Callers, Musicians and Technical Staff Resources
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Who |
Styles and Venues |
Where |
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Warren Blier |
Contra dance Caller |
Home is the Monterey Peninsula, but I've called all over the Western U.S. |
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Elizabeth Douglas |
Contra dances for parties, weddings |
Sonoma County |
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Charlie Fenton |
Contra Dance caller (and occasionally English Country Dance). Generally _not_ available for private parties. |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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Tina Fields |
Contra caller; plus easy longways sets, Sicilian circles, mixers, & medieval dances for barn/family dances, re-enactments, parties. Also leads singing groups.. |
North Bay & environs (Sebastopol-based) |
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Karen
Fontana |
New
England style Contra and Squares; Role Free/ Gender Neutral Contras; Social Folk dance for private parties and schools |
SF Bay Area, California and across the U.S. |
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Erik Hoffman |
Contras, Squares, One-Night-Stand, Circle, Sicilian Circles, Triplets, Whole Set Dances, Some English Country Dances, Bouree, Waltz, Hambo, Schottish, Polka, |
I live in the SF Bay Area, I call and teach mostly there, but will travel. |
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Mavis McGaugh |
Contra/Gender Free Contra/ Family dances/Parties (I do Circles/Squares/old time Longways/Contra - like working with Family groups) |
Northern California/Nev. - but I would consider travel out of the area |
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Joyce Miller |
Contras, squares, easy longways dances and mixers |
Sierra foothills, Sacramento, Reno, Bay Area |
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Bob O’Brien |
Contra Caller |
Based in greater Sacramento area |
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Ken Olcott |
Contra dance Caller |
Marin, Sonoma, and Napa counties, San Francisco, East Bay |
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Susan Petrick |
Contra dances, couple dances |
I live in Bay Area (Mt View, CA) and in Reno, NV, but travel a lot to call |
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Celia Ramsay |
Contras (and Waltzes) |
As far north as Mendocino, as far south as Monterey and all reasonable points in between! |
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Who |
Styles and Venues |
Where |
Contacts |
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Coyote
ContraBand |
Style: American old-time, Celtic, French Canadian Venues: Contra-dances, parties, weddings |
Based in greater Sacramento area |
Bob O’Brien |
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Flashpoint |
Style: Contradance and English Country dance music, mostly Celtic Venues: Contra dances and English Country dances, Family and Community Dances, weddings, parties |
SF Bay Area and North Bay |
Rebecca King |
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Karl Franzen |
Style: Celtic, American, English, French folk music. Like songs, dance tunes, background music. Usually play in groups. Venues: Contra dances, concerts, farmer's markets, parties, weddings, re-enactments, classroom |
San Francisco Area |
Karl Franzen |
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Harmon's Peak |
Style: Old Time American Dance Tunes Venues: Contra dances, festivals, schools |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Karl Franzen |
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Susan Jones |
Style: American old-time, Celtic, English country dance, international Venues: contra-dances, English country dances, international dances, fairs, parties, weddings |
based around Sacramento, Nevada City |
Susan Jones |
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Rebecca King |
Style: solo piano: English Country dance music, Irish, Scottish, classical Venues: Contra dances (see Bands Flashpoint and Luceo), English Country Dances, weddings, parties |
SF Bay Area and North Bay |
Rebecca King |
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Dave Kistler |
Style: Early American, Celtic, Old-timey, Contemporary Contra Venues: Contra dances, weddings, social affairs |
Central and Northern CA, primarily the foothill regions |
Dave Kistler |
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Luceo |
Style: Celtic and Old Time American Dance Tunes Venues: Contra dances |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Karl Franzen |
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Old Time Confusion |
Style: Old time and some swing tunes Venues: contras, weddings, parties, historical events I can email a sound sample |
Mother Lode, Sacramento |
Al Lubanes |
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The OpporTunists |
Style: Mostly Celtic with some Old-Time: reels, jigs, waltzes, contra music, some swing repertoire Venues: contra dances, weekends, parties |
Greater Bay Area |
Alan
:650-493-6023 |
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Celia Ramsay |
Style: Vocalist: Celtic, Old Timey, Madrigals and Torch Songs |
San Francisco Bay Area at large |
Celia Ramsay |
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The Roadoilers |
Style: Old time (squares, contras), Irish Venues: Contra Dances, Square Dances, Parties |
North Bay, East Bay, San Francisco |
John Pedersen Mike Drayton |
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Alan Snyder |
Style: Scottish/Cape Breton, Irish |
Greater Bay Area |
Alan Snyder |
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Star Thistle |
Style: Celtic, American old-time, new contra tunes, waltzes Venues: contra-dances, parties, weddings |
Based around Auburn, CA |
Lonna Whipple |
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3 O'Clock Shadow |
Style: Mostly Old-Time sort of Bluegrassy, with some Celtic and Swing: Reels, Jigs, waltzes, occasional swing tunes with a jazzish or swingy feeling Venues: Contra dances and parties |
Greater Bay Area |
Erik
Hoffman |
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Whirlin' Merlin |
Style: French, Irish and English done contra style. Venues: Contra dances, weddings, concerts. |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Karl Franzen |
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David Wright |
Style: Celtic, American old-time, French Canadian, English country dance Venues: contra-dances, English country dances, fairs, parties, weddings |
based in Sacramento |
David Wright |
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Who |
Notes |
Where |
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Leon Bumanglag |
~Sound Tech: has own sound gear |
Monterey Bay Area, Silicon Valley |
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Doug Clark |
~Sound Tech: has own sound gear |
Monterey Bay area |
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Karl Franzen |
~Sound Tech: has some gear |
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Al Lubanes |
~Sound Tech: has own sound gear |
Mother Lode, Sacramento |
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Ken Olcott |
~Sound Tech: |
Marin, Sonoma, and Napa counties, San Francisco, East Bay |