CALLERLAB

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CALLERLAB is the international association of square dance callers.

With roots going back to the mid-1960s, CALLERLAB's core leadership formed in 1971 and the first CALLERLAB convention was held in 1974.

Today, CALLERLAB maintains the "program lists" and definitions of calls from Basic/Mainstream through C-3A.

CALLERLAB fosters professional development and caller training, as well as promoting square dancing and related dance forms.

CALLERLAB offers BMI and ASCAP licensing to its members.

Mission Statement

The CALLERLAB Mission Statement is:

To foster the art of square dance calling, and improve caller skills.


Programs


CALLERLAB and IAGSDC

  • The IAGSDC bylaws state that member clubs must follow the standard square dance programs prescribed by CALLERLAB.
  • At 1989's Peel The Apple IAGSDC convention, the staff callers included CALLERLAB executive director John Kaltenthaler and several other CALLERLAB members and caller coaches. They held a brief Introduction to Calling session during convention.
  • In the early and mid 1990s, there were several "birds-of-a-feather" sessions at CALLERLAB conventions on the topic of calling for Gay and Lesbian square dance clubs.
  • Since 199?, the IAGSDC has been officially represented and recognized at CALLERLAB annual conventions, along with representatives of other national and international dance organizations.
  • On several occasions the Chairman of the Board of Governors of CALLERLAB has addressed the IAGSDC delegates meeting at our annual convention.


The IAGSDC and CALLERLAB are both founding members of the ARTS-Dance Foundation.


CALLERLAB and GCA

  • Members of the Gay Callers Association (GCA) have belonged to CALLERLAB and attended the annual CALLERLAB convention every year since 1990(?). Today, GCA members (both gay and straight) serve on CALLERLAB committees, serve as committee chairmen and vice-chairmen, serve on the CALLERLAB Board of Governors, and have been Chairman of the Board.
  • The GCA Caller School often hires CALLERLAB Accredited Caller Coaches for its annual caller school.

Awards

Milestone Award

The CALLERLAB Milestone Award is the highest award CALLERLAB can bestow on any individual. The nominee is judged against rigid criteria in five separate categories. A nominee must meet the criteria in all five categories to receive the award. The primary purpose of this award is to recognize those individuals, whether CALLERLAB Members or not, who have made outstanding and significant contributions to the field of square dancing. This is often a difficult decision, for there are many outstanding people in our activity.

The Milestone Award is presented to individuals who have met the following five-point criteria in the field of square dancing and have been selected by the Executive Committee (EC) to be honored in this way. These five points are:

1) The recipient must have worked in UNCHARTED FIELDS.

2) The individual’s contributions to the activity much have STOOD THE TEST OF TIME

3) These Contributions must have been UNSELFISH.

4) In the course of making those contributions, the recipient must have displayed true LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONALISM.

5) Finally, the recipients’ work must have had a BROAD INFLUENCE on the activity.

In 2000 the Board removed the restriction against presenting this award posthumously. This award is an acrylic pyramid on a wood base, and is accompanied by a framed certificate.

The Milestone award is a recognition by an individuals peers, which sets the recipient apart from the ordinary. A certificate, dated and signed by the Chairman of the Board, accompanies the physical award.

IAGSDC & GCA recipients

Chairman's Award

Recipients of the Chairman’s Award are chosen by the Chairman of the Board to recognize individuals for outstanding contributions to CALLERLAB, square dancing, or to the Chairman. There are no restrictions on the Chairman for consideration of award recipients. The choice is completely up to the Chairman.

IAGSDC & GCA recipients

  • 2017 | Chairman Vernon Jones honored Harlan Kerr
  • 2021 | Chairman Ken Ritucci honored the IAGSDC
  • 2021 | Chairman Ken Ritucci honored the GCA
  • 2023 | Chairman Harlan Kerr honored Kris Jensen
  • 2024 | Chairman Ted Lizotte honored Ken Ritucci

Related Links

callerlab.org official web site

The CALLERLAB Foundation for the Preservation and Promotion of Square Dancing

see also the American Caller's Association


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