Square Dancing in the 1800s
Creator: Fred Feild
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Fred Feild is a long-time caller and square dance enthusiast; now living in Tucson, he was instrumental in creating the Chicago Barn Dance Company in the mid-1970s. In recent years, he has started looking through historical sources for contemporary accounts of square dancing, and he posts his findings on a Word Press blog. Generous in sharing his research, he provides illustrations and text both from literature and from newspaper accounts, with a particular focus on the 1800s.
He also has uploaded scores of square dance recordings, available on his YouTube channel and on the Internet Archive.
Collection: Historical squares
Subjects: General - Dance and Culture, Traditional Western (pre-1940), Quadrille, Lancers
Tags: Fred Feild
Subjects: General - Dance and Culture, Traditional Western (pre-1940), Quadrille, Lancers
Tags: Fred Feild
Citation
Fred Feild, “Square Dancing in the 1800s,” Square Dance History Project, accessed February 23, 2025, http://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/1189.
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Square Dancing in the 1800s
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Fred Feild is a long-time caller and square dance enthusiast; now living in Tucson, he was instrumental in creating the Chicago Barn Dance Company in the mid-1970s. In recent years, he has started looking through historical sources for contemporary accounts of square dancing, and he posts his findings on a Word Press blog. Generous in sharing his research, he provides illustrations and text both from literature and from newspaper accounts, with a particular focus on the 1800s.
He also has uploaded scores of square dance recordings, available on his YouTube channel and on the Internet Archive.
He also has uploaded scores of square dance recordings, available on his YouTube channel and on the Internet Archive.