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Welcome

(Updated Friday, September 16, 2011)

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. 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 has been elected to serve on the CALLERLAB Board Of Governors. He will take office at the 2012 CALLERLAB Convention on April 2, 2012 in Nashville, TN.




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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 is the Assistant Executive Director of CALLERLAB, the Assistant Executive Secretary of the CALLERLAB Foundation and the Executive Director of the ARTS.

Jerry calls for a Plus club, an Advanced club, and a C-1 club. 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

WE STARTED OUR C-1 WORKSHOP ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2011. WE WILL MEET EVERY FRIDAY (Except Holidays) IN THE CRANE COMMIUNITRY CENTER AT 10:00 AM. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US FOR THE WORKSHOP - please contact us at;, JReedSDC@aol.com

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 time sand met hundreds of very nice people.

We have completed or extended RV trip to the Southwest.  We left  home on March 12 and returned home on May 24. We traveled nearly 6,000 miles and had an outstanding adventure.The CALLERLAB convention was in Las Vegas, NV.

After the convention we moved to Hurricane, UT (Near St George) where we visited Zion and then on to Cannonville, UT to visit Bryce Canyon National Parks, we have posted several photos of our vists there (Click Here) After Cannonville, we moved to Page, AZ where we saw the Glenn Canyon Dam and Lake Powell - photos later. From Page we moved to the Grand Canyon South Rim - WHAT A SIGHT!!. This Country is really Fantastic.

We are getting caught up from our trip and in a few months will be planning our next RV adventure.


We would love for each of you to join us at the 2012 CALLERLAB Convention. 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 next ARTS meeting will be Sunday, June 26, 2011 in Detroit MI immediately following the 60th NSDC. If you are going to the convention, please consider attending the ARTS meeting

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 again in the Fall 2011.

The 2011 CALLERLAB Convention was held in Las Vegas, NV in Mid-April, 2011 . 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.

The latest ARTS meeting was held  in  June 2010 in Detroit Michigan, KY immediately following the National Square Dance 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 will include a web site and video 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.

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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