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Al Brundage - dance history
Note: The audio file takes a while to load, so be patient.This recording documents a presentation by Al Brundage about the history of square dancing. The tape label has no information about the date… View itemDocument
Al Brundage recollections
Al Brundage wrote these recollections of his experiences growing up in Connecticut and the growth of square dancing. His story includes discovering square dance as a boy, followed by the whole… View itemSound
Linda Sue - Beulah Samec
Beulah Samec calling a singing call at a dance at the Newton Pavilion in Newton, NH in 1960. View itemSound
Patter - Bill Castner
This is a short clip of patter calling by Bill Castner, a caller from California. View itemSound
I Don't Know Why - Bill Castner
This is a short clip of Bill Castner calling the singing call I Don't Know Why (Sets In Order record # 1119) from a dance recorded in 1960. View itemDocument
Bob Aylward - caller biography
This is an excerpt from an unpublished memoir by Robert Aylward, who called square dances in the Boston area, starting in the 1930s. It's a detailed portrait of the evolution of a caller. View itemDocument
The Buzzards' Glory Barn Dance 1928–1966
In the early 1970s, Bob Dalsemer heard about a dance series in Albanstown, northern Baltimore County, Maryland; the dances were no longer being held so he interviewed two sources to create this… View itemDocument
Old Time Square Dancing on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina
Author Bob Dalsemer discovers a long tradition of the "big circle" square dance on this island off the North Carolina coast, far from the Appalachian Mountains where it is usually… View itemSound
I Get The Blues for Mammy - Bob Fisk
The original song was recorded by Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers, Bluebird 8422 A. View item
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