Squaredance music - Don Ward website

Don Ward is a longtime square dance caller and record collector. His Podbean website features examples from his collection; in many cases, he has digitized original 78 rpm records and has cleaned up the audio files, removing scratches and pops, to give listeners a very clean sound of some classic recordings. His site also draws from a wide variety of callers and musicians.

Here is a sampling of the audio clips featured:

• Bud Udick, live 1949 recording, a visiting couple hash, recorded at the Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs
• Two Timing Gal, singing square with Jack Story calling to the music of Jack Barbour
• Music for Don Armstrong's recording of Slaunch to Donegal
• Music for the Grand Square Quadrille popularized by Bob Osgood
• Dick Leger's 1957 recording of Marianne, presented twice, once with calls and once with just the music