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The first picture is a 1968 publicity photo taken of the square dancers, used by the Central City Opera Association to send to local newspapers.

People in the photo are;
back row; Sharon _?_, Gary Schaub, Larry Wylie, caller, Les Brown, and…

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.

Ed Austin was a Colorado student who danced in Central City in the summers of 1952–54. The following year, he was working for Kodak and was back in Colorado with a movie camera. He captured and edited this extraordinary silent film documenting…