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Bronc joined his first square dance class in 1975. 16 weeks later, he called his first tip. Since that time, Bronc has been featured at dances, festivals, workshops, resorts and caller schools all over the U.S. and 21 foreign countries.

Many dancers feel that Bronc's smooth flowing hash calls are like "floating on air". They might also warn you to watch out for a twinkle in those big, brown eyes, as Bronc is a fine hash-calling technician known for inventive and challenging maneuvers. He has recorded singing and hash calls for several different record labels. As a staff member of these labels, he has recorded a number of top-selling records.

An accomplished guitarist, mandolin player and studio technician, Bronc has played on many square dance releases as well as radio and TV spots. His first "on stage" experience came at the age of 12 when he started playing in a rock band. He is currently in the process of recording a compilation of instrumental, surf and rock n' roll tunes.

Bronc and his fiancee, Fia, split their time between their home in Norberg, Sweden and the family cattle ranch in beautiful New Mexico.

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I was born on 10th of November 1974 in Aalborg. In 1986 my mother began dancing traditional squaredance. After a couple of years, the club where she was dancing, started doing New Style Square Dance. My father started dancing in 1987.

In the spring of 1989, the club had a demo, which I attended; this would be a one-off event (or so I believed). In the fall of 1989 I attended the World Square Dance Convention in Gothenburg, Sweden. This was the first time I saw Modern Western Square Dancing.

In the fall of 1989, the club started doing Modern Western Square Dancing. Now there was only one problem - the club didn't have an instructor or caller. Things happened, so I was designated to flip the tapes that we used. After a short while, I became interested in how calling was done. Later that fall, I started looking into it.

In January 1990 I went to my first caller school with Robert Björk and Ingvar Pettersson. During 1990 I attended 3 schools with Robert and Ingvar. In 1991 I attended a caller school with Don Beck and Al Stevens.

Since 1990 I have been invited to Call at the National Convention in Denmark four times and the Swedish Convention once. I have also been featured as a Caller on the European Square Dance Convention in 1997 (Hocheim in Germany), and 2002 (Copenhagen in Denmark). I am also on the staff for the European Square Dance Convention 2006 in England.

Additionally, I have been Calling, at Special Dances in Germany, Poland, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, USA and Canada.

I'm currently the president in the Danish Caller Association "CSD-Denmark".

Over the years, Square Dancing have give me a lot of great friends…

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It was in 1981 that James gained his first positive experience of Square Dancing. In 1982 James got hold of his first couple of singing calls and so started his calling career.

James Calls Mainstream 53 thru A2, he presently Calls for 3 clubs, Southampton Squares, Tadley Squares and Tilehurst Swingers.

James has a very busy Calling schedule, Calling 3 nights a week and most weekends. He is a regular staff Caller at many festivals throughout the U.K. and Europe. James has called in many countries including Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, U.S.A., Scotland, Wales and Guernsey .

One of the highlights in James' Calling career was Calling to 150 Squares at the 2001 National Convention in Anaheim U.S.A. while being backed by the Ghost-riders Square Dance Band. Another highlight he recalls was Calling on top of a mountain in Switzerland, 10,000 feet above sea level, with nothing more than a walking stick to make the music.

James is an Accredited Member of Callerlab and is currently serving as a member of the Advanced committee, he is also a member of the Square Dance Callers Club of Great Britain.

James resides in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. He is married to Brenda and they have 2 children, Lori-Ann and Rocky, plus a dog called Fizz.

James has a good understanding of square dance music production and is delighted to be invited to assist New-Beat with this exciting project.

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My life started in 1965 in Aalborg, Denmark. Being the last of 5 kids I had a happy childhood but I really found my footing in 1990 when I more or less by accident tried out square dancing. Almost my entire family had taken up what I thought to be a far too American hobby - namely square dancing. But hey, my motto is that I have to try everything at least once. Dancing was fun but I thought that it would be even more fun if I could actually do the teacher's job.

So together with my elder brother and another friend, Frank Trolle, I attended my first caller school then conducted by Willy Hjort. This would later lead to the founding of Triangle Squaredancers in Aalborg and in 2002, I was for the fourth time calling the 10th Limfjords Festival for that same club. I am always happy to come back to my home town and really enjoy meeting old acquaintances at that particular festival.

In 1992 I decided to try my luck in the southern part of Sweden. In Helsingborg I started calling for Helsingborg SD and with a lot of help from Erika Johansson (now Spur), Tomas Kristensson, Bertil Carlsson and Lars-Inge Carlsson, I soon felt ready to stand on my own two feet as a caller, which incidentally led me to become a caller in Fredensborg SC, Denmark. I have remained a clubcaller for Fredensborg SD ever since, I also call for Holbæk SD.

Calling has allowed me to meet a lot of different people as well as allowing me to travel all around the world e.g. Sweden, Norway, Germany, USA, Canada, Austria. Besides meeting a lot of marvellous dancers, I have had the privilege to become friends with the Sting and Snow crew, Rikard Björk, Jerry Story, Bronc Wise, Johnny Preston, Jet Roberts, Tony Oxendine and many more. Needless to say that I am a dedicated fan of everyone mentioned here.

I have had the fortune to go to Canada twice. To call some Squaredance and to stay at my very good friend, Barry Sjölin's place. Canada is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been visiting, and the folk's are really nice. I Meet some new friends over there who don't squaredance.. But good times.... Hi buds, Terry,Donovan.

I would especially like to thank Ingvar Petersson and Stefan Sidholm for making me a part of the Sting and Snow crew back in 1996. I am very proud to belong to one of the few European Square Dance producing labels now owned by Paul Bristow. So far I have recorded 5 records - 2 on Snow and 3 on Sting.

In 1999 I moved back to Denmark to a little town called Humlebæk,and then in 2002 I moved to Helsingør where I currently reside. Together with my wife Henriette and our little Albert 5 years old, kids are fun!!!

I still enjoy calling and will continue until it is no longer fun.......

Some of the Highlights of my calling career have been:

Mårtensdansen in Helsingborg, Sweden
Esbern Snare Festival, Denmark
Danish Convention, Denmark
Limfjords Festival, Denmark
Fredensborg's annual festival, Denmark
European Convention in Helsingborg, Sweden
Kielerwoche, Kiel,Germany
Stingfestival, Hammel, Denmark
Stingfestival, Stockholm, Sweden
Highcoast Festival, Ö-vik, Sweden
Doskido Austria
WAM dance Austria
Model A's Canada
Sting Convention Paderborn

All of which I have had the privilege of calling, and enjoyed every moment.

I am looking forward to the next 10 years in square dancing and would like to thank all the clubs for inviting me to call and especially a big THANK YOU to all the dancers who turned up at my dances.

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Nils was born in 1978 and grew up in Itzehoe, in the northern part of Germany. In the early 90s he ran into Square Dancing by accident but it has become a passion in his life.

In 1992, Nils attended a Mainstream Class and started in a team of clubcallers just one year later. When he moved to Kiel for his studies at the university, he continued his calling in several clubs up to A2.

In 2004, Nils decided for educational purpose (becoming a teacher) to move to Köln/Cologne, Germany. He calls in his vivid style for the Villedancers in Brühl.

Since those early days Nils has enjoyed being part of dances & conventions in countries like the U.S.A., Australia, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Great Britain and Germany. His current calling programs are Basic through C1.

Nils is looking forward to assisting New-Beat with the exciting project of producing square dance music.