Wild Goose Chase Cloggers

moosejaw

  • March 7–9, 2008

  • Twenty-fifth anniversary!!!
  • Theme: Cheap Suit–Retro Campy Birthday Party
  • Caller: Sue Hulsether
  • Old-time band: Poor Benny (Corey Mohan, Clayton Schanilec, Dave Furniss)
  • Vintage swing, Latin, American, and French café music: Café Accordion Orchestra (Dan Newton, Eric Mohring, Erik Lillestol, Brian Barnes, Joe Steinger)
  • Swing dance instructors: Will and Alice Ribbens
  • Clogging instructor: Julie Young
  • Sound: Doug Lohman
  • T-shirt design: Elise Kyllo
  • March 9–11, 2007

  • Theme: Gilligan's Island
  • Caller: Cis Hinkle
  • Old-time band: Big Medicine (Kenny Jackson, Jim Collier, Joe Newberry, Bob Head)
  • Cajun band: New Riverside Ramblers (Eric Mohring, Karen Kleinspehn, Bob Nelson, Paul Loughridge, Doug Lohman)
  • Cajun dance instructor: Maureen Mullen
  • Clogging instructor: Clayton Schanilec
  • Sound: Doug Lohman
  • T-shirt design: Zak Holman
  • March 10–12, 2006

  • Theme: Western
  • Caller: Beth Molaro
  • Old-time band: Foghorn Stringband (Stephen "Sammy"Lind, Caleb Klauder, P.T. Grover, Kevin Sandri, Brian Bagdonas)
  • New Orleans-style R&B band: Rocking Pinecones (Dan Newton, Dick Danaher, Tim Mauseth, Rusty Jones, Dehl Gallagher)
  • Cajun dance instructor: Karen Kleinspehn
  • Clogging instructors: WGCC
  • Stepping instructors: Ellen Keane, Shawn Glidden
  • Sound: Doug Lohman
  • T-shirt design: Zak Holman
  • March 11–13, 2005

  • Caller: Carol Ormand
  • Old-time band: The Combine (Chirps Smith, Dave Landreth, Fred Campeau, Steve Rosen)
  • French Musette, vintage swing, Latin and European folk music: Café Accordion Orchestra (Dan Newton, Eric Mohring, Erik Lillestol, Brian Barnes, Joe Steinger)
  • Tango dance instructor: Valerie Williams
  • Clogging instructor: Dot Kent
  • Sound: Doug Lohman
  • T-shirt design: Beth Thibodeau
  • March 12–14, 2004

  • Caller, swing dance instructor: Ron Buchanan
  • Old-time band: Kirk and Lisa Sutphin, Eddie Bond
  • Acoustic-style swing jazz band: Parisota Hot Club (Bobby E. Ekstrand, Robert Henry, Raphael Fraisse, Bill Grenke) with Clint Hoover
  • Clogging instructors: WGCC
  • Sound: Doug Lohman
  • T-shirt design: Thea Evans
  • March 7–9, 2003

  • Theme: Mardi Gras
  • Caller: Phil Jamison
  • Old-time band: New Southern Ramblers (Phil Jameson, Gordy Hinners, John Hermann, Meredith McIntosh)
  • Cajun band: New Riverside Ramblers (Eric Mohring, Karen Kleinspehn, Bob Nelson, Paul Loughridge, Doug Lohman)
  • Cajun dance instructors: Maureen Mullen, Tom Kendrick
  • Clogging/flatfoot instructors: Phil Jamison, Gordy Hinners
  • Sound: Doug Lohman
  • T-shirt design: Dan Carlson
  • March 8–10, 2002

  • Callers: Corey Mohan, Julie Young, Bob Walser, Sue Hulsether
  • Old-time band: Pig's Eye Landing (Tim Reese, Erik "Puck "Peterson, Amy Sandeen, Andrea Earley, Dave Heiser)
  • Scandinavian band: Ole Olson's Old-time Orkestra (Char Bostrom, Art Bjorngjeld, Paul Wilson, Mary Abendroth)
  • Scandinavian dance instructor: Roo Lester
  • Clogging instructors: WGCC
  • English clogging instructors: Nick Pilley, Claire Rudd
  • Sound: Doug Lohman
  • T-shirt design: Jane Friedmann
  • March 9–11, 2001

  • Caller: Rodney Sutton
  • Old-time band: Critton Hollow String Band (Joe and Sam Hermann, Joe Fallon)
  • Cajun/swing band: Buffalo Gals (Mary DuShane, Cathy Mosher, Maureen Mullen, Betsy Neil, Doug Lohman)
  • Clogging instructors: WGCC
  • Tap instructors: Ellen Keane, Shawn Glidden
  • Sound: Doug Lohman
  • T-shirt design: Amy Sandeen, Craig Johnson
  • MooseJaw 2000

  • Cancelled due to fire at Maplelag in December, 1999
  • March 12–14, 1999

  • Caller: Paul Tyler
  • Old-time band: Moses Mohan and the Burning Bush (Corey Mohan, Clayton Schanilec, Lee Guthrie, Dave Furniss)
  • Scandinavian band: The Scandinavian Hotshots (Dick Rees, Anni Spring, Art Bjorngjeld)
  • Scandinavian dance instructors: Ted Hodapp, Jan Raven
  • Clogging instructor: Sandy Silva
  • French Canadian fiddle: Linda Breitag
  • Sound: Doug Lohman
  • T-shirt design: Steve Hanson
  • March 6–8, 1998

  • Caller: Phil Jamison
  • Old-time band: Ralph Blizard and The New Southern Ramblers (Phil Jamison, Gordy Hinners, John Hermann)
  • Swing band: The Senders (Dave Brown, Bill Black, Pete Masters, Greg Traxler, Chris Winkles)
  • Swing dance instructors: Will Ribbens, Alice Mendelsohn
  • Clogging/flatfoot instructors: Phil Jamison, Gordy Hinners
  • Tap instructor: Ellen Keane
  • French-Canadian fiddle: Linda Breitag
  • Sound: Mark Boggle
  • T-shirt design: Eric Hatling
  • March 7–9, 1997

  • Caller, clogging/flatfoot instructor: Phil Jamison
  • Old-time band: Volo Bogtrotters (Fred Campeau, Paul Tyler, Mitch Thomas, Jordan Wankoff, Kathy Casper)
  • Latin/French Musette band: Café Accordion Orchestra (Dan Newton, Gordy Abel, Brian Barnes)
  • Latin dance instructors: Ralph Tuttila, Joan Gerr
  • Clogging instructor: Marianne Kovatch
  • Children's workshops: Corey Mohan
  • Sound: Mark Boggle
  • T-shirt design: Craig Johnson, Ann Cook
  • March 8–10, 1996

  • Caller: Cathy Anderson
  • Old-time band: Rhythm Rats (Kenny Jackson, Paula Bradley, Whitt Mead)
  • Cajun band: Frogtown Hotshots (Eric Mohring, Gary Powell, Maureen Powell)
  • Cajun dance instructor: Maureen Powell
  • Clogging instructor: Sarah Springer
  • Children's workshops: Corey Mohan
  • Sound: Mark Boggle
  • T-shirt design: Elise Kyllo
  • March 10–12, 1995

  • Caller, swing dance instructor: Ron Buchanan
  • Old-time band: Moses Mohan and the Burning Bush (Corey Mohan, Clayton Schanilec, Lee Guthrie, Dave Furniss, Molly Stoughton)
  • Swing band: The Semantics (Mary DuShane, Brian Barnes, Joe Weismann)
  • Clogging/flatfoot instructor: Phil Jamison
  • Sound: Bob Walser
  • T-shirt design: Dan Becker
  • March 11–13, 1994

  • Caller: John Krumm
  • Old-time band: Volo Bogtrotters (Fred Campeau, Paul Tyler, Lynn "Chirps" Smith, Steve Rosen, Tony Scarimbolo)
  • Clogging instructor: Sandy Silva
  • T-shirt design: Dan Becker
  • MooseJaw 1993

  • On sabbatical
  • February 7–9, 1992

  • Location: Resort on Potato Lake near Park Rapids, Minn.
  • Caller: John Krumm
  • Metis fiddler: Reg Bouvette from Winnipeg
  • Social dance leader: Dennis Grove from Selkirk, Manitoba
  • Synchronized swimming with Mary DuShane on fiddle
  • February 1–3, 1991

  • Location: Bobby Schmidt's Resort, Stone Lake, Wisc.
  • Theme: Gangsters! Molls!
  • Musicians: Dave Edminster, Jamie Gans, Marianne Kovatch, and more
  • Tap/Chigago hoofing workshops
  • T-shirt design: Dave Losure
  • 1990

  • Location: Bobby Schmidt's Resort, Stone Lake, Wisc.
  • Theme: Western
  • Band: Jay Peterson and Paradise Ranch
  • Country-western dance instructor:Shawn Glidden
  • Clogging/buckdance instructor: Ruth Pershing
  • Hip-hop dance instructors: kids from Quaker School in Iowa
  • T-shirt design: Dan Becker
  • 1983–1989

  • Location: Moose Jaw Resort near Park Falls, Wisc.
  • Themes: Prom night, Hawaiian luau, Mardi Gras
  • Workshops: clogging with Shuffle Creek Dancers and Rhythm in Shoes, sleaze Cajun with Millie Ortego, swing and tango with Dan Gorno, Brazilian sword dance with Tom Kendrick, Irish with Ben and Julie Agar, juggling
  • Memorable characters: Rev Doc and the Holy Vessels