For years, I've teased bands about how they get to earn the big bucks at contra dance gigs, because they can sell CDs. I joked callers should be able to get in on it somehow. And now my jokes are coming back on me. 

I've just launched a kickstarter to create an illustrated board book of The ABCs of Contra Dancing, a poem I wrote and use as my sound check. 

If you want to see what the support for contra caller related merchandise is like (i.e. my justification for posting to the list) or just check out the project (my actual motivation for posting to the list); you can see it at

Please let me know if you have any questions. 

Happy dancing and calling to you all,

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