Lillie Lee Baker
Lillie Lee Baker (Mrs. Paul Baker) was a Texas dance caller, supporter of children's performing square dance groups, and an organizer for Texas square dances. In 1947, she directed square dance demonstrations at the inauguration of Texas Governor Beauford Halbert Jester, which featured music by fiddler Henry Hudson and his Pioneer Fiddle Band; calling by Lloyd Shaw, Ed Durlacher, and Herb Greggerson; and dancers from more than a dozen communities in Texas and other states.
She brought a group of 45 dancers to perform at the 1948 Carolina Folk Festival (Chapel Hill, NC), an event organizedd by Bascom Lamar Lunsford (for information, see this link, p. 71). In 1949, she accompanied Lunsford and fiddler Henry Hudson to the International Folk Festival in Venice, Italy. (see description from Minstrel of the Appalachians)
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Tags: Austin, Ed Durlacher, Henry Hudson, Lillie Lee Baker, Lloyd Shaw, Mrs. Paul Baker, Texas
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She brought a group of 45 dancers to perform at the 1948 Carolina Folk Festival (Chapel Hill, NC), an event organizedd by Bascom Lamar Lunsford (for information, see this link, p. 71). In 1949, she accompanied Lunsford and fiddler Henry Hudson to the International Folk Festival in Venice, Italy. (see description from Minstrel of the Appalachians)