Profile of Glen Bailie, Peachland Modern Square Dance Caller-Teacher |
Glen
and his
wife Anne have been square dancing since 1960. Glen was so
intrigued
with the mechanics of dancing that he began teaching himself to call in
1961, while living in Squamish, B.C. He has called on a
fairly regular
basis since then in Squamish, Princeton, Lower Nicola, Golden,
Revelstoke, Nelson, Castlegar, Trail, Kaslo and Penticton. He
has
taught square dancing in the schools to various age groups throughout
the years.
His first group of students, pre-teens from Princeton, went to the annual Pacific Northwest Teen Square Dance Festival in 1969. Then, after a job transfer to Nelson, he taught young people in Slocan City and Nelson. In 1973 and again in 1974, he took a busload of teens to the Festival. The group had so much fun that a special trophy was created for them, called the "Sunshine Trophy." In 1981, Glen's job took him to Penticton for a year where he called one season for a youth club known as the Pen-Teen Beaux and Petticoats.
After
many
years of living in B.C.'s Kootenay region, Glen and Anne decided to
retire to Peachland, in the Okanagan Valley. Once again, back
in the
Okanagan, Glen is very happy to be helping young people discover the
fun, fitness and friendship in modern square dancing. He very
much
looks forward to calling and teaching for the new Westside Youth Square
Dance Club in the Kelowna/Westbank area.
Glen is a member of the
Okanagan Callers and Cuers Association who meet several times a year to
keep their members updated on the latest instruction materials and
techniques.
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