I started Calling in 1967 at School when the teacher behind with her marking, then my big break was running our Playfordgroup( dances 1600-1900) for 3 months whilst our leader when to visit his son in Malawi and set up the Library service
Later on in life I called at several EFDSS (english folk dance and song society) affiliated Clubs covering WIltshire,Bristol,Somerset and Devon,
I am a life Member of the society and have caller insurance with them, I took up Scottish Dancing in 1967
I run Weston-s-mare folk dance group.
occassionally I sometimes get invited to Call for the odd Barn Dance.
At folk festivals I try and dance as much American Contra and Squares as I can.
Resources
Playford
American Square
https://newsquaremusic.com/sioindex.html
American Contra's
https://www.nhcountrydance.com/music/rpdlw_archives.html
www.dance.ravitz.us/
Country dance and song society USA
Scottish
https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/
Additional resource
The supplier I use the most as they have a lot of 2nd hand stock given to them when a lot of callers retire and depending on the state of the book to the price. you only get charged cost of items and cost of postage only. https://folksales.com/
