Square Dance Caller & Teacher At age 14, this gangly and awkward kid was told by his junior high school football coach to take dancing lessons in order to improve his coordination. He took this advice and began square dancing under Charlie Baldwin at the Norwood Grange Hall. He then …
Round Dance Cuer & Teacher Veronica Ann McClure began square dancing in 1964 and round dancing a year later in Baltimore, MD. She moved to Boston, MA in 1967. She was a founder of a square dance group at Massachusetts Institute of Technology known as the Tech Squares. Veronica began …
Square Dance Leaders The Dugas’s came into the square dance activity as round dancers. It all began in Maine. Their children were involved in a school band and a uniform fund raiser was a round dance. It then followed that they became square dancers. In 1967 they moved to Manchester, …
Square Dance Caller & Teacher Our activity has been enriched with the dedication and lifelong commitment to Square Dancing by Dick and Sue Leger. Music has played an important part in their lives. They met while playing in their school band and later Sue played piano in her mother’s square …
Square Dance Caller & Teacher Pioneers in bringing modern western square dancing to New England, Earl and Marion Johnston became household names to thousands of dancers. Such a team of leaders, the unmistakable voice of the skillful choreographer on the one hand, and the ever present business partner and “Girl …
Square Dance Leaders Dick and Judy graduated in 1971 from Queen City Promenaders in Manchester, N.H. and, typically, started the Club’s Newsletter the next year. They’ve been making news ever since, as writers of the “Square Beat” column in the Manchester Union Leader and Northeast Square Dancer, as well as …
Round dance Cuers & Teachers Bill and Jill Calderone are known nationwide as the composers of the Round Dance “Cab Driver”. At home they are known particularly for their compassion and willingness to use square and round dancing as a means to provide pleasure for the elderly and emotionally …
Square Dance Leaders Bob and Martha Carpenter are dedicated leaders who are supportive not only of the Square and Round Dance movement but are also deeply involved in service to their community. The “credentials” of Bob and Martha are exceptional. Bob’s involvement in the church include: Chairman of the Board …
Square Dance Caller & Teacher Joe and Phyllis Casey started their square dance involvement in 1947 and are still active today. Joe started calling in the traditional square dance and made the transition to modern western squares and has been at it for 45 years. During that time he had …
Square Dance Leaders The strength of our activity is dancer leadership and dedication. These special attributes are clearly shown in the couple we pay homage to, Fred & Betty Smith. Fred & Betty Smith not only enjoy the dancing but work to ensure that others may also enjoy our activity. …