The second annual Paul Place benefit dance will be held March 6, 2010.

In January 2007, CALLERLAB sponsored a second research study using StarWorks and Greenfield Online’s Internet survey panel. The study included two cycles of the Omnibus Panel and reached 2175 respondents. Three of the questions were identical to the first research study that was conducted in 2004. Three new questions were added in 2007 to test knowledge of specific Modern Western Square Dance (MWSD) calls and to ask the number of classes taken and who sponsored the classes.

Why did we do this survey?

We had done previous surveys which showed about 20% of the adult population had done square dancing and that about 10% had done MWSD as we described it. We believed these results and the result of the survey showing that more than half of those who said they had done MWSD stopped dancing within the first two years. We did not believe the result which said that some 200,000 people had been recruited into MWSD in each of the last 15 years. We decided to repeat the original survey with three added questions designed to detect any respondents who may have been mistaken about having done MWSD. The final report is available for download. See Foundation Initiatives; Phoenix Plan.

In 2004 the CALLERLAB Foundation conducted an Internet Dancer Census Survey. The purpose of this survey was try to determine the number of people in the US who are now or who have been involved with Modern Western Square Dancing (MWSD). The Foundation selected StarWorks, Incorporated, a market research company which has done other work for the Foundation to coordinate the survey and to provide analysis of the results. Greenfield Online in Connecticut was selected to conduct the survey. Online survey companies maintain lists of participants who have agreed to participate in online surveys and who are compensated for their participation. Considerable discussion, review, and coordination by The Foundation and StarWorks resulted in four questions which were submitted to Greenfield for the online survey. The survey was completed, the results collected, analysis completed, and the final report written. The written report is available for download. Please see foundation Initiatives; Phoenix Plan.

The Foundation periodically sponsors and hosts a caller training seminar in conjunction with a CALLERLAB convention. A Caller Trainer Seminar was conducted in Colorado Springs, CO in 2007 on the Saturday and Sunday immedately prior to the 2007 CALLERLAB Convention. This Seminar was designed for callers who are working with other callers to help them learn to call or callers who would like to help other callers learn how to call.

There are no additional Caller Trainer Seminars scheduled at this time.

The CALLERLAB Foundation for the Preservation and Promotion of Square Dancing is pleased to announce the availability of a revised "New Song and Dance Routine" brochure. These brochures have proven to be a very effective tool for recruiting new dancers. The brochures are printed on a high quality paper and show various scenes of square dancers enjoying our country's favorite pastime. Professionally written text and full color photographs, taken at actual square dances, tells the general public about this wholesome and healthful recreational activity of square dancing. Brochures may be ordered at $10.00 per hundred, incluing shipping. Request more information from FoundationCALLAB@aol.com. 

(June 27,2009)