David discovered the wonderful world of square dancing through Fred and Elizabeth Meads’ Sparkilate club in the early seventies, soon becoming Fred’s trainee caller. After a Ron Jones Caller’s school in 1973, David opened the D-Bar-T square dance club in Merrylands NSW. He later ran a second club with Kevin Ryan at Parramatta. During this time David was involved in competition dancing and the training of many teams. In 1978 David called at the 1st National Canadian Convention in Alberta, Canada which was definitely a career highlight.
After a long break David returned to square dancing in 1996 and living in Blaxland in the Blue Mountains, formed the ”Mountain Devils” club. He has also called for Fairfield RSL Youth Club and Fifty-Fifty club at Greystanes. David has served as President of the NSW Callers’ Association, Public Relations Officer of the ACF and is currently President of the newly formed Square and Round Dance Association of NSW.
Calling at the more recent State and National Conventions, he now conducts a school program, introducing modern square dancing to hundreds of young Australians.
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