The Little Square Caller's Biography

  I started calling in 1969 in Vernal, Utah with Fred Brown about six weeks after I started dancing.   I loved it.  I called for about five years and was finally able to attend a callers school with Marv Linder and he taught me to sight call.  I have been working on improving that technique for years.  I called in Vernal and surrounding states for about four years.  I didn't call much for the next several years until I moved to Monroe, Utah and organized a club there.  That club danced until I moved in 1984. 

        I returned to college to get a teaching degree and didn't call much until 1999 when I was invited to call in Price, Utah for the Coal Country Squares.  I called for their club for nine years until we left to serve a mission for the LDS Church in 2009.  I call for the Mavericks and the Electric Squares here in Utah.  

        I have called in all the Western States and at six National Conventions.  I also had the privilege of calling at the Australia National Convention in Wondonga, Australia in 2010.   In 2003 I made a CD on my own and it has sold quite a few copies.  I have not recorded with an official recording label.

        I am married to a wonderful man, Dave Racine and he loves to travel with me and supports me in all I choose to do.  I have five wonderful children who are all grown and married.  I have 18 grandchildren who think their grandma is crazy when she dresses up in those 'funny' dresses and travels all over the country.

       I love the square dance activity and the special people that I have met over the years.  It has been a wonderful part of my life and I hope it will be for many more years.