By Justin Russell, Ways & Means Committee Chair Hey square dance enthusiasts! If you’ve been involved in the square dance community for any length of time, you’ve heard about CALLERLAB: The International Organization of Square Dance Callers. Folks might immediately think of definitions or a list of calls, but our organization offers more benefits. In … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (July 2024) * * * * * * * * * * S T A R T * * * * * * * * * * Marketing Committee Square Dance Club Marketing Survey Jack Pladdys, Marketing Chair & Brian Freed, Marketing Vice Chair Help Us Understand Successful Marketing Strategies The CALLERLAB … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (August 2024) * * * * * * * * * S T A R T * * * * * * * * * * ACCREDITED CALLER COACHES CALLERLAB is pleased to announce that Vernon Jones has recently attained recognition as an Accredited Caller-Coach. Congratulations, Vernon. To be accredited, an applicant … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (July 2024) * * * * * * * * * S T A R T * * * * * * * * * * ACCREDITED CALLER COACHES CALLERLAB is pleased to announce that Scott Bennett and Shauna Kaaria have recently attained recognition as Accredited Caller-Coaches. Congratulations, Scott & Shauna. To … Read more
As we gear up to celebrate National Square Dance Day on November 29, CALLERLAB would like to remind dancers about the Marketing Resources available online at callerlab.org/marketing. Check out the Press Release below.
The CALLERLAB Marketing Committee teamed up with Sleight Advertising of Omaha, NE to create a new professional web site and series of videos available to callers, clubs and local associations in efforts to aid the promotion of square dancing. Working alongside several members of the CALLERLAB Marketing Committee, Sleight developed a professional, well thought out … Read more
Our overseas CALLERLAB members provide a diverse perspective on the square dance activity that is essential when making decisions that influence the activity world-wide. We recognize that there are many obstacles for Overseas Members including but not limited to inconvenient online meeting times, language barriers, higher travel costs to attend the CALLERLAB Convention, and exchange … Read more
Thanks to the hard work of the Public Relations Committee, CALLERLAB is pleased to announce a new initiative aimed at improving the exposure of the Association to international callers and others who find the distance and accessibility to CALLERLAB to be insurmountable. We are all aware of the Mini-Lab program that has been a CALLERLAB … Read more
The CALLERLAB Past Chairman’s Committee has endorsed the Social Square Dancing (formally Sustainable Square Dancing) as an existing and proven vehicle that can be used in taking positive and decisive action in opening up a return to square dancing. Therefore, the CALLERLAB Past Chairman Committee endorses the use of SSD as one approach for getting current dancers back on the … Read more
The CALLERLAB Board of Governors exists to provide positive leadership and guidance in preserving and building both Square Dancing and calling. COVID-19 is perhaps giving us our biggest challenge ever. In order for us to provide the leadership and guidance necessary to move forward following the worldwide shut down of calling and dancing due to the COVID-19 … Read more