Fun, Vitality, Life: Square Dancing in Central City, Colorado
Creator: Martha Sullenberger Fry and William Litchman (1978)
This article provides a historical overview of the dance performances in Central City, Colorado. The program began with Lloyd Shaw and one group of dancers in 1936, and expanded over the years. This article provides a helpful listing of the different callers and groups associated with the performances over the decades until the performances ended in 1976. Related Items in SDHP connect with moving images and photographs.
Collection: Traditional western
Subjects: Transitional/Western 1950s, Traditional Western (pre-1940)
Tags: Central City, Colorado, Demonstration Group, Lloyd Shaw, Ray Smith
Subjects: Transitional/Western 1950s, Traditional Western (pre-1940)
Tags: Central City, Colorado, Demonstration Group, Lloyd Shaw, Ray Smith
Item Relations
| This Item | is related to | Item: Central City, Colorado - 1955 |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Ed Austin's Life in Dance |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Central City dancers, 1967 & 1968 |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Central City - photographs |
Citation
Martha Sullenberger Fry and William Litchman, “Fun, Vitality, Life: Square Dancing in Central City, Colorado,” Square Dance History Project, accessed February 23, 2025, http://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/1916.
Dublin Core
Title
Fun, Vitality, Life: Square Dancing in Central City, Colorado
Description
This article provides a historical overview of the dance performances in Central City, Colorado. The program began with Lloyd Shaw and one group of dancers in 1936, and expanded over the years. This article provides a helpful listing of the different callers and groups associated with the performances over the decades until the performances ended in 1976. Related Items in SDHP connect with moving images and photographs.
Source
The American Dance Citcle, quarterly publication of the Lloyd Shaw Federation, Vol. 41, #3 (September 2020). This article was first published in The Long Shadow, January 1978, with research support provided by the American Philosophical Society.
Date Created
1978