ANSSRDT LIAISON REPORT to SRDFNS Meeting April 20, 2012
Submitted by Dottie Welch, ANSSRDT Liaison

ANSSRDT Executive for April 2012 - March 2013:
   President:				Gary Jones & Joan MacNeil-Jones 	gago_5@hotmail.com		
   Vice- President:			Kerry Fletcher			kdf@ns.sympatico.ca 
   Secretary				Barry Walker			ycd@eastlink.ca
   Treasurer: 				Laurie & Wilma Illsley	lawrence.illsley@ns.sympatico.ca
   Square Dance Coordinator:		Ralph & Barb MacDonald	ralph.macdonald@ns.sympatico.ca
   Round Dance Coordinator:		Lionel & Janet Crowe		ljcrowe1@ns.sympatico.ca
   ANSSRDT Newsletter Editor:	Dottie Welch			dwelch@eastlink.ca
   DANS Contact:			Laurie Illsley			lawrence.illsley@ns.sympatico.ca
   Liaison to SRDFNS:		Dottie Welch 			dwelch@eastlink.ca

ANSSRDT (Association of Nova Scotia Square & Round Dance Teachers):
·	April 2012 Newsletter will soon be available on the website. 
·	ANSSRDT met on April 14 at E. H. Horne School in Enfield.  
·	The next meeting is scheduled for September 22nd, 2012 at the same location. 
·	We held workshops on sight calling, Mixers, and Traditional Square Dance Figures.
·	Plans are proceeding regarding the SRDFNS Provincial Festival 2013 in Stellarton.
  
ALGUIRE CALLERS MEMORIAL FUND and CALLERS SCHOOL:  
·	The sixth biannual Alguire Memorial Callers School is scheduled for August 2013 with Betsy and Roy Gotta.  Betsy is the caller and on the board of Callerlab, Roy is a cuer and on the board of Roundalab, therefore workshops for both callers and cuers are possible. 
·	We are still sorting out firm dates.  We had made plans to hold it August 25 to 30, 2013.  We would like to change it to August 18 to 23, 2013.
·	Donations to the fund may still be made through Alex Ritchie or DANS.

CALLERLAB (International Association of Square Dance Callers):
·	The 39th CALLERLAB Convention was held April 1-4, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee.
·	316 people were in attendance including 114 partners or VIPs. 
·	This is the Triennial Review Year so all program lists are up for consideration of possible changes.  This is still in the discussion stage.  
·	The next convention is scheduled for March 25-27, 2013 in Raleigh (Cary), North Carolina.

MCCA (Maritime Callers and Cuers Association):
·	The 2012 MCCA workshop weekend is scheduled for June 9-10 in Nappan, Nova Scotia at the Experimental Pavilion. 
·	The 43rd Maritime Square and Round Dance Convention is scheduled for November 2-3, 2012 at the Fredericton Inn, NB.  The new flooring will be in use.  Please plan to support this convention and encourage others to attend.  This is our once-a-year chance to share our love of square and round dancing with dancers from outside Nova Scotia.  Such events depend on our support and are critical to the health of our worldwide activity.