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Vance McDaniel a Veteran Square Dancing Caller Vance McDaniel began his career in square dance calling at the age of 13 in Mannheim, Germany, with the help of his mother, Rusty McDaniel – launching a class at the U.S. Army’s Benjamin Franklin Village (military dependents housing area) that began with 125 local youths, age 8-11 years – and would later become known affectionately as “The Prancing Peanuts”. Many additional clubs followed and McDaniel continued to call for his youth clubs in Germany before returning to the U.S. in 1972 at age 19. He attended Fayetteville Technical College – and whenever his father was away for a Tour of Duty, McDaniel would call for his clubs, in such places as the Braggarts at Fort Brag, NC; The Sandpipers in Sanford, NC; and The Sandspurs in Carthage, NC; and many other local dance clubs. McDaniel continued into the 1980s calling several dances each week throughout the southeastern and midwestern U.S. In addition he has attended and called at nine National Square Dance Conventions. He is a member in good standing for 28 years with the International Square Dance Callers, and at the 43rd annual CALLERLAB Convention in April 2016 he was awarded the CALLERLAB Half Century Award for his 50 years of calling. He is the current President of the North Carolina Callers Association and has attended and
Renowned square dance caller Vince McDaniel with wife
called for numerous North Carolina Federation Conventions and dances. To learn more about McDaniel and reserve his services as a square dance instructor/caller for a public, private or corporate event, visit carycrossrtrailers.org/Caller.html, call 919-889-1387, or email caller@ carycrosstrailers.org.
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