Featured Caller for 2026
DAN NORDBYE
Now in his 54th year of calling, nationally recognized caller Dan Nordbye has called at local, state and national festivals and dances in 44 states and 5 foreign countries and hosted numerous dance cruises. He has attended an impressive
32 National Square Dance conventions. A recording artist, he has over 129 singing calls / patter songs to his credit. He is currently signed with Eureka Recordings.
Living in Mesa, AZ, Dan is the home caller for the Mesa Checkmates Square Dance Club, calling and teaching all levels from Mainstream to A2 plus DBD.
Dan is a member of the elite Callerlab Half Century Club.
Dan’s not-so-best-kept secret is his “thing” for vintage cars & trucks.
Featured Cuers for 2026
Peter & Chama Gomez
Peter Gomez began Synchronized Ballroom/Round Dance dancing in 1995 and began teaching with Chama Lee in 2000. A couple of years later, they introduced the InSync Social Round Dance Club and sealed their dancing partnership.
Peter & Chama offer Phase I through Phase V personal & group social dance lessons throughout the year at their weekly beginner & intermediate classes in Berthoud, CO. They enjoy supporting & promoting the Round Dance activity and cue dances at many local & national dance festivals. Peter & Chama are often featured instructors at round dance weekends throughout the United States. When they can, they attend Ballroom Dance clinics, educational seminars, and Round Dance weekends to learn new dance styling & teaching techniques.
Peter and Chama are members of Roundalab, the Colorado Round Dance Association, the International Association of Round Dance Instructors (RAL) and the International Choreographed Ballroom Dance Association (ICBDA).
Local Callers and Cuers
Pat & Wanda McBride
A native of Steamboat, CO, Pat started square dancing in the fall of 1972 at Colorado State University with the Aggie Haylofters club. To save money, the club encouraged interested members to learn how to call just enough to do a tip at their dances. Pat took the bait and has been calling ever since. Pat enjoyed a long career as a medical technologist. As a 50-year member of CALLERLAB and ROUNDALAB, Pat currently calls and cues for the Chatfield Country Kickers, the Greenridge Mountaineers and various other clubs and events around the state. He’s served for many years at local Council and State Association offices and is active with the History Alive Chautauqua every September.
Wanda started dancing in 1977 in Craig, CO and continued to dance through high school and college. She moved to Grand Junction in 1983, met and married Pat, and has served square dancing at the local and state level ever since. She is a Master Gardner and helps organize the Western Slope Cowboy Gathering every November. She is also an avid quilter and loves to sew.
On their farm in Grand Junction, Pat and Wanda famously raise purebred Fainting Goats along with horses and chickens.
Elaine O’Neill
Elaine O’Neill, a Colorado native who came to Montrose, CO in 2002. She started Square Dancing in 2018. Naaman Morehouse taught her to dance and became her mentor to kick off a new adventure in Calling in 2022. She attended Caller School with Jerry Junck in the summer of 2023. She is currently part of the calling team for the Black Canyon Twirlers and the Delta HubWheelers.
Mike Lee
Mike is a third generation square dancer. He has been enjoying square dancing since the age of eight and is grateful to share his love of dancing with others.
Mike started calling in 2023 on the Western Slope of Colorado including regular Saturday dances with the Black Canyon Twirlers and Delta Hub Wheelers.
Mike also teaches square dancing within Montrose. Where he lives with his lovely wife Stacey.
