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Whether you are just getting started, or want to improve your Calling Career, the JUBILEE CALLERS SCHOOL will provide you with the tools to make you a successful caller.

Ken Ritucci and Wade Driver have over 70 years of calling experience between them.  Together, they have the knowledge and leadership to assist you with your career.

TWO LEVELS OF PROGRAMS

A. Beginners Level

Designed for brand new callers who need all the basics, including basic choreography, microphone technique, voice control and introduction to Music and Rhythm.Discussion on the proper use of equipment, including exposure to Digital Music.

B. Intermediate/Experienced Level

For callers with experience between one to 4 four years, or more than five years emphasis will be on Beginner Sight calling Techniques, better timing and body flow as well as Creative Choreography plus much more. Formation Awareness will be taught as well as special emphasis on understanding Music and Rhythm.

KEY BENEFITS OF THIS SCHOOL

  • Develop confidence in your calling ability
  • Improve your choreographic skills
  • Learn how to program your dances
  • Acquire the skills necessary to make yourself a more professional caller

TOPICS OF DISCUSSION

  • Timing
  • Mechanics of Choreography
  • Voice/Delivery
  • Smooth Dancing/Body Flow
  • Programming
  • Teaching
  • Music/Rhythm
  • Choreographic Management
  • Ethics/Leadership

Ken Ritucci

Ken has been calling for 35 years and has been teaching callers since 1983. Since the early 90’s, Ken has conducted some of the most successful Callers Schools in the country. He has traveled throughout parts of the United States and Canada, calling and conducting callers Schools and Clinics. He has taught hundreds of callers how to call and has helped them tremendously with their calling careers. Ken calls through the C-2 Level and he is knowledgeable in all aspects of calling. Ken is a member of CALLERLAB and is on the Board of Governors. Ken is also an Accredited Caller Coach.

Wade Driver

In 1957, Wade Driver learned to square dance from his father, Doc Driver in Atlanta, where he was born.  It was then that he performed his first singing call and has been calling ever since.

In 1975 Wade quit his regular job to pursue square dance calling as a full-time profession.  In December of 1975, he produced the first records on the Rhythm label.  The success of the label is due primarily to Wade's management and musical skills.

Wade has been a member of CALLERLAB since 1975 and is a past member of the Board of Governors and the Executive Committee.  He is a recipient of the CALLERLAB Milestone Aard.