Chris Ricciotti
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Chris Ricciotti
Clubs & Associations
Lavender Country and Folk Dancers
Quick Facts
- began traditional square dancing in 1979 and MWSD in 1983
- began calling for the LGBTQ community in 1987
- lives in Boston with his partner John
- founder of LCFD, performer in the Gay Blades Rapper Sword team and musician for morris dancing
- calls Traditional Squares and Contras as well as several couples dance forms, country & western line dances, and various other folk dance forms
- affectionately known as the "Queen Mum"
- called a contra dance with Laura Johannes at Remake The Heatwave
- Chris's caller profile on ceder.net
GCA Caller School
- attended 2003 (where he visited the "dark side")
Media Features
- author of the excellent Gender-Free Dancing Caller's Manual and History
