 Vic
started dancing in 1973 in a teen club where he met his future wife Debbie.
They started dancing advanced level in 1977 while in high school.
A year later they started learning challenge and Vic developed an interest
in calling. Vic occasionally walked their tape group through some
material that he had written. Later he tried 'calling' the material accompanied
by taped music. After that, Vic purchased a Hilton sound system and microphone
and jumped into learning how to call.
Vic started calling in November 1981 (at the challenge level) and currently calls at levels Basic through C4+. He has taught classes at all levels from Basic through C3B. Vic is a self-taught caller and has never attended a caller's school (whether this is good or bad is debatable). However, he has taken about six months of weekly voice lessons, and has learned calling skills from observing other callers and listening to criticism and comments made by callers and dancers. Vic's mentors are Johnny Preston, Dave Hodson, and Lee Kopman. He has called in 20 states, 7 countries (other than the USA), and at the National Square Dance Convention in Birmingham (1985), Houston (1987), and Anaheim (1988). Vic is currently a permanent staff caller at the National Advanced & Challenge Square Dance Convention. Debbie and Vic are the authors
of "A Ceder Chest Of C3 Square Dance Definitions", first published in Nov.
1990, "A Ceder Chest Of C1 And C2 Square Dance Definitions", and "A Ceder
Chest of A1 & A2 Square Dance Definitions." He has written several
square dance related programs for the IBM PC compatibles, notably the Couple
Rotation Program and the Ceder Square Dance System.
Source: http://www.ceder.net/vic/ceder_resume.php4 Program book for the 54th Golden State Roundup, 2007 Page updated: Apr 6, 2008 |