Moose Squares
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Ken Bishop: Visit the Moose Lodge in Redding just about any Monday night and you'll hear a man's chanting voice over blaring music played before a room of square dancers. Bishop sounds like a cross between an auctioneer with an incredible sense of timing and a kindly drill sergeant. But he's not just any caller, Ken Bishop founded the Shasta Dam Dandies in 1957 and called for the group for 41 years, something that earned him recognition via an official proclamation and plaque by Sen. Maurice Johannessen, R-Redding. Born in Springfield, Mo., Bishop spent his childhood summers in the Ozarks visiting relatives. He recalls countless summer evenings when the adults would clear furniture from the dining room and make way for a live band and a host of square-dancing neighbors. Those festive memories remained dormant until years later when he and his wife began taking square-dance classes in Southern California. His wife joked, she could do better than the caller, and to prove it, bought records to practice. Seemingly by osmosis, Bishop picked it up and was hooked. He's been a square-dance caller ever since. At 84 this retired engineer for Gerlinger Steel of Redding, Ca and his wife Marilyn can be found every Monday at the Moose Lodge in Redding, Ken will be the one behind the microphone. |
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This is an award that Ken Bishop received on April, 2007 from CALLERLAB, it states that Ken has completed 50 years as a Square Dance Caller. |
Ken Bishop, Moose Squares - Caller
P.O. Box 213, Central Valley, Ca. 96019
Phone Number: 530/275-1747
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