Over the years, Kip has developed a number of documents used in caller schools and seminars. Some of them are available here for free as PDF files. There are also articles of interest here by other authors.
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Ever wonder why and how CALLERLAB got started? Or, how the CALLERLAB dance programs came to be? Read all about the challenges facing modern western square dancing in the pre-CALLERLAB years, and how these challeges were met by CALLERLAB. Read how the dance programs were developed and the many issues involved at the time.

Thinking maybe the problems with recruitment and retention of new dancers is a recent event? Think again. Here are two essays written in 1985 that warned of the slippery slope square dancing was on over 30 years ago. Thanks to Jim Mayo for bringing these two documents to our attention.

• CALLERLAB (www.callerlab.org)
  The international organization of square dance callers.
• Vic & Debbie Ceder's Resource Net (www.ceder.net)
  A collection of diverse information about square dancing, including listings of music, choreography, and callers
• SqView (www.sqview.se)
  A free program for callers that lets you organize and play your music. Available for Windows and Android (but the Android version has fewer features).
• Taminations (www.tamtwirlers.org/taminations)
  A comprehensive set of checker-style animations for square dance calls from Basic to Challenge
• Music For Callers (www.musicforcallers.com)
  Source for locating and purchasing all your hoedown and singing call music.