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Welcome

(Updated Thursday, April 26, 2012)

We are glad you are visiting our site. We would like you to join us at one of our dances. We dance the CALLERLAB Plus and Advanced programs. Please take a look at our schedule for a dance for you.

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Jerry calls the CALLERLAB programs Mainstream, Plus, Advanced, and C-1. h\He is available for week-ends, festivals, club dances, club specials, and fun nights. He is ready to provide caller training and discussions with caller or dancer groups. Jerry was the CALLERLAB Executive Director for over ten years and is currently the ARTS Executive Director. This experience makes him more than prepared to bring information to your group.

We are happy to announce Jerry was sworn in as a Member of the CALLERLAB Board Of Governors on April 2, 2012 in Nashville, TN. He will serve a three year term until April 2015.

 



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Jerry & Del live in Rockldege, Florida. Rockledge is on the Central East Coast of Florida approximatley 50 miles east of Orlando.

Jerry has been calling since 1978 and has been a Member of CALLERLAB, The International Association of Square Dance Callers since 1983. Jerry served as the CALLERLAB Executive Director from June 1999 thru June 2009. He stepped down from the position of Executive Director in 2009 as part of the trasition plan to move the office from Cocoa, Fl to Tpoeka, KS. He continues to serve as the Executive Director of the ARTS.

In April 2012 Jerry was sworn in as a Member of the CALLERLAB Board Of Governors.

Jerry calls for a Plus club, an Advanced club, and a C-1 Workshop group. These clubs dance in Rockledge and Melbourne, Florida. Please see our schedule for dates, times, and places. 

Jerry is avaialable for club dances, festivals, week-ends, and other special events. He is ready to provide caller training seminars and to speak to dancer and caller associations. Please contact us for more information.


LATEST NEWS


 OUR LAST SESSION OF OUR C-1 WORKSHOP FOR THIS SEASON WAS
FRIDAY, MARCH
23, 2012

WE PLAN TO START AGIN IN NOVEMBER 2012


WE PLAN TO MEET EVERY FRIDAY (Except Holidays)
IN THE CRANE COMMIUNITRY CENTER AT 10:00 AM

SEE YA THEN


As of May 31, 2011 Jerry has stepped down from the position of CALLERLAB Assistant Executive Director. This move is part of the plan for the transition of the CALLERLAB office from Cocoa, FL to Topeka, KS.

Jerry joined the CALLERLAB Home Office Staff in late 1994. He moved into the position of Executive Director in June 1999 after having served as Assistant Executive Director for nearly five years. We have enjoyed our service to CALLERLAB during this time and have had some GREAT times and met hundreds of very nice people.

We have started our 2012 extended RV trip to the the Northwest.  We plan to visit family along the way to Glacier National Park in Montana. We expect to travel nearly 7,000 miles. Wwe are looking forward to visiting Glacier, we have been close before, but THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST TRIP TO THE PARK.

As you can imagine we are glad to be  "on the road again."

The 2012 CALLERLAB Convention was held in Nashville, TN. The convention is much more than just a gathering of callers. There are interest sessions for dancers and dance leaders as well.

We also invite you to attend any of the ARTS meetings. The ARTS is an alliance of the major square, round, and traditional dance organization. Please visit the ARTS web site to learn more at  (ARTS-Dance.org) Please take a look to see what The ARTS is doing.

The last ARTS meeting was Sunday, March 4, 2012 in Oklahoma City, OK immediately following the 62nd NSDC Pre-Convention.

The ARTS is an alliance of many dance organizations with the goal of increasing the number of dancers. The ARTS Board has approved funding an exciting project Proposed by Roy & Betsy Gotta. This project includes a web site and video/DVDs to help improve awareness of dancing to the non-dancing public. The project is complete and the information is available at the following web site www.You2CanDance.com. Information and video include Square, Round, and Contra dancing. We invite you to visit the site and also attend any of the ARTS meetings.

Please check out our  photos We will  be posting more.


Other News !!!!!


We are calling Plus on Tuesday nights at McClarty Center in Rockledge (7:30 PM).

We also call Advanced on Wednesday nights. We dance from 7:00 to 9:00 PM in the Eau Gallie Civic Center. The center is located at 1551 Highland Avenue, Melbourne. 

We are calling C-1(Workshop) on Friday mornings in the Crane Community Center in Melbourne. Our last session this season will be Friday, March 23, 2012.

The 2012 CALLERLAB Convention was held in Nashville, TN in early April, 2012 . We would love to have you join us at a future CALLERLAB convention. Please let us know if you would like more information. The convention is MUCH more than callers discussing dance program lists and choreography. There are many interest sessions dealing with the major issues facing square dancing including marketing, promotion, retention, and other issues of interest to both caller and dancers. Please consider joining us. Please contact the CALLERLAB office at CALLERLAB@aol.com for more information and an invitation.

Please take a look at the activities at the CALLERLAB convention:

Mini-Schedule

Convention Program (DIRECTION)

  We would love to have you join us.

If you book online travel stuff (tickets, hotels, cars, cruses, etc) check out The ARTS-Dance  Travel web site. 


Thanx,

Jerry & Del

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Please contact us for more information:
JReedSDC@aol.com

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