Square Dance Caller & Teacher “Happy Hal” Petschke began his square dance calling career in 1967. He organized the Five Villages Square Dance Club in East Windsor, Connecticut. This club provided dancing for adult couples, teens, and pre-teens. He also organized a square dance club in Andover, Connecticut and was …
Square Dance Caller & Teacher On October 18, 1929, Hilda and Lester Ramey brought into the world their beautiful daughter Gloria. In 1946 while attending Needham High School, in Needham, Massachusetts, Gloria used Ed Durlacher’s square dance record album to teach the football team and the cheerleaders – that started …
Square Dance Leaders John and Helen began in the world of square dancing in 1963. In 1964 they became members of the Friendly Mixers Square Dance Club, Cranston, RI and have been active in the club for the past 38 years. John and Helen have angled new dancers since their …
Square Dance Caller & Teacher International square dance caller, and caller coach both in Sweden and the United States, Jane Carlson lives in Weston, Massachusetts where she and her husband Ralph brought up 4 children – Kristina, Karin, Randolph & Andrew. Before Jane married, she was a photographer for Time …
Square Dance Caller/Teacher & Round Dance Cuer/Teacher In visiting the Channell’s involvement in the Square and Round Dance activity you will find it embedded deep in their personal history. It all began when Paul learned to dance and call under the tutelage of Lawrence Loy, while attending the University of …
Square Dance Caller & Teacher On March 10, 1955 at the age of 47 Lawrence succumbed to a heart attack. The next day at a recreational conference a tribute in his memory was given which we once again repeat. “In nearly 20 years Lawrence V. Loy served the Commonwealth of …
Square Dance Caller & Teacher Not every couple can say they have “danced” their way through life, but Mary & Bill can. Mary was born in 1914 and became her father’s square dance partner at age 4. Bill started traditional dancing at age 16. And following their marriage in 1938, …
Square Dance Caller & Teacher In 1953, at the age of 16, Dave Hass began square dance calling under-the direction of 1. Bard McNulty. By age 20, he had started 2 square dance clubs in CT: Belltown Squares of E. Hampton & the C- Twirlers of Co1chester. In addition, he …
Square Dance Caller & Teacher Ed and Joy Rutty began dancing in 1962, graduating after only six lessons. After some “furious” dancing for two years, Ed became “bitten by the calling bug” and became so accomplished that he actually started getting paid in 1966. Thirty-four years later, Ed is still …
Round Dance Cuer & Teacher Vera & Dick Smith began Square Dancing in 1965 with the Pieces of Eight SDC in Walpole, NH and graduated from a Round Dance class about a year later. After graduating they became involved as Vera says “by saying yes more often than no”, serving …