David Millstone started contra dancing with Dudley Laufman in the early 1970s and has been calling dances for more than forty years. His monthly contra dance with the band “Northern Spy” in Norwich, Vermont ran from 1980–2015, making this one of the longest series in New England. David recently served six years as president of the Country Dance and Song Society. An experienced caller of English country dances, he’s been on staff at dance weekends, festivals and weeklong camps from Alaska and Hawaii, Maine to Florida.

He is known for his clear and supportive teaching style, the breadth of his repertoire, his sense of humor, and his ability to pick dances that offer the right level of challenge for all audiences.