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
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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. Change in URL (January 19, 2008)
- 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. New entry (March 8, 2008)
- Jeff Spero, on his site, has a list of regional (southern CA) callers. New entry (March 8, 2008)
- D. E. Pauley has a list of callers in Florida along with information about a number of out-of-state callers. New entry (April 26, 2008)
- 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."
- 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) New entry (April 19, 2008)
- 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. New entry (April 20, 2008)
- Along with playing a variety of musical instruments and telling stories, Jennifer Armstrong calls at family dances. She is based in Maine. New entry (April 19, 2008)
- Gary Arthur calls at dances in Florida in a variety of locations. He is based in Gainesville. (e-mail) New entry (April 26, 2008)
- Melanie Axel-Lute calls
from South Orange, New Jersey.
- 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) New entry (April 26, 2008)
- 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. Change of location and URL (January 30, 2008)
- 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. New entry (January 18, 2008)
- 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. Change of URL (April 17, 2008)
- Lissa Bengston started calling in Tulsa in the early 1990's and is now based in San Antonio, Texas.
- 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.
- Paula
Bishop calls in the Asheville, North Carolina area and other
venues.
- Robert
Bley-Vroman is a caller in Hawaii.
- Warren Blier is a caller from Los Angeles, California.
- 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. New entry (January 2, 2008)
- Tara Bolker calls in places such as Gainesville, Tampa and Tallahassee, Florida. (e-mail only) New entry (April 26, 2008)
- 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 February 2, 2008.
- 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) Location and e-mail correction (June 22, 2008)
- Wesley
Brown is a caller from Tulsa, Oklahoma and calls at dances throughout the Great Plains.
- 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)
- 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.
- 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.
- Yona Chock calls some of the dances in Hawai'i.
- Dan Clark is a caller from the Walla Walla, Washington area. (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. Change of from e-mail to URL (February 17, 2008)
- Enid Cocke
calls on a regular basis at the dances in Kansas.
- 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 March 14, 2008.
- 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).
- 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. New entry (April 26, 2008)
- 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. New entry (April 13, 2008)
- 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) New entry (April 26, 2008)
- Bob Dalsemer is
a caller from Brasstown, North Carolina.
- 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).
- 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) New entry (April 30, 2008)
- 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)
- Lee Dodge calls on a regular basis in San Antonio, Texas.
- Eddie Doss calls in and around Nashville. (e-mail only)
- Elizabeth Douglas calls from
the North Bay area of California. (e-mail only)
- Lou Dow called at the Indianapolis, Indiana
dance on January 22, 2008.
- 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 February 26, 2008.
- 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
Durham 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.
- 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)
- Mary Keith Cornett Eustis is
from Lexington, Kentucky calls mainly in Ohio and Kentucky although
she has called from Michigan to Maine.
- 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)
- 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) New entry (April 19, 2008)
- 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)
- Beau Farmer calls at the Princeton, New
Jersey dance on an occasional basis.
- 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, easy longways sets, Sicilian circles, mixers, & medieval dances for barn/family dances, re-enactments, parties and also leads singing groups in the North Bay (San Francisco) area. (e-mail only) New entry (May 3, 2008)
- 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. (e-mail only) New entry (April 19, 2008)
- James
H. Fownes is a caller in Massachusetts.
- Kathy
Fox is a caller in Fredonia, New York.
- 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 Pennsylvania
and Maryland.
- 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.
- John Gallagher is a caller from Seattle, Washington and is on the
Camp Wannadance committee.
- Chuck Galt calls from Long Beach, California. Change in URL (March 9, 2008)
- 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.
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- 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 called at the dance in Lakewood, Ohio on January 5, 2008 and lives in the Cleveland, Ohio area.
- 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 Sundays in Chico, California. (e-mail only)
- Grant
Goodyear calls in Walhalla, South Carolina and in Texas on a
regular basis.
- Adina Gordon calls at dances throughout the southeastern United States and beyond, delighting dancers with her energy and enthusiasm. MySpace page. Added MySpace page (January 10, 2008)
- 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) New entry (April 20, 2008)
- 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. Change of URL (January 26, 2008)
- Chart Guthrie is a
caller out on Long Island, New York associated with LITMA. (e-mail
only)
- 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 20, 2008. 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) New entry (April 26, 2008)
- 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) New entry (April 3, 2008)
- 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. (e-mail only) Change in e-mail address (March 5, 2008)
- Graham Hempel is a caller in San Diego, California.
- Vicki Herndon calls on a regular basis at the dances in Knoxville, Tennessee.
- Peggy Hesley calls in Arizona and beyond.
- 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. Change of URL (February 18, 2008)
- 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. Change from e-mail to URL (April 21, 2008)
- 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) New entry (April 26, 2008)
- 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.
- 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)
- 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. Change from e-mail to URL (February 17, 2008)
- 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)
- Deborah Hyland,
from Missouri, calls in Illinois/Missouri region and includes family
dances and dances for civil war reenactments across the Midwest and
South in her repertoire.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Rich Katz calls in the area around Tampa, Florida. (e-mail only) New entry (April 26, 2008)
- Jeff Kaufman occasionally calls contras along with a varietyof other pursuits. He is based in Pennsylvania. New entry (April 20, 2008)
- 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.
- Chris Kelly calls at the Santa Fe, New Mexico dance at various times and also at other venues in the area. Visit the San Antonio dancers for more information as he appears to be based in Texas with this possible e-mail.
- 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 Urbandale, Iowa dance on
September 1, 2007 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. (e-mail only)
- Richard King calls from
Lexington, Kentucky (e-mail only).
- Barb Kirchner is a caller based in Colorado and calls there and other locales. New entry (March 1, 2008)
- 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).
- Roberta Kogut
calls in the Carolina area.
- 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) New entry (April 19, 2008)
- 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. New entry (June 22, 2008)
- Denise Lair is a caller from Charlottesville, Virginia. (e-mail only) New entry (April 19, 2008)
- 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) New entry (April 20, 2008)
- 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) New entry (April 26, 2008)
- 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)
- 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.
- Tamara Lowenthal called at the Bloomington, Indiana
dance on February 13, 2008.
- 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)
- 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. New entry (May 3, 2008)
- 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) Change of e-mail (May 22, 2008)
- Margaret
Mathews calls contras and squares in the south eastern part of
the U.S. and plays string bass with a number of musicians in the
Asheville, North Carolina area.
- Mark Matthews, of Missoula, Montana is a country dance caller and instructor for experienced
New England contra dances and family dances. (e-mail only) New entry (April 19, 2008)
- 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) New entry (May 3, 2008)
- 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) New entry (April 20, 2008)
- 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) New entry (April 26, 2008)
- 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) New entry (April 26, 2008)
- 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) Change of e-mail address (April 19, 2008)
- 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) New entry (May 3, 2008)
- 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.
- 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) New entry (April 20, 2008)
- 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. Change from e-mail to URL (February 18, 2008)
- 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) New entry (April 26, 2008)
- 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)
- Lonna Nachtigal calls on a regular basis in Ames, Iowa. (e-mail only)
- 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) New entry (April 26, 2008)
- 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) New entry (April 26, 2008)
- 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 only) Change in e-mail address (January 14, 2008)
- Ken Olcott calls in and around San Francisco. (e-mail only) Added e-mail (May 3, 2008)
- Bill
Olson's Contra Corner includes some musings on contradancing and
dance compositions. Change of URL (March 5, 2008)
- 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.
- 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)
- 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.
- 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) Change of e-mail (May 3, 2008)
- Jeffrey Petrovich lives in New Hampshire and calls throughout the state and in other parts of New England. MySpace page.
- Cynthia Phinney calls at dances in Maine at places like Skowhegan and West Farmington and other dances from time to time. (e-mail only) New entry (April 20, 2008)
- Carol Piening called at the Olympia, Washington dance on April 26, 2008.
- Steve Pike, from Madison, Wisconsin, called at the Delafield, Wisconsin dance on March 1, 2008.
- Joseph J. Pimentel, Jr.
calls at dances in Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania and other venues.
- 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. Change of URL (March 8, 2008)
- Stan Prince calls in and around Tampa, Florida. (e-mail only) New entry (April 26, 2008)
- Marlin Prowell from
Bellingham, Washington, calls there and elsewhere in the area. (e-mail only)
- Martha Quigley is caller from the Dallas, Texas area. (e-mail only (take out the (at)))
- 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) Change of e-mail (May 3, 2008)
- 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. New entry (April 17, 2008)
- 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 July 11, 2008.
- Anthony Risenhower calls in the San Antonio, Texas area.
- Judy Rivkin is an English Country/Contra Dance leader based in Central New Jersey. New entry (April 17, 2008)
- 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. New entry (April 17, 2008)
- John Rogers calls in the area of Los Angeles, California. (e-mail only) New entry (April 19, 2008)
- 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)
- 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 atsign to @))
- 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) New entry (April 19, 2008)
- 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.
- Leda Shapiro calls from
California. (e-mail only) Change of e-mail (April 26, 2008)
- 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. New entry (April 17, 2008)
- 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. New entry (April 20, 2008)
- Doug Singleton, from Atlanta, Georgia, calls at Nashville, Tennessee dance on May 30, 2008.
- 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 calls in the
Houston, Texas area. (e-mail for the caller)
- Terrence Smith has called at a number of dances in Minnesota and the Great Lakes region and has done hundreds of residences at various schools. New entry (June 19, 2008)
- David
Smukler calls from the Syracuse, New York area.
- George Snyder calls
from Georgia. (e-mail only)
- Jonathan Southard calls
for several types of dances, including contras. (e-mail only)
- 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)
- Marilee
Standifer calls in Madison, Wisconsin.
- 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. New entry (April 20, 2008)
- 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.
- 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.
- J.B. Sweeney calls
from eastern Massachusetts. (e-mail only)
- Ralph
Sweet has been calling contra and square dances since 1948 and
continues to do so in Enfield, Connecticut and elsewhere.
- Melissa Taggart calls Philadelphia area and in New Jersey. (e-mail only)
- 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. Change from e-mail to URL (April 20, 2008)
- Seth Tepfer calls
from Atlanta, Georgia and organizes a number of events.
- John Teskey calls at the Indianapolis, Indiana
dance on March 4, 2008.
- Jim Thaxter calls in
Kansas City and Columbia, Missouri and other area dances. (e-mail
only)
- 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. New entry (February 29, 2008)
- 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.
- 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 called at the Urbana, Illinois dance
on December 1, 2007.
- 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) New entry (April 26, 2008)
- 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)
- Anne Marie Walter called at the Asheville, North Carolina
dance February 7, 2008.
- David Wanless &
Cathy Hutchinson call contras along with a wide variety of other
dances in Tasmania.
- 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. New entry (March 8, 2008)
- Diann
Weatherly calls from Birmingham, Alabama (e-mail only).
- Chuck Weber calls at
dances in Huntsville,
Alabama and at other dances in the South. (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.
- Marlin Whitaker from Ann Arbor, Michigan calls at dances in the Great Lakes states. (e-mail
only)
- Rose White lives in Rhode Island and calls in southeastern New
England and at dances ranging from beginner groups to various dance
series. (Telephone 401-762-4253.)
- 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).
- 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.
- Reine
Wonite calls from northern Virginia and lists
several of her compositions.
- Caller Andrea Woodall is based in Tampa, Florida. (e-mail only) New entry (April 26, 2008)
- Stephen
Woodcock is a barn dance caller in the West Midlands of England.
- David Woolf calls at dances
in and around Atlanta, Georgia. (e-mail only)
- 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
February 9, 2008.
- Based in Seattle, Washington, Jennifer Youngman
calls contradances and also teaches waltz, swing and vintage dance.
- 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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