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Youth in Square Dancing
This is a thorough look at how to involve younger dancers in square dancing, prepared by Sets in Order and published in the 1960s. The handbook opens with an essay by Ralph and Zora Piper on… View itemSound
Your Home Town - Fenton "Jonesy" Jones
A rare live recording of Jonesy calling, this time a singing square. View itemDocument
Women Callers - article
Article presumably written by Bob Osgood, describing the challenges and opportunities for women square dance callers View itemSound
Woman in Love - Red Bates, 1961
The singing call, Woman In Love, is a classic and Red uses the figure as it was recorded by Dick Leger on Grenn record #12128. Tempo is a characteristic of calling that underwent considerable change.… View itemStill Image
Winfield P. Niblo
Photographs of Winfield P. Niblo, widely credited with bringing American square dance to Japan after World War II. In one photo he can be seen calling with cupped hands; there simply was no PA system… View itemMoving Image
When the Saints Go Marching In - Jim Mayo
Jim Mayo, caller. A dance in modern square dance style set to the well-known tune. Jim says this is the signature dance of his friend Joe Casey, another MWSD caller from New England. View itemDocument
What's New in SD? (1955)
This 1955 article takes a brief look at some figures that were considered new at the time. Among them: Pass Through, Allemande Thar, Dopaso, Box the Gnat, Rollaway, and Throw in the Clutch. View itemMoving Image
We're Gonna Have a Ball - Jim Mayo - MWSD 5
This is the final dance from Jim Mayo's Modern Western Square Dance workshop, recorded November 19, 2011, as part of the Dare To Be Square Weekend held at the John C. Campbell Folk School,… View item
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