Duck for the Oyster / Grapevine Twist
Title
Duck for the Oyster / Grapevine Twist
Subject
Southern / Appalachian / Four-couple squares
Description
This square incorporates two well-known figures.
Filmed in Super-8 by Bob Dalsemer, May, 1979, at the Vandalia Gathering, an annual festival in Charleston, WV, sponsored by the West Virginia Department of Culture and History.
Filmed in Super-8 by Bob Dalsemer, May, 1979, at the Vandalia Gathering, an annual festival in Charleston, WV, sponsored by the West Virginia Department of Culture and History.
These dancers are from Glenville, WV, which now hosts the annual West Virginia Folk Festival, which begins the 3rd Thursday in June each year. There's dancing each year on a specially designed wooden platform erected for the occasion.
A search for "Grapevine Twist" in this project's digital collection will return at least four other video clips showing that figure, including Elizabeth Burchenal's silent footage from the 1930s.
Creator
Bob Dalsemer
Date Created
May, 1979
Contributor
Bob Dalsemer
Spatial Coverage
USA, West Virginia, Charleston
Temporal Coverage
1970s