Georgia Rang Tang description - Bob Dalsemer
Creator: Doug Plummer (December 13, 2009)
If the vidieo does not play, try going here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn0n_ZKc5Ys
The figure of alternating hand turns is known in the west as a Docey-Do and in some Southern communities as Do-Si-Do (Kentucky) or Georgia Rang Tang (North Carolina). Bob explains that in New Creek, West Virginia, they simply call it "Left hand lady with the right hand around, right hand lady with the left hand around." Bob talks through the figure and then a group of four dancers demonstrates. (The same pattern of hand turns appears in the 1950s in Texas and California as the Suzy Q.)
Recorded at Dare To Be Square, Seattle, in 2009. For a more complete view of dances from the weekend, see the audio and video files posted here.
Collection: Southern Appalachian
Subjects: Southern / Appalachian / Big sets
Tags: Bob Dalsemer, Dare To Be Square 2009, New Creek, West Virginia
Subjects: Southern / Appalachian / Big sets
Tags: Bob Dalsemer, Dare To Be Square 2009, New Creek, West Virginia
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Citation
Doug Plummer, “Georgia Rang Tang description - Bob Dalsemer,” Square Dance History Project, accessed February 23, 2025, https://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/550.
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Georgia Rang Tang description - Bob Dalsemer
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dance as done in New Creek, West Virginia
Description
If the vidieo does not play, try going here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn0n_ZKc5Ys
The figure of alternating hand turns is known in the west as a Docey-Do and in some Southern communities as Do-Si-Do (Kentucky) or Georgia Rang Tang (North Carolina). Bob explains that in New Creek, West Virginia, they simply call it "Left hand lady with the right hand around, right hand lady with the left hand around." Bob talks through the figure and then a group of four dancers demonstrates. (The same pattern of hand turns appears in the 1950s in Texas and California as the Suzy Q.)
Recorded at Dare To Be Square, Seattle, in 2009. For a more complete view of dances from the weekend, see the audio and video files posted here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn0n_ZKc5Ys
The figure of alternating hand turns is known in the west as a Docey-Do and in some Southern communities as Do-Si-Do (Kentucky) or Georgia Rang Tang (North Carolina). Bob explains that in New Creek, West Virginia, they simply call it "Left hand lady with the right hand around, right hand lady with the left hand around." Bob talks through the figure and then a group of four dancers demonstrates. (The same pattern of hand turns appears in the 1950s in Texas and California as the Suzy Q.)
Recorded at Dare To Be Square, Seattle, in 2009. For a more complete view of dances from the weekend, see the audio and video files posted here.
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December 13, 2009
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