Category: Callers
The Callers category includes information to assist callers in areas such as professional development, calling mechanics and techniques, tools, reference materials, resources, teaching, working with clubs, recruiting and retention of dancers, etc.
Education Recordings About Games and Gimmicks
Looking for ideas on how to make an event a bit different or introduce some "out of the square"-type fun? These educational recordings discuss the use of games and/or gimmicks ... Read More
Education Recordings About Modules
A collection of education recordings from CALLERLAB conventions that deal with modules ... Read More
Education Recordings About Singing Calls
The following education session recordings from past CALLERLAB conventions deal with Singing Calls. Topics such as musical presentation, singing with others, and singing call choreography, etc. The selections included here ... Read More
Education Recordings About Voice
This item contains a collection of pointers to educational recordings about voice topics (mostly audio) from CALLERLAB conventions ... Read More
Education Recordings Of Arden Hopkin Voice Sessions
Arden Hopkin was an acclaimed vocal coach who delivered both general sessions and one-on-one coaching sessions at a large number of callerlab conventions from 1981 through 2011. This article contains ... Read More
Education Recordings On Sociability
The following education session recordings from past CALLERLAB conventions deal with the social aspects of square dancing, encouraging sociability and socialization ... Read More
Education Recordings on Styling
These education session recordings from past CALLERLAB conventions deal with the subject of Styling, and the teaching of Styling in MWSD ... Read More
Enticing New Callers
Here is a report from Arlene M. Kaspik about the New Callers Seminar that took place during the ILLINOIS SD CONVENTION, July 30, 2016, in Itasca. We are so incredibly ... Read More
Experimental Lesson Systems
This article summarizes several experimental approaches to teaching new dancers known to be in use at the time of writing. All of these systems are aimed at the recruiting of ... Read More
Extended But Not Extreme – Plus
There are many calls for which we have well known "standard" applications, and we have even documented many of them in the Standard Applications documents. "Standard", however, does not mean ... Read More
Facebook Posts Pay Off
Claudia Littlefair describes how she drummed up 30 new people for their club using Facebook. She gives chapter and verse on her strategy and the Facebook facilities she used to ... Read More
Finding Music
This article aggregates a number of sources for obtaining music suitable for square dancing. It includes both music specially produced for square dancing and also sources of alternative music ... Read More
First Friday Fun Fest Story
Dave and Bonnie Harry of Lynnwood, WA tell the story of how a program called First Friday Fun Fests, sponsored by their Whirlybird Square Dance Club, has worked to attract ... Read More
Formation to Formation
Daryl Clendenin is an Accredited Caller Coach who has taught scores of caller schools. In the attached document, Daryl discusses the elements of formation management: moving smoothly and intentionally from ... Read More
Free Square Dance Artwork
The collection contains over 60 galleries of Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated square dance artwork. There are well over 500 images in the galleries. They may be downloaded for free ... Read More
GCA Callsheet
The Call Sheet is the professional journal of the Gay Callers Association ... Read More
GoldWave Music Editing Software
GoldWave is a music recording and editing program on Windows. It permits recording from a variety of sources and producing a variety of sound file formats. It has features for ... Read More
Hilton Audio
Hilton Audio is a primary site for purchasing specialized sound equipment related to square dance calling ... Read More
Hilton Equipment Repair Service
Dick Bull was the lead technician at Hilton Audio for over 25 years. He now operates an equipment repair service for Hilton products ... Read More
Hilton Multiple Speaker Hookup Information
Type Document Author Date 2024-04-05 Links Document PDF Description This information on the technical considerations for hooking up multiple speakers to Hilton amplifiers is reproduced from the Hilton Audio website ... Read More
Hints For Dancing Load The Boat
Ed Foote provides some hints about dancing Load The Boat successfully ... Read More
Hints For Dancing Peel Off
Ed Foote provides some hints about dancing Load The Boat successfully ... Read More
Hints For Dancing Spin Chain and Exchange the Gears
Ed Foote provides some hints about dancing Spin Chain and Exchange the Gears successfully ... Read More
Hints For Dancing Wheel Thru
Ed Foote provides some hints about dancing Wheel Thru successfully ... Read More
