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- Subject is exactly "Southern Appalachian - general"
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Phil Jamison 1: Southern Appalachian Dance
Dance caller, musician, and historian Phil Jamison discusses the distinguishing characteristics of southern Appalachian square dance forms. View itemMoving Image
Phil Jamison 3 - The caller's role in Southern squares
The square dance caller in Southern dance traditions plays a somewhat different role than his Northern counterpart. Phil looks at the way a Southern caller improvises and uses basic figures in… View itemMoving Image
Eleanor Roosevelt square dancing
Newsreel footage of Eleanor Roosevelt dancing in Arthurdale, West Virginia, 1940 View itemMoving Image
Southern Appalachian Squares 0 - Sampler - Phil Jamison
Phil Jamison led a workshop session on square dances from the southern Appalachians, focusing on dances from different communities in that region. This samples provides excerpts of the dances… View itemMoving Image
The Shuffle - Phil Jamison - Southern Appalachian squares
Phil Jamison led a workshop session on square dances from the southern Appalachians, focusing on dances from different communities in that region. Phil described this simple figure as a common dance… View itemMoving Image
From Our House to the White House
From Our House to the White HouseThis half-hour documentary tells the story of Sam Queen and the Soco Gap Dancers from the Maggie Valley area of North Carolina. They are widely credited with… View itemMoving Image
Bill Martin - Oregon Public Broadcast TV
Note: Oregon Art Beat no longer streams this recording, but the video will play on our site.Broadcast in 2003, this public television documentary profiles caller Bill Martin and the old-time southern… View itemWebsite
Calendar - Traditional and Old-Time Square Dances
This calendar is a subsection of a detailed and well-maintained website that lists dances around the country. View itemWebsite
"Barn Dances with Calls"
Article published in The Old-Time Herald (Volume 7, Number 8) discussing what can be learned from a careful study of old dance records. Includes a discography. View itemMoving Image
Kathy Anderson - four styles of squares
Caller Kathy Anderson gives an overview of the characteristics of four different regional styles of traditional square dances-- old-time Southern, New England, traditional Western, and singing… View itemSound
Bob Dalsemer - West Virginia dances
This is audio only; it's part of Bob Dalsemer's introduction to his workshop introducing different dance styles from West Virginia. Despite its small size, there are different square dance styles in… View itemDocument
John Ramsay - Set Running, a Southern Folk Dance
This article, written in 1987 and updated in 2013 by longtime dancer, caller, and organizer John Ramsay, presents his views on what has been termed "set running," a style of dance that was… View item
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