Les Heaton
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TARTAN PROMENADERS
STARTED DANCING: 1973 NEWPORT OCEAN WAVES
CALLER: WALLY CRIGHTON
MET WIFE AT DANCE: 1974 MARRIED 1976
BREAK FROM DANCING: 1977-81
MOVE TO CENTRAL COAST: 1979, BACK DANCING 1981
CALLERS SCHOOL CASINO: 1986 & 1987 WITH BRIAN HOTCHKIES
STARTED CLUB & CALLING: PENINSULA RIPPERS 1986 – 2007
STARTED HENRY KENDALL: 1992 TO PRESENT
MEMBERSHIP:
NSWCA Vice President, NSWCA President, NSWCA Technical Officer, NSWCA Publicity Officer NSWCA Training Officer 2001, ACF Member 1991-Present. Co Convenor NSW State Convention 1990, Convenor NSW State Convention 1995, Program Manager NSW State Conventions 1995-1998 NSWCA President two terms total 12 years. ACF Board member 2010-2017 ACF Registrar 2011-2017. NSW Co-ordinator 2012-2015, ACF Caller Conference Hobart 2016.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE:
USA Salt Lake City Convention as a dancer 1991
USA San Antonio National Convention Called 1996 (MS/PLUS),
CANADIAN Edmonton National Convention (Workshop/B/MS/PLUS)
Called USA Clubs, Oklahoma, California, Idaho, Colorado.
NEW ZEALAND Lower Hutt (Wellington) National Convention 2014
NEW ZEALAND Hamilton National Convention 2016
AUSTRALIA I’ve been lucky to have called in every State and Territory in Australia