Andy Allemao
the Dancing Wizard from California
FEATURED CALLER THROUGHOUT THE CONVENTION

By day, Andy is a Senior Director of Product Management for a software company. Nights and weekends are pretty much all about Square Dance. Andy is the caller/teacher for three and a half weekly clubs in the San Diego area: a Hexagon club (the Lighthouse Squares), an IAGSDC Multi Level club (Basic thru A2 - The Finest City Squares), a traditional Plus club (Sundown Squares), and an Advanced club (sponsored by the San Diego County Callers Association). On weekends, Andy has the honor of calling regional dances, festivals, and weekends throughout the US. Andy also is a staff caller on Buddy Weaver's Blue Star Records.

Andy believes that his job is to facilitate the dancers' enjoyment of each other. To Andy, a successful square dance is one where the positive energy is high, dancers dance smoothly and confidently, are challenged a bit, but most of all share a hearty laugh or two.