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Traditional Western Square Dances 3b - Heads to the Center, Sides Divide
Bill Litchman taught this dance as part of his session (November 19, 2011) on Traditional Western Squares at the Dare To Be Square Weekend, John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC. Co-sponsored by the Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS), the…
Bill Litchman - Goin' Uptown
Bill Litchman calls at the Dare To Be Square weekend held November 18-20, 2011, at the John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC.
Musicians are Steve Hickman and Claudio Buchwald, fiddles; Jim Morrison, guitar; Sam Bartlett, banjo. The tune is…
Musicians are Steve Hickman and Claudio Buchwald, fiddles; Jim Morrison, guitar; Sam Bartlett, banjo. The tune is…
Bill Litchman - Box the Gnat
Bill Litchman calls at the Dare To Be Square weekend held November 18-20, 2011, at the John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC.
Musicians are Steve Hickman and Claudio Buchwald, fiddles; Jim Morrison, guitar; Sam Bartlett, banjo. The tune is…
Musicians are Steve Hickman and Claudio Buchwald, fiddles; Jim Morrison, guitar; Sam Bartlett, banjo. The tune is…
Bill Litchman - Northern Lights
Dance written by Floyd Parker, Colorado, danced at the 2011 Dare To Be Square dance weekend in Brasstown, NC, called by Bill Litchman. Dance directions are available, as is an audio clip of the original recording. The tune is Blackberry Quadrille.
Bill Litchman - Rocky Mountain Square Dancing
(To open the PDF document, click on the underlined link to the right.)This overview of square dance history focuses on two major groups of square dance. One group (northern, Eastern, Maritime, etc.) relies on quadrille-style figures, with couples…
Traditional Western Square Dances 4 - Docey Out as She Comes In
Bill Litchman taught this dance as part of his session (November 19, 2011) on Traditional Western Squares at the Dare To Be Square Weekend, John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC. Co-sponsored by the Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS), the…
Traditional Western Square Dances 3a - Heads to the Center walkthrough
(A separate video is available of the actual dance; this is the walkthrough.)
Bill Litchman taught this dance as part of his session (November 19, 2011) on Traditional Western Squares at the Dare To Be Square Weekend, John C. Campbell Folk School,…
Bill Litchman taught this dance as part of his session (November 19, 2011) on Traditional Western Squares at the Dare To Be Square Weekend, John C. Campbell Folk School,…
Traditional Western Square Dances 5a - Sally Goodin walkthrough
Dance: "Sally Goodin with a Docey-do," devised by Marvin Shilling, Walsenburg, Colorado (based on the traditional dance "Sally Goodin")
This is the walkthrough; a separate video shows the actual dance.
Bill Litchman taught this dance as part of…
This is the walkthrough; a separate video shows the actual dance.
Bill Litchman taught this dance as part of…
Bill Litchman - Forward 6, Fall Back 8
Bill Litchman, caller, in the traditional western style of square dance. This clip includes a walkthrough.
Recorded at Dare To Be Square, Brasstown, NC, November 19, 2011.
Musicians for this session were Steve Hickman and Jim Morrison,…
Recorded at Dare To Be Square, Brasstown, NC, November 19, 2011.
Musicians for this session were Steve Hickman and Jim Morrison,…
DTBS Callers & musicians
The callers are joined by the musicians from the Dare To Be Square Weekend. Front row: Jim Morrison, guitar and fiddle; Sam Bartlett, banjo; Claudio Buchwald, piano and fiddle; Steve Hickman, fiddle
Brasstown Callers
The six callers at Dare To Be Square, Brasstown, NC, 2011. They are also consultants to this Square Dance History Project. From left to right: Phil Jamison, Bill Litchman, Larry Edelman, Tony Parkes, Bob Dalsemer, and Jim Mayo
Bill Litchman 2b - Lloyd Shaw, part 2
Bill Litchman continues his discussion about educator Lloyd "Pappy" Shaw and the important role he played in square dance. Here, he focuses on the impact that Shaw's Cheyenne Mountain Dancers had in creating interest in squares, how Shaw's summer…