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2017 Caller/Cuer Scroll of Honour

Wendy Krueger

 
Photo Courtesy Alex Galbraith

Wendy started dancing in 2002 with the Abbotsford Grand Squares then in 2004 took Plus Level lessons with Town n' Country Swingers. In 2006 she became Co-Chair of the Abbotsford Grand Squares and in 2010 became the Secretary for the Vancouver & District Caller Teachers Association. About that same time she also became interested in Calling and became a Caller student taking Lessons and Courses in the United States. She has taken several week long Courses and still attends Caller Schools in the summer. In about 2005-2006 she introduced Moving and Grooving to the Surrey School Board and as a teacher she used the Moving and Grooving program in the school where she taught.

In 2012 -2013 she stepped in as the Secretary for the B.C. S. & R.D. Federation Board Meeting and then became the elected Secretary for the B.C.S. & R.D. Federation for 2014-2016.

Almost from the start of the New Club, Guys 'n Gals she assisted with the Calling and with that same club she introduced the now famous Coaches Corner where new Dancers get some extra coaching time to learn by themselves.

She has now taken up Cueing and has a Class Sunday Afternoons at Guys n' Gals. She has been Guest Caller at several events in the United States as well as in B.C. calling in Campbell River, Ocean Side Festival, the National in Regina and here at home in the Fraser Valley. She is, at present, Co-Chair of the upcoming B.C. 2017 Festival in Cloverdale.

Write-up provided by Barb Tryssenaar, Scroll of Honour Award Committee Chair