Cindy Harris

Cindy Harris

Cindy is relatively new to calling, having begun by accident five years ago in a valiant attempt to avoid killing herself during Dance Week at the Augusta Heritage Center. Kathy Andersen's squares calling class seemed like a good way to avoid certain death from "dance all day and night syndrome." By the end of the week, it was clear that calling was going to be a new way of life.
Three weeks later she called her first dances in Pittsburgh, and within a year she was calling on a regular basis. Over the last several years she's called dances in Elkins and Charleston WV, Athens and Columbus, OH, upstate New York, and, of course, Pittsburgh.

A fiddler and autoharper herself, she's a big fan and supporter of old-time bands, but also loves driving Irish and French Canadian bands and that otherwise uncategorizable style full of cheap band tricks that's generally known as "good contra dance music."

She loves calling Southern squares and Northern quadrilles as well as well-composed contras from a variety of choreographers and an occasional circle dance. Her calling style includes clear and friendly teaching and enthusiastic and rhythmic calling that always takes advantage of the strengths of the band.

Text provided by Shelly Valdez.

Cindy Harris
	Cindy is relatively new to calling, having begun by accident five years ago in a valiant attempt to avoid killing herself during Dance Week at the Augusta Heritage Center. Kathy Andersen's squares calling class seemed like a good way to avoid certain death from "dance all day and night syndrome." By the end of the week, it was clear that calling was going to be a new way of life. Three weeks later she called her first dances in Pittsburgh, and within a year she was calling on a regular basis. Over the last several years she's called dances in Elkins and Charleston WV, Athens and Columbus, OH, upstate New York, and, of course, Pittsburgh. A fiddler and autoharper herself, she's a big fan and supporter of old-time bands, but also loves driving Irish and French Canadian bands and that otherwise uncategorizable style full of cheap band tricks that's generally known as "good contra dance music." She loves calling Southern squares and Northern quadrilles as well as well-composed contras from a variety of choreographers and an occasional circle dance. Her calling style includes clear and friendly teaching and enthusiastic and rhythmic calling that always takes advantage of the strengths of the band. Text provided by Shelly Valdez.