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Stan Brooke Calling Career 1973-???? |
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In the early spring of 1973, a group of teenagers wanted to do an exhibition at their school's spring program. Their club caller (Jerry Morris) was not going to be available, so they conned me into calling for them. Jerry loaned me a Newcomb 25 amplifier (which I later bought for $100.00) to use. The "want to be a caller" bug bit me, so I bought some records from Dorothy's Square Dance Shop for $1.25 each and so it began.... We then formed an exhibition group that performed at several functions including hospitals etc. My first paying dance was a western party for a church group that paid $25.00. In the fall of 1975, a group of adult dancers from Smithville, Missouri, asked me to help form a youth club, so I called for them 3 years. With the help of the adult advisors, the club grew at one time to 125 youth dancers. In 1978 I was asked to start an adult club in Kansas City North, which we called the "Skirts and Flirts". Later, I called for the Funtimers, Stan's Raiders (Plus Club), Dudes and Dolls, Swinging Oaks, Plus DBD Club in St. Joseph and Maryville Missouri, Vantastics (Plus club), Half-A-Pair Squares, Top Railers, and Single Promenaders'.
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How I got started: I called my first square dance at my grade school when I was about 10 years old for a school program. It was called,
"The Texas Star", and I never thought about square dancing again until our children started dancing with the
"Swingin' Teens" youth club, called by Jerry Morris. Sue and I began lessons with the
"Dude's and Dolls" in the spring of 1972. After graduation we attended our first National Convention in Des Moines, Iowa.
