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Larry Edelman - Dances of Jerry Goodwin: Promenade the Outside Round
Larry Edelman led a workshop session on dances he learned from the calling of Jerry Goodwin, originally from West Virginia but living and calling in western Pennsylvania when Larry studied with him in the 1970s. Some of the dances were ones Jerry had…
Larry Edelman - Dances of Jerry Goodwin: Birdie in the Cage
Larry Edelman led a workshop session on dances he learned from the calling of Jerry Goodwin, originally from West Virginia but living and calling in western Pennsylvania when Larry studied with him in the 1970s. Some of the dances were ones Jerry had…
Larry Edelman - square dance
Recorded in 1987 by Bob Dalsemer at Lovely Lane Church, Baltimore. The caller is Larry Edelman. Musicians are John Herrmann, Dirk Powell, Dave Grant and Greg Hooven. Larry thinks he learned the dance from Pittsburgh caller Dolores Heagy around the…
Larry Edelman - Four Little Sisters with a Do-Si-Do
Recorded in 1987 by Bob Dalsemer at Lovely Lane Church, Baltimore. The caller is Larry Edelman. Musicians are John Herrmann, Dirk Powell, Dave Grant and Greg Hooven.
Larry Edelman - Dances of Jerry Goodwin: Overview and Birdie in the Cage walkthrough
Larry Edelman led a workshop session on dances he learned from the calling of Jerry Goodwin, originally from West Virginia but living and calling in western Pennsylvania when Larry studied with him in the 1970s. Some of the dances were ones Jerry had…
Larry Edelman - Dances of Jerry Goodwin workshop sampler
Larry Edelman led a workshop session on dances he learned from the calling of Jerry Goodwin, originally from West Virginia but living and calling in western Pennsylvania when Larry studied with him in the 1970s. Some of the dances were ones Jerry had…
Larry Edelman - The Missing Link
Larry Edelman, caller, cites this dance by Frank Tyrell as one of his favorites, marking the transitional moment between traditional and modern square dancing. It combines figures from the "around the set" visiting-couple tradition and the "across…
Larry Edelman - Let's All Face Out
Larry Edelman, caller; dance by Buford Evans. Larry incorporates two figures from the "allemande alphabet": Allemande X (pass one and swing the next) and Allemande O (pass one and dosido).
Recorded at Dare To Be Square, Brasstown, NC, November 19,…
Recorded at Dare To Be Square, Brasstown, NC, November 19,…
Larry Edelman - Outside Susie
Caller Larry Edelman credits this version of the Susie Q figure to Frank Tyrell. This clip includes a walkthrough.
Recorded at Dare To Be Square, Brasstown, NC, November 19, 2011.
Musicians for this session were Steve Hickman, fiddle; Claudio…
Recorded at Dare To Be Square, Brasstown, NC, November 19, 2011.
Musicians for this session were Steve Hickman, fiddle; Claudio…
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
Larry Edelman 4: Influences on a Dance Series
What are some of the influences that affect a traditional community dance? Larry bases his comments on his research in southwestern Pennsylvania, a region that has been influenced by both southern Appalachian and northern dance styles.