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An Invitation To Dance: A History of Social Dance in America
This online exhibit on the history of social dance in America draws on documents in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society to offer a multi-faceted portrait of the changing nature of… View itemWebsite
Dick Leger - Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame Historical Archive
Website devoted to caller Dick Leger; the author also references the extensive discography on Vic and Debbie Ceder's website. There are numerous items in the SDHP collection related to Dick Leger. View itemDocument
Fenton "Jonesy" Jones - Sets in Order, February 1961
Cover drawing and appreciation of the caller View itemSound
Ends Turn In - Fenton "Jonesy" Jones
This is a rare live recording of Fenton “Jonesy” Jones from California. In the 1954 tape he says that he prefers to use his guitar for music rather than records even for some of the patter… View itemSound
Your Home Town - Fenton "Jonesy" Jones
A rare live recording of Jonesy calling, this time a singing square. View itemSound
Les Gotcher - two live calls, 1955
From a dance that Les Gotcher called, probably in 1955, we have an example of a very early Hash & Breaks style of calling that was to become his trademark in future years. In those later years… View itemSound
Ends Turn In - Ed Gilmore
Ed Gilmore's composition, Ends Turn In, is one of the most common items found in this website, called by modern square dance callers as well as by those who favor traditional squares. Here's the… View itemSound
Birdie in the Cage - Al Brundage
This is a short clip from a dance called by Al Brundage in 1952. View itemSound
Patter - Bill Castner
This is a short clip of patter calling by Bill Castner, a caller from California. View itemSound
First Two Gents Cross Over - Harold Luce
Harold Luce started fiddling with the Ed Larkin Dancers in north central Vermont in the 1930s and played with them until his death at age 95 on August 13, 2014. In this recording, he is accompanied on… View itemCorky Calkins - two programs
These are two programs of Massachusetts caller Corky Calkins, one from 1965 and the other from 1967. They were noted by Connecticut caller Ralph Sweet who for decades carried a small notebook with him… 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 item
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