Update 1.01b38 (29 Oct 2011) - Caller's Companion now support email of dances and sets directly from within the program. You can email a dance or set as text and also include a formatted PDF attachment of the same.

Special Update (6 Feb 2011)

Caller's Companion now runs on the iPad! Nils Fredland and at least two other callers are calling from their iPads. If you are a current CC user and want to run CC on your iPad you need to do the following: 1) update your copy of CC to at least version 1.01b29; 2) buy FileMaker Go ($39.95) from the Apple App Store; and 3) use iTunes file Sync to transfer your CallersCompanion.USR file to the iPad.

What is Caller's Companion?

Caller's Companion makes it easy for dance callers to catalog large numbers of dances and to create, edit, save and duplicate "Sets" of dances for programmed events. Caller's Companion contains detailed options for cataloging contra dances, squares and English Country Dances by Name, Author, Type, formation, level, first figure, music, and more, as well as user customizable fields.

A robust Search engine allows you to search by figure within a specific part of a dance, for example, finding all dances with a "Petronella" balance in B1. Caller's Companion has multiple print options including a number of different formats for dances and sets and a detailed "programming matrix" to make it easy to spot repetitive elements in a Set (for example, several dances in a row that contain "Men allemande Left 1-1/2").

Dance entry is fast and standardized with user customizable "Insert Call" buttons so all dances are entered with the format and phrasing you like to use. A "Source" area allows you to link one dance to the author's website, an online video, and to other related dances.

Caller's Companion is a FileMaker Pro "Runtime" application and does not require FileMaker Pro or any additional software to run, though it may also be used with FileMaker Pro 9 or 10.

For more information:

• Take the Quick Tour for a screen-by-screen look
• Watch the Intro Movie for a full run-down of all features
• Download Caller's Companion (Mac or Win) and try it yourself!

Below are a couple of screen shots of the Dances and Sets areas. See the Tour page for a more complete overview or download the fully functional demo and try it yourself.

A sample Set list for an evening...

These two screen shots are just to give you a quick idea. Please see the "Tour" page for a complete overview of all Caller's Companion's capabilities.