Daisy Alamo patter - Robby Robertson
This is a live recording of Robby Robertson teaching a "Daisy Alamo" combination of a Daisy Chain and an Alamo Style progression, followed by calling a dance with those figures. (The dance itself starts at 1:23.) The recording was made by Eric Clamons at the Fifth Annual (1956) Minnesota Square Dance Convention.
Robertson was a prominent caller on the West Coast, one of three staff callers on the Windsor label along with Bruce Johnson and Don Armstrong. Based in Seattle, he was a staff caller at the Aqua Barn, a floating dance hall that played a major part in the development of square dancing in that region. He and his wife, Vera, were also widely known round dance leaders.
Numerous examples of Robertson and the Sundowners Band can be accessed here on the Internet Archive; individual .mp3 files can be easily downloaded from that site.
In the Additional Files section you can click on a link to open is a brief biography of Robertson that appeared in Sets in Order in December of 1953. The second is an announcement about the Minnesota event at which this recording was made.
The first two Related Items show a Daisy Chain being danced; the third focuses on Seattle caller Kappie Kappenman calling at the Aqua Barn.
Subjects: Transitional/Western 1950s
Tags: Clamons, Daisy Alamo, Daisy Chain, Robby Robertson, Seattle
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This Item | is related to | Item: Hash with Daisy Chain - Jim Mayo |
This Item | is related to | Item: Mildred Buhler demonstration group |
This Item | is related to | Item: Square Dance at the Aqua Barn, Seattle |
This Item | is related to | Item: Aqua Barn |
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Robertson was a prominent caller on the West Coast, one of three staff callers on the Windsor label along with Bruce Johnson and Don Armstrong. Based in Seattle, he was a staff caller at the Aqua Barn, a floating dance hall that played a major part in the development of square dancing in that region. He and his wife, Vera, were also widely known round dance leaders.
Numerous examples of Robertson and the Sundowners Band can be accessed here on the Internet Archive; individual .mp3 files can be easily downloaded from that site.
In the Additional Files section you can click on a link to open is a brief biography of Robertson that appeared in Sets in Order in December of 1953. The second is an announcement about the Minnesota event at which this recording was made.
The first two Related Items show a Daisy Chain being danced; the third focuses on Seattle caller Kappie Kappenman calling at the Aqua Barn.