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Red Bates, 2011 - Patter

Creator: Red Bates (2011)

The 2011 patter call is probably from a group in Florida where Red now lives in the winter. Two things are notable. One is that he is using a much smaller vocabulary of calls than he has in the tips from earlier years. The other is that the music is a singing call record. (I Shall Not Be Moved". Quadrille # 910) Many callers who are comfortable with music have found that singing call music is equally usable for patter calls. Red’s calling is also providing the dancers a lot of help with the choreography describing the action as they dance the Spin Chain and Exchange the Gears in the final sequences and in several other sections of the call.

Collection: MWSD
Subjects: Modern square dance - general
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Item Relations

This Item is related to Item: SDFNE 1960's Era Recordings
This Item is related to Item: Aqua Barn
This Item is related to Item: Red Bates, 1982 Patter
This Item is related to Item: Red Bates, 1990 Patter

Citation

Red Bates, “Red Bates, 2011 - Patter,” Square Dance History Project, accessed February 23, 2025, http://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/1464.
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