Syllabus of Square Dances, Rickey Holden 1949
This is a syllabus created by Rickey Holden for a callers' workshop held in San Antonio in 1949. The course was 2-1/2 hours each night for five days. It's a useful primary source document showing the state of square dancing at that time and place.
The dance descriptions in the appendix (starting with A1) are especially for historians because Holden notes (via abbreviations) the sources for the dances. These include:
RTM: Roy McCutchan
HFG: Herb Greggerson
Bob Sumrall
The syllabus includes an early description of the Texas Whirlwind with the Catch All Eight figure, as well as Holden's Grand Cuttyshaw figure, that became transformed into the Suzy Q by Jim York.
Viewers may be interested to compare this document with Holden's presentation a year later of Texas square dance figures, and with Ed Gilmore's syllabus, also in 1949.
Subjects: Transitional/Western 1940s
Tags: Rickey Holden, syllabus, Texas
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| This Item | is related to | Item: Square Dance Institute - Rickey Holden, 1950 |
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The dance descriptions in the appendix (starting with A1) are especially for historians because Holden notes (via abbreviations) the sources for the dances. These include:
RTM: Roy McCutchan
HFG: Herb Greggerson
Bob Sumrall
The syllabus includes an early description of the Texas Whirlwind with the Catch All Eight figure, as well as Holden's Grand Cuttyshaw figure, that became transformed into the Suzy Q by Jim York.
Viewers may be interested to compare this document with Holden's presentation a year later of Texas square dance figures, and with Ed Gilmore's syllabus, also in 1949.