Entertainment Staff

Tom Clymer

Calls Thru Plus

Tom Clymer is the 2023 Parker Award recipient, and Callerlab awarded him the Half Century Award for 50 Years of Calling.

Gary Baker

Calls thru Plus

Gary began calling in 1993 while stationed in Anchorage, AK. He is currently the club caller and teacher for the Model T Squares in Spokane and also teach lessons for the Coeurly Q’s in Coeur d’Alene, ID. Gary met his wife Tami square dancing at WSU in 1983 and have been dosadoing together ever since. They enjoy traveling around the Northwest to dance and call, and have won medals at the Huntsman World Senior Games in St. George, UT the past two years. Gary is now learning to call A1/A2.

David Boggs

Calls thru Plus

Dave is the club caller for the Tri-Cities Circulators and the Huron Squares. Sharon is the Circulators round dance cuer. Both entertain throughout the northwest. Dedicating most of their free time to our wonderful activity.

Leo Catt

Calls Thru Plus

Leo started dancing at a young age with the Sociable Squares and the Sumner Stompers in the 70’s and 80’s. Leo’s first calling experience was doing a singing call in front of Hank Johnson as a class joke. He started learning to call in years later and joined Callerlab in 2005. Leo is proud to be the founder of 2 clubs: Swingnuts (Sumner, WA) and Crazy 8’s (Ramona, CA).  He is the current club caller for the Jetsteppers (Maple Valley, WA). 

Leo frequently teaches and calls Basic thru Plus for clubs around Seattle, Olympia area and sometimes in Oregon.  He loves spending time with his wife Rochelle and his 2 dogs Molly and Blackberry (BB). Be sure to stop and say hello!!

Adam Christman

Calls thru Advanced

Adam has been around square and round dancing all his life. He has been calling for 28 years in 3 different countries and several states around the country. Currently, Adam resides in Spokane, WA with his wife, Samantha, and 4 beautiful children.

Doug Davis

Calls thru Advanced

Doug has been calling for 52 years. In addition to calling through the advanced program, He is an Accredited Caller Coach with Callerlab and the Owner/Producer of 2 Square Dance Labels: Chinook and Hoedowner Square Dance Music.

Doug has also been awarded the Parker Award in 2018 as well as being inducted into the Spokane Hall of Fame in 2019.

Andy Garboden

Calls thru Plus

Andy has been calling since 2007. He regularly calls Mainstream and Plus levels. Andy is currently calling for the Pi-R Squares (M/S), MVPs (Maple Valley Plus), and Roamin’ Tacomans (Plus). Andy also enjoys guest calling all over the state of Washington.

Paul Gonseth

Calls thru Plus

Paul has been calling since 2012. He is the caller/teacher Blue Agates and Gateswingers.

Dave Harry

Calls thru Mainstream

Dave has been calling since age 13. He teaches square dancing in the schools around the Puget Sound area, the Whirlybirds in Lynnwood, and Skagit Squares. He and his wife Bonnie are widely known for their dance shop–Petticoat Junction, for occasional live music performances, and monthly no-experience dances–the First Friday Funfest at Whirlybirds. He is a Callerlab member and has his 50-year recognition certificate. Dave has a never-ending passion for square dancing!

Cee Cee Huber

Calls thru Mainstream

Cee Cee began teaching Mainstream in 2018 with no intention of becoming a “caller”. Things quickly evolved as she realized dancers need to dance what they learn. She currently teaches Mainstream squares and Phase II rounds. Cee Cee is also the club caller for The 4x8s in Moses Lake, WA.

Bob Jervis

Calls thru C-1

Bob has been a caller since 2004, calling Advanced and C1.

Lane Johnston

Calls thru Mainstream

An “O.D.Y.C.” Old Dancer, Young (as in “Recently-Minted”) Caller. Lane and wife Gail first began square dancing shortly after getting married in 1969. Fulfilling a long-standing dream to become a square dance caller is, in large part, due to the encouragement of Don Wood, Lane’s longtime friend and club caller who passed away unexpectedly in late 2023, thus prompting Lane to “get off the dime” & “make Don proud”.
Lane and Gail actively support square dancing in WA state in every way possible.

Janolyn Keller

Calls thru Mainstream

Janolyn learned to dance in Redmond, Oregon in 1979. She danced in that area for 3 years, then moved to Lebanon, Oregon, where she was the first Round Dance Cuer for the Lebanon Square Circlers. Janolyn took some time off after moving to Washington, but eventually came back to the activity, Cueing for the Strait Wheelers (Port Angeles), Gig Harbor Twirlers (Gorst), The Red Hot Twirlers (Chimacum), and RhodyO’s (Gardiner). In 2003, Janolyn started calling for the Red Hot Twirlers and currently calls and cues for the Strait Wheelers in Sequim.

Rob Krum

Calls thru Plus

Rob has been married for 54 years and is retired. He has 2 children and 4 grandchildren

Rob lives in the Spokane area and has been calling for 33 years including 3 mainstream clubs Monday – Wednesday with a plus group on Mondays.

Steve Mazel

Calls thru Plus

I have been calling for 10 years and call for both the Gig Harbor twirlers (Ghorst) and Young bunch, (Tacoma WA). Call through plus, have recorded five songs with R&D Recording and TOTL Recording.

Brent Mawdsley

Calls thru Advanced

Brent and his wife, Therese, are from Vancouver, BC, Canada. Since 1988, Brent has called and cued 2 – 4 nights per week and currently calls for three clubs, one of them for over 36 years. Brent has been the featured caller for dance weekends and special events BC, AB, ON & the Western US and regularly entertains community groups with introductions to modern square dancing. He is a Riverboat Square Dance Music staff caller and has made over 38 recordings. www.SquareDanceWithBrent.ca

Shiela Overman

Calls thru Mainstream

Sheila started calling in 2023 with the help of her mentor Dan Preedy. She is thankful to be surrounded by encouraging square dancers and helpful callers in the Spokane area.
In the summer of 2023, she attended her first caller school with Callerlab instructor Jerry Junck at Yellow Rock in Lolo, Montana. She attended her second caller school in Durham, N.C. with instructors Patty Greene and Betsy Gotta.
Mark Overman is her husband, driver and roadie.

Glen Raiha

Calls thru Plus

I started calling in 1977. I called for the 22 years Nancy and I were in the U.S. Army (22 years). Today I teach an call at Lac-A-Do Hall in Olympia WA. I occasionally travel to call dances in different parts of Washington. I am a member of Callerlab since 1977 and serve on the Basic Mainstream Committee. My favorite activity as a caller is teaching people how to dance. I am this years Caller Coordinator, so if you have any complaints about the program please let me know.

Lee Rawls

Calls thru Challenge (C1)

Lee and his wife, Shanthala are relatively new to square dancing. Both of them now dance, and routinely calls, thru the Challenge (C1) program. Lee and Shanthala They have happily incorporate dancing in their lives. You will find them calling and teaching square dancing whenever possible.

Robert Sax

Calls thru Plus

Robert began calling as a teen, but didn’t start in earnest until 2014 when he enrolled in his. Currently, Robert currently calls for Fern Bluff squares in Lake Stevens, WA, The Shooting Stars, a new youth club in Mill Creek , WA.

Tracy Smith

Calls thru Mainstream

Tracy is a new caller. He has been calling for a year and a half. He works with Tom Clymer and others in the area. Tracy looks forward to further developing his skills as a caller and entertainer.

Greg Weber

Calls thru Plus

Greg and Sue have been the featured caller and/or cuer at numerous local, council, state, regional, national and international dances, cruises and festivals. Greg has been involved with every Washington state festival since 1975 and six national conventions. With the exception of one, Sue has also participated in every Washington state festival since 1982. Sue and Greg are avid supporters of the area teen clubs which participate in the Northwest Teen Square Dance Festival.

Sue Weber

Ph II thru IV

A Native of Spokane, WA. Sue began cueing in 1987. She relocated to Tacoma, WA in 1991 and started dating her future husband Greg Weber, who was calling and cueing for several clubs at the time. She then took on the cueing role for those clubs. Greg and Sue were married in 1998, and have two beautiful daughters, ages 23 and 20. Sue currently cues for four clubs in the Rainier Council (Spinners, Bonnie Lads & Lassies, Young Bunch and Roamin’ Tacomans).

Taj Alex

I started cueing in 2023 so we could start a local clogging group in Kent.  Clippity-Clop Gloggers dances on Wed evenings at the Meridian Grange, 6 PM for easy-level up to easy-intermediate.  I’m fortunate enough to have Diane Jacbosen as a mentor. She helps us with intermediate dances starting around 8 some nights. 

I’m excited to learn more and build my knowledge and am thankful for all the support I’ve received from other cuers and dancers!

Come see us!

Mike McDow

Mike McDow has been Clogging 42 years and teaching 40 years. Mike hails from the Portland area and is now retired and teach in Arizona during the winter. Mike also dances, teaches, and cues with the local Northwest with local Northwest cloggers.