The Contra Borealis Dancers are fortunate to have local bands and callers for dances. Here are links for some of them.

Bands

  • Ice Jam – Skip, Seth, Sarah and Kayt with an eclectic mix of tunes. Seth Danielson sldanielson@ alaska.edu 388-1804
  • Raven Call – A mix of musicians who have created a different sound for dances.
  • Steam Shovel String Band – Solid driving old time band from just a few members
  • Simple Sugars – Old time band with Aurora, Heidi, Ryan, Scott, Amanda & Chris
  • Lost Dogs – old time group that plays for square dances in Ester, but worthy of mention. Contact Pete Bowers petebowers959@ gmail.com 907-978-1980

Callers

  • Lynn Basham – ls.basham@ gmail.com 907-378-1000
  • Barbara Braley – bbraley@ acsalaska.net 907-457-8957
  • David Maxwell – damaxwell@ alaska.edu
  • Jess Winn – mycolorfuldreams@ gmail.com
  • Fairbanks Callers Collective – a promising development in 2014, made of veterans of David Kaynor’s calling class for Winter Dance Weekend Feb. 2014. They have not been active of late, but hope springs eternal by this webmaster. It needs rejuvenation!