Les Gotcher choreography, 1958
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Jim Mayo: "Les Gotcher was known as the Hash Master but I danced to him often and a lot of his "hash" was forward and back around the set. The file attached illustrates that. He didn't have to memorize any routines. All he had to do was know whose partner was whose. He didn't even change the order of the women often. Almost all of the dancing was around the outside and all he had to do to resolve was get one couple back together."
Jim has also noted that when Gotcher visited New England and dancers followed him from one dance to another, much of the supposedly-improvised choreography was the same from one night to the next.
Gotcher is calling here at a fast tempto approximately 136 beats per minute. This was recorded in Missouri, possible at Kirkwood Lodge, where Gotcher called frequently for a Square Dance Institute; the clip was shared with the Square Dance Foundation of New England by Stig Malmo, Denmark. The transcription was made by Jerry Reed who is the current Executive Director of the ARTS (Alliance of Round, Traditional and Square-Dance).
The SDHP website has more than a dozen audio files of Gotcher's calling.
Subjects: Transitional/Western 1950s
Tags: hash, Les Gotcher
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The transcription is shown here; you can hear audio clip under Additional Files. If you open that audio in a separate tab, you can listen while you follow along the text.
Jim Mayo: "Les Gotcher was known as the Hash Master but I danced to him often and a lot of his "hash" was forward and back around the set. The file attached illustrates that. He didn't have to memorize any routines. All he had to do was know whose partner was whose. He didn't even change the order of the women often. Almost all of the dancing was around the outside and all he had to do to resolve was get one couple back together."
Jim has also noted that when Gotcher visited New England and dancers followed him from one dance to another, much of the supposedly-improvised choreography was the same from one night to the next.
Gotcher is calling here at a fast tempto approximately 136 beats per minute. This was recorded in Missouri, possible at Kirkwood Lodge, where Gotcher called frequently for a Square Dance Institute; the clip was shared with the Square Dance Foundation of New England by Stig Malmo, Denmark. The transcription was made by Jerry Reed who is the current Executive Director of the ARTS (Alliance of Round, Traditional and Square-Dance).
The SDHP website has more than a dozen audio files of Gotcher's calling.