Natalie Sprosty
Cuer
Natalie Sprosty learned to square dance in 1983 while attending the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. After graduating from college and moving back home to the Chicago area, she quickly found a singles’ club to join and discovered round dancing. While dancing with Al & Jane Krol’s Carousel Club, Natalie tried cueing – starting with Maria Elena (Phase 5). She cued for many years for various clubs in the Chicago area and taught lessons, both beginners and a Phase 4-5 class.Â
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In 2000, Natalie moved to Bettendorf, IA and started working for John Deere at the World Headquarters in Moline, IL as a CPA. In 2001, Natalie married Don Sprosty, square dance caller, and they adopted their two sons, Roman and Andrey, from Siberia in 2006.Â
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Natalie continues to cue for various clubs in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and surrounding states. She also teaches an occasional accelerated format beginners’ class. Natalie has been the featured cuer/instructor at many events including the last eighteen Solid Gold Records (IA) Weekends, the Illinois State Federation May Festival, the Friendship Squares’ Watkins Glen (NY) Fall Weekend, the Omaha (NE) Spring Festival, the Kansas State Square Dance Convention, the North Dakota State Square & Round Dance Festival.  She has been on the staff at the 2009, 2013 & 2015 National Singles Dance-A-Ramas. In addition, Natalie has taught and cued at numerous Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin conventions as well as being on the program at numerous National Conventions. In 2024, Natalie was inducted into the Iowa Caller/Cuer Hall of Fame and will be the featured cuer at the 2025 Missouri State Festival.
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Natalie’s teaching partner is her brother-in-law, Doug. He is a square dance caller & round dance cuer as well. Natalie and Doug were the Vice Chairmen of Round Dance Programming for the 2024 National Square Dance Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As of Summer 2024, Natalie, Don and Doug were all retired from their day jobs and looking forward to more dance travel and activities.Â
