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Les Gotcher - Do Paso What (clip)
sample of Les Gotcher's calling style, in this case building a dance from a break sequence
Black Mountain 128
Black Mountain 128
Allemande Alphabet
Allan Brozek, Oxford, CT: "Charles Crabbe Thomas, from Woodbury, NJ, was the publisher of American Squares during the magazine's early years. Most likely, some of these alphabet calls were made up by Charlie so that an edition of the magazine could…
Vic Ceder - MWSD patter tip with all dance programs
Called by Vic Ceder at the Fall Berkshires C4 Weekend in Lenox, MA on Oct. 22, 2011. A group of volunteer dancers returned from their lunch early to dance a special tip in which each sequence was from a different dance modern square dance program.…
Challenge Square Dancing - C4
This half-hour video was shot at the Fall Berkshires C4 Weekend in Lenox, MA on October 22, 2011. It contains dance sequences and interviews with avid C4 dancers who describe the more complicated forms of MWSD and the several CALLERLAB programs. Much…
Stan Winchester - C4 Singing Squares
Stan Winchester was a MWSD dancer who created a large body of singing squares for the C4 community. These dancers sometimes share a series of recorded audiotapes with prerecorded calls, and Winchester was appreciated for ability to fit the complex…
Square Dance Radio Network
This weekly show focuses on modern square dancing, and is hosted by Dayle Hodge and Barb Jarvis. They describe their mission thus: "The Square Dance Radio Network provides entertaining and educational audio programming to promote and maintain the…
Square Dance Revival - Australia, 1980
Television documentary that looks at square dancing in Australia. Mention is made of the boom years of the early 1950s an the start of square dancing there, but this focuses on a revival around 1980. Features interviews with caller Colin Huddleston…
Australia Square Dance Boom, 1952 - Jim Vickers-Willis
Drawing on audio clips, still photographs, newspaper clippings, and other illustrates, this short piece describes the enormous interest in square dancing in Australia in the 1950s. The primary focus is caller Jim Vickers-Willis, but other callers are…
Square Dancing with Joe Lewis - Australia, 1952
A unique heritage clip of the Australian visit of American 'Hall of Fame' Square Dance Caller, Joe Lewis, on arrival at Essendon airport, Melbourne, in 1952, with commentary by Australian square dance caller Jim Vickers-Willis.
Ed Austin's Life in Dance
This autobiography by Ed Austin focuses on his lifetime involvement with traditional dance, including a detailed description of the dances he filmed in Central City, Colorado. Click here to watch his film.
Bud Udick - Hash #2
This 1949 audio clip features Bud Udick calling with Tait's Orchestra, recorded live at the Broadmoor Hotel ballroom in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This audio file was digitized and cleaned by Don Ward, who features many such gems on his…
Bud Udick - Hash #1
This 1949 audio clip features Bud Udick calling with Tait's Orchestra, recorded live at the Broadmoor Hotel ballroom in Colorado Springs, Colorado. A set of five ten-inch 78rpm recordings with Udick calling was released by Pikes Peak Records asBar…