Lisa Heywood - Dance Caller

Lisa Heywood - Dance Caller Pronouns (she/her)
Fun, friendly and inclusive ceilidhs & barn dances for parties, weddings and more! Based in the midlands but happy to travel :)

Callers’ Chat: New Patreon content!This month’s printable dance card is the Stoke Golding Country DanceThis dance featur...
05/03/2026

Callers’ Chat: New Patreon content!

This month’s printable dance card is the Stoke Golding Country Dance

This dance features a “strip-the-willow” move.Although usually this move is associated with Scotland, this dance was collected in the village of Stoke Golding in Leicestershire.

The dance was published by Sibyl Clarke in 1955 in a book called “Seven Midland Dances”. Sibyl was a great promoter of folk dancing in Northampton and the surrounding areas.

Why do I love this dance? It’s fun! It has a great flow, and is relatively simple. It’s also unphrased which means each group can go at their own pace.

Download the full dance card at my Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/c/CallersChat

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The Dance Social Kickstarter Campaign launches at noon on Saturday 28th February. Rewards include prints, postcards and ...
27/02/2026

The Dance Social Kickstarter Campaign launches at noon on Saturday 28th February. Rewards include prints, postcards and stickers of the podcast artwork!

Sign up to get the link by email the moment the Kickstarter launches:
https://subscribepage.io/5E0LG6

Dance Social Podcast: Artwork reveal!

Back in July 2025, I posted a call out for a designer for the Dance Social Logo

[Image description: a screenshot of Lisa’s badly designed call out for a designer. Enlarged text reads “Design is not my strong point – please send help!]

Around 30 amazing artists answered the call! I’m so glad I did an open call, because it helped me connect with people I never would have found otherwise...

One of those artists was Dami Fawehinme, aka Sunnys Art Studio

[Image description: Photo of Dami standing in the middle of a flowered archway, with her hands up in peace signs. They are a slim dark-skinned Black person, wearing denim dungarees, a long sleeved orange jumper with a golden Africa necklace]

I felt like Dami really “got” the project, and loved how they combine a playful style with important messages

[Image description: Two colourful pieces of art by Dami. One has cartoon versions of a black woman as their younger and older self. Text reads “We have always been here, we will always be here!” with the word “always” underlined. The other is a dark skinned Black girl wearing a school summer dress a hot pink Afro. Text read “Protect Q***r youth so we have a future of q***r elders”.]

So I was thrilled when Dami agreed to design the Dance Social Logo. Their fabulous design is inspired by the podcast’s themes of social dancing, q***rness, disability and different cultures

So without further ado... Let me present the Dance Social logo!

[Image description: The logo is a cartoon style artwork of a large pink disco ball surrounded by joyful dancing figures. The figures have a range of skin tones from dark brown to pink and their clothes are the colours of different pride flags - trans, intersex and le***an. One is using a wheelchair, one uses a cane, one has a hearing aid and another has an artificial limb on their right leg. Overlaid text reads "Dance Social".]

Learn to call for ceilidhs!In response to several requests the next cohort of my popular Introduction to Ceilidh Calling...
20/02/2026

Learn to call for ceilidhs!

In response to several requests the next cohort of my popular Introduction to Ceilidh Calling has been specially scheduled to suit folks in Australia and New Zealand!

In the words of one of my past students, the course is “packed full with everything you might need to know”!

Weekly sessions from Wed 15th Apr to Wed 13th May.

Session times…
London: 8-10am
Perth: 3-5pm
Adelaide: 4:30-6:30pm
Sydney: 5-7pm
Auckland: 7-9pm

There are only 6 places, so book early to avoid disappointment

Book here: https://buytickets.at/lisaheywood/1962598/r/fbp

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The Dance Social Podcast Kickstarter campaign is launching on 19th February! (eep) 😁You (yes you!) can help me to make t...
10/02/2026

The Dance Social Podcast Kickstarter campaign is launching on 19th February! (eep) 😁

You (yes you!) can help me to make this project a reality and nab yourself some fabulous rewards in the process – including incredible artwork by Dami Fawehinme and an online launch party with Vinay from Bollyq***r 😍

As a special thank you to the folks who are first to back the project there will be a limited number of rewards available at a special discounted early bird price for 24 hours only.

“How will I know when the Kickstarter goes live?” I hear you cry! Glad you asked 🥰

1. Head to: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lisa-dance/dance-social-a-new-podcast
2. Look for the black button which says “notify me on launch”.
3. Sign up to get a notification straight to your inbox the moment the project goes live 🥳

Any support you lovely humans can offer, whether it’s backing the project or sharing the link with a friend, is hugely appreciated! I am SO excited for this project! 🤩
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Image description: bold cream text on a dark blue background with three large fuzzy blobs of orange, pink and purple colour.

Text reads “Dance Social: Kickstarter launches 19th February”

This month on my Patreon community I have created a newly updated and printable dance card for one of my most popular da...
07/02/2026

This month on my Patreon community I have created a newly updated and printable dance card for one of my most popular dances, Balance the River!

I wrote this dance because I love the title move from the dance “Balance the Star” but felt that the second half of that dance was too complicated for beginners to pick up quickly. To fill out the second half I borrowed the dosidos and arches from the Riverside Jig.

Find out more about my Patreon content and get access here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/balance-river-145890773

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Image text: New Patreon content! Balance the River Printable Dance Card. Callers’ Chat.

In case you missed it – I’m making a podcast!Dance Social will be a series of interviews exploring social dancing of all...
21/01/2026

In case you missed it – I’m making a podcast!

Dance Social will be a series of interviews exploring social dancing of all kinds through the lenses of q***rness, disability and different cultures.

I’ll be launching a Kickstarter soon to fund the first 12 months of the podcast. There will be lots of fabulous rewards, and 20% off all rewards in the first 24 hours!

Rewards include...
🌟 Online launch party featuring inclusive Bollywood dance class from ***r
🌟 Prints and postcards featuring the podcast artwork, designed by
🌟 Plus... Behind the scenes access & the chance to sponsor an episode!

If you want to be at the front of the queue then sign up to my pre-launch page to get an email notification as soon as the Kickstarter goes live!

Sign up here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lisa-dance/dance-social-a-new-podcast

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Image description: Text reading "I'm making a podcast!". A photo of Lisa with their mouth wide in an excited expression and a bright orange and teal shirt. They are a white person with short brown hair that is longer on top and shaved at the sides. There is a teal cartoon sound wave behind them and large orange cartoon over the ear headphones beside them.

What a lovely night we had on Friday!
19/01/2026

What a lovely night we had on Friday!

Want to support my work AND get a handy downloadable dance card?I’ve been calling for over 15 years, and for 5 of those ...
15/01/2026

Want to support my work AND get a handy downloadable dance card?

I’ve been calling for over 15 years, and for 5 of those I’ve been making free resources for callers. I’d love to do more, but as a part-time access co-ordinator for a charity and freelance dance practitioner I’m struggling to find the time. My goal is to keep making free resources that are available to anyone who wants to learn about calling, and you can help to make that happen!

Patreon is a platform where you can subscribe to support my work for just £3/ month. In return each month I’ll share a handy downloadable dance card. These are currently based on blogs from my website, but specially updated and reformatted into a printable PDF. Huge thanks to the wonderful for helping me to get the Patreon up and running ❤

This month’s downloadable dance card is a ceilidh classic, The Boston Tea Party. It’s such a classic that I assumed it was hundreds of years old. It was many years before I realised the title referred to a historical event, and the dance was written in the late 20th Century!

You can also find lots of free calling resources on my website

Find out more at...
www.patreon.com/cw/CallersChat
www.lisaheywood.net

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Image text: Callers’ Chat, New Patreon Content! The Boston Tea Party😊

In case you missed it – I’m making a podcast!Dance Social will be a series of interviews exploring social dancing of all...
09/01/2026

In case you missed it – I’m making a podcast!

Dance Social will be a series of interviews exploring social dancing of all kinds through the lenses of q***rness, disability and different cultures.

Today I want to introduce you to Dami Fawehinmi (she/they) who has designed the podcast logo!

Dami is an illustrator and designer, creating artwork that is bold, inclusive, and visually engaging. They create cute, fun and representative art pieces and are passionate about creating work that truly represents and uplifts people whose voices are too often overlooked. As well as their art, they also founded and organise Q***r Prom events that give LGBTQIA+ people an opportunity to have their prom their way.



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Image 1: Dami is standing in the middle of a yellow flowered archway in a garden. Dami is a slim dark-skinned Black person, wearing golden glasses, cow print earrings, denim dungarees and a long sleeved orange jumper with a golden Africa necklace and a silver moon and stars chain around her waist. She has her arms up putting up peace signs in each hand.

Image 2: In the foreground at the top right is an elder dark skinned Black woman with a short grey Afro and a slit of pink in her hair and right eyebrow. She has gold earrings, a gold septum and strawberry hooped earrings. Wearing a bright orange jumper with a silver chain, they are wrapping the progress flag around their shoulders. Underneath her on the bottom left is a younger version of this same character. But they have a short fully pink Afro, the same jewellery but wearing an orange jumper with gold stars on it and a black racer top on top which has a pink love hearted lava lamp on it. Above them both it reads “we have always been here” with the word “always” underlined and under them both it reads “we will always be here” with the word “always” also underlined. There is a lilac background with line art white stars and bold stars.

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