Ballroom & the Barn: Dr. Lloyd Shaw, Dean Edwards & the Western Square Dance Revival in Colorado Springs

This article presents a look at square dancing in Colorado Springs from the perspective of Dean Edwards; it appears that the author adopted his views about Lloyd Shaw and to some extent misrepresented them here, based on her understanding from Edwards.

Dean Edwards was a local square dance who may have felt eclipsed by the national fame garnered by Lloyd Shaw; they certainly were two strong personalities in a small town. As Bill Litchman, raised in Colorado and a former president of the Lloyd Shaw Foundation, comments: "Shaw’s fame across the country, which grew dramatically once he incorporated square dancing into the long-standing dance program at Cheyenne School, was a point of jealousy and contention among local educators."