DOUG DAVIS
18825 North Dunn Road
Colbert, Washington 99005
phone: (509) 979-2612 mobile
Doug Davis has been square dancing all his life. Mitchum's Barn was the Saturday night hangout for him and his classmates during high school. Doug joined the Navy in 1967 and started calling while stationed in Hawaii in 1974. He met Priscilla at a square dance in February 1975 and they married in November 1975. After his discharge, they moved back to Spokane, Washington where he continued to call throughout the Northwest.
In 1990 Priscilla was transferred to the VA Hospital in Livermore, California and Doug was able to enjoy a full schedule of calling in the San Francisco Bay area, calling for five clubs and many weekend dates for those 5 years. In 1995, Priscilla was transferred to Reno/Sparks, Nevada and Doug went back to work but continued calling/teaching the 11 years they lived there.
Both retired and moved back home to Green Bluff in 2006. Doug calls for three clubs in the Spokane area: Valley Cross Trailers (a Mainstream club), OctoPlus (a Plus club) and Wooden Nickels (an Advanced club). He is also available to travel on weekends as the featured caller for special dances and regional, state, and national festivals, calling MS through A2. They have attended many Nationals (Doug-35 & Priscilla-27) and Doug has sounded Silver State Festival in Reno the last 20 years besides sounding other State Festivals.
Doug is a member of Callerlab and believes all callers should teach a new dancer class every year. As of April 2007 Doug is an Accredited Caller Coach and the only one in the state of Washington. He and Priscilla are owners/producers of Chinook/Hoedowner Records (ChinookRecords.com).
Doug and Priscilla founded the Bluegrass on the Bluff bluegrass festival held on Green Bluff, Washington (northeast of Spokane) at the end of May each year.
Doug and Priscilla have two grown sons. Tony and his three children live on the family farm. Shawn and his wife live in Fairbanks, Alaska. And, at one time both sons did square dance!