Dave and Bev Sutter Since 1964, except for
four service years in the Navy as a cook on a nuclear
submarine, Dave has been calling for the dancers of Illinois,
Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Bev has been cueing rounds
since 1982.
Dave and Bev met in 1966 at square dance
lessons that Dave was teaching for the new Pistols &
Petticoat Square Dance Club in Platteville, WI. They married
Sept. 26, 1970 in Cuba City, WI, and have lived in Norfolk,
Va., Hazel Green, WI., currently residing in Asbury, IA. They
have four children, two sons and a daughter are married, a
daughter getting married July 18, 2003, and two grandchildren,
Sam & Sophie Sutter.
Dave and Bev, calling and cueing dances,
travel from Des Moines, Iowa to Chicago, Illinois, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, to the Quad Cities, Iowa, Albert Lea, Minnesota to
Ottumwa, Iowa. They have been producers for the Annual Spring
and Fall Hoedowns held in Dubuque for the last 19 years. They
have been programming chairpersons for four of the Iowa State
Conventions held in Dubuque. They are members of Callerlab and
have received recognition for over ‘25 years of Calling and
Contributing to Square Dancing’ and Bev is the Chair of the
Partner’s Committee. At the 2000 Iowa State Convention, Dave
was named a recipient of Iowa’s Caller & Cuer Hall of Fame
Award.
Dave and Bev are the Tri-State Caller and
Cuer Association. Dave calls nine to eleven dances per month
and 2 sets of mainstream lessons and plus workshops every week
from September through March in Dubuque and Maquoketa, Iowa.
They take their summers off to avoid caller burn-out and spend
time with their children and grandchildren and do a lot of
camping.
Dave is a Safety Supervisor for
Royster-Clark, East Dubuque, IL., and is certified in and an
Instructor of CPR and First Aid. Bev is a sub bus driver for
the Dubuque Community Schools, certified in CPR and First Aid,
and writes articles for the new Square Dancing Today
Magazine.
Dave loves camping, just took up golf, and
doesn’t get to do nearly enough fishing. Bev loves camping,
golf, designing and sewing a new dress for each of the
Hoedowns.
DAVE & BEV SUTTER
5533 Northwood
Court,
Asbury, Iowa 52002-2531
Phone:
319-556-7282
E-Mail:
dosidobev@aol.com