HISTORY OF THE METRO AREA SQUARE AND ROUND DANCE CLUBS
(in order of founding)

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• HALIFAX TWINKLING STARS, Squares, Halifax, 1952 - 1957, Caller was Alf Johnstone
• HARBOUR HOPPERS, Squares, 1952 - 1962,Callers were David and June Hunter
• EIGHTS IN SQUARES, 1954 - 1962, Callers were George Raine and Neil Patterson
• MAURIANNA WHIRLERS, Squares, Dartmouth, 1954 - 1964, Caller was Maurice Hennigar
• MERRY MILLERS, Squares, Dartmouth, 1954 - 1967, Caller was Vern Carmichael
• NORTHBROOK SQUARES, 1954 - 1961, Combined with Merry Millers in 1961, Callers were Horace Williams and Jack Beardall
• HAPPY WHIRLERS, Squares, Sackville and Bedford, 1954 - 1967, Callers were Horace Williams, Ron Duffy, Graham Geddes and Vern Carmichael
• HI NEIGHBOUR, Squares, Halifax, 1955 - 1963, Caller was Frank Fougere
• HALIFAX PROMENADERS, Squares, 1958 - 1963, Callers was Allen O'Brien and Horace Williams
• GRALORNE SQUARES, Squares, Dartmouth, 1958 - 1963, Callers were Graham Geddes and Lorne Tyler
• TARTAN TWIRLERS, Squares, Dartmouth, 1965 - 1985, Caller was Lorne Tyler
• HAL-DAR SWINGIN' STARS, Squares, Spryfield, 1966 - 1986, Caller was Ed LeBlanc
• SCOTIA DANCERS, Squares and Rounds, Halifax, 1967 - present, Formed when Merry Millers and Happy Whirlers combined,Caller was Vern Carmichael, Reformed in Bedford in 1980. Callers have been Jim and Pat Alguire, Pat Matheson, and Bruce Savage
• METROGNOMES, Squares, Halifax, 1967 - 1980, Callers were John Essex and Lorne Tyler
• DANCING SHADOWS, Phase III-V Rounds, Dartmouth, 1967 - present. Cuers have been John & Fran Essex, Marg and Tom Keighan, and Alex Ritchie and Bernice Thurber
• SILHOUETTES ROUNDS, Rounds, Halifax, 1968 - 1982, Cuers were Ed and Lil LeBlanc,
• CROSS TRAIL DANCERS, Squares, Five Islands Lake, 1969 - 1982, Callers were Ron Crawford, John Essex, and Jim and Pat Alguire
• STARDUSTERS, Squares and Rounds, Dartmouth, 1969 - present, Callers have been Benny Slade, John Essex, Mark and Wade Savage, Stu Brink, Gerry O'Hara and Kerry Fletcher
• II + II, Squares and Rounds, Dartmouth, 1970's, Caller was John Essex
• BEE SQUARES, Squares and Rounds, Halifax, 1973 - 1984, Callers were Art Blumsum and Ed LeBlanc
• TEEN TROOPERS, Squares, Dartmouth, 1973 - 1989, Callers were Cecil Smith, John Essex, Mark Savage, Susan Savage, and Kerry Fletcher
• SACKVILLE DOWNERS, Squares, Sackville, 1974 - 1978,Callers were John Essex and Mark Savage
• VILLAGE STEPPERS, Squares, Fall River, 1975 - 1983, Callers were Art Blumsum and Ed LeBlanc
• MARINE SWINGERS, Squares, Porter's Lake, 1977 - 1982, Caller was Wade Savage
• STARLITE DANCERS, Blind squares and rounds, Halifax, 1977 - 1995, Callers were Benny Slade (first 8 yrs.) and Alex Ritchie (last 10 yrs.)
• EAGER EIGHTS, Plus Squares, Dartmouth, 1979 - 1988, Caller was Lorne Tyler
• SHENANDOAH SWINGERS, Squares, 1975 - 1977, Caller was Cecil Smith
• REBEL ROUNDABOUTS, Rounds, 1969 - 1981, Cuers were Lionel & Janet Crowe, Marvin and Gwen Hartlen
• NORTHWOOD DANCERS, Wheelchair squares, Halifax, 1980 - 1994, Callers were Jim Alguire and Tim Edmonds
• ODD COUPLES, Squares, Halifax, 1980 - 1982, Caller was Mark Savage
• MOTIVATORS, Advanced and Challenge squares, Metro area, 1981 - present, Caller is Dottie Welch
• KEEN TEENS, Plus squares, 1981 - 1983, Caller was Mark Savage
• OCEAN WAVES, Plus squares, Halifax, 1982 - present, Callers have been Jim and Pat Alguire, Kerry Fletcher, Mark, Wade and Bruce Savage
• LAKE CITY SWINGERS, Squares & Rounds, Dartmouth, 1982 - present, Callers have been Stuart and Debbie Brink, Gerry and Bev O'Hara, and Dottie Welch
• RAG ROUNDS, Phase II-III Rounds, Dartmouth, 1981 - 2008, Cuers were Alex Ritchie and Bernice Thurber
• FUN TIME ROUNDS, Rounds, Bedford, 1982 - present,Cuers have been Marg and Tom Keighan, John and Valerie Pinks, Larry and Marg Clark, and Lionel and Janet Crowe
• FUN SQUARES, Squares and Rounds, Dartmouth, 1983 - present, Callers have been Mark, Wade and Bruce Savage and Kerry Fletcher
• SAIL SETS, Advanced squares, Halifax, 1984 - present, Caller is Dottie Welch
• METRO MERRY-MAKERS, Squares and Rounds, Halifax, 1985 - 2000, Callers were John Essex, Jim and Pat Alguire, Mark and Bruce Savage
• MARINE DRIVE SWINGERS, Squares, Moser River, 1986 - 1989,Caller was Gloria Lowe
• GOLDEN SQUARES & ROUNDS, Nantucket Seniors, Dartmouth, 1986 - 2008, Caller is Alex Ritchie
• HAPPY FOOT SQUARE DANCERS, Squares, Musquodoboit, 1986 - 1996, Callers were John Essex, Lorne Tyler and Bruce Savage
• LITE FANTASTICS, Phase II-V Rounds, Dartmouth, 1987 - 1992, Cuers were Ken and Donna Gibson
• COORDINATORS, Plus squares, Dartmouth, 1989 - present, Original Callers were Dottie Welch, Kerry Fletcher, Wade Savage and Mark Savage. Caller since 1998 is Dottie Welch
• IN THE PINK DANCERS, Phase III-IV Rounds, Rockingham, 1992 - 2004, Cuers were John and Valerie Pinks, and Larry and Marg Clark
• GOOD TIME DANCERS, Rockingham, 1993 - 2002, Caller and Cuer were Harry and Betty Lofgren
• CITADEL SQUARES, Squares, Halifax, 1993 - 1995, Caller was Kevin Cassidy
• BAY SQUARES, Glen Haven, 1995 - 2000,Caller was Harry Lofgren
• TIMBERLEA TWIRLERS, Lakeside, 1997 - present, Caller is Barry Bendle

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