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Square Dance Radio Network
This weekly show focuses on modern square dancing, and is hosted by Dayle Hodge and Barb Jarvis. They describe their mission thus: "The Square Dance Radio Network provides entertaining and educational… View itemMoving Image
Runnin' the Goat - Newfoundland
Harbour Deep was a Newfoundland logging and fishing community that no longer exists; when the cod fishery collapsed, the town disappeared, with the last residents leaving in 2002. This documentary… View itemMoving Image
Lake of the Ozarks Square Dancers - 1953
The Lake of the Ozarks Square Dancers were based in Tuscumbia, Missouri.The group toured around the Midwest and eventually reached national fame after appearances with caller L. D. Keller on the Ted… View itemMoving Image
Square Dance Revival - Australia, 1980
Television documentary that looks at square dancing in Australia. Mention is made of the boom years of the early 1950s an the start of square dancing there, but this focuses on a revival around 1980.… View itemMoving Image
Australia Square Dance Boom, 1952 - Jim Vickers-Willis
Drawing on audio clips, still photographs, newspaper clippings, and other illustrates, this short piece describes the enormous interest in square dancing in Australia in the 1950s. The primary focus… View itemMoving Image
Square Dancing with Joe Lewis - Australia, 1952
A unique heritage clip of the Australian visit of American 'Hall of Fame' Square Dance Caller, Joe Lewis, on arrival at Essendon airport, Melbourne, in 1952, with commentary by Australian square dance… View itemMoving Image
Going to the Barn Dance Tonight - Soundie
Carson Robison (on guitar) was a country music star. The Wikipedia article about him says, "According to Billboard, his 1942 recording of the standard "Turkey in the Straw" was that year's top selling… View itemMoving Image
Barn Dance - Wisconsin
This is video from an Old-time Barn Dance held in the O'Brien Farms beautifully refurbished barn in Brooklyn, WI. Music provided by the Ambrosia Dance Band (Chuck Hornemann, Paul Kienitz, Peter… View itemMoving Image
The Farmer
Square Dancing at the Firemen's Hall in Grafton, OH.This dance starts off as as variation of the classic Uptown/Downtown, them moves into the Cut Away Six / Divide the Ring figure, with additional… View itemDocument
Ed Austin's Life in Dance
This autobiography by Ed Austin focuses on his lifetime involvement with traditional dance, including a detailed description of the dances he filmed in Central City, Colorado. Click here to watch his… View itemMoving Image
Central City, Colorado - 1955
The caller featured here is Ray Smith; we have not yet identified the fiddler and piano player. By 1960, Al "Tex" Brownlee was the caller and he used recorded music.Dancers:Couple 1: Dave Chandler and… View itemMoving Image
Not Your Grandparents Square Dance
Old-time music and square dancing in Portland, Oregon. Interviews with Bill Martin and Michael Ismerio, and footage from the Old Time Music Gathering, reveal the intimate links between the old-time… View item
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