Tomáš "Doug" Machalík

Hello! Welcome to my web page!

I am a Square Dance caller located in the Czech Republic (Central Europe). I started to call in March 1997 and I am curently calling Basic (or any of its parts) through Advanced 2. I strive for high-energy up-beat dancing with choreography that is as smooth as possible while providing variety as well as reasonable amount of mental challenge. I try to provide variety through music as well - from traditional Square Dance tunes to alternative music and karaoke tracks.

I will be happy to call for you - in person or over Skype (if you want to try)!

You can meet me at the following clubs on more or less regular basis:

• Crazy Dancers: Mainstream and some Plus in Prague (CZ) on most Mondays
• The Wild Bunch: Mainstream and Plus in Waldershof (D) on some Saturdays, Plus and A1 on some Sundays
• Colorado: mostly Basic and Mainstream near Kladno (CZ) on very irregular Saturdays
• Mary Lou: mostly A1 in Prachatice (CZ) on some Fridays, Saturdays or Sundays
• Russian Vodka Travel Club: Mainstream, travelling

Apart from calling, I conduct caller seminars and I also try to be active in the following caller associations:

• CzechoSlovak Callers & Teachers Association (CSCTA)
• European Callers Teachers Association e.V. (ECTA) - I am the current chairman of the Mainstream committee there
• CALLERLAB
• Gay Callers Association

I believe in caller cooperation, in exchanges of ideas and in providing variety to our dancers so I publish my ideas and articles to share with others:

• Electronic Tips for Callers is a web-based series of my articles (in English) related to Square Dance calling.
• Caller's Info is a magazine (in Czech) published by the CSCTA Square Dance Coordinator (it is me right now) for the association members.
• CALLING was a magazine (in English) for Square Dance callers worldwide. Unfortunately, it is not published any more.

I also try to share my limited knowledge and experience with those who are interested in learning something new. I conduct caller seminars and I also published several dozens of articles and a book named I Want To Be a Caller! for beginner callers (unfortunately, it is available in Czech only).

There are some Square-Dance-related videos with me publicly available (more can be found on Facebook or VKontakte):

• Plus singing-call at the 18th Rainbow CSCTA Convention in Prague (2010)
• Basic singing-call with Jiri "Slamak" Slaby and Michal Bayer at the 18th Rainbow CSCTA Convention in Prague (2010)
• Mainstream singing-call with Jirka Scobak at the 18th Hanacke Special Dance in Olomouc (October 2008)
• Mainstream singing-call in Japanese at the Colorado clubnight in Zilina near Kladno (October 2008)
• Mainstream singing-call with Jiri "Slamak" Slaby at the Colorado clubnight in Zilina near Kladno (October 2008)
• Mainstream patter-call with Jiri "Slamak" Slaby at the Colorado clubnight in Zilina near Kladno (October 2008)
• Mainstream singing-call with Jiri "Slamak" Slaby at the 16th CSCTA Convention in Bratislava, Slovakia (May 2008)
• Plus patter-call with Jirka Rogalewicz at the 16th CSCTA Convention in Bratislava, Slovakia (May 2008)
• Plus singing-call at the Huslenky special dance in Huslenky (February 2008)
• Plus patter-call at the ZOOM B. clubnight in Brno (May 2007)
• Plus singing-call with Jiri "Slamak" Slaby at the Rainbow special dance in Prague (May 2007)
• Plus patter-call at the Cochtanovo kapreni special dance in Trebon (March 2007)
• Plus singing-call at the Cochtanovo kapreni special dance in Trebon (March 2007)
• Basic singing-call at the Huslenky special dance in Huslenky (February 2007)

You might also want to check some footage from jams at various dances:

• Song from the after-party jam at the 5th anniversary of the ZOOM B. club in Brno (October 2008)
• Song from the after-party jam at the 5th anniversary of the ZOOM B. club in Brno (October 2008)
• Song from the "before-party" jam at the Huslenky special dance in Huslenky (February 2007)

Some other information and links:

• My contact information
• My Square-Dance-related profiles: ceder.net (English), squaredancecaller.de (German)
• My non-Square-Dance-related profiles: LinkedIn (English), Facebook (English/Czech), VKontakte (English/Russian), iFolk (Czech)
• Czech & Slovak Square Dance