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Tony Parkes - Six Pass Thru
Tony Parkes, caller. Recorded at Dare To Be Square, Brasstown, NC, November 19, 2011. Musicians for this session were Steve Hickman and Jim Morrison, fiddles; Claudio Buchwald, piano; and Sam Bartlett, banjo. The tune is "Woodchopper's Reel" (aka Pea…
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,…
Bob Dalsemer - Arkansas Traveler with a Cross Trail Thru
Bob Dalsemer calls at the Dare To Be Square weekend held November 18-20, 2011, at the John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC. This version of Arkansas Traveler, with the cross trail figure, comes from "Dance a While" by Harris, Pittman & Waller.…
Bob Dalsemer - Down Yonder
Bob Dalsemer calls the well-known singing square dance Down Yonder at the Dare To Be Square weekend held November 18-20, 2011, at the John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC. Bob credits the Handy Square Dance Book (Cooperative Recreation…
Bob Dalsemer - Gents Three-Quarter Star
Bob Dalsemer calls at the Dare To Be Square weekend held November 18-20, 2011, at the John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC. The dance was composed by the great New England caller Ted Sannella, and is published in Ted's book "Swing the Next."…
Maryland Line 6 - Grand Square
Grand Square was always danced at Maryland Line to one part of the polka tune Bye, Bye My Baby. The late Bob Osgood, publisher of Sets in Order magazine, recorded "Grand Square Quadrille" to a more complete version of the same tune.
At the Dare…
At the Dare…
Maryland Line 2 - When the Work's All Done
At the Dare To Be Square dance weekend, Bob Dalsemer led a workshop on "Dances of Maryland Line," a small town in northern Maryland that he visited often in the 1970s. Attentive viewers will note the distinctive style of promenade, a one-step around…
Maryland Line 1 - Paul Jones
At the Dare To Be Square dance weekend, Bob Dalsemer led a workshop on "Dances of Maryland Line," a small town in northern Maryland that he visited often in the 1970s. Attentive viewers will note the distinctive style of promenade, a one-step around…
Maryland Line 5 - Duck for the Oyster
This is what might be termed a semi-singing square. Maryland Line caller Jake Jacoby always called Duck for the Oyster to the tune Little Brown Jug (as played by The Sawmill Boys). Note the Georgia Rang Tang/Southern Do-si-do type figure following…