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Jimmy Clossin - card, biography, flyer, letter, news story
Jimmy Clossin was an influential Texas caller who unfortunately never recorded commercially. (This Square Dance History Site would dearly love to post clips from live recordings—please contact us if you know of any.) Shown here are several…
Tags: children, cowboy, Florida, Jimmy Clossin, Texas
John Roach Square Dance History - Minnesota
This website, curated by Lon Roach of Glencoe, Minnesota, documents the career of his parents, John (Jack) and Mabel Roach. Jack was a square dance caller from 1949 to 1974; his career spanned the transition period from traditional to modern square…
Tags: Florida, Jack Roach, John Roach, Knuckleheads, Lynn Woodward, Mabel Roach, Minnesota
Old Folks' Frolic
This is a photograph from a news story in the St. Petersburg (Florida) Times of April 7, 1942. Caption: "These lively square dancers and other oldsters performing yesterday brought a Chautauqua salute of white handkerchiefs from the large audience."…
Tags: Chautauqua, Florida, St. Petersburg, Wilbur Smith