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Thread #102893   Message #2093089
Posted By: nickp
03-Jul-07 - 11:29 AM
Thread Name: UK Square dance callers courses
Subject: RE: UK Square dance callers courses
Hi Bert,

No it isn't but a quick Google came up with a number of hits about Zoe Bremer which imply it is indeed the highly regulated 'Western Square' style - see below.

If that's what you like (personally I prefer to do a dance I feel like doing and not whether I'm qualified to) then fine but it doesn't really fit within the general 'folky, festivally, ceilidh, barndance, square dance' type of thing that is rather more prevalent in the UK.

Still, good luck to her if she wants to try.

quotes:

"Posted by Zoe Bremer on October 5, 2005, 3:37 pm
Britain plays host to the European square dance convention next year, 4th-6th August at Hemel Hempstead sports centre (7 halls, squares and rounds at all levels). Anyone going?
Contact for the event is .... etc (not Ms Bremer)"

and more explicitely from a post of hers commenting on a House of Commons point of order which referred to Dance Teachers...
"The Square Dance Association in particular frequently has problems dealing with people who have been taught incorrectly and then have to get students to "unlearn" their mistakes. There is an international syllabus for square dancing published by the callers' professional association, Callerlab."   

and...

"Beginners' Square Dancing
posted: 24-May-07
Course leading to Mainstream level in modern American square dancing. All ages (16+) welcome. Once you have reached Mainstream level you can take part in dances at this level anywhere in the world. Please call [name given] (caller) to enrol - [phone].
Type of notice: Class
Name of contact: Zoe Bremer
Organisation name: British Association of American Square Dance Clubs"