Review of Cowboy Dances
Creator: Douglas Kennedy (1941)
This review of Lloyd Shaw's book comes from Douglas Kennedy, director of the English Folk Dance and Song Society from 1924 (after Cecil Sharp's death) until 1961. Kennedy had teveled to the U.S. in 1938 and 1939, and he was particularly interested in American square dances. He met with Lloyd Shaw in 1939 and in this review he looks at the English antecedents to some of the material in Shaw's book, paying special attention to the role of the caller.
Subjects: Traditional Western (pre-1940)
Tags: Cowboy Dances, Douglas Kennedy, Lloyd Shaw, review
Tags: Cowboy Dances, Douglas Kennedy, Lloyd Shaw, review
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Douglas Kennedy, “Review of Cowboy Dances,” Square Dance History Project, accessed February 23, 2025, http://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/2026.
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Review of Cowboy Dances
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This review of Lloyd Shaw's book comes from Douglas Kennedy, director of the English Folk Dance and Song Society from 1924 (after Cecil Sharp's death) until 1961. Kennedy had teveled to the U.S. in 1938 and 1939, and he was particularly interested in American square dances. He met with Lloyd Shaw in 1939 and in this review he looks at the English antecedents to some of the material in Shaw's book, paying special attention to the role of the caller.
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Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, Vol. 4, #2 (Dec., 1941)
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1941