Don has been dancing since 1958 and calling since 1964.
He calls all levels from Mainstream to C2.
He has recorded for the Sets-In-Order and 4-Bar-B labels.
He is a member of Callerlab and has attended 45 conventions, and served on the Board of Governors for ten years.
He has taught many caller schools, given seminars to callers’ associations around the country as well as in Germany and Sweden. He was Accredited by Callerlab as a Caller Coach.
As a writer, he was a contributing editor to The New England Square Dance Caller magazine where he wrote a monthly column for seven years and he has written articles that have appeared in Sets-in-Order magazine, American SquareDance magazine and in Square Dancing’s “The Callers’ Text Book.”
He wrote and published the callers’ note service Choreo Breakdown,
and the callers’ text book Out of Sight .
As a choreographer, he is the author of many calls, including Ferris Wheel, Ping Pong Circulate, and Chain Down the Line.
He currently runs weekly caller training sessions on Zoom, and also teaches a series of Mental Image classes on Zoom.