in Connecticut.
Ron Buchanan is a caller from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but calls and runs workshops in a variety of other locales. (e-mail only)
Hanny Budnick is a caller, teacher and MC from Philadelphia with specialties that include English Country Dancing, traditional New England contras, and international family dances. (e-mail only)
Jim Buechler is a caller in New Mexico, especially the Taos dance.
Barrie Bullimore is an experienced caller of American dances, particularly contra, in the UK. (e-mail only (take the (at) out)
Catherine Burns calls on a regular basis at the Old Sod dances in Ottawa, Ontario. (e-mail for person)
Wendy Burwell is a caller in the Rochester, New York area. (e-mail only)
Cynthia Butcher is a caller from the Albany, New York area. (e-mail only)

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Donna Calhoun lives and calls in the Knoxville, Tennessee area.
Tom Calwell has been calling in Ontario and upstate New York since 1993.
Patricia Campbell is a dance leader with experience calling for school, family, and community dances and her repertoire includes New England contradance, Colonial/18th century dance, square and folk dances. MySpace page. Change of URL (November 24, 2009)
Michael Catovsky calls from contras to internataional and everything in between in England.
Bernie Chalk who has been described as, "...England's foremost caller of American square and contra dances..." calls on a regular basis for the London Barn Dance Company in England.
Pierre Chartrand is a leading Quebecois step dancer, choreographer and caller for decades and now performs internationally with his group Danse Cadence. He is based in Montreal, Canada. New entry (May 31, 2009)
Yona Chock calls some of the dances in Hawai'i.
Dan Clark is a caller from the Walla Walla, Washington area. (e-mail only)
Delia Clark is based in Taftsville, Vermont calling family, community and contra dances.�(e-mail only)
Mike Clark started calling in 1990 in Kalamazoo and has since then branched out to other dance series in southern Michigan and Indiana.
Enid Cocke calls on a regular basis at the dances in Kansas. Change of URL (January 3, 2010)
Phil Coleman calls in the Indianapolis, Indiana area. (e-mail only)
Dave Colestock is a dance caller and the dance organizer for the Harrisburg, PA contra dance and calls at a number of venues in the mid-Atlantic states and New England.
Maureen Collier called in Vancouver, British Columbia on June 20, 2009.
Paul Collins is a caller of traditional American square and contra dances and an instructor of ethnic folk dance in the Chicago, Illinois area.
John Combs is a caller from North Carolina (e-mail only).
Deb Comly was bitten by the contra bug in 1994. She calls in Flagstaff, Arizona and across the Southwest. New entry (April 27, 2009)
Betty Connor is a caller in Alaska. (e-mail only) (take the (at) out)
Bill Connor (e-mail only) is a caller in Alaska.
Eric Conrad calls at dances across Ohio.
Barbara Coole calls in California and designs clothing.
Martha Cooper calls on a frequent basis at the Old Sod dances in Ottawa, Canada.
Caller Jan Coray is based in Holland, Michigan.
Keith Cornett Eustis, now living in South Carolina, has caled from coast to coast, several other countries, dance, festivals and weekends.
David Michael Cottle can be found calling many of the dances in West Jordan, Utah or Pocatello, Idaho.
Mike Courthold is a contra caller and Chippenham Festival dance organiser in England. (e-mail only (take the (at) out)
Besides formulating his heavy duty contra dance data base, Ted Crane calls in Ithaca, New York and other places.
One of the founders of the Chicago Barn Dance Company, Masha Goodman Crawford has been calling dances since 1978. Now living in Northern California, she calls old-time squares and contras and loves calling for beginners at Music Festivals & special events. (e-mail only)
Robert Cromartie is a caller from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (e-mail only)
Geoff Cubitt is a wondrous caller of contras and decidedly devilish squares in the UK. (e-mail only, take the (at) out)
Dudley Culp is a caller in the Asheville, North Carolina area. (e-mail only)
Larry Cusick is a caller in California.
Caller Pat Czar is from the Sanford, Florida area. (e-mail only)

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Bob Dalsemer is a caller from Brasstown, North Carolina. Change of URL (November 29, 2009)
Susan Dankovich calls in the Spokane, Washington area. (e-mail only)
Scott Darter (e-mail only) is a caller in Alaska.
Rhodri Davies is a magical contra caller at home on both sides of the Atlantic and resides in England. (e-mail only (take the (at) out))
Susan Davis calls at dances in Atlanta, Georgia and other locales. (e-mail only)
Chrissy Davis-Camp calls from Nashville, Tennessee (e-mail only; change the at to @ and dot to .).
Sargon de Jesus is contra dance caller based in Arlington, Virginia (near Washington, DC). New entry (April 27, 2009)
Harry Delugach calls from Huntsville, Alabama.
Brian DeMarcus lives in Eagle River, Alaska and has been calling contra and square dances since 1971. In addition, he plays in several old-time, cajun and zydeco bands. (e-mail only)
Mary DesRosiers calls dances often in New Hampshire and she travels to other parts of the country for dances. (e-mail only)
Mary Devlin calls contra dances and English country dances in the Portland, Oregon area and other parts of the country.
Kat Difoxfire teaches and calls Irish set and ceili dancing, and American Contra dancing. She has been leading the Central Missouri Celtic Arts Association set/ceili dance club. (e-mail only)
Roger Diggle is a caller from Madison, Wisconsin who can call a dance and accompany himself by whistling. He also plays guitar. (e-mail only)
Steve Dodd is a caller in the Asheville, North Carolina area. (e-mail only)
Eddie Doss calls in and around Nashville. (e-mail only)
Elizabeth Douglas calls from the North Bay area of California. (e-mail only)
Jan Drechsler is a caller who once lived in New Jersey and now lives in Vermont. (e-mail only)
Bob Duffy called at the Indianapolis, Indiana dance on December 1, 2009.
Barry Dupen is a contra dance composer and caller from Columbia City, Indiana (near Fort Wayne). (e-mail only)
Sue Dupré is a caller from New Jersey.
Karen Dunnam calls throughout Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. She specializes in historic re-enactments and special event dances, with a focus on getting beginners up and having fun.
Charlie Dyer lives in Jacksonville, Florida and calls English country dance and contra dance in north and central Florida.

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Larry Edelman from Colorado calls and plays at dances in Colorado and other environs. (e-mail only)
Dennis Edmiston calls in the Atlanta, Georgia area. (e-mail only)
Susan Elberger calls contras, squares and circles from Eastern Massachusetts. (e-mail only)
Elmo Eldridge has been calling dances (American Contra Dance, English Country Dance, French Dance, and Border Morris) since 1981 from Texas to England and danced from Hong Kong to Chicago. He is based in Derbyshire, England.
Leonard Ellis calls from the Los Angeles, California area.
Michigan caller Susan English fell in love with international folk dance in the 1960s and taught her first dance class on a rooftop in China in 1980. Discovering contras and competitive swing dance in Washington, DC, Susan has called monthly contra dances since 1990.
Joseph Erhard-Hudson calls in Moscow/Pullman, Idaho and in Spokane, Washington. (e-mail only)
David Ernst calls at dances in Indiana. (e-mail only)
Nan Evans calls contra dances and English Country dances in the Pacific Northwest. (e-mail only)
Jane Ewing is from the Huntsville, Alabama, area and calls there and in other locales across the South and sometimes in other parts of the United States. (e-mail only)

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Maine-based Joseph Fabian calls dances, family events, contras and beginning square dances. Square and fun dances for all ages are his specialty. (e-mail only)
Eleanor Fahrney calls for any group, but especially loves calling for families and kids (even middle schoolers!). She call contras, squares, circles, longways sets and is based in Colorado. (e-mail only)
Ann Fallon calls in and around the Maryland and also teaches waltz. (e-mail only, take out 'at' to properly use the e-mail)
Charlie Fenton is a caller from the San Francisco, California area. (e-mail only although the web page has other contact info)
Tina Fields calls contras and barn dances, and also leads singing groups in the North Bay (San Francisco) area. Change from e-mail to URL (December 10, 2009)
Mike Finucane calls from Elizabeth, Kentucky. (e-mail only)
Bill Fischer calls from Connecticut.
Heiner Fishcle is a caller based in Hannover, Germany and has written several essays (in German and English) on contra dancing.
Don Flaherty, from New Jersey, calls and in Pennsylvania. (e-mail only)
Karen Fontana is a contra and social folk dance caller in the Northern California Bay area.
Kim Forry calls circles, squares and contras in the Maryland area. (e-mail only (change the at))
Kay Forsyth is the chief caller for the dances in Logan, Utah. (e-mail only)
Based in Maine, Chrissy Fowler calls at for contras, family dances, weddings and other joy-filled occasions. Change from e-mail to URL (August 2, 2009)
James H. Fownes is a caller in Massachusetts.
Nils Fredland is a teacher and caller of contra dances, traditional squares, and community family dances. You might also see him appear as a musician -- trombonist, vocalist, or bass player. He is based in New Hampshire. Change of location (November 28, 2009)
John Freeman is a Michigan caller who calls contra and square dances, family dances, school dances, and Civil War balls. He also leads caller workshops and music and dance workshops for teachers and students. (e-mail only)
Mitchell Frey calls contra and English Country dances along with teaching calling workshops in Idaho and other environs. (e-mail only)
Greg Frock lives in Maryland and calls there and over the border in places such as State College, Pennsylvania. (e-mail only for direct contact)
Rich Futyma calls in New York State and nearby locales.

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John Gallagher is a caller from Seattle, Washington and is on the Camp Wannadance committee.
Chuck Galt calls in and around Petaluma, Santa Rosa, San Rafael, San Francisco, and other places in California.
Hailing from Severna Park, Maryland, Alan Gedance calls in many states. (e-mail only)
While located in Pennsylvania, Steve Gester calls there and a number of other places.
Rhiannon Giddens calls and plays (fiddle and other instruments) at contra dances and is based in Greensboro, North Carolina. MySpace page. ">
Not limiting herself to contra dance calling, Suzanne Girardot also teaches clogging and other step-dance styles, as well as some couple dances and Cajun dance in the Seattle, Washington area. (e-mail only)
Margaret Glenn has called dances in the Cleveland and New York areas for the alst 20 years.
David Glick is a caller in North Carolina. He has also called across the upper Midwest and in Canada. (e-mail only)
Pam Goddard is a caller from the Ithaca, New York area.
Steve Gold calls from the Detroit, Michigan area. (e-mail only)
Judy Goldsmith is a caller from Kentucky along with being an avid bicyclist and Morris dancer.
Brenda Goodwin calls in Salt Lake City, Utah. (e-mail only)
Mark Goodwin has been calling contras since 2001 and calls at the monthly contra dance series on second Saturdays in Chico, California, along with other contra dance series in Northern California, and for occasional barn dances and parties. (e-mail only)
Grant Goodyear calls in Walhalla, South Carolina and in Texas on a regular basis. Slight change in URL (January 2, 2010)
Adina Gordon calls at dances throughout the southeastern United States and beyond, delighting dancers with her energy and enthusiasm. MySpace page.
Yonina Gordon is from the New York City area and calls English Country and contra dances in and around the greater metro area.
Jean Gorrindo is a caller in California. (e-mail only)
Rich Goss is a caller and musician based in Portland, Oregon who calls on the West Coast, Texas, and all over.
Wendy Graham of Durango, Colorado has been dancing, writing and calling folk dances for 15 years throughout Kentucky, Washington D.C., New York, New England, and the 4 corners of the Southwest.
Amy Gravitz is a caller in the Rochester, New York area. (e-mail only)
Richard and Pam Green are dance callers for contradances, community and family dances, weddings, birthday parties, or any special occasion. They are based in Maine. (e-mail only)
Thomas Green, of England, calls at barn dances at a number of venues.
The Houston Area Traditional Dance Society provides information about Wendy Greenberg.
Judy Greenhill calls on a regular basis in Hamilton, Ontario.
Lisa Greenleaf is a caller from central Massachusetts, but calls across the nation and beyond. (e-mail only)
Joy Greenwolfe is based in Durham, North Carolina and calls there and other environs.
Jim Gregory calls on a regular basis at the dance series in Granby, Connecticut. He lives in Hartford, Connecticut.
From New York, Gail Griffith has been calling for 20 years, specializing in bringing traditional music and dance to beginners. She calls English and Welsh barn dances, and contradances.
Jerome Grisanti moved to Marhyville, Missouri in 2006 and has been calling in the Kansas City and Lawrence area dances and before that in the Louisville region, including Lexington and Cincinnati, and has ventured as far as Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Georgia and North Carolina to call dances since 2002.
A resident of Asheville, North Carolina, Barbara Groh has been calling contra dances all over the East coast since 1989.
Chart Guthrie is a caller out on Long Island, New York associated with LITMA. (e-mail only)

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Christine Hale hails from Connecticut and calls there and in Massachusetts.
Ed Hall is based in Colorado, but has called from Washington State to Vermont. (e-mail only)
Jackie Hall calls and runs contra dance events in Lennoxville, Quebec.
Pippa Hall calls on a frequent basis at the Old Sod dances in Ottawa, Canada.
Susan Hankin called at the dance in Arden, Delaware on January 3, 2010. She is based in Baltimore, Maryland.
Keith Harding (e-mail only) calls from Lexington, Kentucky.
Rob Harper calls in the Atlanta, Georgia area. (e-mail only)
Eric Harris lives in Tampa, Florida and calls throughout the state. (e-mail only)
Lisa Harris from Lawrence, Kansas calls some of the dances in Lawrence, Kansas, and Kansas City areas, and several dances outside the local region. (e-mail only)
Besides providing support for a variety of dances and organizations in New Hampshire by maintaining web pages for them, Richard Hart also calls at dances.
Bruce Hartmann is a caller based in Winter Park, Florida. (e-mail only)
Charley Harvey, founding member of Berea, Kentucky's monthly contra dance has relocated to Asheville, North Carolina. A caller since 1992, Charley has called throughout the mid-Atlantic. (e-mail only)
Jim Hawkins calls in Springfield and around the Missouri area. (e-mail only)
The Mike Head calls in the Houston, Texas area. (e-mail for the caller)
Katy Heine is from Ithaca, New York and has been calling since 1989 in the region including Rochester, Binghamton, Syracuse, Cooperstown, and north-central PA. Change from e-mail to URL (April 27, 2009)
Graham Hempel is a caller in San Diego, California. Change of URL (January 30, 2010)
Vicki Herndon calls on a regular basis at the dances in Tennessee and throughout the southeastern United States. Added URL (July 26, 2010)
Peggy Hesley calls in Arizona and beyond. Change of URL (March 4, 2010)
Jerry Hickman is based in Midland, Michigan. (e-mail only)
Scott Higgs is a caller from the Philadelphia area.
Becky Hill, is based in Ohio and is the author Twirling Dervish books and is well known for calling frequently at workshops and dance camps, and is an experienced caller of intergenerational dances and programs for special needs populations.
Tom Hinds has been calling squares and contras since 1984 and is based in Charlottesville, Virginia. (e-mail only)
Cis Hinkle is a caller from Atlanta, Georgia who has delighted contra and square dancers since 1985 with her skilled teaching, welcoming manner, playful enthusiasm, and masterful selection of dances. She is has called at music and dance festivals all over the US, England, and Denmark.
Myra Hirschberg calls regularly in Ontario and upstate New York.
Ted Hodapp calls from the Washington, D.C. area.
Jef Hodge calls in Alabama. (e-mail only)
Along with calling, Pat Hoekje is one of the organizers for the Bayside Travellers Country Dance Society in Michigan. (e-mail only)
From Oakland, California, Erik Hoffman calls dances, especially in Berkeley, but also from California to Alaska to Denmark and England, and writes about contra dances.
Steve Holland is a caller living in Connecticut and is known for calling medleys that change each time through the dance.
Cindy Holmes calls some of the dances in Hawai'i.
Keith Holmes is a Houston-based caller whose calling style is enjoyed by contra dancers throughout Texas. Check the San Antonio dancers for more information.
Rickey Holt is calls in New Hampshire and is a regular participant at the dance in Exeter, NH. (e-mail only) New entry (October 9, 2009)
Richard Hopkins is a caller from Tallahassee, Florida.
Steve Horn is a caller in the Dallas, Texas area. (e-mail only)
Bob Howell calls in the Ohio area. He is also one of the co-authors of Dancing for Busy People. (e-mail only for Bob, the book has a website)
Donna Howell who formerly called in Arizona, California and Texas is now back home in New Mexico and calls dances in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. (e-mail only)
Talib Huff calls in California. (e-mail only)
Adam Hughes calls Ceilidhs, and Barn Dances, and Contra dances, and Playford Dances and... all in England.
Sue Hulsether calls contras, squares, family dances, and school events Minnesota and Wisconsin along with being an Artist in Residence for schools with traditional American dance and music.
Colin Hume, based in England, calls at dances, camps and festivals there and in the United States.
Katja Hunn calls on a regular basis in Zurich, Switzerland.
Donna Hunt lives in Pennsylvania and calls at a number of dances in the area. (e-mail only)

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Lisa Inman calls at the Bainbridge, Washington dance with the goal of creating a community dance which is welcoming and fun to beginners and newcomers and exciting to experienced dancers.

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Carol Jacobs has been calling in the Ann Arbor area since 2002, and has been an avid contra dancer since 1980. She also calls Family dances and English country dances. (e-mail only)
Phil Jamison is Assistant Director of the Swannanoa Gathering and coordinator of Old-Time Music & Dance Week along with performing over the last twenty-five years at many festivals.
From the Amherst area, Jack Janssen calls contra dances. (e-mail only)
Frank Jenkins is a caller from Berea, Kentucky. (e-mail only)
Besides his nifty contra pages including a clickable map, Dwayne Johnson is a caller in Kentucky and has called for more than 20 years.
Mike Jones has been calling contra dances since 1998 in southern Ontario (his home) and northern New York. Change of URL (February 15, 2010)

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Amy Kahn is a caller in the Rochester, New York area. (e-mail only)
Bree Kalb began Contra dancing in 1988, calling in 1995, and is actively involved in her local dance community, Triangle Country Dancers, in the Chapel Hill/Durham area of North Carolina.
Loren Kalmen calls periodically in Nevada and other locations. (e-mail only)
Andy Kane calls traditional Contra, Square and Circle Dance for all groups and ages in the Maryland area.
Marilee Standifer Karamanski calls in Madison, Wisconsin.
Rich Katz calls in the area around Tampa, Florida. (e-mail only)
Jeff Kaufman occasionally calls contras along with a varietyof other pursuits. He is based in Pennsylvania.
Living in Massachusetts, you can now find David Kaynor at his new web site. He is a contra dance caller and fiddler and the author of Calling for Beginners by Beginners.
Susie Kendig often calls in the Santa Cruz, California area. (e-mail only)
Ridge Kennedy is a caller based in New Jersey. (e-mail only)
Dot Kent of Grayslake, Illinois, called at the Chicago, Illinois dance on February 6, 2010 and calls at other dances in the region.
There is a biography of Chris Kermiet, a caller in Colorado and a second biography has been published.
Susan Kevra is contra, square and English dance caller, musician and singer currently residing in Nashville, Tennessee. Change from e-mail to URL (April 2, 2009)
Richard King calls from Lexington, Kentucky (e-mail only).
Barb Kirchner is a caller based in Colorado and calls there and other locales.
David Kirchner is a caller who lives near St. Paul, Minnesota and has been calling contra dances and square dances since about 1992.
Jim Kitch, of Pennsylvania, spends much of his spare time volunteering with the Heritage Dance Association in Philadelphia. (e-mail only)
Tim Klein is a caller from Knoxville, Tennessee. (e-mail only).
Cassie Knight, from Madison, Wisconsin, is known for calling contras and Scandinavian dances. (e-mail only)
Van Knowles is a caller from Lexington, Kentucky (e-mail only).
Toby Koosman calls from Knoxville, Tennessee. (e-mail only)
Carol Kopp calls at a number of the North East Ohio Community dances and is into he third decade of calling dances.
Caller Jeremy Korr is based in the Los Angeles, California area. (e-mail only)
Kirston Koths calls on a regular basis at the East Bay dance in California. (e-mail only)
Brad Krick calls in Alaska. (e-mail only) (take the (at) out)
Caller and musician John Krumm has been performing for almost four decades for contras, squares, swing dancing and English dancing with knowledge from the U.S., Quebec and the British Isles. He is based in Pennsylvania.

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Denise Lair is a caller from Charlottesville, Virginia. (e-mail only)
Art Lane often calls at the Reno, Nevada dance. (e-mail only)
Oregon's Woody Lane is an accomplished percussive dancer and usually does some stepdancing when he calls.
Joanna Laney of Birmingham, Alabama calls on a regular basis in that area. (e-mail only)
Mark Langner is a caller from Asheville, North Carolina. (e-mail only).
Cindy Larock is a dance instructor/caller, specializing in contras-for-beginners (both New England and French Canadian), along with a variety of other dance types. She is based in Maine. (e-mail only)
Kathyrn Larson is a caller and teacher of community dances, family dances, dance parties regularly calling at the second Saturday Wescustogo Hall dance in North Yarmouth, Maine. (e-mail only)
Jacqueline & Dudley Laufman call and play fiddles (as Two Fiddles) from New Hampshire.
Over the past 15 years John Legge has enthusiastically embraced several dance styles, including contra, English country, international, Scandinavian, modern Western squares, two-step, and country-western line dance in and around Grand Rapids, Michigan. (e-mail only)
Tom Lehmann began contra dancing after many years of "Modern Western" square dancing as well as occasional folk dancing, round dancing, etc. and now calls on a occasion. He lives in the San Francisco Bay area.
Peter Leibert is from Connecticut and has been a caller and musician for more than 45 years.
Linda Leslie calls from the New Bedford, Massachusetts area (e-mail only)
Carl Levine is an English Country Dance and contra dance teacher/caller who is based in New York City but has called dances in Ann Arbor, New Haven, Troy, Wayne, at the LITMA dance in Smithtown, at NOMAD and at various CDSS dance camps. New entry (April 27, 2009)
Seth Levine calls squares and contras and is based in Phoenix, Arizona.
Julie Levy-Weston lives in Lansing, Michigan, started contra dancing in 1992, and started calling in 1997. She favors dances that flow and tries to teach carefully and concisely.
Laila Lewis has been calling at dances in Arizona (where she makes her home) and Nevada since 2003 and also calls for community/family dances. New entry (August 16, 2009)
Tamara Lowenthal called at the Bloomington, Indiana dance on December 16, 2009.
Lonnie Ludeman is one of the main callers at the Mesilla, New Mexico dance.
Kari Lundgren is a caller in Alaska. (e-mail only) (take the (at) out)

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Archie Maclellan calls contra, English and ceilidh dances and is based in Prescott, Arizona. (e-mail only (replace the "[at]" with @)). New entry (May 31, 2009)
Rich MacMath calls at various venues in Texas. Sharon Rempert provides the data.
Carl Magagnosc calls from Santa Barbara, California. (e-mail only)
Shelagh Maguire calls in and around Vancouver, British Columbia. (e-mail only)
Robert Mahony is a dance and tune composer along with one of the organisers of the Canberra Contra Club in Australia.
Nancy Mamlin, who lives in North Carolina, has since 1989 Iplayed string bass with a number of different groups, and have been calling at dances all over the country.
Vickie Marron is a caller from Idaho. (e-mail only)
George Marshall is best known as a musician and caller for Swallowtail and Wild Asparagus but also calls with a number of other bands from time to time. He is based in Western Massachusetts. (e-mail only)
A caller whose specialty is hosting dances with lots of beginners and family dances, Bill Martin calls southern and oldtime squares along with some contras around Vancouver, Washington. (e-mail only)
Susan Marynowski is a caller from Florida.
Gina Massoni used to call dances in Eastern Washington and now lives in Seattle, WA. (e-mail only)
Mark Matthews, of Missoula, Montana is a country dance caller and instructor for experienced New England contra dances and family dances. (e-mail only)
Kim McCall calls from San Francisco.
Patrick McCullough calls in Vermont and other locales and runs the Contracopia (Purveyor of fine contra dance music CDs). He is setting up his van as a mobile office, so you may see him in your community some day.
Will McDonald is a guest caller at the Mesilla, New Mexico dance.
Paula McFarling calls on a regular basis in Columbia, Missouri along with calling in St. Louis and Kansas City.
Mavis McGaugh calls contras in Northern California and Nevada along gender-free dances, family dances and dance parties. (e-mail only)
John McIntire calls traditional and contemporary New England style contras, squares and circles and usually calls for the regular 1st Saturday dance in Norridgewock, Maine. (e-mail only)
Mac McKeever calls at the St. Louis, Missouri dance and at other venues. (e-mail only)
From California, Greg McKenzie calls contra dances. (e-mail only).
Ann McLaren calls some of the dances in Hawai'i.
Drake Meadow is a caller and dance organizer based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (e-mail only)
John Meechan is praised equally for his work with absolute beginners who confess to having two left feet through to the real experts who relish in the challenge and complexity of John's more complicated dances. He is based in Warwickshire, England.
Greg Meisner is a cantra dance caller and Morris dancer from the Ann Arbor, Michigan area. (e-mail only)
Will Mentor, from Cambridge, Massachusetts calls in the area and all around the United States. (e-mail only)
Susan Michaels calls in the Los Angeles area and at camps and festivals up and down the Pacific coast. (e-mail only)
Joyce Miller calls from the Sierra foothills to the San Francisco Bay area to Reno, Nevada with contras, squares, easy longways dances and mixers in her repertoire. (e-mail only)
Mike Miller is from Syracuse, New York, but also calls out in the Great Lakes region. (e-mail only)
Janet Mills calls on a frequent basis at the Princeton, New Jersey dance.
David Millstone is a contra and square dance caller from New Hampshire (e-mail only)
Alice Milmoe, from Tampa, Florida, calls on a regular basis in the southern United States. Change from URL to e-mail (November 29, 2009)
Marcia Minear calls at many of the dances in Ames, Iowa. (e-mail only)
Sylvia Miskoe is a caller and musician from New Hampshire. (e-mail only)
Susan Moffet is a caller in Kentucky. (e-mail only)
Rick Mohr is a contra dance caller and fiddler from eastern Massachusetts.
Beth Molaro is a caller from North Carolina who calls contra dances in a number of places (from Arizona to Denmark).
For the last twenty years, Gregory Moore has been calling dances mostly in midcoast Maine. (e-mail only)
Paul Moore is a caller in North Carolina. (e-mail only)
Henry Morgenstein calls, writes essays about contra dancing, and organizes contra dance trips and camps in the United States and England. In the United States, he is based in Michigan.
Michigan caller Glen Morningstar calls dances for beginning to advanced dancers in a range of settings from school artist-in-residence to Saturday Night Contra & Square Dances to wedding receptions to scout camps to traditional dance camps across the USA, Europe & Scandinavia.
Based in Swannanoa, North Carolina Hank Morris calls in the area and elsewhere. (e-mail only)
Lindsay Morris (e-mail only) calls in the Lexington, Kentucky area.
Roy Moye calls at dances and festivals in and around Orlando, Florida. (e-mail only)
Linda Mrosko has been calling contra dances all over Texas (and Oklahoma) for over 15 years.
Joyce Murlless is a caller from the Savannah, Georgia area. (e-mail only)
Danika Murray began calling in the spring of 2001 and in these past few years she has traveled to call dances throughout Michigan (including Clawson, Ann Arbor, Traverse City), to Indiana, Illinois and even Barcelona, Spain. (e-mail only)
Eva Murray is a traditional dance caller in metropolitan Washington, D.C.
Richard Myers calls old-time circle, square, contra and folk dances in Colorado. (e-mail only)

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Lonna Nachtigal calls on a regular basis in Ames, Iowa. (e-mail only)
Hannah Naiman has been dancing for more than 20 years, teaching and leading folk dances for over 6 years. She is based in Toronto, Ontario.
Becky Nankivell, is based in Tucson, Arizona and calls in the southwest. (e-mail only)
Gary Nelson from Asheville, North Carolina, calls in both Carolinas and other places, too. (e-mail only)
While based in Seattle, Sherry Nevins has called as far east as Rochester, NY. (e-mail only)
New England Dancing Masters is made up of Andy Davis, Mary Cay Brass, and Peter and Mary Alice Amidon.
David Newitt calls at dances in Northern California.
Rae Newowman frequently calls in area near North Miami, Florida. (e-mail only)
Bob Nicholson calls from the Syracuse, New York area.
Sharon Rempert provides information about Dana Nicolay, a caller from Texas.
Eileen Nightingale is a caller of high energy contras and squares in England. (e-mail only (take the (at) out)
Devin Nordson calls in Colorado and has contra danced since 1994.
Joey Norton is a caller from Tampa, Florida. (e-mail only)

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Caroline Oakley is a square dance caller and fiddler in Portland, Oregon. New entry (May 1, 2009)
Bob O'Brien teaches waltz workshops and has called a first Friday monthly contra dance with his band, the Coyote ContraBand, since 1996 in Sacramento, California. (e-mail for caller; web site for band) Added URL (March 16, 2009)
Ken Olcott calls in and around San Francisco. (e-mail only)
Bill Olson's Contra Corner includes some musings on contradancing and dance compositions.
Carol Ormand is a caller in Wisconsin, and has been calling dances since the spring of 1990, and has called at dances, weekends, and festivals all over the United States (and once in Denmark!). She includes some dance compositions on her page. Change of URL (September 27, 2009)
Lisa Ornstein is a caller from Chicago. She organizes dances, hosts the Celebration Dance Weekend in Indianapolis and a dance jam series in Chicago. (e-mail only)
Howard Ostby calls in the Walla Walla, Washington area. (e-mail only)

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DeLaura Padovan is based in Virginia and has calls at many of the dances in the Norfolk, Virginia area and is one of the founders of the dance in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Bill Paine is a caller from Gainsville, Florida. (e-mail only)
Roween Panning calls in Michigan. (e-mail only)
Frederick Park, from Swannanoa, North Carolina, calls contras and everything from English country dance to Cajun French two-step and waltz for more than 35 years. MySpace page. Added MySpace page (April 26, 2009)
Beth Parkes is a caller who regularly calls at the 3rd Saturday dance in Concord, Massachusetts.
Tony Parkes is a caller from Massachusetts and is the author of Contra Dance Calling: A Basic Text.
Dan Pearl, from Massachusetts, is a caller for contra dances, square dances, and other types of folk dance. (e-mail only)
Ruth Pershing calls in North Carolina on a regular basis, co-runs the Family Dance series in Chapel Hill, through the Triangle Country Dancers and calls, teaches, and participates in southern flatfloot and clogging in the area and at various dance camps and weeks. (e-mail only)
Susan Petrick is a caller based in Santa Cruz, California, but calls all along the Pacific coast and has called in the Ohio River valley. (e-mail only)
Jeffrey Petrovich lives in New Hampshire and calls throughout the state and in other parts of New England. Change of URL (November 22, 2009)
Cynthia Phinney calls at dances in Maine at places like Skowhegan and West Farmington and other dances from time to time. (e-mail only)
Carol Piening called at the Olympia, Washington dance on April 11, 2009.
Steve Pike, from Madison, Wisconsin, called at the Madison, Wisconsin dance on February 13, 2010.
Joseph J. Pimentel, Jr. calls at dances all across the country and is based in Texas.
Lori Pimentel lives in Salt Lake City, Utah and calls dances in the Utah/Idaho area. (e-mail only) New entry (June 10, 2009)
Charlie Pineda is based in Maryland and calls there and in other Atlantic states. He started calling in 1990 and discovered contras in 1993. (e-mail only)
Warren Pollans calls from Boca Raton, Florida. (e-mail only)
Edna Poore is a caller in Lansing, Michigan. (e-mail only)
Bill Pope calls in Ohio and nearby states and shares with the beginning dancers his enthusiasm for contra, and programs dance evenings that balance more forgiving dances with some of the more challenging ones.
Connecticut's Ed Potter has called dances, including contras, for more than 50 years.
Kate Power has been a contra dance caller in Columbus, Ohio since 2003 and is available for everything from dances to family reunions.
Debo Powers is a caller in Tallahassee, Florida. (e-mail only)
Elinor Preston has been calling contras, squares, circles and English Country Dances since 1988 and is from Portland, Oregon. Slight change in URL (January 30, 2010)
Stan Prince calls in and around Tampa, Florida. (e-mail only)
Marlin Prowell from Bellingham, Washington, calls there and elsewhere in the area. (e-mail only)

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Martha Quigley is caller from the Dallas, Texas area. (e-mail only (take out the (at)))

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Barbara Ramlow calls in the Lexington, Kentucky area. (e-mail only)
Celia Ramsay calls in California and also manages the Calistoga dance in the Napa Valley. (e-mail only)
Cary Ravitz is a caller from Lexington, Kentucky who along with writing the essays Notes on Calling Contra Dances and Notes on Choreography for Duple Minor Improper Contra Dances keeps an extensive links about contra dancing.
Audun Reitzel calls traditional American square and contra Dancing in New England style, singing calls, and traditional/transitional western style, with a wide repertoire of dances, suitable for beginning to advanced dancers. He is based in Denmark. Change of URL (April 3, 2010)
Dale Rempert calls in Texas including Austin and Houston. (e-mail for the caller)
Chris Ricciotti calls contras and squares, and international & English Country Dancing. He specializes in Gender-Free Calling and Teaching, as well as community dances. He is based in eastern Massachusetts. (e-mail only)
Mark Richardson is a caller from Bloomington, Indiana. (e-mail only)
Mike Richardson, a caller and musician from the Seattle, Washington area.
Bryon Ricker calls and runs a number of dances in the northern part of New Hampshire. He is also an active member of the White Mountain Folklore Association. (e-mail only)
Ruth Riegel-Lamborghini called at the Urbana, Illinois dance on February 26, 2010.
Judy Rivkin is an English Country/Contra Dance leader based in Central New Jersey.
Tom Roby has been calling and teaching dances (Balkan line dances, improvisational Hungarian dances, and English & American set dances) since at least the mid-1980s. He is based in Connecticut.
John Rogers calls in the area of Los Angeles, California. (e-mail only)
Marian Rose calls contra, square, English, and family dances throughout Canada and the US and also plays piano and accordion for English and contras. She is based in Vancouver.
Paul Rosen has been calling dances in Virginia and surrounding states since 1990.
Sue Rosen calls from eastern Massachusetts. (e-mail only)
Paul Rosenberg calls a variety of dances (contras, squares, international) at a variety of venues ranging from Falcon Ridge to family dances.
Joyce Rossbach is a caller based in the Syracuse, New York area.
Charles Roth calls in Michigan and has an unusual two-sided set of dance cards.
Chuck Roth calls in Austin, Texas and other locations. (e-mail only)
Terry Rouse calls in the Lawrence, Kansas area. (e-mail only)
Larry Rowan is a caller from North Carolina.
Merri Rudd calls contras and English country dances around the Southwest and makes "I don't book ahead" buttons. She is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Susie Rudder is a caller who hails from Gainesville, Florida.
Scott Russell calls at dances in and around Georgia. (e-mail only)

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Tony Saletan used to call in Concord, Massachusetts on a regular basis, but now lives in Washington State.
Ann Sarmiento resides in Austin, Texas and draws on ten years of dancing experience to fuel her passion of sharing the dance with others. (e-mail only)
Richard Sauvain is a caller in the Rochester, New York area. (e-mail only) Change in e-mail (June 5, 2010)
Jim Saxe calls in California. He is the author of Words and Confusion in Teaching and Calling. (e-mail only)
Nora Scott from the Spokane, Washington area has been calling contras and circle dances around the Inland Northwest since 1995 and enjoys teaching beginners and beginning groups. (e-mail only)
Dave Seboit calls in Michigan and Indiana and is based in Ann Arbor. (e-mail only)
George Segebade calls on a regular basis at dances throughout North Carolina. (e-mail only)
Along with explaining contra dancing to a wide audience, Gary Shapiro, from the Santa Barbara, California area, also calls contras and leads some English Country Dances. He especially enjoys leading simple dances at wedding receptions or any other kind of party.
Leda Shapiro calls from California. (e-mail only)
John Sharlet calls from Nashville, Tennessee (e-mail only).
Janet Shepherd calls from Atlanta, Georgia. (e-mail only).
Andy Shore calls square dances from Intro through C1 along with calling contra dances. He is based in southeastern Florida.
Lisa Sieverts calls contra dances and family dances along with holding style workshops and contra calling classes. She is based in New Hampshire.
Having danced in Ohio and New England, Diane Silver now leads dances (including squares, clogging and swing) in North Carolina and other locales.
Paul Silveria calls traditional square dances in the Seattle, Washington area.
Doug Singleton, from Atlanta, Georgia, calls at a variety of dances in the southeastern United States. (e-mail only (take out the "at")) Added e-mail (November 29, 2009)
Jonathan Sivier is a caller from the Urbana, Illinois area who has been involved in traditional dance since 1987 and have been leading dances since 1992.
Barb Smith is a contra dance and vintage dance caller in Houston, Texas. (e-mail only) Change in e-mail (October 22, 2009)
David Smukler calls from the Syracuse, New York area.
George Snyder calls from Georgia. (e-mail only)
Jon Southard is a caller of contra and traditional square dances, based in Santa Barbara, California. Change from e-mail to URL (January 18, 2009)
Jeff Spero calls in California and has information about his dances and links to dance resources in southern California.
Nancy Spero is a caller from the Ithaca, New York area. (e-mail only)
Caller Linda Starr is based in the Albuquerque, New Mexico area. (e-mail only, replace the AT and DOT).
Ted Steele calls on a regular basis in St. Louis, Missouri and other locales. (e-mail only)
Along with a fair amount of web page work for dances in Michigan, Bob Stein also calls dances.
Amy Steiner calls in Alaska. (e-mail only) (take the (at) out)
In Germany, Ulla Stern has several decades of experience organizing folk music and dance groups along with calling various types of dances.
Barbara Stewart calls dances all over California. (e-mail only)
Peter Stix calls in the Albany, New York area and other venues. (e-mail only)
Sandy Strand started contra dancing in 1983 with the Lawrence, Kansas Barn Dance Association and started calling contras since 1994 in the environs of Kansas and Missouri. She now is based in Washington State. (e-mail only (take out the AT))
Wes Sturgis has called in North and South Carolina since 1998. (e-mail only)
From Carbondale, Illinois, Joe Surdyk calls in Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri on a regular basis. (e-mail only)
Lorraine Sutton does not limit herself to contras on the dance floor, but does call contras in Toronto and other locales. Change of URL (February 15, 2010)
Rodney Sutton from North Carolina (e-mail only).
Andrew Swaine calls and is involved in a number of dance activities in and around Cambridge, England.
Ralph Sweet has been calling contra and square dances since 1948 and continues to do so in Enfield, Connecticut and elsewhere.

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Melissa Taggart calls Philadelphia area and in New Jersey. Change of URL (April 12, 2010)
Kath Tallichet is based in Louisville, Kentucky and calls there and in Illinois. (e-mail only)
Susan Taylor is a caller from the southern Maryland area who considers herself the hostess of a dance, wherever she may be.
Seth Tepfer calls from Atlanta, Georgia and organizes a number of events.
John Teskey calls at the Indianapolis, Indiana dance on December 22, 2009.
Jim Thaxter calls in Kansas City and Columbia, Missouri and other area dances. Change from e-mail to URL (April 27, 2009)
Don Theyken has been calling dances here in Ann Arbor since the early eighties and is now calling contra dances on the second Saturday of the month at the Webster Church Community Building near Dexter MI.
J.P. Thom-Gronachon calls and plays music for dances in Arizona.
Linda Thomas calls from Wilmington, North Carolina. (e-mail only)
Jim Thompson has called for dances in Texas for over a decade.
Ryan J. Thomson calls along with being Captain Fiddle playing the Cajun, Zydeco, and Celtic music on his fiddle. He is based in New Hampshire.
Colin Towns is a specialist in English (from 1650), American Contra and Square, Morris and Sword dancing in Australia. (e-mail only)
From Santa Monica, California, Drew Tronvig calls contra dances. (e-mail only)
Kathy Tucker calls in Colorado on a periodic basis along with playing a variety of musical instruments.
Mark Turbin started calling in the midwest and now lives in Colorado. (e-mail only REMOVE TEXT)
Chris Turner is a contradance caller in the UK.
John Turner calls English Country and contra dances and lives in England.
Lindsay Turnquist calls often at the Bozeman, Montana dances as well as other locales. The Bozeman Folklore Society has an interview with him on their website. (e-mail only for contact)
Keith Tuxhorn calls in the Austin, Texas area. (e-mail only)
Martha Tyner is based in Stanford, Illinois and calls at the Hudson, Illinois square dances.

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Darlene Underwood is a caller from Cincinnati, Ohio.
Caller Kari Usher calls and organizes dances in Flagstaff, Arizona. (e-mail only (replace the "[at]" with @)). New entry (May 31, 2009)

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Marcie Van Cleave calls in the New England area. (e-mail only)
Tom van Deusen calls at dance camps, community dances, weddings, private parties, and other events for adults or children in and around Michigan.
Martha Vander Kolk is a dance caller from Ypsilanti, Michigan. (e-mail only)
Eric Vidacovich lives in Richmond, Texas and calls in the Houston area. (e-mail only)
Sandy Vielmo calls from Michigan. (e-mail only)
Alan Vlach has been dancing since 2000 and began calling in 2002 in Michigan. (e-mail only)

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Anne Marie Walter called at the Asheville, North Carolina dance January 22, 2009.
David Wanless & Cathy Hutchinson call contras along with a wide variety of other dances in Tasmania. (e-mail only)
Robin Warner calls in Michigan. (e-mail only)
Paul Watkins, from Chicago, Illinois, calls in Chicago and the Fermilab Folk Club just outside of Chicago on a regular basis. (e-mail only for contact)
Lucia Watson is one of the regular callers in Rehoboth and frequently calls at other venues in southeastern New England. (e-mail only)
William Watson started his calling career in Texas but now is based in Corvallis, Oregon.
Diann Weatherly calls from Birmingham, Alabama (e-mail only).
Along with helping folks keep track of the contra dancing scene in Portland, Oregon, Erik Weberg also calls dances in the area.
Kathryn Wedderburn is based in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and calls throughout New England. (e-mail only)
Chris Weiler is a contra and traditional square dance caller from Goffstown, New Hampshire.
Erica Weiss plays in bands like the Rhythm Method String Band, Grand Bois Cajun Band, Corndogs and The Killer Bees and is a caller of contras and squares. She is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. New entry (April 18, 2009)
Marlin Whitaker from Ann Arbor, Michigan calls at dances in the Great Lakes states. (e-mail only)
Ian Whitehead calls at a variety of dances in England.
Mark Widmer is a caller based in central New Jersey.
Martha Wild calls dances in San Diego, California. (e-mail only).
Paul Wilde from Providence, Rhode Island, calls contras and squares in New England and...? (e-mail only) New entry (May 3, 2010)
Jim Williams calls at many dances in Kansas. (e-mail only)
Andy Wilson calls at dances, camps and festivals across the country and when not calling, many times can be found at the sound board. He is based in Santa Cruz, California.
Richard Wilson is a caller based in the Santa Fe/Los Alamos area. (e-mail only, replace the AT and DOT).
Reine Wonite calls from northern Virginia and lists several of her compositions.
Caller Andrea Woodall is based in Tampa, Florida. (e-mail only)
Stephen Woodcock is a barn dance caller in the West Midlands of England. Change of URL (April 3, 2010)
David Woolf calls at dances in and around Atlanta, Georgia. (e-mail only)

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Peter Yarensky calls dances in New Hampshire and publishes the monthly Seacoast Country Dance Newsletter.
Cashy Yates calls on a regular basis at the dance in Wellington, New Zealand.
Chris Youngblood called at the Floyd, Virginia dance on September 12, 2009.
Based in Seattle, Washington, Jennifer Youngman calls contradances and also teaches waltz, swing and vintage dance.

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Steve Zakon-Anderson is one of the best known callers in New Hampshire, usually calls the first Saturday Peterborough dance, and he travels for dances in other states, as well. He also runs the Fiddleheads Cafe, in Hancock, New Hampshire. (e-mail only)
While the list of his dances is gone, you can still e-mail Eric Zorn.
Claire Zucker calls and clogs, many times with Round the House, in Arizona.

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