 Anne
was born and grew up in Peterborough, Ontario, of Scottish parents who
shared with her their interest and talent in music. They all
played instruments in the home, and Anne who has been playing since age
7, has a musical expertise that extends to the accordion, saxophone, and
clarinet. As a teenager, Anne and her Dad played at a local dinner
club (background music for dining).
Anne's parents were very much into ballroom dancing. As a child Anne knew nothing of square dancing. After finishing high school her parents took square-dancing lessons. When a local Mainstream caller was having a weekend dancing campout that her parents were planning to attend, they invited Anne to come along to swim, enjoy the outdoors, or whatever since she had no specific plans for that weekend. It turned out that the dance was one person short of an additional square and Anne was drafted to fill in. After three days and a lot of push, pull, and shove, she was dancing (almost a Plus level) - and she was hooked! Anne began dancing at the local Mainstream club, enjoying it immensely and became friends with local dancers, Jean and Dave Johnstone. Dave approached her one night to ask if she might be interested in dancing a higher level. Anne exclaimed that she thought she was dancing the top level! She did not know there was anything higher, and when she was invited to go with them to Toronto she was really excited at the prospects. She did go and hardly understood anything said the entire evening. After it was all over she was acutely aware that there's a a lot more to square dancing than she had ever dreamed, and thought, "That's for me!" Anne started calling in 1976 for a children's group and has progressed to call for all dancing levels from Basic to C4. A strong "home" program for Squares Across the Border Monday through Thursday complements an equally busy traveling schedule on the week-ends that may find her calling anywhere from Vancouver to Florida, Boston to San Francisco and across the miles to Japan and Europe. Some of the calling highlights she is really proud of are her calling assignments at the numerous IAGSDC Conventions in Canada and the Unites States, the Canadian Challenge Convention, the National Challenge Convention, and the Academy of Advanced and Challenge Enthusiasts. Anne's relaxed style and easy listening voice have won her many square dance friends at all the dancing levels. Anne resides in Burnaby,
British Columbia, with her son Todd and her life partner Sally.
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