Bill Olson states:
I consider Ted Sannella to be one of my primary mentors and back in
the early days I did sound and often played in the band for his 4th
Friday dance in North Whitefield, ME, so I got to see him close up..
Ted ALWAYS used cards but I KNEW he new the dances he called from
memory. I asked him about it once and he said it just made him feel
safer up there..
Another motivation for Ted may have been the fact that he kept
meticulous notes ----the date, place, and the dances that he called.
His extensive collection of personal notes, as well as books, and many
other items were donated to the Special Collections archives at the
University of New Hampshire. Here is the link to the information about
Ted:
http://www.library.unh.edu/special/index.php/ted-sannella
Linda
