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Arkansas Traveler (clip) - Rod Linnell
Despite the title of the dance, with a reel by the same name, the tune for this recording is Little Burnt Potato, a jig. Rod Linnell, from Maine, was a contemporary of Ralph Page, perhaps best known… View itemSound
Cut Off Six - Tiny Clark
Recorded in the early 1940s; music by Mr. and Mrs. Siller. Compare the calls for this dance with others in the collection doing the same figures. The liner notes to his album on Asch Records 344… View itemSound
Cut Away 6, 4, 2 (clip) - Fred Townsend
Canadian caller, born 1900, who was the caller for Don Messer's bands on its many cross-country trips. A three-LP boxed set of his dance calls (Let's Square Dance) was released (Doncaster DS-3-102).… View itemSound
Between Those Ladies (clip) - Ray Smith
This 1953 clip features Texas caller Raymond Smith introducing the seeds of modern Western square dance style at Camp Becket in Massachusetts. He's calling "Between Those Ladies" by… View itemMoving Image
Swing in the Rear - Larry Edelman - Dances of Jerry Goodwin:
Larry Edelman led a workshop session on dances he learned from the calling of Jerry Goodwin, originally from West Virginia but living and calling in western Pennsylvania when Larry studied with him in… View itemMoving Image
Swing in the Rear walkthrough - Larry Edelman - Dances of Jerry Goodwin:
Larry Edelman led a workshop session on dances he learned from the calling of Jerry Goodwin, originally from West Virginia but living and calling in western Pennsylvania when Larry studied with him in… View itemMoving Image
Split the Ring & Cut Off Six - Larry Edelman - Dances of Jerry Goodwin:
Larry Edelman led a workshop session on dances he learned from the calling of Jerry Goodwin, originally from West Virginia but living and calling in western Pennsylvania when Larry studied with him in… View itemMoving Image
Four Horsemen Schottische & Polka - Larry Edelman - Dances of Jerry Goodwin:
Larry Edelman led a workshop session on dances he learned from the calling of Jerry Goodwin, originally from West Virginia but living and calling in western Pennsylvania when Larry studied with him in… View itemMoving Image
Promenade the Outside Round - Larry Edelman - Dances of Jerry Goodwin:
Larry Edelman led a workshop session on dances he learned from the calling of Jerry Goodwin, originally from West Virginia but living and calling in western Pennsylvania when Larry studied with him in… View itemMoving Image
Birdie in the Cage - Larry Edelman - Dances of Jerry Goodwin
Larry Edelman led a workshop session on dances he learned from the calling of Jerry Goodwin, originally from West Virginia but living and calling in western Pennsylvania when Larry studied with him in… View itemStill Image
Herb Greggerson - Herb's Blue Bonnet Calls
Greggerson's book, originally published in 1937, contains more than 50 dances, supplemented with photographs and diagrams. The full text is available at the Internet Archive.After a brief foreward… View item
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