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Square Dance History Pageant, part 2 - Cheyenne Mountain Dancers, 1976

(1976)

The 25th annual National Square Dance Convention took place in 1976, the year of the United State Bicentennial Celebration. A historical pageant at the convention features a series of dances illustrating American social dance through time, with a particular focus on squares. After a series of earlier historical dances (see related item), the "Cheyenne Mountain Dancers" performed.

Actually, this was the Calico & Boots dance team from Boulder, Colorado, portraying the Cheyenne Mountain Dancers. The caller is Gib Gilbert. You'll see that the editors of this footage mixed audio and video without necessarily making sure that the two went together!

Collection: Traditional western
Subjects: Transitional/Western 1940s
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Item Relations

This Item is related to Item: Cheyenne Mountain Dancers - typical program
This Item is related to Item: Cheyenne Mountain Dancers - Star by the Right
This Item is related to Item: Cheyenne Mountain Dancers - Split Ring Hash
This Item is related to Item: Cheyenne Mountain Dancers - Docey-Doe Hoedown
Item: Square Dance History Pageant, part 1 - 1976 is related to This Item
Item: 10th National Square Dance Convention - Detroit, 1961 is related to This Item
Item: "Fun People" - 19th National Square Dance Convention, Louisville, 1970 is related to This Item
Item: Bow to your Partner: 23rd National Square Dance Convention is related to This Item
Item: Evolution of Square Dance, 1940–1960 is related to This Item
Item: American Square Dancing - 1976 NSDC historical pageant is related to This Item
Item: 1976 NSDC - history pageant is related to This Item

Citation

“Square Dance History Pageant, part 2 - Cheyenne Mountain Dancers, 1976,” Square Dance History Project, accessed February 23, 2025, http://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/1002.
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