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20 Sep 10 - 10:18 AM (#2990251) Subject: Great dance callers we have known From: mandotim This is a thread in appreciation of dance callers, without whom barn dances and ceilidhs really wouldn't work at all. We (The Slippery Hill Boys) have worked with quite a few over the years, and they put a hell of a lot into making each event a real success. So who are the really good ones? I'll start the ball rolling with a top bloke from the North of England, a man with a great sense of humour and an irresistible approach to getting the reluctant or unwilling to dance their socks off; I give you Mr Ralph Smethurst! (If you want to see who he is and what he looks like, check out Ralph here. ) Tim from the Slippery Hill Boys |
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20 Sep 10 - 12:26 PM (#2990321) Subject: RE: Great dance callers we have known From: Vin2 Well i reckon Mike Canavan from the Legplaiters Celidh Band is one to the best. Then theres Pete Crewe from Frollicking Pete and his Fumbling Fingers band |
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20 Sep 10 - 02:29 PM (#2990398) Subject: RE: Great dance callers we have known From: Acorn4 John "Macca" MacDonald from the East Midlands. |
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20 Sep 10 - 02:31 PM (#2990402) Subject: RE: Great dance callers we have known From: Emma B Dave Hunt aka "Dr. Sunshine" |
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20 Sep 10 - 04:46 PM (#2990475) Subject: RE: Great dance callers we have known From: Herga Kitty This is so invidious, because there are so many... but would also like to nominate Alan Simpson! Kitty |
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20 Sep 10 - 06:10 PM (#2990524) Subject: RE: Great dance callers we have known From: Alan Day Some callers I have worked with Roger Watson Harry Mousdell Mary Panton Chris Shaw Eddie Upton Al |
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20 Sep 10 - 07:31 PM (#2990552) Subject: RE: Great dance callers we have known From: open mike My experience is with contra Dance Callers.. Fred Park from Swannanoa- the only caller i saw call a quadrille) Erik Hoffman from S.F. Bay Area (San Francisco Folk Music club camp) Masha Goodman from Sierra Nevada Foothills (Strawberry Music Festival) Mark Goodwin from Paradise, CA (who has called the dances in chico for several decades) and Reina Wonita who called a dance called triskadecaphobia..among others... |
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20 Sep 10 - 07:45 PM (#2990555) Subject: RE: Great dance callers we have known From: artbrooks Becky Nankivell (sp?), aka Desert Dancer |
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20 Sep 10 - 07:45 PM (#2990556) Subject: RE: Great dance callers we have known From: dick greenhaus Ralph Page Frank Kaltman Ricky Holden Dudley Laufman Johnny O'Leary |
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20 Sep 10 - 07:49 PM (#2990559) Subject: RE: Great dance callers we have known From: Bugsy Over here in Oz we have a number of great callers, but none (IMO) to compare with the late Val Hastings of Mucky Duck Bush Band. Cheers Bugsy |
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21 Sep 10 - 04:59 AM (#2990705) Subject: RE: Great dance callers we have known From: Old Vermin Gordon Potts Phil Bassinshaw Nick Walden Sheena Masson Gareth Kiddier |
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22 Sep 10 - 06:25 PM (#2991776) Subject: RE: Great dance callers we have known From: Richard Hardaker May I nominate my wife, Sally, late of the Ellen Valley Band, currently active with Reunion & Long Meg bands? She can get anyone to dance- kids, teenagers , grannies, drunken wedding guests, wheelchairs, people with two left feet she takes them all in her stride and plays the flute too. |
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22 Sep 10 - 11:26 PM (#2991961) Subject: RE: Great dance callers we have known From: Desert Dancer Thanks, Art, but I don't think I qualify as "great" by any means!! Ralph Page Ted Sannella Dudley Laufman Jack Bailey (got me started) Ralph Sweet Kathy Anderson Lisa Greenleaf Dan Pearl Larry Edelman Cis Hinkle George Marshall Susan Michaels This is one of those ones where I hate to make a list... but there, I have. ~ Becky in Tucson |
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23 Sep 10 - 10:36 AM (#2992231) Subject: RE: Great dance callers we have known From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Dudley Laufman got ME started! Don Primrose David Millstone Ralph Sweet and the newest, latest torch bearer of tradition: Nils Fredland! |
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23 Sep 10 - 11:04 AM (#2992263) Subject: RE: Great dance callers we have known From: greg stephens Taffy Thomas. |
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23 Sep 10 - 11:34 AM (#2992285) Subject: RE: Great dance callers we have known From: MikeofNorthumbria Martyn Harvey |
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23 Sep 10 - 04:45 PM (#2992492) Subject: RE: Great dance callers we have known From: Banjo-Flower Eamon Greene the caller for the Rosianna Ceilidh band won the callers competion at Whitby festival 3 years ago a great guy Gerry |
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23 Sep 10 - 04:58 PM (#2992504) Subject: RE: Great dance callers we have known From: The Sandman Pat Shuldham Shaw, many years ago I had the pleasure of playing in a band that used him as a caller, IMO he was very good.Dick Miles |
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24 Sep 10 - 10:25 AM (#2992890) Subject: RE: Great dance callers we have known From: CupOfTea In Northern Ohio & Beyond for the last few decades the most important, dedicated and cheerful caller has been Carol Kopp Jacqueline Schwab is a fine a prompter as she is a musician, and dancing under her direction to Bare Necessities is bliss. Gene Hubert Kathy Anderson (signature, not on the list!) Joanne in Cleveland |
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25 Sep 10 - 10:05 PM (#2993741) Subject: RE: Great dance callers we have known From: GUEST,Warpy Pat Wilkinson . Lancashire. For Playford she is the best. Think she won a EFDSS gold award a few years ago. |
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26 Sep 10 - 04:07 AM (#2993832) Subject: RE: Great dance callers we have known From: LesB Martyn Harvey. Cheers |
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26 Sep 10 - 07:00 AM (#2993880) Subject: RE: Great dance callers we have known From: banjoman Nobody has mentioned the late (and very often) Rip Ripingale who believed he was the greatest dance caller ever. We worked with him for many years and even now are only just getting over it. He was also the worlds greatest authority on setting up PA systems. On the plus side, he did write a lot of dances and on a good night(too few) was a great caller |