Bob Brundage autobiography

Bob Brundage's autobiography, This Is My Square Dancing Life, is a detailed and informative history. Brundage writes engagingly about the traditional square dances that he and his brother Al were involved in as boys, describing in detail the social context of the dancing in that time and place. He talks about the family's square dance band and the gigs they played.

In the post-war era, Bob Brundage, like so many others, became caught up in the transition to modern square dancing as it came to New England. He describes some of his calling tours, and he mentions two specific occasions of calling for large numbers, once for 300 squares in Nebraska and once for 700 squares in Detroit! Another entertaining tale concerns his appearance (October 3, 1956) with a group of dancers on the Arthur Godfrey Show.

Starting in 1996, Brundage set out to interview luminaries of the square dance world: "All in all, the project completed ninety four interviews using over one hundred twenty five tapes." Brundage's interviews are available as audio files and as transcriptions at the website of the Square Dance Foundation of New England. HIs work on this project was part of the reason he was the recipient in 2000 of the CALLERLAB Award Of Excellence.