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Glenn F. Pease - Old-Time Barn Dance Caller
Glenn F. Pease: Old-Time Barn Dance Caller From just after WW II to the early 1970s, one of the places to be on a summer Saturday night in a small corner of west-central New Hampshire was at a… View itemMoving Image
Do-Si-Do and Face the Sides - Tony Parkes
Tony Parkes is the caller in this excerpt of a Ted Sannella composition, "Do-Si-Do and Face the Sides." The dance, at the Kingston, New Hampshire town hall on the evening of November 18,… View itemMoving Image
Nellie Bly - George Hodgson
Veteran dance caller George Hodgson leads the classic singing square in this 2004 appearance at the Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend. Dancers at that event over the years became familiar with George's… View itemMoving Image
Marching Through Georgia - Dudley Laufman
Better known for his barn dances and as a contra dance caller, Dudley Laufman also includes some traditional squares in his repertoire. Here, joined by his wife Jacqueline-- "Two Fiddles" -- he leads… View itemMoving Image
Fred Breunig - Listen to the Mockingbird - singing square
An excerpt of the calls for this old square dance, led by Fred Breunig and recorded at the 2004 Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend. Music by Wild Card: Terry Traub (Piano), Vince O'Donnell… View itemMoving Image
Auctioneer - Ralph Sweet
This is the opening of Ralph Sweet calling his version of Marshall Flippo's classic singing square, Auctioneer. Ralph is calling a basic goal post pattern; compare other versions of the dance and read… View itemMoving Image
Grandma Slid Down the Mountain - Tod Whittemore
Caller Tod Whittemore with his yodeling square dance, "Grandma Slid Down the Mountain." As Tod says in his introduction, "This is a dance by Ted Sannella... but he never called it exactly like this."… View itemStill Image
Ted Sannella - photographs
After Ralph Page's death, Ted Sannella was widely regarded as the dean of New England callers. In addition to being one of the most prolific choreographers of squares, contras, and dances in… View itemStill Image
Vermont square dancers - 1950s
A series of photographs, mostly from the big square dance gatherings in Northfield and Montpelier, Vermont. View itemWebsite
Frank Fortune and the Bradford (NH) Barn Dance
Back in the 1930s and 1940s in many of the villages of New England were held dances referred to as "Barn Dances" or "Round and Square Dances" or "Eastern Barn Dance Style Square Dances". As people did… View itemSound
Two Three Hand Stars (clip) - Frank Kaltman
The tune is Big John McNeil. Frank Kaltman founded the influential magazine American Squares and (with Dan Wolfert) created the Folkraft record label after World War II. View item
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