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God Bless America - CALLERLAB chairmen, 2009
In 2009 the CALLERLAB Convention in Kansas City included a dance following the Banquet called by all the past chairmen of CALLERLAB who were in attendance that year. This recording is the final… View itemMoving Image
My Little Girl - singing square - Gene Ward
Singing square dance called by Gene Ward; recorded at the Original Dulcimer Players Non-Electrical Funfest, Evart, Michigan, July 18-22, 1990. Ward, a caller from Durand, Michigan (near Flint), was… View itemMoving Image
Hilton Kelly, Catskill fiddler and caller
Hilton Kelly, of Fleischmanns, New York, is a Catskills fiddler and square dance caller. He started playing in 1932, at age 5, and started calling in 1937. By the time he was 15, he had a regular band… View itemSound
MacNamara's Band - Irene Hewitt
Irene Hewitt was an Australia caller, here doing a well-known singing square. View itemSound
Cindy - Graham Rigby
Graham Rigby, author of "My Life's a Dance," was an Australian caller. Here he does a traditional American square dance figure. View itemSound
Darling Nellie Gray - Ralph Page (clip)
This dance was Ralph Page's signature closing dance for an evening program. Compare it with Happy Hale, whom some think was Page's source for the dance. There are many examples of this classic singing… View itemSound
Darling Nellie Gray - Happy Hale
Happy Hale was a caller from Bernardston, MA, and some have speculated that Ralph Page patterned his style as a singing caller on Hale's technique. Other Happy Hale recordings at the Library of… View itemSound
Pancho Baird - square dance medley
This is a rare home recording made by Pancho Baird, a medley of singing squares: End of the World Alabama Jubilee Rose of San Antone Down Yonder You Call Everybody Darling View itemMoving Image
Pistol Packin' Mama, with jitterbug - Bob Livingston
Bob Livingston, caller, with the Falltown String Band: Jack Arensmeyer, acoustic guitar and mandolin; Jason Burbank, keyboard, fiddle; Jack Nelson, bass; Champ Dickinson, electric guitar, and Linwood… View item
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