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There's Big Dough In Do Si Do From Ike Bandwagon
NEA reports booming square dance calling as demand grows with season length and many callers fading into charlatans. Gene Gowing, famed caller, recounts earnings near 300 dollars weekly at peak, stresses art requires people skills, humor, patience, voice, crowd management, rhythm, and presentation. He notes the field's risks and his own career spanning over two decades including work at White House and UN. He also critiques modern callers while reflecting on politics and Ike era speech dynamics.
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Dick Kleiner
NEA
NEW York
Gene Gowing
America
Gowing
Wall Street
Gaiz
Peterborough
N. H
M. I T
Lou Chaney
Hollywood
White House
Florida
Waldorf - Astoria
Charla