Saturday Night Fun with Square Dances
This collection of dances aims to present a typical evening program at Holiday Hill in Ohio. Rather than a series of dances representing a particular region or a collection with challenging square dance choreography, the authors explain their primary goal:
"Here is an evening's program such as John uses many nights in a month for groups that aren't well acquainted with each other and in which few or none have square danced before. To the square dance program he adds mixers to break the ice and help in getting acquainted, and games and stunts to relax the group after the strain of learnIng something new."
As such, this offers a valuable look into programming for non-dancers. The booklet was produced by the Cooperative Recreation Service in the distinctive physical format of its materials, tall and narrow. (Virginia Rowlands was the daughter of Lynn and Katherine Rohrbough, the founders of CRS.)
A detailed history of the Cooperative Recreation Service was written as a PhD thesis by Larry Nial Holcomb in 1972. We learn more about Holiday Hill:
"In 1949, most of the dances and parties previously held at the CRS headquarters were moved to a large modern party center on a farm adjoining the Rohrbough's farm. The center had been built by John and Virginia Rowlands, the son-in-law and eldest daughter of the Rohrboughs. Virginia Rowlands recalled that they had helped with the parties at CRS headquarters in 1948, and that John had become interested in the play parties, party games, and square dances.
"The enterprise was operated year-round for planned and informal parties, square dances, picnics, reunions, and formals. It offered square dancing, volley ball, badminton, croquet, softball, horseshoes, tether ball, hayrides, fishing, boating, ice skating, contests, games, impromptu stunts, and singing. It offered facilities for eating potluck meals or snacks in a lodge by a large fireplace or on a terrace overlooking a lake."
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"Here is an evening's program such as John uses many nights in a month for groups that aren't well acquainted with each other and in which few or none have square danced before. To the square dance program he adds mixers to break the ice and help in getting acquainted, and games and stunts to relax the group after the strain of learnIng something new."
As such, this offers a valuable look into programming for non-dancers. The booklet was produced by the Cooperative Recreation Service in the distinctive physical format of its materials, tall and narrow. (Virginia Rowlands was the daughter of Lynn and Katherine Rohrbough, the founders of CRS.)
A detailed history of the Cooperative Recreation Service was written as a PhD thesis by Larry Nial Holcomb in 1972. We learn more about Holiday Hill:
"In 1949, most of the dances and parties previously held at the CRS headquarters were moved to a large modern party center on a farm adjoining the Rohrbough's farm. The center had been built by John and Virginia Rowlands, the son-in-law and eldest daughter of the Rohrboughs. Virginia Rowlands recalled that they had helped with the parties at CRS headquarters in 1948, and that John had become interested in the play parties, party games, and square dances.
"The enterprise was operated year-round for planned and informal parties, square dances, picnics, reunions, and formals. It offered square dancing, volley ball, badminton, croquet, softball, horseshoes, tether ball, hayrides, fishing, boating, ice skating, contests, games, impromptu stunts, and singing. It offered facilities for eating potluck meals or snacks in a lodge by a large fireplace or on a terrace overlooking a lake."