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Jim Mayo - "Little Black Book"
This is caller Jim Mayo's book of dances, dating from the 1950s and into the 1960s. It's a good example of a serious caller's repertoire during this period.For comparison with another well-known New… View itemMoving Image
Jim Mayo - 1994
This is a series of excerpts from a program called by Jim Mayo, November 5, 1994, in Marlboro, CT, recorded by Paul Trowbridge. This compilation contains portions of three patter and three singing… View itemMoving Image
Jim Mayo - CALLERLAB history
In a presentation from a CALLERLAB History / Heritage / Tradition session in 2005, Jim Mayo recounts some of the events that led up to the founding of that organization in 1974. He discusses how… View itemMoving Image
Jim Mayo - patter - 1994
Modern square dance, Plus program. Videotaped by Tim Stanger at the Papoose Pond square dance weekend, N. Waterford, Maine, 1994. View itemMoving Image
Jim Mayo 1 - Early Years of Modern Square Dance
Jim discusses his own introduction to modern squares with caller Al Brundage in 1949. He talks about the early development of modern, showing how this new activity began to separate from its… View itemMoving Image
Jim Mayo 2 - Square Thru and Changing Choreography
The call "square through" provided callers with a new tool for moving dancers around on the dance floor. Jim describes how callers experimented with the figure and how he introduced it in… View itemMoving Image
Jim Mayo 3 - Start of CALLERLAB
The 1970s saw a dramatic increase in the number of calls, which led to repeated cries from dancers for someone to bring order out of chaos. This led to the formation of CALLERLAB. View itemMoving Image
Jim Mayo 4 - New choreography
New calls such as Wheel and Deal and Swing Thru gave modern square dance callers powerful tools for creating new choreography and patterns of movement. Callers discovered that the sequence "Wheel… View itemMoving Image
Jim Mayo 5 - Basic Formations, Complex Calls
Jim points out that there are only a few basic formations in modern square dancing. One of the distinctive features of modern squares is the way that a series of basic moves are combined into one… View itemMoving Image
Jim Mayo 6 - Key Elements of Modern Square Dance
Jim discusses features that make modern square dancing different from traditional squares, including the unpredictable nature of the calls, the necessity for lessons, and the club structure that… View itemMoving Image
Jim Mayo's 40th - Hash
The caller is Earl Johnston, a member of the first CALLERLAB Board of Governors. Johnston was from Vernon, CT, and was a disciple of Al Brundage. This footage was taken by Bill Cross on October 1,… View item
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