Contra Calling2019 2019-02-16 BACDS SF Contra with the Backwater Boys (Rodney Miller, Charlie Hancock, Chris Knepper) 2019-02-08 Circle Left Contra (Oakland) with Will Wheeler & friends 2019-02-02 MCDC Monterey Contra with Magic Reelism 2019-01-27 SBCDS Santa Barbara Contra with Hidden Fifth 2019-01 Orange Blossom Ball VII - with Lisa Greenleaf, Bob Isaacs, Giant Robot Band, The Moving Violations 2019-01-12 SCDS Sacramento Contra Dance with Deniz Akin, Will Wheeler, and Lisa Illés 2019-01-06 SBCDS Santa Barbara Contra with Chopped Liver (Michael Mendelson, Jeff Spero, Bill Flores, Mike Mullens) 2018 2018-12-31 BACDS Palo Alto NYE Contra Dance with Pepperjack (Derry Akin, Jess Newman, Ben Graubart, and Scott Jespersen) 2018-12-29 NBCDS Santa Rosa Challenging Contra Dance with Audrey Knuth and Chris Knepper 2018-12-23 BACDS Hayward Contra Dance with Audrey Knuth & Charlie Hancock [Larks/Ravens] 2018-12-03 Chicago Barn Dance with Hillbilly Diaspora (Charlie Walden, Patt Plunkett, Jennifer Jeffries, Kathy Hirsh) 2018-12-01 Foothill Dancers Nevada City Contra with Rodney Miller & Barry Angell 2018-10 TFOOTD Fall Ball with Cloud Ten (Cedar Stanistreet, Donal Sheets, Arthur Davis, Ness Smith-Savedoff) 2018-10-18 Concord (MA) Scout House Contra with Transcontranental (Dave Bartley, David Kaynor and Rebecca McCallum) 2018-10-14 TDSC Santa Cruz Contra Dance with StringFire [Larks/Ravens] 2018-10-13 CCCDS San Luis Obispo Contra Dance with Foggy Bay String Band 2018-09-14 Circle Left Contra Dance with Audrey Knuth & Christopher Jacoby [Larks/Ravens] 2018-09-08 NBCDS San Rafael Contra Dance with the WiNgNuts (Chris Knepper, Will Wheeler, Isele Phoenix) 2018-08 Burning Man Contradance Camp - headline caller with Countercurrent (Brian Lindsay, Alex Sturbaum, Ness Smith-Savedoff) [Larks/Ravens] 2018-08-19 BACDS South Bay Contra Dance with Polaris (Marta Bartholomew, Rose Jackson, Sam Zakon-Anderson, Jesse Ball) [Larks/Ravens] 2018-08-18 BACDS San Francisco Contra Dance with Polaris (Marta Bartholomew, Rose Jackson, Sam Zakon-Anderson, Jesse Ball) 2018-08-17 NBCDS Santa Rosa Contra Dance with Polaris (Marta Bartholomew, Rose Jackson, Sam Zakon-Anderson, Jesse Ball) 2018-08-15 BACDS Berkeley Contra Dance with Polaris (Marta Bartholomew, Rose Jackson, Sam Zakon-Anderson, Jesse Ball) [Larks/Ravens] 2018-08-11 PCDC Portland Contra Dance with Polaris (Marta Bartholomew, Rose Jackson, Sam Zakon-Anderson, Jesse Ball) 2018-08-10 Emerald City Contra Dance (Seattle) with Polaris (Marta Bartholomew, Rose Jackson, Sam Zakon-Anderson, Jesse Ball) 2018-08-09 Lake City Contra Dance (Seattle) with Polaris (Marta Bartholomew, Rose Jackson, Sam Zakon-Anderson, Jesse Ball) 2018-06-30 Truckee Contra Dance with Star Thistle (Lonna Whipple, David Wright, Cheryl McKinney, & Sue Jones) 2018-06-24 SBCDS Santa Barbara Contra Dance with Boomerang (Jeff Spero, Bonnie Insall, Frank Hoppe) 2018-06-10 TDSC Santa Cruz Contra in Abbott Square with Paul Rangell, Chris Jong, & Emily Abbink 2018-06-09 SCDS Sacramento Contra with Contrapositive (Kathrine Gardner, Cynthia Faulkner, Allen Barnes) 2018-05-19 MCDC Carmel Contra with Audrey Knuth, Dave Cory, & Josh Van Vliet 2018-05-13 TDSC Santa Cruz Contra Dance with Patt & Possum [Larks/Ravens] 2018-05-11 Circle Left Contra Dance with Adrianna Ciccone, Sumaia Jackson, and Colin Cotter [Larks/Ravens] 2018-05-06 BIDA Contra Dance with Jonah Sidman, Ben Weatherbee, Ruth Rappaport [Larks/Ravens] 2018-03-24 SCDS Sacramento Contra Dance with The Swingin' Chickens (Topher Gayle, Lee Anne Welch, & Erik Hoffman) 2018-03-11 SBCDS Santa Barbara Contra Dance with Chopped Liver (Michael Mendelson, Suzanne Duffy, Jeff Spero, & Bill Flores) 2018-02-24 NBCDS Sebastopol Contra Dance with Whimsical [Larks/Ravens] 2018-02-23 TDSC Santa Cruz Contra Dance with the Whoots (Shira Kammen, Deby Benton-Grosjean, Jim Oakden) [Larks/Ravens] 2018-02-18 BACDS South Bay Contra Dance with Semper Fiddles [Larks/Ravens] 2018-02-17 BACDS San Francisco Contra Dance with the Newts 2018-01-28 BACDS Hayward Contra Dance with Pepperjack [Larks/Ravens] 2018-01-27 BACDS Palo Alto Contra Dance with In-Tent-City 2018-01-20 MCDC Carmel Contra Dance with The David Holodiloff Band2017 2017-12-30 MCDC Carmel Contra Dance with Continental Drift 2017-12-16 BACDS SF Contra Dance with Audrey Knuth, Dave Cory, Chris Knepper 2017-10-07 Foothill Dancers Nevada City Contra with Hot Cider 2017-08-19 MCDC Contra (Carmel) with Bandemonium 2017-08 CDSS American Week (Pinewoods) - staff caller contras and MWSD for contra dancers class 2017-07-01 contra dance at Palm Springs Swing & Mix 2017 IAGSDC convention with the Syncopaths 2017-06-23 TDSC Santa Cruz Contra Dance with Professor Spicer's Dance Tonic (Laurie Rivin, Peter Spicer, & Chris Jong) 2017-06-18 BACDS South Bay Contra Dance (San Jose) with Adrianna Ciccone & Sumaia Jackson 2017-06-10 Sacramento Contra Dance with Derya and Deniz Akin 2017-05-26-29 Catapult Showcase! Atlanta, GA 2017-05-20 BACDS SF Contra Dance with Switching Protocols (Christopher Jacoby, Ruthie Byers, John-Michael Seng-Wheeler) 2017-05-13 BACDS Palo Alto Contra Dance with open band (Erik Hoffman) 2017.05-12 Circle Left Contra Dance (Oakland) with Adrianna Ciccone, Sumaia Jackson, and Colin Cotter 2017-03-26 SBCDS Santa Barbara Contra Dance with Calamity House 2017-03-24 TDSC Santa Cruz Contra Dance with Laurie Rivin, Daniel Steinberg, John Hamstra, Paul Machlis 2017-03-11 NBCDS San Rafael Contra Dance with Adrianna Ciccone & Josh 2017-02-05 NBCDS Petaluma Contra Dance with Triple Play (Ben Schreiber, Chris Knepper, Charlie Hancock) 2016 2016-12-31 BACDS New Year's Eve Palo Alto Contra with StringFire (Erik Ievins, Patti Cobb, Shira Kammen) 2016-12-17 MCDC Monterey Contra wedding celebrations with Continental Drift (Eric Anderson & Eileen Nicholson) 2016-12-10 Sacramento Contra Dance with The Swingin' Chickens 2016-12-04 SBCDS Santa Barbara Contra Dance with Rhythm Method String Band 2016-11-11 TDSC Santa Cruz Contra with Noodlefish (Sarah Kirton, Paul Price, and Karl Franzen) 2016-09-17 MCDC Monterey Contra with Noodlefish (Sarah Kirton, Paul Price, and Karl Franzen) 2016-09-04 BACDS San Jose Contra with WYip IT (Will Wheeler, Isele Phoenix Harper,Yonatan Tietzz) 2016-09-03 BACDS San Francisco Contra with Switching Protocols (Christopher Jacoby, Ruthie Byers, John-Michael Seng-Wheeler) 2016-08-31 BACDS Berkeley Contra Dance with Swing Farm (Ray Bierl, Charlie Hancock, Steven Strauss) 2016-08-13 MWSD - Lucky Stepper Slab Dance in Ben Lomond 2016-07-09 Sacramento Contra Dance with Soul Weaving 2016-07-02 contra dance at Maple Leafs Regroup IAGSDC convention in Toronto, Canada 2016-05-22 SBCDS Santa Barbara Contra Dance with Boomerang 2016-05-21 Los Angeles Contra Dance (Pasadena) with Rhythm Method String Band 2016-05-20 San Diego Contra Dance with Crooked 2016-05-06-08 LCFD Spring Dance Camp weekend with Frost & Fire (Hollis Easter, Viveka Fox, Aaron Marcus, Peter Macfarlane) 2016-03-26 SFBQCD Queer Contra Oakland with Erik Hoffman, Michael Harmon and Roxanne Oliva 2016-03-25 TDSC Special Gender Role Free Contra dance in Santa Cruz with Tilt-A-Whirl 2016-02-21 BACDS San Jose Contra with Lee Anne Welch, Elizabeth Todd, Cheryl McKinney 2016-02-13 CCCDS San Luis Obispo Contra with the Growling Old Geezers 2016-02-06 MCDC Monterey Contra with Ben Schreiber & Paul Machlis 2015 2015-12-27 TDOGS Hayward Contra with Ben Schreiber & Paul Machlis 2015-12-19 BACDS San Francisco Contra with Brian Theriault Band (Brian Theriault, Chris Knepper, Lewis Santer) 2015-09-11 TDSC Santa Cruz Contra with BLAM! 2015-09-05 MCDC Monterey Contra with BLAM! 2015-08-29 BACDS Palo Alto Contra with the StringRays 2015-06-06 MCDC Monterey Contra with the Scottish Fiddlers 2015-04-25 BACDS Palo Alto Contra with Soul Weaving 2015-04-18 MCDC Spring Fling Monterey with the Nettles 2015-03-22 TDOGS Contra Hayward with Stolen Goods 2014 2014-12-13 MCDC Monterey Contra 2014-11-01 SFBQCD Queer Contra Oakland with Aftershocks 2014-08-16 BACDS San Francisco Contra with Paddy Ryan's Dream 2014-05-18 SBCDS Santa Barbara Contra with The Glencoe Project 2014-04-26 BACDS Palo Alto Contra with Soul Weaving 2014-03-05 BACDS Berkeley Contra with open band 2014-02-23 TDOGS Contra Hayward with The Whoots! 2014-02-15 MCDC Monterey Contra with John Weed & Debra Tayleur 2014-02-08 BACDS Palo Alto Contra with 3/5s of Scotch 2014-02-02 TDSC Felton Contra with Wildcat Canyon 2014-01-17 Orange Blossom Ball weekend with Perpetual eMotion andThe Moving Violations & Lisa Greenleaf & Lynn Ackerson 2014-01-10 Circle Left Contra Berkeley with Chris Knepper, Christie Hubbard, Will Wheeler 2013 2013-10-20 BIDA Contra Cambridge with einstein's little homunculus 2013-10-17 Concord Scout House Contra with Edward Wallace, Bruce Rosen, Mark Roberts 2013-10-05 SFBQCD Queer Contra Oakland with Uncle Farmer 2013-07-04 contra dance at Weave Your Heart in San Francisco 2013-04-07 GODS Gainesville Contra with Barnstorm 2013-04-06 Cocoa Beach contra with Kindred Spirits 2013-03-17 Boca Point contra with Stepping Stones 2013-02-22 GODS contra weekend with The Syncopaths and Kumquats at Large & Dana Parkinson 2013-02-02 Boca Raton Contra with Keeping It Reel 2012 2012-12-22 St. Petersburg/Pinellas Park Contra with Barnstorm 2012-12-21 Melbourne Contra with Rafter Ringers 2012-12-01 Palm Springs Contra with Keeping It Reel 2012-11-18 Boca Pointe Contra with Stepping Stones 2012-11-10 Davie Contra with Cornbread 2012-11-03 Cocoa Beach Contra with Kindred Spirits 2012-10-21 BIDA Contra Cambridge with David Kaynor, Julie Metcalf, Erid Eid-Reiner 2012-10-18 Concord Scout House Contra with einstein's little homunculus 2012-09-16 Boca Pointe Contra with Stepping Stones 2012-09-02 GODS Gainesville Contra with Kumquats at Large 2012-09-01 Cocoa Beach Contra with Azure Blades 2012-08-19 Boca Pointe Contra 2012-07-21 BACDS San Francisco Contra 2012-07-20 TDSC Felton Contra 2012-07-18 BACDS Berkeley Contra 2012-07-14 BACDS Palo Alto Contra 2012-07-07 SFBQCD Queer Contra Oakland 2012-06-30 contra dance at Dance Up A Storm IAGSDC convention 2012-06-02 Boca Raton Contra Dance 2012-04-07 Boca Raton Contra Dance 2012-03-16 Melbourne Contra Dance 2012-01-20 Melbourne Contra Dance 2012-01-07 Boca Contra Dance
I've been on the staff of 5 IAGSDC conventions, and called at 7 National Square Dance Conventions.
I've also called at numerous festivals, fly-ins, and hoedowns.
See my IAGSDC historywiki page for a more detailed (though incomplete list).
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