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Mary Jo (Bradford) Brearley - interview
Mary Jo (Bradford) Brearley first attended Lloyd Shaw's summer institute in Colorado in 1947, when she was 17 years old.. Her mother, also Mary Jo, was a physical education teacher in Tulsa and… View itemSound
Sally Goodin variations
Sally Goodin is a square dance based on picturesque names for the other dancers in your set. (See Carl Herzog diagram). The active dance turns other dancers in a particular sequence, occasionally… View itemDocument
Nebraska Dance Calls - series 3
Third in the series of square dance calls collected in Nebraska in the 1930s, with roots going back to the previous century. View itemDocument
Nebraska Dance Calls - series 2
This is the second in a series of three booklets of square dance calls collected in Nebraska in the late 1930s. As with other booklets in the series, the authors provide background information about… View itemMoving Image
Square Dance - Dolores Heagy, 1986
Portion of a square dance called at Tod Whittemore's contra dance series at the VFW in Cambridge, MA. Tod introduced Dolores Heagy by saying how much he values having contra dancers become… View itemMoving Image
Two singing squares - Tod Whittemore, 1986
Tod Whittemore provides the instructions and calls the figures at these two singing squares: Maple Sugar Gal and Smoke on the Water. Music is by Allan Block on fiddle and Peter Barnes on piano.… View itemDocument
Community Swing - 1945
This article in a recreation journal describes the growth of interest in square dancing in one Midwestern town in the mid-1940s. It's a portrait that was repeated in many communities across the… View itemMoving Image
Roll the Barrel - Pistol Packin' Mama
Singing square called by Frank Kendall, Gassetts, Vermont. The Gassetts Grange hosts a monthly dance with a mix of round dances and traditional Eastern singing squares, with live music provided by… View itemMoving Image
Dancing in Westport Point, MA
This video documents a gathering of summer and year-round residents of Westport Point, MA. The community has hosted a summer dance series since the 1930s, originally led by Lyle Ring and then, in… View itemMoving Image
Foxtrot - couple dance
The Old Grey Goose provided the music and Doug Protsik gave a brief introduction as dancers enjoyed a little foxtrot among other country dances. This was part of the Retrospective session led by… View itemMoving Image
Rye Waltz - couple dance
he Rye Waltz is an adaptation of Comin’ Through the Rye and The Highland Schottische, and intersperses a schottische step with a waltz. Music by The Latter Day Lizards and guests; the Lizards are… View itemMoving Image
Jessie Polka - couple dance
Sometimes danced as a couple, and sometimes (as here) in a larger group, here is a trio young dancers doing the Jessie Polka. The tune is Down Yonder, featuring Sky Bartlett (L) and Ernie Duffy (R) on… View item
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