Florilla Perkins Ames, Vermont
Creator: James Valastro (November, 2013)
Florilla Perkins Ames was 102 years old when she recorded this interview. She lives in northern Vermont, and remembers her father calling dances. Before that, her mother's grandfather used to play fiddle for dances: "In fact, in this house where I am right now they used to dance squares upstairs, in the 1800s."
Collection: Northern squares
Subjects: General - Dance and Culture, Northeast - general
Tags: Florilla Perkins Ames, Vermont
Subjects: General - Dance and Culture, Northeast - general
Tags: Florilla Perkins Ames, Vermont
Citation
James Valastro, “Florilla Perkins Ames, Vermont,” Square Dance History Project, accessed February 23, 2025, http://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/1194.
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Florilla Perkins Ames, Vermont
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Florilla Perkins Ames was 102 years old when she recorded this interview. She lives in northern Vermont, and remembers her father calling dances. Before that, her mother's grandfather used to play fiddle for dances: "In fact, in this house where I am right now they used to dance squares upstairs, in the 1800s."
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November, 2013