Chris Ricciotti

Chris Ricciotti

Clubs & Associations

Lavender Country and Folk Dancers

Quick Facts

• began traditional square dancing in 1979 and MWSD in 1983
• began calling for the LGBTQ community in 1987
• lives in Boston with his partner John
• founder of LCFD, performer in the Gay Blades Rapper Sword team and musician for morris dancing
• calls Traditional Squares and Contras as well as several couples dance forms, country & western line dances, and various other folk dance forms
• affectionately known as the "Queen Mum"
• called a contra dance with Laura Johannes at Remake The Heatwave
• Chris's caller profile on ceder.net

GCA Caller School

• attended 2003 (where he visited the "dark side")

Media Features

• author of the excellent Gender-Free Dancing Caller's Manual and History