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Santa Monica Diamond Jubilee - 1950
List of Dances to be Featured July 13,1950 at
Santa Monica's Diamond Jubilee
SQUARES (Patter)
ARKANSAS STAR — Roy Close.
ARKANSAS TRAVELER--Slim Brough.
AROUND AND THROUGH — Jim William-son.
BIRD IN THE CAGE AND SEVEN HANDS 'ROUND Ed…
Butch Nelson - Oklahoma Cyclone (clip)
Butch Nelson was a regular caller at the Lighted Lantern dance camp in Colorado.
Frank Kaltman - Two Three Hand Stars (clip)
The tune is Big John McNeil.
Frank Kaltman founded the influential magazine American Squares and (with Dan Wolfert) created the Folkraft record label after World War II.
Frank Kaltman founded the influential magazine American Squares and (with Dan Wolfert) created the Folkraft record label after World War II.
Pancho Baird - Smoke on the Water (clip)
Pancho Baird's big hit. This project contains videos of the dance.
Les Gotcher - Hashing the Breaks (clip)
Les Gotcher was the self-proclaimed king of hash. Here's an example of his calling. Square dance enthusiasts who followed him from dance to dance in New England in the 1950s noticed, though, that he called the same sequence of figures; this in no way…