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History of Square Dancing - Ralph Page
Between 1972 and 1974, Ralph Page wrote a series of essays entitled A History of Square Dancing. For ease in downloading, we have collected them into "chapters" that group together similar topics.… View itemMoving Image
Hilton Kelly, Catskill fiddler and caller
Hilton Kelly, of Fleischmanns, New York, is a Catskills fiddler and square dance caller. He started playing in 1932, at age 5, and started calling in 1937. By the time he was 15, he had a regular band… View itemMoving Image
Jubilee U.S.A. square dancers, 3 - Ozark
This clip features a straightforward Right Hand High and Left Hand Low, but done at a dizzying tempo-- 172 beats per minute! View itemMoving Image
Jubilee U.S.A. square dancers, 2 - Ozark
Early on, this clip features Ladies Star while gents promenade, then allemande left and Gents Star while ladies promenade. Later, the dancers move into lines of three dancers at the sides with long… View itemMoving Image
Jubilee U.S.A. square dancers, 1 - Ozark
This clip features Sides Divide while head couples circle in the center of the ring and do a doceydo. The tempo is fast-- 164 beats per minute-- but #3 in this series is even faster!The Ozark Jubilee… View itemMoving Image
Texas Star - Mike Rogers, Wien, Missouri, 1994
The caller is 92-year-old Mike Rogers, patter calling at a jam session and square dance held at Wien (Chariton County in north central Missouri) in 1994. There's close-up footage of Rogers starting at… View itemSound
MacNamara's Band - Irene Hewitt
Irene Hewitt was an Australia caller, here doing a well-known singing square. View itemSound
Ladies Chain Through the Stars - Bob Hunt
Bob Hunt was a prominent Australia caller, based in Victoria, who in the 1950s was calling six nights a week. View itemSound
Cindy - Graham Rigby
Graham Rigby, author of "My Life's a Dance," was an Australian caller. Here he does a traditional American square dance figure. View itemSound
Sally Goodin - Eddie Carol & his Corn Cobbers
Eddie Carol, called by some "the greatest authority on the American square dance In Australia," was a leading Australia caller who specialized in a singing patter style of calling after… View item
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