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Meet Buddy Weaver: Featured Caller
This is Buddy's first time as the featured caller for the Illinois Square & Round Dance Convention. Buddy has been the Featured Caller at many other State Conventions and has also been on staff at numerous weekends and festivals!!
This is Buddy's first time as the featured caller for the Illinois Square & Round Dance Convention. Buddy has been the Featured Caller at many other State Conventions and has also been on staff at numerous weekends and festivals!!
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Buddy Weaver started calling in 1977 while still in school, living in Honolulu, Hawaii.
He is a third generation square dance caller who lives with his family in San Diego, California. Buddy became an accredited member of CALLERLAB in 1981 and is currently on the Board of Governors. He is active in teaching other callers, conducting seminars in the United States, Japan, and Europe. Buddy also writes a monthly music review column along with an article on making square dancing better for the dancers. His articles appear in the American Square Dance magazine and the Northeastern Square Dance magazine. Buddy has been active in the Square Dance recording industry since 1981, with over 300 vocals released. He is producer of the largest Square Dance Music company in the world, Blue Star Music. Buddy Weaver is the first American caller to teach and call in post-cold war Poland and the first American caller brought to both Tasmania, Australia and Takagawa, Japan for a square dance festival. He has called numerous times in Japan, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Germany and most United States. At the 68th National Square Dance Convention, Buddy was the Keynote Speaker. Here is the link to the video; Click Here |
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Webster-Cantrell Hall is a community centered non-profit organization dedicated to serving the children, youth, adults, and families of Macon County. Today Webster-Cantrell Hall strives to add and develop programs to meet changing community needs. One thing that hasn’t changed over the years is the need to have the community help support the mission of helping children, youth, adults, and families in challenging circumstances.
Since 1916, Webster-Cantrell Hall has served primarily Macon County children, youth, and families in troubled circumstances. Over the years, the agency has touched tens of thousands of lives and helped many children overcome difficult problems. From its humble beginnings as an orphanage to the accredited child welfare agency it is today, Webster-Cantrell Hall has a history rich in loving and caring for the underprivileged.
Since 1916, Webster-Cantrell Hall has served primarily Macon County children, youth, and families in troubled circumstances. Over the years, the agency has touched tens of thousands of lives and helped many children overcome difficult problems. From its humble beginnings as an orphanage to the accredited child welfare agency it is today, Webster-Cantrell Hall has a history rich in loving and caring for the underprivileged.
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Decatur Conference Center and Hotel
Decatur, IL
Convention Special Room Rate: $95.00 Per Night (July 25-28, 2019)
Group Code: 2019 Square Dance Convention
Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner Specials will be available throughout the entire Convention weekend!!
Decatur, IL
Convention Special Room Rate: $95.00 Per Night (July 25-28, 2019)
Group Code: 2019 Square Dance Convention
Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner Specials will be available throughout the entire Convention weekend!!
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4191 US 36 West (Wyckles Road)
Decatur, IL 62522 217.422.8800 |
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