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Frazee's Nightmare - Les Gotcher, 1954
Commercial recordings bring us excellent sound quality and precise calling. In contrast, one of the delights of live recordings is hearing the caller deal with real-life challenges on the dance floor.… View itemSound
Eight to the Center - Les Gotcher, 1954
This live recording comes from a Les Gotcher Square Dance Institute. You'll note that Gotcher starts the music while squares are still forming up; he calls out that another couples is needed in the… View itemSound
Merry-Go-Round Square Dance - Les Gotcher
See comments on Choo Choo Square Dance for more information. View itemSound
Choo Choo Square Dance - Les Gotcher
Les Gotcher is often remember today as the Hashmaster, known for his flamboyant outfits, his energetic calls, and his often challenging choreographic sequences. However, like other performers, he was… View itemSound
Double Tea-Cup Chain - Les Gotcher
This is Les Gotcher calling, recorded live at Kirkwood Lodge (Osage Beach, Missouri) at the second annual Les Gotcher Square Dance Institute. We hear Gotcher start with two regular squares doing a… View itemSound
False Hearted Girl - Les Gotcher
This is a short clip from a dance called by Les Gotcher in the mid 1959 at the Newton Pavilion in Newton, New Hampshire. The record is probably Kalox #1004 View itemSound
Patter - Les Gotcher
This is a short clip of patter calling from a dance called by Les Gotcher in 1959. The dance was held at the Newton Pavillion in Newton, NH View itemSound
Les Gotcher - two live calls, 1955
From a dance that Les Gotcher called, probably in 1955, we have an example of a very early Hash & Breaks style of calling that was to become his trademark in future years. In those later years… View itemSound
Les Gotcher - patter, 1961
Enjoy the fast-paced opener of this one! This clip is also interesting because of the way Gotcher sets up two lines of three facing five. (Jump ahead to 1:50 in the clip to hear this part of the… View itemSound
Makin' Whoopee - Les Gotcher, 1961
Although Gotcher is primarily known for his hash calls, this is a relatively rare example of him doing a singing square. Listeners may also enjoy the same dance as called by Gloria Rios Roth. View itemSound
Forward Eight and Chain Around (clip) - Les Gotcher
The main figure of this dance involves ladies chaining across and along a line, mixed in with grand chains. Unlike the visiting couple pattern of I'll Swing Yours, for example, in which just one… View itemSound
I'll Swing Yours, You Swing Mine (clip) - Les Gotcher
In his prime as a modern square dance caller, Les Gotcher was known as the Hash Master. (For an example of Gotcher in full hash mode, listen to this live recording from 1958.) Here, in an earlier… View item
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